Commission staff reads out budget items with three or more supporting votes
Sep 3, 2026
Clerk read the agenda lines that received at least three 'yes' marks, including increases to the registrar salary, EMA volunteer stipends, a new magistrate court deputy clerk position, public works compactors, tax assessor upgrades, UGA Extension 4‑H, and a hydrovac for water. No final appropriation was adopted; members set a final vote for the 10th.
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Clerk: "So, number 5, elections, increase registrar salary. I got 4 yeses." The clerk read a series of agenda line items that had collected three or more affirmative marks from commissioners during an internal prioritization exercise, listing elections (increase registrar salary), the EMA fire revised volunteer stipend program, a new deputy clerk position for magistrate court, public works compactors, a Sally Port door replacement for the sheriff's office, Tax Assessor Office furniture and travel/training increases, a permanent allocation for UGA Extension 4‑H programming, and a hydrovac for the water department.
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