The board has recommended the following edits to this section:
The Board shall be composed of one Director from each of the following districts.
District 1: Generally, the northwest region of Catoosa County.
The borders of this district begin at the northwest corner of the Catoosa County line and extend east along the county line to its intersection with Highway 151. Continuing south, the border follows Highway 151 and its connection via Highway 40 to the intersection with Poplar Springs Road. From this intersection, the border continues southwest along Poplar Springs Road until it intersects Three Notch Road, south along Three Notch Road until it intersects Old Three Notch Road and south along Old Three Notch Road until it meets the Catoosa County line. The border will then extend west and north along the county line back to the extreme northwest corner of Catoosa County.
District 2: Parts or all of three (3) counties: the northeast corner of Catoosa County, the north/northeast region of Whitfield County, and all of Murray County as defined by NGEMC’s service area.
The borders of this district begin at the intersection of Highway 151 and the northern Catoosa County line and extend eastward along the Catoosa County line to the northern Whitfield County line. The border continues eastward along the full length of the Whitfield and Murray County borders. The border then continues southward along the full length of the eastern Murray County border and westward along the full length of the southern Murray County border, encompassing all Murray County territory within NGEMC’s service area. From the southwest corner of the Murray County line, the border of District 2 extends northward along the western Murray County line until it intersects Highway 76. The district border then extends westward along Highway 76 until it intersects with the Dalton Bypass. The border then follows The Dalton Bypass northward to its intersection with Highway 71/Cleveland Highway, then extends northward along Highway 71/Cleveland Highway to its intersection with Highway 2. From this intersection, the border continues westward along Highway 2 until it joins Highway 41. From this point the border extends westward along Highway 41/Highway 2 until it intersects with Highway 151. The border continues northward along Highway 151 until it meets the northern Catoosa County line.
District 3: Parts of two (2) counties: central Catoosa County mid-western and southern Whitfield County.
The borders of this district begin at the intersection of Three Notch Road and Davis Ridge Road in Catoosa County. From the intersection, the border continues northward along Three Notch Road to its intersection with Poplar Springs Road and extends northeast from that point along Poplar Springs Road until it meets Highway 151. The border extends northward from this intersection along Highway 151 to its intersection with Highway 41/ Highway 2. The border then extends eastward, following Highway to the intersection of Highway 71/Cleveland Highway. The border continues southward along Highway 71/Cleveland Highway to the North Dalton Bypass. From this intersection, the border extends eastward along the North Dalton Bypass to its intersection with Highway 52. From this point, the border continues eastward to the eastern Whitfield County line. The border follows the county line south to the southern Whitfield County Line, west to the western Whitfield County line, and northward along the western Whitfield County line until it intersects East Nickajack Road. The border the continues west into Catoosa County along East Nickajack Road until it meets Highway 151. From this intersection, the border continues northward along Highway 151 to its intersection with Mount Pisgah Road. From this point, the border continues westward along Mount Pisgah Road to its intersection with Hamill Hollow Road, then follows Hamill Hollow Road westward to its intersection with Davis Ridge Road. The border extends from this intersection northward along Davis Ridge Road until it meets Three Notch Road.
District 4: All of Walker County and the southern region of Catoosa County.
The borders of this district begin at the northwest corner of the Walker County line and extend eastward along the full length of the northern Walker County line. The border then follows the eastern Walker County line southward and eastward until it intersects Old Three North Road. At this point, the border follows Old Three Notch Road northward to its intersection with Three Notch Road. At the intersection the border extends eastward along Three Notch Road to Davis Ridge Road. At this point the Border continues along Davis Ridge Road until it meets Hamill Hollow Road. From this point, the border follows Hamill Hollow Road to Mount Pisgah Road and follows Mount Pisgah Road eastward to Highway 151. From this point, the border continues southward along Highway 151 until it intersects East Nickajack Road and follows this road to the eastern Catoosa County line. At that point, the border continues southward along the remainder of the eastern county lines of Catoosa and Walker counties. At the southeast corner of the Walker County line, the border extends westward along the full length of the southern Walker County line and northward along the entire length of the western county line back to the northwest corner of the Walker County line.
District 5: Chattooga, Floyd, and Gordon Counties
Borders include everything within these counties as defined by NGEMC’s service area.