Residents press commissioners on a $3.4 million error and ask for a county buildings master plan

Jun 16, 2026

During public comment Dale Mann urged the commission to make information request forms fillable online and criticized handling of a $3.4 million mistake that could cost taxpayers; Veronica Combs asked whether the county has a master plan for its buildings and staff said only an asset list exists.

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Dale Mann of Georgetown used public comment to press two issues: making the county's request-for-information form fillable online and accountability for a reported $3,400,000 error. Mann said the county appears set to pay $470,000 from the interest fund and urged officials to name responsible parties. "We're gonna pay the 470,000, and it's real money because, Danny Short said it would come out of the interest fund twice," Mann said, adding that "Nobody trusts a politician in this county anymore" over unresolved disclosures.

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