The Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) develops legislative policies through a consensus-building process that seeks to involve broad member participation.   The process begins each spring when the association president appoints chairs to lead each of the seven standing policy committees, which include:

• Economic Development and Transportation
• General County Government
• Health and Human Services
• Natural Resources and the Environment
• Public Safety and the Courts
• Revenue and Finance
• Federal Committee

 

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County commissioners request assignments to the committees of their choice, but all county officials are welcome to attend – and have input into – any committee.  Deliberations are open, and the free exchange of ideas among county officials on the policy committees also benefits from research and advisement by state and federal officials, as appropriate, as well as private sector authorities.

Policy committees meet as often as necessary during the year to study and debate the issues on their agendas.  The committees then prepare recommendations which are submitted to the entire membership in draft form.

The process cumulates at the Fall Policy Conference, where the ACCG Resolutions Committee considers comments from the general membership and resolves potential conflicts or incongruities in the recommendations received from the six policy committees.  Then, the proposed County Platform is presented to the full association membership.  Each county, having an equal voice, votes to adopt or reject the policy recommendations developed.  The County Platform is the result of their vote, and as such has the universal endorsement of all Georgia county government leaders.