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Commissioners agree community meetings should be held in county facilities; consider live streaming

Elbert County Board of County Commissioners work study · February 12, 2026
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Summary

After concerns about staff safety and past hostile community meetings, commissioners agreed to revise regulations to require community meetings be held in county facilities (boardroom or Ag building depending on size), add security as needed and consider live streaming to increase access.

County staff and commissioners discussed community‑meeting location language during the Feb. 11 work study and concluded that public meetings on permit applications and subdivisions should be held in county facilities rather than at distant project sites.

Commissioners cited past difficult meetings for staff and the…

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