Hart County Board of Commissioners: the January 13, 2026 vote that made Veterans Day a county holiday, with American Legion Post 109 in Hartwell

The board. The county's Your Commissioners page seats five: District One Michael Bennett, District Two Frankie Teasley, District Three Marshall Sayer (Chairman), District Four Jeff Brown and District Five Joey Dorsey (Vice-Chair) - "The board of commissioners of Hart County consists of five members, elected as provided in the Hart County Code of Ordinances." The county's Administrative & Emergency Services Center is at 800 Chandler Street, Hartwell, GA 30643, (706) 376-2024; "Regular meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month", and the minutes note County Administrator Terrell Partin. Official copies of the minutes live at the Administrative Office - the minutes page's own caveat - while the site's copies are the working record. The record. The board's 2025 and 2026 minutes and agendas - 48 files downloaded from hartcountyga.gov's document store and read whole (the October 23, 2025 called budget meeting and the October 14, 2025 regular minutes are Word documents, converted and read) - carry one veteran action. The November 11, 2025 regular meeting's new business carried "b) Veterans Day Proclamation", with Chairman Sayer thanking "all Veterans for their service" and Commissioners Bennett, Teasley, Brown and Dorsey each recording thanks. The January 13, 2026 regular meeting took the next step: agenda item "13d Veterans Day Holiday Discussion - ADDED", added from the floor on Commissioner Dorsey's motion to amend, and then "Commissioner Teasley moved to recognize Veterans Day as a County Holiday for County Employees and add it to the holiday calendar. Commissioner Bennett provided a second. The motion carried 5-0." Commissioner Dorsey's July 28, 2026 report reminded the board that "Veterans Day will be observed as a county holiday beginning this year" - "the importance of notifying county employees." The year's other veteran items are the May 26, 2026 Memorial Day Service - the minutes recognizing "Commander Fulghum for coordinating the event, Alyssa Kilgore for singing the National Anthem, Dr. Brad Starnes of Cornerstone for delivering the message, and Marine Veteran Kevin Heaton for offering the prayer" - and Chairman Sayer's May 27, 2025 recognition of "veterans for their sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy in this Country." No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed. The county's own organizations. American Legion Post 109 is in Hartwell per the Department of Georgia's post list; the Hartwell community pages and the county's resource handbook record the post's own work - "Limited funds available for Veterans and their family members in need of clothing. Also provides assistance with GED exam fees. Transportation assistance for job interviews and medical appointments for Veterans and immediate family members" (P.O. Box 513, Hartwell). No veterans organization appears in the board's 2025-2026 files by name.