DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

 
Description: The County Tax Commissioner and Tax Assessors Offices are responsible for assessing and collecting taxes on all real property in Decatur County and for creating the Tax Digest. Both offices are located across from each other on the first floor of the County Courthouse located on Water Street in Bainbridge.

Don Belcher	Tax Commissioner (tag office phone)	229-248-3009

Ruth Eakin	Chief Tax Appraiser	229-248-3008

 
Description: Decatur County operates its own Emergency Medical Service as well as an Emergency 911 system to allow for quick response to those situations requiring immediate medical attention. EMS is located on Airport Road and the E-911 office is located in the Sheriff's Office and Jail Building on Spring Creek Road.

Bill Hogan	EMS Director	229-248-3001

Tonya Griffin, E-911 Dir.	229-248-3860       Emergency number 9-1-1

 
Description: The Decatur County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) is responsible for coordinating and administering countywide all-hazards emergency management and disaster preparedness for Decatur County.

Charlie McCann	DCF&R Fire Chief	229-248-3012

Tonya Griffin	E-911 Director	229-248-3860

For emergencies, call		911

 
Description: Decator County Fire & Rescue Department is responsible for responding to situations that involve fire and rescue, including structures, automobiles, and other situations where urgent emergency medical care is needed. Located at  Decatur County Industrial Park, 4th Ramp.

Charlie McCann	DCF&R Chief	229-248-3011

For emergencies, call		911

 
Description:  Decatur County Solid Waste Facility is located at mile marker 3 on U.S. Hwy. 27, or three miles north of the Florida-Georgia state line. Commercial and residential garbage, as well as inert materials, and construction and demolition materials are accepted at this facility. Bagged residential garbage, white goods and tires are still accepted at the old county landfill three miles south of Bainbridge on Fowlstown Road, Hwy. 309 South, now known as the Environmental Center and Transfer Station, which is only open Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The phone number  there is 229-246-3448. Current operating hours at the main Solid Waste Facility at Hwy. 27 South are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. until noon on Saturday.

Andrew Jones	County's MSW Facility number,  located south of Attapulgus off Highway 27	229-465-3188

 
Description: This department is responsible for planning activities of the county and issues building and related permits, enforces all stated ordinances, regulations, and laws applicable to Decatur County residents and visitors and includes such items as planning, development, zoning and code enforcement.

Paul Soudi	Director	229-248-3018

 
Description:  The Decatur County Public Works department is responsible for maintaining, and in many cases, constructing, new roads in Decatur County outside of the city limits. Activities include keeping dirt roads and ditches clean and in good condition, resurfacing paved roads, filling and patching pot holes, removing debris from highway, highway-side landscaping, and traffic control during road maintenance.

Dennis Medley	Director	229-248-3037

 
Description: The Sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer for Decatur County and is responsible for operating and maintaining the county's jail, investigating crimes and offenses, making arrests, serving writs, seizing property after judgment when necessary, enforcing traffic regulations on county roads, and maintaining coordinating law enforcement activities with other law enforcement organizations as situations may require. The Sheriff's Department is also responsible for providing security in county and district court. The Sheriff has county-wide jurisdiction, but usually concentrate activities outside city limits where municipal officers cannot legally operate. The Sheriff 's Office has its own support personnel in addition to the investigators and deputies. The sheriff is elected every four years and also sets bail bond policy for the county as well as sets bail amounts for individuals that are arrested and require bond.

Wiley Griffin, III	Sheriff	229-248-3044

For emergencies, call		911

 
Description: The Water and Sewer Department is responsible water pollution control and sewer in Decatur County, primarily operating the solid waste processing center located near the Industrial Park.

Mike Miller		229-248-3013

 
Description: The Decatur County Correctional Institute houses state inmates and inmates that have been sentenced through Decatur County State Court. It is physically located on Airport Road, across from the Sheriff's Office & Jail.

Elijah McCoy	Warden	229-248-3035

Phone		229-248-3035

 
Description: The Industrial Park Department is responsible for maintaining the Decatur County Industrial Park, including buildings, grounds, airport and other services.

Ollie Brown	Manager	229-248-3004