21Oct
Volunteer participation can be used as the county match for a $100,000 grant to improve Blackburn Park. The county must apply for the grant by November 30. Since no county funds are available for the required 20% match, the grant cannot be accepted without a commitment for 2200 volunteer hours. Continue reading »
Tags: Blackburn Park, BOC
30Aug
Failure to discuss Agenda items during monthly work sessions keeps commissioners and the public in the dark. Even though we regularly attend county meetings, we find it difficult to find out what is going on. Based on commissioners different interpretations of their recent vote on petitions, it’s pretty clear that they don’t know what’s going on either.
Enabling Legislation for the Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners (BOC) requires a Work Session each month for
commissioners to discuss issues they will vote on at the next scheduled Commission Meeting. After discussing the issues among themselves during the Work Session, they should be able to speak knowledgeably with constituents about the issues before they have to vote during their regular monthly Commission Meeting.
Unfortunately, the BOC no longer has much discussion during their Work Sessions. Chairman John Raber has, for the last several months, made an announcement during the Work Sessions that there is no need to discuss most issues on the Agenda because he has already talked with each of the commissioners individually; and they already know what they are going to do. Continue reading »
Tags: BOC
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