Dodge County Board of Commissioners (Chairman Dan McCranie): the 2024-2026 minutes read whole - 147 files - with the House Bill 581 opt-out and local-exemption promise, the John L. Battle, Sr. Day proclamation for the Purple Heart combat veteran, and the June 2026 LHOST request

The board. The county's Commissioners page seats the five: "Dan McCranie, Chairman"; "Brian Watkins, Vice-Chair, District 3"; "Sharon Cobb Flanagan, District 1"; "Leigh Ann Greene, District 2"; and "Jeffrey Jones, District 4", at "Phone 478-374-4361, Fax 478-374-8121, Address 643 Pearl Bates Ave PO Box 818, Eastman, GA 31023"; the minutes seat "Manager Bearden", the county's own County Manager Conner Bearden, and the county's own Upcoming Meetings seat the cadence - "The Board of Commissioners will have a regular meeting Monday, November 02, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the Dodge County Courthouse Annex at 643 Pearl Bates Ave." - with the livestream and phone line. The record. The county's own 2025 and 2026 Agendas/Minutes pages post 147 documents - the county's full-year archive, the 2018-2020 through 2026 windows all posted - and the 2025 and 2026 files were downloaded from the county's own server and read whole. The veteran record: the January 21, 2025 minutes' "HB 581 Joint Work Session - The board agreed to a joint work session with Eastman, Chester, and Chauncey on Tuesday, January 28 at 6:00 p.m. to discuss HB 581"; the January 28, 2025 work session's "The county and cities discussed HB 581 which provides a 'floating' homestead exemption that will limit annual assessment increases on homesteaded property to the rate of inflation"; the February 13 and 20, 2025 public hearings with the City of Eastman and the public comments - "What about people who own multiple tracks of land. How will HB 581 affect them? ... Citizens aren't going to vote for another 1% sales tax. Does the homestead exemption pass to survivors?"; the February 25, 2025 opt-out recorded in the exemptions entry; the June 16, 2025 compliance report; the August 18, 2025 minutes' item K, "Proclamation for John L. Battle, Sr. - Commissioner Flanagan voted to approve the joint proclamation with the City of Eastman for John L. Battle, Sr. Day on November 20, 2025 ... WHEREAS, John L. Battle, Sr. was a highly decorated combat veteran, awarded the Purple Heart and retired from Warner Robins Air Force Base with an Honorable Discharge"; the February 16, 2026 delays report; the May 18, 2026 report of "Senate Bills relating to homestead exemptions"; and the June 1, 2026 LHOST request. No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed. The county's own organizations. American Legion Post 126 sits in Eastman per the Department of Georgia's post list (District 6). The VFW's own post locator, searched for Eastman on 2026-11-03, names no post.