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Board approves extension agent MOU and $300,000 public affairs contract; one commissioner objects
Summary
In a special called meeting after the work session, the board unanimously approved an MOU to place a Fort Valley State University county agent with the county extension service and approved a $300,000 government-relations contract with Public Affairs Group LLC (monthly $25,000 payments starting Dec. 1); District 1 Commissioner Newsom voted no on the contract, citing concern about replacing Cornerstone and losing federal lobbying capacity.
At the special called meeting immediately following the Nov. 25 work session, the Dougherty County Board of Commissioners took two formal actions.
First, the board voted unanimously to approve and execute a memorandum of understanding with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia on behalf…
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