County Commission | The Magazine October 2017 | Page 12

FROM THE COVER
The new committee has an active
fall schedule so that members can
collect input on needed legislation
from every county, review and
recommend changes to the Alabama
County Platform, analyze the situation
on pressing issues and meet with
key legislators.
In this pre-session phase, members
are also responsible for taking
information back to their fellow
commissioners and staff leaders so that
they can engage on issues impacting
counties, a role that increases once the
session begins.
As Executive Director Sonny
Rep. Donnie Chesteen addressed the 67-member
Brasfield told committee members,
Legislative Committee about next steps for
“This core group of 67 will be the
improving rural broadband throughout the state.
group, along with the Board of
Directors, that we will reach to and lean on during the session to help us make
sure that we protect, improve and enhance county government here in Alabama.
You’ll be educating yourself, and you will be the eyes and ears of the Association
back at the local level.” n
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For more
on ACCA’s
legislative
preparations,
see page 14