Franklin County Board of Commissioners (Chair Courtney Long): the 2026 minutes read whole - 36 scanned files OCR’d - with the Veterans Memorial Wall repair trail, the House Bill 581 opt-in and the denied disabled-veterans group-home conditional use

The board. The county's Board of Commissioners page seats the five - "Courtney Long, Chair (At Large, term expires December 30, 2029, work cell 706-680-5108); Wanda Thompson, District 1 (706-246-5787); Cory Pulliam, District 2 (706-498-2629); Elizabeth Busby, District 3 (706-491-4683); Josh Smith, District 4 (706-498-0055)" - with "Board of Commissioners, PO Box 159, Carnesville, GA 30521, Phone: 706-384-2483, Fax: 706-384-7089", the note that "All Board of Commissioner meetings are held at the Franklin County Justice Center unless otherwise posted", and the meeting videos hosted on the county's Vimeo showcases. The 2026 minutes seat the staff: "Terry Harris, County Manager ... Kandy Bond, County Clerk", and the February 24 minutes seat the vice-chair: "Vice-Chair Pulliam". The record. The county's Agenda Center posts the Board of Commissioners' agendas and minutes; the 36 documents from the January 5, 2026 public hearing and regular meeting through the November 2, 2026 agenda - every posted 2026 BOC file - were downloaded and read whole, all scanned images (a Fujitsu scanner's PDFs) converted and read by OCR. The veteran record is the Veterans Memorial Wall: the wall stands "in front of the Board of Commissioners' office" and was struck by a vehicle; the July 28, 2026 work session records "Mr Harris reported that the Veterans Memorial Wall located in front of the Board of Commissioners' office sustained damage from a vehicle several weeks ago. He stated that one repair quote has been received in the approximate amount of $120,000 ... the walls are stacked on one another and the original stone used in the project is no longer available; therefore, the wall will need to be reconstructed"; the September 29, 2026 work session records the original estimate "approximately $119,000", that "the County had received an insurance check related to the damage but had not yet deposited the check while staff continued to seek a lower-cost repair option"; and the October 27, 2026 work session records "Veterans Memorial Wall Repair: The County received a quote from Crawl Space and More of $9,420 to repair the Veterans Memorial wall by removing and reusing existing blocks where feasible. An additional quote was approximately $20,000. The County Manager recommended proceeding with the lower-cost repair option." The February 2, 2026 regular meeting carries "HB581 - Chair Long stated the Board felt the county is in a better place now to approve the Resolution to opt in to HB581 ... Motion to Approve: Commissioner Busby; Seconded: Commissioner Thompson ... Vote: motion carried 5-0 (Approved)" - with the February 24, 2026 minutes recording "Bruce Scranton of Franklin Springs thanked the board for voting to approve HB581" - and the same meeting's zoning item: "C-2025-006 Conditional Use: Samuel Richard, applicant and Rue Beau Rivage LLC, Property Owners, have filed an application for conditional use permit for a Group home, dormitory, or rooming or boarding house ... Proposed use: Group Homes. Planning Commission Recommended Denial 4-0 ... Motion to Deny: Commissioner Thompson; Seconded; Commissioner Smith ... Vote: motion carried 5-0 (Denied)" - the applicant having stated in the public-hearing minutes "the housing was for disabled veterans and individuals with disabilities." The county's calendar marks the Veterans Day holiday. No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed. The county's own organizations. American Legion Post 92 sits in Lavonia per the Department of Georgia's post list (District #10); no VFW post is listed in the county.