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Commission adopts 2026 meeting calendar after split votes and tiebreaks
Summary
After two tied roll-call outcomes on competing motions, the commission used the chairman’s tiebreak to adopt a 2026 work-session schedule at 9:00 a.m.; the meeting also adopted the employee holiday calendar and several routine resolutions unanimously.
The Board of Commissioners of the Unified Government of Cusseta-Chattahoochee County resolved a contentious scheduling question during its Dec. 2 regular meeting.
Commissioner Jason Frost proposed setting monthly work sessions at 4:00 p.m.; that motion drew two affirmative votes (Frost and Damon Hoyte) and two opposing votes (Commissioners Timothy Biddle and Gerald Douglas). Chairman Charles Coffey cast the deciding vote against the 4:00 p.m. proposal, defeating the motion.
Commissioner Gerald Douglas then moved to set work sessions at 9:00 a.m.; Commissioner Timothy Biddle seconded. That motion also split 2–2 on the initial roll call (Frost and Hoyte opposed), and Chairman Coffey again cast the tiebreaking vote — this time in favor — adopting the 9:00 a.m. schedule for work sessions in 2026. The board recorded the calendar as adopted in its minutes and a formal resolution appears in the meeting packet.
The meeting also approved the 2026 employee holiday calendar unanimously and adopted routine resolutions including reappointment of Thomas Weaver to the Two Rivers Regional Commission and adoption of ACCG retirement-plan resolutions. The minutes show the calendar and holiday resolutions were recorded formally in the meeting packet.
Why it matters: work-session timing affects when staff and members will be available for committee work and the public’s ability to attend. Several commissioners voiced concerns and preferences during the discussion recorded in the minutes; the commission resolved the matter by majority rule with the chairman’s two tiebreak votes recorded in the minutes.
Next steps: the adopted 2026 calendar is included in the record and will govern posted meeting times unless the commission votes to change the schedule in a future session.
