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Gadsden County approves $64,000 senior-services budget amendment, defers Greensboro allocation
Summary
The Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners voted 5–0 to approve Resolution 2026-015, a $64,000 budget amendment moving contingency funds into the county senior-centers budget while excluding Greensboro for separate consideration; commissioners and residents debated whether funds should flow through the Elderly Affairs Department or be allocated directly to local centers.
Gadsden County commissioners on Wednesday approved a budget amendment to move $64,000 into the county’s senior-centers budget, voting 5–0 to adopt Resolution 2026-015 while excluding an earmark for Greensboro until the board receives additional details.
The amendment, introduced by staff, shifts contingency money into the seniors line and lists specific line items and local allocations. During public comment, Pastor Terrell Jackson of St. Luke Primitive Baptist Church in Midway described an operational senior-day program that now “is currently averaging about 35 to 50 seniors per gathering” and urged the county to consider discretionary or programmatic support so the model can expand. Russell Harrison, director of Born to Be a Man mentoring program in Quincy, also asked the county for financial help, saying, “We are right now, we have a total of 37 young men… We’re asking Gadsden County to give us a donation this year of 10,000,” to support youth events…
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