Union County Sole Commissioner (Harold Collins): the Poppy Day proclamation, the veterans at the polls, and the circuit budget

The government. "The Sole Commissioner is the governing authority of the county. The Commissioner sets and approves the budget for all departments and elected officials. He sets the mill rate each year ... Union County is one of only 8 counties in the State that operates under a Sole Commissioner type of government." The commissioner: Harold Collins; the staff: County Manager Tony Hughes, County Clerk and Executive Assistant Jennifer Mahan. The office: 65 Courthouse Street, Suite 1, Blairsville, GA 30512, phone (706) 439-6000, fax (706) 439-6004, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A September 8, 2026 posting: "County Meetings Relocated and Rescheduled for the remainder of 2026. The monthly County Meetings of the Commissioner will be held on the third Thursday of each month ... at 9:30 a.m. in the Union County Sports Center located at 519 Industrial Blvd., Blairsville, GA 30512. The dates for remainder of 2026 are as follows: September 22 ~ October 15 ~ November 19 ~ December 17." The veteran items. The regular-meeting minutes of May 15, 2025: "The American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary Ira Weaver Post/Unit 121 requested a proclamation for National Poppy Day in Union County. This proclamation expressed support for the designation of May 23rd, 2025 as National Poppy Day in the City of Blairsville and Union County to recognize the importance of honoring those who have worn our nation's uniform. ... The City of Blairsville and Union County resolved to support the designation of May 23rd, 2025 as National Poppy Day and encouraged all citizens, residents, and visitors to join in observing this day to honor every service member who has died in the name of liberty, freedom and democracy while showing their support for living veterans, service members and their families. This proclamation was signed and presented on April 30, 2025 with representatives from the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary." The same minutes carry the circuit money: "Commissioner Collins accepted the FY2026 Enotah Judicial Circuit Budget in the amount of $1,200,213.00 and the Public Defender's Office Budget in the amount of $538,837.00. Union County's portion for the Enotah Judicial Circuit is $304,740.00 ... Union County shares in the cost of the judicial circuit with Towns, Lumpkin and White Counties." And the Board of Elections' report to the February 10, 2025 meeting agenda: "We have several veterans who are interested in becoming poll workers. We will be able to work with them ahead of Election Day." The rest of the window. The Agenda Center's 2025 and 2026 agenda and minutes PDFs - 173 files - were downloaded and read whole on 2026-11-03; the Poppy Day proclamation and the poll-worker report are the window's only veteran items, and a roadside mention of Veterans Parkway is the only other occurrence of the word. No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.