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Welcome to the City of Tybee Island’s public website. This site is intended to provide timely and accurate information to our citizens and other interested individuals. We have invested a lot of time and energy into the development of this site and are very proud of all that it has to offer. One of the fundamental goals of government at every level is open and transparent governance. “Cityoftybee.org” affords the City the opportunity to make our municipal government even more accessible to its citizens. As always, if you cannot find an answer to your question or concern on-line, feel free to use the "Directory"  link to get in touch with someone at City Hall. And please be reminded that Mayor’s Night In takes place the second Tuesday of each month from 6 PM until 8 PM. Feel free to drop by and see me if you have some new ideas, a question, a complaint, or just want to stop by and chat. Thanks for visiting our new website!

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The City Council meeting agenda, minutes, and schedule of upcoming meetings can all be accessed from the navigation menu to the left. Move your cursor over the City Officials menu item, then as the choices pop up, move to City Council, and finally, select the items you'd like to view. You can also click the links below:

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PLEASE DO NOT VENTURE OUT ON THE SAND BARS SOUTH OF TYBEE ISLAND'S MAIN BEACHES

The sand bars on the south end of the island claimed two lives due to drowning during the 2009 season; thankfully, 2010 saw no drownings near the sand bars. They continue to grow, however, which only increases the risk as they look deceptively easy to walk on and to explore. But, the ocean is unforgiving, and can take out a strong, adult swimmer within just a few minutes, particularly at the turn of the tide. PLEASE, for your safety, for the safety of our lifeguards who may have to rescue you, for the safety of your family, do NOT venture out on the sand bars. The timing and depth at high and low tide varies dramatically from place to place around Tybee; you must make sure you are off the sand bars well before the tide encroaches on the sands. They are extremely dangerous. Click the link above for further details and a graphic.

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Georgia Power is continuing to update and improve the infrastructure on the island to reduce outages and brown-outs and improve supply efficiencies. As work continues, there will also continue minor disruptions to traffic along Highway 80, but work, and traffice restrictions, should not take place during holidays or weekends!

 

Completed work:
· All transmission line maintenance work along Hwy 80 Causeway completed
· Substation rebuild completed
· Fourth Distribution Feeder on Jones Ave completed
· Butler St section 1 under construction (to be completed 3/26)
· Butler St section 2 from 5th St around sharp curve to Jones Ave (3/26 to 4/13)
· Some side street work along Butler (4/16 to 4/27)

 

Ongoing work:
· Hwy 80 from Jones Ave to Byers St (4/30 to 6/22)
· Jones Ave from Hwy 80 to 5th St (6/25 to 7/13)

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  Lock Your Bicycle and Register It with the TIPD

Bicycle theft is one of the easiest crimes to discourage: Simply lock your bicycle when it is not in use. Thieves are looking for an innocuous crime with a quick getaway, and a bicycle locked to a fixture like a bike rack or pipe presents neither. In the event your bicycle is stolen, a registration gives the police a quick method for locating you should your bicycle be recovered - most stolen bicycles on Tybee are used for a short period and then abandoned, but without a way to locate the owner, the police can only impound the bicycle and wait for someone to report the theft.

Tybee has long had a registration program, and the TIPD will soon provide difficult-to-remove stickers for registered bicycles which will serve as a further deterrent to theft. Please take a few moments to register your bicycle, old or new, by downloading and completing the registration form. Completed forms should be presented by the owner at the police station at 70 Van Horne along with the bicycle so the owner's identity and the bicycle serial number can both be confirmed.

 

Thanks for helping prevent bicycle theft!

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HURRICANE SEASON IS HERE...ARE YOU READY?

