County Commission | The Magazine March 2019 | Page 16

FROM THE COVER
Legislative Committee
Leading the Way
A
CCA’s Legislative
Committee is
playing an even bigger
role in 2019, the second
year after the committee
was expanded to include
representatives from all
67 counties.
“I can’t commend
highly enough the
members of the
Legislative Committee,
who have willingly
shouldered this
responsibility at a pivotal
time for all 67 counties,”
said ACCA President
Tony Cherry. “I fully
During the Legislative Committee’s two-day
expect us to be even
more effective advocates Pre-Session Workshop in October, members
for county government unanimously agreed that current funding is
because committee
members will rally their insufficient to properly maintain roads and bridges
counties to new levels of in their counties.
Not long after the session
engagement.”
gets underway March 5,
In the weeks leading up to the
County Days at the Legislature
session, committee members have
will begin, with each county
addressed the County Family at all
assigned a date to travel to
six District Meetings, urging their
Montgomery. Participants
colleagues to be actively engaged in
will “walk the halls” at the
the legislative process.
Statehouse for face-to-face
County leaders took away a
conversations with legislators,
few “homework assignments” from
Commissioner Tyrone Moye had the privilege of
and members of the Legislative recognizing fellow members of the Legislative
the District Meetings, a handful of
Committee are working to
simple tasks designed to increase
Committee and conveying the importance
ensure strong turnout from
county success in the Legislature
of legislative involvement during the District
this year. Members of the Legislative their respective counties.
Because of their hands-
Committee led by example and
Meeting in Clarke County, his home county.
on work developing the
encouraged others to connect with
and employees are encouraged
County Platform, members of the
legislators, communicate county
legislative priorities and educate local Legislative Committee are prepared to contact their committee
to serve as in-house resources on all representatives with questions or
news media on the infrastructure
concerns on legislative matters. n
things Goat Hill. County officials
crisis in their counties.
16 | MARCH 2019