FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County is set to open a $140 million administration building, but a state law prohibits county commissioners from voting and conducting official business outside the county seat, which is the city of Cumming. The building is located along Freedom Parkway, just over two miles north of the Cumming city limits. It houses 17 departments with about 350 employees and was built in response to the county’s explosive growth. “The building that we built and moved into in 1996, we’ve outgrown it – fast,” said Forsyth County manager David McKee. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Channel 2’s Bryan Mims learned that the county had already purchased the 40-acre site just off Georgia 400 when officials learned of the law, which dates back to the 1800s. “That never even crossed anybody’s mind,” he said. “Perhaps it should have. That ship has sailed, if you will.” Still, he said, there were options available. For one, the county could get the property annexed by Cumming. He and the county attorney offered an intergovernmental agreement that would pay $7 million to the city for transportation projects in exchange for annexation. But in the
