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Resident asks commissioners to name Recreation Department field for his father

Screven County Board of Commissioners · March 1, 2026
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Summary

At the Sept. 9 meeting, resident Jamez Tanksley asked the Screven County Board of Commissioners to name a Recreation Department field after his father, James Tanksley, and offered to pay for signage; the board took no immediate vote on a naming action.

At the Screven County Board of Commissioners meeting on Sept. 9, resident Jamez Tanksley asked the board to name a Recreation Department field for his father, James Tanksley, and offered to pay for the cost of signage.

The appearance was recorded under the meeting’s Appearances section. Commissioner J.C. Warren temporarily recused himself at 9:05 a.m. and returned at 9:08 a.m. during the same time window as Tanksley’s request; the minutes do not show a motion or vote on the naming request at that meeting.

The board did not take formal action on the request during the Sept. 9 session; no committee referral or staff assignment concerning the naming was recorded in the minutes. Further consideration, if any, would require a formal agenda item or staff follow-up.