Dawson County Board of Commissioners: the year of Veterans Memorial Park - the emergency shoring, the SPLOST VII million, the pavilion-repair contract - with American Legion Post 247 in the county
The Dawson County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Billy Thurmond, District 1 Commissioner Seth Stowers, District 2 Commissioner Chris Gaines, District 3 Commissioner Alexa Bruce and District 4 Commissioner Chad Turkett, all elected at-large, meeting the first and third Thursday with a 4 p.m. work session and a voting session following, at 25 Justice Way, Dawsonville (706-344-3500) - whose 2025-2026 record (265 agenda, packet and minutes files read whole) carries the year's veteran items, all about the county's own Veterans Memorial Park: the October 2, 2025 ratification of the pavilion's emergency shoring, the February 5, 2026 SPLOST VII list's "$1,000,000 ... field improvements, lighting improvements, and pickle ball courts", and the February 19 to March 19, 2026 IFB #493-25 pavilion-repair contract passed 4-0; American Legion Post 247 meets in Dawsonville.
Also called: Board of Commissioners, Billy Thurmond, Seth Stowers, Chris Gaines, Alexa Bruce, Chad Turkett, Veterans Memorial Park, Veterans Memorial Park Pavilion, Emergency Shoring, IFB #493-25, SPLOST VII, pickle ball courts, Senior Center, CDBG, American Legion Post 247, 25 Justice Way, Dawsonville, Dawsonville.
The board. "Dawson County has a five-member board with four district commissioners and a chairman who are all elected at large. Commissioners serve four-year terms and are elected on staggered terms." The members: Billy Thurmond, Chairman ("his term of office began January 1, 2025, and will end December 31, 2028"); Seth Stowers, District 1 (2023-2026); Chris Gaines, District 2 (2025-2028); Alexa Bruce, District 3 (2023-2026); Chad Turkett, District 4 (2025-2028). "The Dawson County Board of Commissioners meets on the first and third Thursday of each month. The Commission's work session begins at 4 pm and a voting session immediately follows" at 25 Justice Way, Dawsonville; (706) 344-3500.
The record. The board's 2025 and 2026 BOC agendas, packets and minutes - 265 files from the county's Municode meetings portal, each downloaded and read whole - carry the year's veteran items, and every one of them is the county's own Veterans Memorial Park. The October 2, 2025 voting session ratified "Emergency Shoring of Veterans Memorial Park Pavilion" in the consent agenda (motion passed 4-0, Stowers/Turkett). The February 5, 2026 voting-session packet lists the SPLOST VII projects: "(iii) Veterans Memorial Park improvements, $1,000,000 including field improvements, lighting improvements, and pickle ball courts". The February 19, 2026 work session carried "Presentation of IFB #493-25 - Labor and Materials to Repair Veterans Memorial Park Pavilion - Purchasing Manager Hanna Milford", placed on the March 5, 2026 voting agenda and passed 4-0 on March 19, 2026 (Bruce/Turkett). The February 6, 2025 CDBG packet adds the county's prior award: "The County's last CDBG project was the new Senior Center, located at Veterans Memorial Park." No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.
The county's own organizations. American Legion Post 247 meets in Dawsonville, per the Department of Georgia's post list. No veterans organization appears in the board's 2025-2026 files by name.
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