Coastal Navigator — Avoiding drama via audits

by Maggie Lee September 8th, 2026September 6th, 2026 Why you can trust The Current

Find your public meetings, agendas September 8, 2026

Welcome aboard! This is a list of public meetings and agendas to help you follow the work of officials you’ve elected.

Calling an auditor, just to be sure

Every year, every local government is supposed to get an auditor to review its books.

Expenses and revenues need to be tracked accurately, and agency debts and assets need to be known to the public, for example. Auditors also look for any poor accounting procedures that might make fraud easier.

No one enjoys an audit but it’s useful for avoiding future problems.

Woodbine residents are in revolt after the city lost access to state grants and put its charter at risk by missing audits, The Current GA‘s Daneen Khan reported last month.

Walthourville is recovering from going years without audits under a previous mayor — and now it’s possible that the city has racked up payroll tax arrears that went unnoticed, The Current‘s Robin Kemp reported last week.

Many local government financial reports are in the University of Georgia’s online library. If you need one that’s not there, call or email your local agency and ask for their audited financial statements. Fair warning: most reports are boring because auditors find nothing amiss.

Any financial problems in your local government may well come up at a public meeting. Or an announcement of a clean audit may come up too. Check out our calendar of public meetings for the next two weeks, and if you go to a meeting and send a selfie to staff@thecurrentga.org, we’ll send you a t-shirt from The Current.

Bryan County

Bryan | County Commission and Planning & Zoning 🖥

Bryan Board of Commissioners Tue. Sep. 8, 5:30 p.m. Check for agenda
Bryan Planning and Zoning Commission/Board of Adjustment Tue. Sep. 15, 6:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Bryan County Board of Education | 🖥

Bryan Board of Education Thu. Sep. 24, 6:15 p.m. Check for agenda

Bryan County Development Authority

Bryan County Development Authority Tue. Sep. 22, 8:00 a.m. Check for agenda

Pembroke

Pembroke City Council second Mondays Mon. Sep. 14, 7:00 p.m. Check for agenda
Pembroke Planning and Zoning third Thursdays 7 pm Thu. Sep. 17, 7:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Richmond Hill | City Council 🖥

Richmond Hill: The Mayor’s Table Mon. Sep. 14, 9:00 a.m. Details
Richmond Hill: The Mayor’s Table Mon. Sep. 14, 6:00 p.m. Details
Richmond Hill Planning Commission Mon. Sep. 14, 6:00 p.m. Agenda
Richmond Hill City Council workshop Tue. Sep. 15, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda
Richmond Hill Architectural Review Board Thu. Sep. 17, 2:30 p.m. Agenda

Bulloch County

Bulloch | County Commission 🖥

Bulloch Board of Elections and Registration Mon. Sep. 14, 1:30 p.m. Check for agenda
Bulloch County Commission Tue. Sep. 15, 8:30 a.m. Check for agenda
Bulloch Planning and Zoning Commission Tue. Sep. 15, 5:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Development Authority of Bulloch County

Development Authority of Bulloch County Tue. Sep. 8, 8:00 a.m. Agenda

Camden County

Camden | County Commission and Election Board 🖥

Camden County Town Hall meeting Thu. Sep. 10, 6:00 p.m. Details
Camden County Commission Tue. Sep. 15, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda
Camden County Board of Assessors Wed. Sep. 16, 5:00 p.m. Check for agenda
Camden County Board of Elections & Registration Thu. Sep. 17, 4:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Camden County Board of Health

Camden County Board of Health Fri. Sep. 11, 12:00 p.m. Agenda

Kingsland

Kingsland Planning & Zoning Tue. Sep. 8, 6:00 p.m. Agenda
Kingsland Downtown Development Authority Catfish Festival Committee Thu. Sep. 10, 11:30 a.m. Check for agenda
Kingsland City Council Mon. Sep. 14, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda
Kingsland Downtown Development Authority Wed. Sep. 16, 4:30 p.m. Check for agenda

