Lanier County Board of Commissioners (Chairman Alex Lee): the 2025-2026 minutes read whole - 28 scanned files OCR’d, with no veteran item - the 5-0 House Bill 581 opt-out, and American Legion Post 336 in Lakeland

The board. The county's Commissioners page seats the five districts and the administrator: "Alex Lee, Chairman, Board of Commissioners ... District 1 Benny Ryan ... District 2 Hank Smith ... District 3 Susan Bowling ... District 4 Dennis Fender ... Richard Hardy, County Administrator", each at 229-482-2088. The 2025 minutes seat "County Administrator Neil Ginty" and the 2026 minutes "County Administrator Richard Hardy" against the same 229-482-2088 office. The 2026 Commissioners Meeting Schedule seats the meetings "at the Lanier County Annex Building (162 West Thigpen Ave)" - January 12 at 9:00 a.m., February 9 at 5:30 p.m., and so on through December 14. The record. The county's Minutes tree posts the approved minutes; the 28 documents from the 2025 and 2026 windows - regular sessions, called meetings and public hearings - were downloaded and read whole, all scanned images converted and read by OCR. The record carries no veteran item: no proclamation, no veterans-organization agenda use, no holiday line naming Veterans Day, and no exemption rows - the assessors' items do not run through these minutes. The board's own year carries the House Bill 581 opt-out recorded in the exemptions entry and the 2026 millage record: "County Administrator Richard Hardy advises that the current Millage Rate is 11.765 mills", with the 2026 Property Tax Millage Rate Public Hearings of September 17 at 9 a.m. and September 24 at 6:00 p.m. and Chairman Alex Lee's motion options. No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed. The county's own organizations. American Legion Post 336 sits in Lakeland per the Department of Georgia's post list (District 12); no VFW post is listed in the county.