Monroe County Board of Commissioners: the September 1, 2026 hearing for a service-disabled-veteran-owned small business, with American Legion Post 569 in Forsyth and Post 34 in Smarr
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Alan Gibbs (478-737-1365), District 1 Commissioner Lamarcus Davis, District 2 Commissioner Eddie Rowland, District 3 Commissioner John Ambrose and District 4 Commissioner Al Turner, with County Manager Lorri Byrd, at 38 West Main Street, P.O. Box 189, Forsyth (478-994-7000, fax 478-994-7294), meeting the first Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. and the third Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. - whose 2025-2026 record (22 minutes files read whole) carries one veteran item: the September 1, 2026 regular meeting's conditional-use hearing for a "Georgia-based service-disabled veteran-owned small business" planning a canine training facility, staff and the Planning and Zoning Board both recommending approval; American Legion Post 569 meets in Forsyth and Post 34 in Smarr.
Also called: Board of Commissioners, Alan Gibbs, Lamarcus Davis, Eddie Rowland, John Ambrose, Al Turner, Lorri Byrd, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, canine training facility, Veterans Day, American Legion Post 569, American Legion Post 34, 38 West Main Street, Forsyth, Forsyth, Smarr, Bolingbroke, Culloden, Juliette.
The board. The county's Commissioners page seats five: "Alan Gibbs, Chairman, 478-737-1365"; "Lamarcus Davis, District 1, 478-841-2561"; "Eddie Rowland, District 2, 478-808-9354"; "John Ambrose, District 3, 478-960-0764"; "Al Turner, District 4, 478-973-4948" - with County Manager Lorri Byrd at (478) 994-7000. The board's address: P.O. Box 189, 38 West Main Street, Forsyth, GA 31029, fax (478) 994-7294. "The Monroe County Commissioners meet the First (6pm) and Third (9am) Tuesday of each month", in the Conference Room of the County Annex Building at 38 West Main Street.
The record. The board's 2025 and 2026 regular-meeting minutes - 22 files read whole from the county's Agendas and Minutes page - carry one veteran item: the September 1, 2026 regular meeting's conditional-use case for a "Georgia-based service-disabled veteran-owned small business" planning a canine training facility - "The canines would not stay overnight, the operation would not be a kennel, and it would not board public or private kennels. The property would function as a training facility with classroom operations. Staff recommended approval, stating that the proposed use appeared to be a good use of the property. The Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval." The board's other veteran trace is the calendar: the December 17, 2024 and December 16, 2025 minutes set the county's holiday schedules with "Veterans Day" on each - "November 11, 2025, Veterans Day" - and the county calendar lists the "Veteran's Day Holiday" on November 11, 2026. No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.
The county's own organizations. American Legion Post 569 meets in Forsyth and Post 34 in Smarr, per the Department of Georgia's post list. No veterans organization appears in the board's 2025-2026 minutes by name.
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