Habersham County Commission Chairman Bruce Palmer will hold his third town hall meeting this Tuesday, March 29, which will focus on public works in the county.
Palmer began holding these meetings in September of last year. He says the goal of the meetings is to present citizens with more in-depth information about county policies and procedures, as well as open dialogue between citizens and local government.
“You’re not ever going to make everybody happy, but when you have people taking interest that ask legitimate questions, I think that’s the whole goal,” Palmer said at the December public safety town hall meeting. “The whole goal is to open conversation with our citizens because through that conversation, I think that’s where we get a lot more transparency from.”
The meetings so far have gone over taxes and public safety. The public works town hall will focus on roads, transport, water, sewer and other responsibilities the public works department covers in Habersham.
This town hall comes ahead of the November general election, where the commission may have a transportation “roads and bridges” SPLOST on the ballot. The commission will need to make a decision by July if they want to put the TSPLOST up to a vote.
The town hall will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Ruby C. Fulbright Aquatic Center, and will be livestreamed by the county via their Facebook page.
