Albany City Commission Opts out of SGRITA Agreement

Thursday, November 5th, 2015

With Tuesday’s municipal election in the rearview mirror, the Albany City Commission got back down to business Wednesday morning with a special called meeting and a rescheduled work session.

The called business meeting was necessary because of a pending deadline related to the city’s involvement with the South Georgia Regional Information Technology Authority. The city has a Dec. 9 “opt-out” deadline written into its original agreement with SGRITA that requires 30 days’ notice. Failure to opt out of the agreement by Monday would have obligated the city to its original agreement for a period of 25 years.

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