County Commission | The Magazine January 2020 | Page 41

Keeping lines of communication open with state leaders Madison County Commissioner Phil Vandiver gathered around the dinner table with two legislators — Sen. Tom Butler and Rep. Andy Whitt — back in November to discuss county roads and community safety. @vfarms2 @senbutler @andy_whitt1 Connecting with the community for preparedness Tuscaloosa County EMA teamed up with a local TV station and the National Weather Service in November to prepare their community for future disasters by helping program weather radios and signing residents up for their local alert system. @TuscaloosaCoEMA Preparing for the 2020 Regular Session Nearly 400 Alabama county officials and employees gathered in Auburn for the 2019 ACCA Legislative Conference in early December. The event coincided with the release of “Alabama’s Unresolved Inmate Crisis,” an ACCA research publication that details the unintended impact of the 2015 Ala. Prison Reform Act. @AlabamaCounties Jj Civil Engineering Transportation Engineering Land Surveying Land Planning GONZALEZ-STRENGTH & ASSOCIATES, INC. Ensuring Excellence In Site Civil Engineering and Land Surveying since 1957 Go o d p e o p l e d o i n g G o o d w o r k f o r G o o d p e o p l e 1550 WOODS OF RIVERCHASE DR SUITE 200 HOOVER, AL 35244 PH: 205.942.2486 www.gonzalez-strength.com COUNTY COMMISSION | 41