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Press Release September 25,2024 Sylvester City Hall will be closed on Thursday, September 26, at 12PM, and remain closed on Friday, September 27. A comfort station for Sylvester residents only will be open at 2 PM on Thursday, September 26, and close on Friday, September 27, at 10 AM. The location is the HH Woolard Center located at 709 West Wallace Street. You will need to bring blankets/ sleeping bags, pillows, medication,non-perishable food, and other needed items. Citizens in...

NEW RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION September 17, 2024 CITY OF SYLVESTER ANNOUNCING A PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE Sylvester, GA – The City of Sylvester Mayor and Council as today announces its intention to increase the 2024 property taxes it will levy this year by 7.90 percent over the rollback millage rate. When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, Georgia law requires a rollback millage rate must be computed that will produce the same...

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PUBLIC NOTICE CALLED MEETING The Sylvester City Council will conduct a Called Meeting on Wednesday, Septemeber 11, 2024 at 4:00 pm, at City Hall, 101 N. Main St. in Council Chambers for the following: Millage Rate Click here for the official Public Notice

********** Attention********** The Splash Park is now closed down for the season. We appreciate everyone who visited and enjoyed our Splash Park!!

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Public notice: Attention all customers City of Sylvester City Hall Information system is scheduled to be unavailable September 10th, and September 11th. This migration will only affect Customer Service. At this time cash, money order and checks are the only forms of payments accepted. No Credit or Debit payments will be accepted at this time. During this time no new services, or workorders will be completed at this time. Access to look up any account Information will be unavaliable; we ask...

Attention all customers, please disregard memo regarding reconnect fee changes, that was billed out. The information is incorrect. No customer will be charged a $60 fee, if the utilities has not been disconnected. The Fee will only be implemented if services are disconnected. All Citizens will receive 1 free Reconnect fee waived per year. All citizens will have a grace period from 8am-10 am on cut off day to give all customers time to pay their bill. If there are any questions, please call...

Monday, September 2, 2024, City Hall and City Offices will be CLOSED, in observance of Labor Day. The next Council Meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 3rd , 6 p.m. click here for the official notice

The City of Sylvester would like to apologize for the recent error posted on the city’s Facebook page. This memo highlighted utility fees, charges and changes that will take effect, in the future. Do understand, each citizen will be notified by mail of these changes, so please ensure our billing department has an updated mailing address on file. Please note the changes as follows: There will be a grace period until 10:00 am on the day of cut off. If your utilities are...

The City of Sylvester has released it’s FY 2024 Proposed Budget. 2024 Proposed Budget