Screven County Board of Commissioners (Chairman Will Boyd): the 2025-2026 minutes read whole - 63 files, 46 image scans OCR’d - with the House Bill 581 hearings scheduled and the LHOST explained, and the final opt-out outcome not posted

The board. The county's staff directory seats the seven: "Chairman - Will Boyd, [email protected]"; "Vice-Chariman - J.C. Warren, [email protected]"; "Commissioner - Edwin Lovett, [email protected]"; "Commissioner - Rosa Romeo, [email protected]"; "Commissioner - Mike Dixon, [email protected]"; "Commissioner - Justin Smith, [email protected]"; and "Commissioner - Ben Thompson, [email protected]", with "County Manager - Lori Burke" and "Attorney - Aaron Meyer"; the Board of Commissioners page seats the meetings, "The Screven County Board of Commissioners meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 9 a.m. in the Commissioners' Conference Room in the Screven County Courthouse." The record. The county's Meeting Agenda & Minutes page posts 63 2025 and 2026 documents, all downloaded from the county's own server and read whole - 46 of them image scans (no text layer) converted and read by OCR. The record: the January 14, 2025 agenda's item "(4) Discussion Concerning HB581 Statewide Homestead Tax Exemption" and the minutes' "(4) Discussion - County Attorney discussed with the Board the pros and cons concerning the HB581 Statewide Homestead Tax Exemption. The deadline is March 1, 2025. Commissioner Thompson made a motion to continue discussion and schedule 3 public hearings to decide if the County wants to opt out of the HB581 and call a special called meeting at 9:00am on February 2nd, 2025 and another at 9:00am on February 18th, 2025. Commissioner Warren seconded the motion and it carried by unanimous vote"; the February 11, 2025 minutes' public comments - "Allison Willis inquired about the HB581 Public Hearings. Joe Bohannon inquired about HB5S81 and commented the County should not be cutting revenue but increasing it" - and the discussion row "(4) Discussion - County Attorney discussed with the Board the HB581 Statewide Homestead Tax Exemption. The deadline to opt out has been extended. Commissioner Warren asked if other counties decided to opt in, would it make a difference if we opted out? Commissioner Romeo stated that the voters have already decided"; and the June 9, 2026 minutes' "Attorney Aaron Meyer explained LHOST." The county's own site posts no February 2 or February 18, 2025 special-called-meeting documents and no opt-out resolution, so the board's final decision is not recorded in the files the county's own site posts (the gap goes to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md). No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed. The county's own organizations. American Legion Post 116 sits in Sylvania per the Department of Georgia's post list (District 1), and the VFW's own post locator names the county's own post: "Post 7116 Ellis E. Williams Post, 408 Mock St, Sylvania, GA 30467, Phone: (843) 422-6990, Meeting Location & Time: 112 Community Drive, Sylvania, GA 30467, 7:00 pm 2nd Monday, Quartermaster: Robert Reno, Commander: Billiejo Lea."