St. Marys | 🖥

St. Marys Planning Commission Tue. Sep. 8, 5:30 p.m. Agenda
St. Marys Orange Hall Management Committee Thu. Sep. 10, 9:30 a.m. Check for agenda
St. Marys City Council Mon. Sep. 21, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda
St. Marys Convention & Visitors Bureau Tue. Sep. 22, 3:00 p.m. Check for agenda
St. Marys Historic Preservation Commission Tue. Sep. 22, 5:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Chatham County

Bloomingdale

Bloomingdale Planning and Zoning Commission second Mondays Mon. Sep. 14, 5:00 p.m. This agency does not post agendas online
Bloomingdale City Council pre-agenda meeting and meeting Thu. Sep. 17, 6:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Chatham | County Commission 🖥

Chatham County Commission Fri. Sep. 11, 9:30 a.m. Check for agenda

Chatham Area Transit | 🖥

Chatham Area Transit fourth Tuesdays Tue. Sep. 22, 4:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Chatham Board of Elections

Chatham Board of Elections second Mondays Mon. Sep. 14, 3:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission

Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission pre-meeting followed by regular meeting Tue. Sep. 15, 12:30 p.m. Agenda

Pooler

Pooler Planning & Zoning Mon. Sep. 14, 3:00 p.m. Check for agenda
Pooler Development Authority Thu. Sep. 17, 3:00 p.m. Check for agenda
Pooler City Council workshop Mon. Sep. 21, 5:00 p.m. Check for agenda
Pooler City Council Mon. Sep. 21, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Port Wentworth | 🖥

Port Wentworth Planning Commission Tue. Sep. 8, 3:30 p.m. Agenda

Savannah Economic Development Authority

Savannah Economic Development Authority executive committee Tue. Sep. 8, 9:30 a.m. Check for agenda
Savannah Economic Development Authority Tue. Sep. 8, 11:00 a.m. Agenda

Savannah Housing Authority

Savannah Housing Authority second Wednesdays Wed. Sep. 9, 12:15 p.m. Agenda

Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority

Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority Wed. Sep. 9, 11:00 a.m. Agenda

Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt Town Council Wed. Sep. 9, 6:30 p.m. Agenda
Thunderbolt Planning and Zoning third Wednesdays Wed. Sep. 16, 6:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Tybee Island | City Council 🖥

Tybee Island City Council workshop Wed. Sep. 9, 3:00 p.m. Agenda
Tybee Island City Council Thu. Sep. 10, 6:30 p.m. Agenda

Effingham County

Effingham | County Commission and Planning Board 🖥

Effingham Planning Board Tue. Sep. 8, 6:00 p.m. Agenda
Effingham County Commission first and third Tuesdays Tue. Sep. 15, 5:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Effingham County Industrial Development Authority

Effingham County Industrial Development Authority third Thursdays Thu. Sep. 17, 4:00 p.m. This agency does not post agendas online

Glynn County

Brunswick | City Commission 🖥

Brunswick Historic Preservation Board Tue. Sep. 8, 6:00 p.m. Agenda
Brunswick City Commission first and third Wednesdays Wed. Sep. 16, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Brunswick | Housing Authority 🖥

Brunswick Housing Authority work session Wed. Sep. 9, 9:00 a.m. Check for agenda

Glynn | County Commission 🖥

Glynn Board of Elections and Registration Tue. Sep. 8, 2:00 p.m. Agenda
Glynn District 2- Commissioner Duncan’s Town Hall Wed. Sep. 9, 6:00 p.m. Details
Glynn Board of Appeals Thu. Sep. 10, 10:00 a.m. Agenda
Glynn Board of Assessors Thu. Sep. 10, 4:00 p.m. Check for agenda
Glynn BATS Technical Coordinating Committee Mon. Sep. 14, 1:30 p.m. Check for agenda
Glynn Islands Planning Commission Tue. Sep. 15, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda
Glynn County Commission Thu. Sep. 17, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Glynn County Airport Commission

Glynn County Airport Commission Tue. Sep. 22, 9:00 a.m. Check for agenda

Glynn County Board of Health

Glynn County Board of Health Fri. Sep. 11, 8:30 a.m. Agenda

Jekyll Island Authority

Jekyll Island Authority Tue. Sep. 15, 9:30 a.m. Check for agenda

Liberty County

Flemington

Flemington City Council second Tuesdays Tue. Sep. 8, 4:30 p.m. Agenda

Hinesville

Hinesville City Council Thu. Sep. 17, 3:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Hinesville Development Authority

