Georgia County Government - September 2008 - (Page 7)

President’sMessage Summer’s Committee Deliberations Identify Key Policy Issues for ‘09 Association County Commissioners of Georgia Officers serving through April 2009 President VIRGINIA GRAY Clayton County First Vice President JAN TANKERSLEY Bulloch County Second Vice President LAMAR PARIS Union County E By Virginia Gray President Third Vice President G. MELVIN DAVIS Oconee County Executive Director JERRY R. GRIFFIN Board of Managers 1st District JERRY SHEARIN, Paulding County 2nd District MIKE BERG, Dawson County 3rd District BURRELL ELLIS, DeKalb County 4th District EUGENE HARDWICK, Lamar County 5th District KEVIN LITTLE, Walton County 6th District C. BROOKS BAILEY, Pulaski County 7th District JOHN R. GRAHAM, Warren County 8th District CLINTON PERRY, Taylor County 9th District D. M. MULLIS, Laurens County 10th District CHARLES LINGLE, Dougherty County 11th District EUGENE DYAL, Bacon County 12th District JOHN McIVER, Liberty County Consolidated Government Representative HEIDI DAVISON, Athens-Clarke County At-Large DAVID GAULT, Jones County JAMES KHOURY, Peach County SAM OLENS, Cobb County HELEN STONE, Chatham County AARON VARNER, Newton County Active Past Presidents GLENDA BATTLE, Decatur County CLARENCE BROWN, Bartow County BILLY CROKER, Polk County JAMES V. HAM, Monroe County BENJAMIN HAYWARD, Mitchell County TOM MCMICHAEL, Houston County O. D. NETTER, Ben Hill County Ex-Officio NACo Board Members/Officers: RICHARD ENGLISH, Troup County JAMES HAM, Monroe County Section Presidents Attorneys’ Section: MICHAEL LONG, Houston County Managers’/Administrators’ Section: KEVIN POE, Floyd County Clerks’ Section: BRENDA STALVEY, Echols County Service Program Chairs ACCG Insurance Program Representatives (IRMA) JOHN STRICKLAND, Clinch County Group Self Insurance Workers’ Compensation Fund (GSIWCF) WALTER L. SANDERS, Greene County Pension Representative H. JAY WALKER, Houston County SEPTEMBER 2008 www.accg.org ach yea r w it hin Associat ion Cou nt y Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the policy deliberations that get under way through our six standing policy committees represent our association’s first formal steps toward formulating counties’ legislative goals, which commissioners will again take before the next Georgia General Assembly, presented concisely in the 2009 County Platform. The consensus-building policy process ACCG adheres to allows for the presentation of information concerning many sides of key public policy issues, which are thoroughly debated, with free input from all participants. As the deliberations come to a close in the early fall, county officials statewide gather at the Fall Policy Conference, which convenes this year Oct. 8-11 at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta. Th is pivotal conference culminates as commissioners cast votes to approve the recommendations clearly stated in the County Platform. The document presents the consensus of all 159 Georgia counties, giving them one voice with respect to crucial legislative goals, as well as legislative defensive issues. As the summer ends, I can report that ACCG’s policy committees have made progress clarifying the major issues with which counties will be concerned in 2009. As pointed out in the last issue of Georgia County Government, the “big issues” from the 2008 session are still largely with us, including proposals to cut the property tax and the need to comprehensively address Georgia’s transportation crisis, the need for statewide trauma care access and water. Georgia is not in a state of crisis economically, like PRESIDENT continued on page 8 The ‘big issues’ from the 2008 session are still largely with us, including proposals to cut the property tax and the need to comprehensively address Georgia’s transportation crisis. 7 http://www.accg.org

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Georgia County Government - September 2008 Contents President’s Message County Matters Cobb County: Quality of Life is Job No. 1 Innovative Transportation Financing in Georgia Drive Your Fleet into the Next Generation of Efficiency, Profits Spotlight: Georgia Technology Authority Media Productions GEMA News: Hurricane Season Could Cause Natural Gas Spike GDEcD News: Communities Receive Funds to Develop Tourism Assets Georgia’s Grand Old Courthouses: Upson County Extension News: Radon: Georgia’s Silent Danger Research Corner: Conserving Fuel Costs in Your County Staff News County Parade Index of Advertisers

Georgia County Government - September 2008

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