Staff member says county proceeded with administration building purchase despite antiquated 'county site' law

A Forsyth County staff member said the county closed on a site north of State Route 20 and adjacent to State Route 400 and immediately began design work for a long‑planned administration facility, but flagged an old Georgia law that could limit where formal board action may occur.

The staff member said the county reviewed five or six potential properties before shortlisting and purchasing this parcel, and that planning and programming for the facility date to about 2016–18. "We closed on the property and immediately went to work on designing what had been programmed for a number of years prior," the staff member said.

The central legal issue, the staff member said, is an "old 1800's law on the books in Georgia" that references the county site — effectively the county seat — and requires that the county conduct its business…