Hinesville Development Authority third Tuesdays Tue. Sep. 15, 4:00 p.m. This agency does not post agendas online

Hinesville Downtown Development Authority

Hinesville Downtown Development Authority Wed. Sep. 9, 4:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Hinesville Housing Authority

Hinesville Housing Authority second Tuesdays Tue. Sep. 8, 3:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Liberty | County Commission 🖥

Liberty Board of Assessors Tue. Sep. 8, 10:00 a.m. Agenda
Liberty County Commission first Tuesdays Tue. Sep. 1, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission

Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission Tue. Sep. 15, 4:20 p.m. Agenda

Liberty County Board of Education | 🖥

Liberty Board of Education Tue. Sep. 8, 5:30 p.m. Check for agenda

Liberty County Board of Health

Liberty County Board of Health Thu. Sep. 10, 8:30 a.m. Agenda

Liberty County Hospital Authority

Liberty County Hospital Authority Tue. Sep. 22, 12:15 p.m. Check for agenda

Midway | 🖥

Midway City Council second Mondays Mon. Sep. 14, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Walthourville

Walthourville City Council and mayor Tue. Sep. 8, 6:00 p.m. Agenda

McIntosh County

McIntosh and Darien post some schedules only via The Darien News.

Darien

Darien City Council third Tuesdays Tue. Sep. 15, 5:30 p.m. Check for agenda

McIntosh | County Commission 🖥

McIntosh County Commission second Tuesdays Tue. Sep. 8, 10:00 a.m. Check for agenda
McIntosh County Board of Elections Mon. Sep. 14, 4:00 p.m. Check for agenda

McIntosh County Board of Education

McIntosh Board of Education work sessions first Wednesdays Wed. Sep. 2, 5:30 p.m. Agenda
McIntosh Board of Education work session second Wednesdays Wed. Sep. 9, 6:00 p.m. Check for agenda

Multi-County/State

Coastal Regional Commission

Coastal Regional Commission second Wednesdays Wed. Sep. 9,10:00 a.m. Check for agenda

Georgia Environmental Protection Division

Coastal Permitting Advisory Committee Thu. Sep. 10, 10:00 a.m. Agenda

Georgia Legislature

Georgia House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Education Performance Metrics and Workforce Stability Wed. Sep. 9, 10:00 a.m. Check for agenda
Georgia House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on the Impact of Online Platforms on Georgia Youth Thu. Sep. 10, 10:00 a.m. Check for agenda
Georgia House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Community Health and Healthcare Oversight Tue. Sep. 15, 9:00 a.m. Check for agenda
Georgia House Rural Development Wed. Sep. 16, 10:00 a.m. Check for agenda
Georgia Legislature Joint Study Committee on Evaluating Escalating Costs in Georgia’s Foster Care System Thu. Sep. 17, 9:00 a.m. Check for agenda
Georgia Legislature Joint Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee Thu. Sep. 17, 10:00 a.m. Check for agenda
Georgia House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Transportation Infrastructure and Vehicle Regulation Thu. Sep. 17, 2:00 p.m. Check for agenda
Georgia House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Criminal Post-Conviction Litigation Fri. Sep. 18, 9:00 a.m. Check for agenda

State Ethics Commission

Ethics Commission Commission Wed. Sep. 9, 10:00 a.m. Agenda

This list starts with an automated collection that does not involve AI. It is checked and edited by a human. But agencies may announce new meetings, change meeting times or cancel them, sometimes without any online notice. Some publish calendars in more than one place with different information. Some rely on Facebook posts which may require a login to read and cannot be collected automatically.

You may want to call ahead and verify the meeting time and place, especially for smaller agencies.

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Maggie Lee

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Maggie Lee is a data reporter for The Current. She has been covering Georgia and metro Atlanta government and politics since 2008, contributing writing and data journalism over the years to Creative Loafing,... More by Maggie Lee