Stephens County Board of Commissioners: the 2025-2026 record in which the word veteran appears only in a grant clause and a highway name, with American Legion Post 104 in Toccoa

The board. "The five members of the Board of Commissioners are elected at-large to four-year terms on a staggered basis. The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners is elected annually by the commissioners." "The Board meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. and the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m." at 802 E. Doyle Street, Toccoa; (706) 886-9491. The members: Tara Simmons, Post 1 (706-244-5670); Debbie Whitlock, Post 2; Craig Oglesby, Post 3; Chris Rickman, Post 4; Chuck Wright, Post 5. County Administrator Christian Hamilton; County Clerk Samantha Turner. The record. The board's 2025 and 2026 agenda packets and minutes - 168 files (97 from 2025, 71 from 2026) from the county's own 2025 and 2026 Agendas and Minutes pages, each downloaded and read whole - name no veteran item at all. The word veteran appears twice, and neither use is a benefit: the May 26, 2026 agenda packet carries a federal grant agreement's standard clause - "15. Veteran's Preference. It shall include in all contracts for work on any project funded under this Grant Agreement ... preference shall be given to Vietnam era veterans, Persian Gulf veterans, Afghanistan-Iraq war veterans, disabled veterans, and small business concerns owned and controlled by disabled veterans as defined in 49 U.S.C. 47112" - and the November 3, 2026 agenda packet's rezoning staff analysis describes a tract fronting "Veterans Memorial Highway / Georgia Highway 17". No proclamation, budget line, presentation or public-comment item names a veteran. The courts and the post. The county's own Accountability Court page describes the Mountain Judicial Circuit's five programmes - "3 Drug Court Programs (Stephens, Habersham, and Rabun), and 1 Circuit Wide Mental Health Program and 1 Circuit Wide Family Treatment Court program" - with the Stephens County Drug Court "held on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month" and the circuit's Mental Health Court "held in Stephens County on the 1st and 3rd Thursday", director's office 706-839-0345, at $175 a month for Drug and Family Treatment Court and $75 a month for Mental Health Court; the CACJ directory rows carry the same three dockets and no veterans treatment court. American Legion Post 104 meets in Toccoa, per the Department of Georgia's post list.