Hurricane Season begins June 1st and officially ends November 30th. Hurricane preparedness is key to survival and orderly management under emergency conditions. Your advanced preparation can help you and your neighbors through a hurricane. Before any storm arrives, be sure to check out Tybee's Emergency Management Information, and keep handy the number for the CEMA Hurricane Information Line, (912)201-4590. Note that the City's web-site is hosted elsewhere in the country so that, even if a potential disaster strikes here, the web will remain available for communications, and this web site will provide information updates whenever they become available. Emergency and evacuation instructions will be given as needed here, on the toll-free number, and on the local cable access Channel 7 on Comcast.   The City has voice warning sirens that announce emergencies when they arise, so there will be no confusion as to what a siren signal actually means. Instead of one centrally located siren, there are four announcement systems distributed on the Island. (See diagram.) This system is tested near noon on the first Wednesday each month. (This test will be foregone if severe weather conditions occur at the time of the test.)   If you are warned to seek shelter in an emergency, DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CURRENT SHELTER, such as your home or room - the safe site locations shown in the picture - Battery Brumby, the Tybee Gym, and the Ocean Plaza meeting rooms - are safe sites intended for beach goers and visitors without any other place of refuge. In the event of an evacuation order, you would only then be expected to leave your home and depart the island!

If you have not yet registered for the Citizen Alert notifications, now is a great time! You will be notified of emergencies, as well as less urgent events if you so request. Click the icon to go to the registration page.

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	Lights Out for Turtles Nesting season runs May 1 - Oct 31		2012 Nest Count for Tybee & Little Tybee	2012 Hatched Nests
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You can find a map showing the location of current nests at seaturtle.org's Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System, and you can track some of the turtles found injured, nursed to health and released by Georgia's Sea Turtle Center on their satellite tracking page. Visit the Sea Turtle Project Facebook page for most recent updates.

 

Tybee is a nesting area for two endangered turtle species and one "unusual" species. Loggerhead and leatherback turtles are endangered and like to nest in the sand found along the beaches of Tybee and Little Tybee Islands. Diamondback terrapins  are on the protected species list; their nesting areas are on the north end and cause them to try to cross Route 80. While Tybee used to see hundreds of sea turtle nests each year, an excellent year now may see no more than a dozen. Disturbing the nests or harassing any of these species is against the law! Their nests are marked when found to stop people from accidentally trampling eggs or hatchlings. Please keep clear! Hatchlings will head to bright light when they dig out from the sand, which should be toward the sun or moon rising over the ocean. However, street, deck, and home lights may be bright enough to attract them in the wrong direction. During nesting season nights, please turn off or shield lights that might be seen from the beach, and avoid flashlights or flash photography on the beach. Your discarded plastic bags, soda can rings, and cigarette butts, as well as other trash not properly disposed of, can harm turtles and other wildlife - please clean up all your items and trash from the beach! Trash containers are located at every dune crossover for your use. Please drive carefully on the north end to avoid harming any turtles that may be crossing the road.

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  Solomon Closed between Polk and McKenzie

 

Solomon Avenue will be temporarily closed between Polk and McKenzie due to the current drought which has made the sand softer. Vehicles are getting stuck in the sand and require towing. Solomon Avenue will be reopened when we have some rain to compact the sand on the road again.

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WastePro and the City of Tybee Island have made recent changes that should result in more convenience for most residents! The small 18-gallon recycling bins, which were collected weekly, have been replaced with large, 96-gallon bins, which will be picked up every other week. Despite the reduced pick-up schedule, the larger bins, with five times the capacity, will allow residents to recycle much larger amounts than in the past. These changes will cost no more than the old recycling services, and as any moneys received from recycling will accrue both to WastePro and to the City, both parties will be motivated to help your recycling efforts as much as possible. Click the link in the title of this article for full details, including a schedule of the days for YOUR recycling pick-up! Please place your small recycling tubs curbside along with your new 96-gallon bin during your new, scheduled pickup; WastePro will remove the old tubs.

 

Residents may also contract directly with WastePro to pick up trash from the side of their home (called "side-door pick-up"), rather than having to roll the carts to the curb. There will be an additional $15 fee per month for this added pick-up service; if you would like to sign up, please contact WastePro directly at 912.786.4573 x131, or at 912-965-0777. 

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The City of Tybee Island has the following RFPs out for bid. Click the RFP number to access each request, or click here to see them all: