Sumter County Board of Commissioners (Chairman David Baldwin): the 16 posted 2026 agendas and minutes read whole, with C.B. Dowdell American Legion Post 558 in the March 17, 2026 license hearing

The board. The county's Board of Commissioners Members & Meetings page seats the five: "David Baldwin, Chairman (District 4); Mark Waddell, (District 2); Clay Jones (District 1); Jim Reid (District 3); Jessie Smith (District 5)" - "Sumter County is divided into five districts. One Commissioner is elected from each district and serves a four-year term ... The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the County Commission are elected each year by the five-member Board." Meetings: "Work Session - Second Tuesday of the month - 6:00 pm; Regular Board Meeting - Third Tuesday of the month - 6:00 pm", with the Zoom dial-ins posted. County Clerk Terri Wooden ([email protected]); the county's contact block is 500 West Lamar Street, P.O. Box 295, Americus, GA 31709, (229) 928-4500, hours 8:30 to 5. The record. The county's Agenda Center posts the 2026 Board of Commissioners files; the 16 agenda and minutes documents from the March 10, 2026 work session through the September 15, 2026 regular meeting were downloaded and read whole. The window's veteran item is the March 17, 2026 regular meeting's "XI. Public Hearing - A. Request from Michael Terry for an alcoholic beverage license for the consumption on premises of beer, wine, and mixed drinks for the business name C.B. Dowdell American Legion Post 558, located at 116 Highway 30 West, Americus, Georgia 31719 (Tab 4) - Terri Wooden" - the post itself before the board. The county's own calendar posts a "Veteran's Day Office Closure" for Wednesday, November 11. The 2026 files also carry the March 10 vote petitioning the Superior Court for the Board of Assessors members' removal - the governance backdrop of the exemption route. The Agenda Center posts no 2025 files (the gap goes to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md). No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed. The county's own organizations. The Department of Georgia's post list seats Post 2 and Post 558 in Americus (District #3); the March 17, 2026 agenda names the C.B. Dowdell American Legion Post 558 at 116 Highway 30 West. VFW Post 4784 - the Henry Gammage Post - sits at 1604 East Forsyth, Americus, per the post's own listings.