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November 11, 2024

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

Regular folks can join government

Keith Spitznogle got extra civic in 2022, when he looked at his local government and thought he saw a problem. Back then, he was concerned that voting equipment might not work, that the machines might have been made to cheat. He decided to look into it and he applied to join the Bryan County Election Board.

And since his appointment to that board, he’s turned into a supporter of the voting system, having learned firsthand about election equipment, software, backups, paper trails and audits, he told The Current’s Gillian Goodman in an election-night conversation at a Pembroke polling place.

Spitznogle is one of thousands of normal people who join local public boards and help oversee elections, tax assessments, public health, historic preservation rules and more. 

Most of the time, public board members have the same experience as Spitznogle: they don’t find conspiracy, they find local government folks just doing their jobs and working in good faith.  

Sure, there’s always something that could be better, everywhere, in every department. But that’s where a good-faith board member might contribute their knowledge, time or network.

Residents typically apply to their county commission or city council members to join a board for four years at a time. When a seat opens up, counties and cities post notices somewhere and ask for applications. McIntosh County posted a typical example this week: They’re seeking applicants for the zoning board and the industrial development authority board. 

Try visiting some meetings and maybe consider applying to be on the other side of the table.  Our list of public meetings over the next two weeks depends on what local governments publish online. Let us know how we’re doing and keep scrolling, it’s a long list.

Bryan County

Bryan County| Commission and Planning & Zoning 🖥

Bryan County Board of Education

Richmond Hill | City Council 🖥

Bulloch County

Bulloch County | Commission 🖥

Development Authority of Bulloch County

Camden County

Camden County | Commission and Election Board 🖥

Camden County Board of Education

Camden County Joint Development Authority

St. Marys | 🖥

Chatham County

Bloomingdale

Chatham County Commission | 🖥

Chatham Board of Elections

Chatham County Board of Health

Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission

Garden City

Pooler

Port Wentworth | 🖥

Savannah Economic Development Authority

Savannah-Chatham Board of Education | 🖥

Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority

Thunderbolt

Tybee Island

Effingham County

Effingham County | Commission and Planning Board 🖥

Effingham County Industrial Development Authority

Glynn County

Brunswick | Housing Authority 🖥

Glynn County Commission | 🖥

Glynn County Board of Education | 🖥

Liberty County

Hinesville

Hinesville Development Authority

Hinesville Housing Authority

Liberty County | Commission 🖥

Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission

Liberty County Board of Education | 🖥

Liberty County Development Authority

Midway

Walthourville

McIntosh County

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

McIntosh and Darien streams for Darientel subscribers only | 🖥($)

Darien

  • Darien Planning and Zoning workshop and regular meeting November 11, 2024 5:30 p.m.
  • Darien Geechee-Gullah Cultural Heritage Commission November 18, 2024 4:00 p.m.
  • Darien City Council work session November 18, 2024 5:30 p.m. Check for agenda
  • Darien City Council November 19, 2024 5:30 p.m. Check for agenda

McIntosh

McIntosh County Board of Health

McIntosh County Industrial Development Authority

Multi-County

Coastal Regional Commission

This list starts with an automated collection and 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 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,...