Departments

Get Familiar With Macon County's Local Goverment

Photo of Local woman voting in the local goverment
January 1, 2026

Meet Your Commissioners

The Board of Commissioners hold one regular meeting a month. They meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. Meetings are held in the Commissioners Boardroom on the third floor of the Macon County Courthouse, 5 West Main Street, Franklin, North Carolina.

Read more →
Photo of Employees of the County Managers Office
January 1, 2026

County Manager's Office

The Macon County Board of Commissioners has authorized the council-manager form of government.

Read more →
Photo of the Community Budget Staff
January 1, 2026

Budget

Macon County operates on a fiscal year, which begins July 1 and ends June 30 of the following year.

Read more →
Photo of employee using a laptop
January 1, 2023

Community Funding Pool

The Community Funding Pool was established to help the Macon County Board of Commissioners...

Read more →
Photo of County Ordinance Staff
January 1, 2023

County Ordinances

Have questions? All county ordinances are recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds.

Read more →
Frequently Asked Questions

For office contact, see our To contact your representative for Macon County, North Carolina, identify your specific district using the North Carolina General Assembly website and Voter Lookup tool. Federal representatives can be found via House.gov.

Responsibility for fixing damages in Macon County depends on whether the damage is to personal property (private) or public infrastructure (roads, sidewalks). In NC, the at-fault party is responsible for damages, while public works handles repairs on county-maintained property.

Macon County operates on a fiscal year, which begins July 1 and ends June 30 of the following year. The County Manager's Office presents a proposed budget to the Board of Commissioners in May. The budget is in accordance with the North Carolina Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act.
The Macon County Board of Commissioners adopts the budget in June after holding public hearings. This is called the final budget
You can download copies of the Budget Documents on the budget portion of our website.
Have more questions?

Contact us at
name@maconnc.com
(828) 349-2000

Follow us