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Albany commission votes to seek county approval to add two elected officials to Land Bank board amid conflict-of-interest concerns
Summary
The Albany City Commission approved a request to amend the Land Bank intergovernmental agreement to expand the board from seven to nine members by adding one city-elected and one county-elected official; commissioners debated whether elected officials should sit on the land bank because of perceived conflicts when city funds go to the land bank.
The Albany City Commission voted on Jan. 26 to ask the county to amend the intergovernmental agreement governing the Southwest Georgia Land Bank to increase the board from seven to nine members, adding one elected official appointed from the city and one from the county.
City staff framed the item as a preliminary step: "This is just a request to add 2 members," a city staff presenter said, explaining that, if the…
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