Polk County Board of Commissioners: the 2025-2026 record whose one veteran item is the GDVS office lease, with the county’s combat-veteran commissioner and American Legion Posts 86 and 12

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The Polk County Board of Commissioners - six part-time commissioners serving four-year staggered terms from three districts elected county-wide, with Chairman Chuck Thaxton, Vice Chairman Michael Gravett, Hal Floyd, Linda Liles, John Paschal and David McElwee - whose 2025-2026 record (33 files from the county's Document Center, read whole) carries one veteran item: the March 3, 2026 renewal of the State Department of Veteran Services lease at $10 a year for the building the GDVS's Cedartown office occupies; the board also seats District 1's David McElwee, a 24-year Army combat veteran awarded the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the Master Parachutist Badge, and American Legion Post 86 (1675 Rockmart Hwy., Cedartown) and Posts 12 and 545 meet in Rockmart.

Also called: Board of Commissioners, Chuck Thaxton, Michael Gravett, Hal Floyd, Linda Liles, John Paschal, David McElwee, Gary Martin, Document Center, American Legion Post 86, American Legion Post 12, American Legion Post 545, 1675 Rockmart Hwy, Cedartown, Rockmart, Cedartown, Rockmart, Aragon.

For: Veteran or service member.

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Polk County, GACounty

The board. "The Polk County Board of Commissioners is comprised of 6 part time commissioners serving 4 years each. Elections are staggered every two years. Each commissioner must reside within 1 of 3 geographic districts, but are elected on a county-wide ballot. The Chairman is elected by the commission at the first meeting of the year." The members: Chuck Thaxton, Chairman; Michael Gravett, Vice Chairman; Hal Floyd; Linda Liles; John Paschal; and David McElwee, appointed to serve the remainder of Gary Martin's District 1 term. McElwee's own page records the veteran at the table: "David dedicated 24 years to serving in the United States Army. As a combat veteran, he was awarded several honors, including the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Master Parachutist Badge, and the Bronze Star Medal." The record. The board's 2025-2026 minutes, agendas and committee minutes - 33 files (14 from 2025, 19 from 2026) downloaded from the county's Document Center and read whole - carry one veteran item: the March 3, 2026 regular meeting's "renewing the lease agreement with the Department of Veteran Services effective July 01, 2026 with automatic renewal annually for up to five (5) years", "a token lease in the amount of $10.00 annually" for "the old drive thru building in the parking lot beside the Annex Building", carried unanimously on Vice Chairman Gravett's motion. The Board of Assessors' October 14, 2026 agenda (a Word document, converted and read) names no veteran item - its application lines are conservation-use CUVA returns, not veterans. No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed. The county's own organizations. American Legion Post 86 meets at 1675 Rockmart Hwy., Cedartown, per the post's own page and the Department of Georgia's post list (which also carries Post 524 of Cedartown - printed there as "Cedartwon"); Posts 12 and 545 meet in Rockmart. No veterans organization appears in the board's 2025-2026 files by name.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Polk County Board of Commissioners: the 2025-2026 record whose one veteran item is the GDVS office lease, with the county’s combat-veteran commissioner and American Legion Posts 86 and 12
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No eligibility - a board record	The record documents the board’s posted 2025-2026 files and the county’s veterans organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.

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Last updated 2026-11-03.

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