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Columbia County manager explains county administration, 0-based budgeting and public records process
Summary
County Manager Scott Johnson described the county administration team, the Board of Commissioners support role, the clerk’s duties, the county's 0-based budget process and how residents can follow and engage with county business in an online county video segment.
County Manager Scott Johnson described the structure and day-to-day responsibilities of Columbia County administration and urged residents to engage with county meetings and social media during a county video segment in the “A to Z in CC” series.
Johnson said county administration includes the county manager’s office, two deputy county managers who each “oversee kinda half of the house,” an assistant to the county manager who provides executive support and manages projects, and the county public relations team. "We have our county clerk and our deputy clerk who really support the commission more, but it's all part of county management," he said, naming Patrice Crawley as clerk of the Board of Commissioners and Renee Pellequin as deputy clerk.
The explanation matters because the clerk’s…
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