The meeting calendar for the Henry County Board of Commissioners has changed repeatedly in the past two weeks.
The regular meeting which was scheduled for the evening of February 16 was cancelled due to COVID-19, according to a statement released the previous day. There was no other information given with that particular statement.

After the February 16 regular meeting was cancelled, a special called meeting was scheduled for that same day. The meeting announcement read:
“Pursuant to Section 3-2-21.11(3) of the Code of Henry County, Georgia, Commissioner Dee Clemmons, Commissioner Bruce Holmes and Commissioner Vivian Thomas hereby call a meeting of the Board of Commissioners during the pending state of emergency created by the COVID-19 virus.”

The lone agenda item for this meeting was “discussion regarding temporary meeting locations and procedures where public business may be transacted during the emergency circumstances and under the conditions created by the COVID-19 to include the absence of one or more county commissioners.”

That meeting did not officially take place. Clemmons, Holmes and Thomas joined the video conference along with various county staff, but Johnny Wilson and board chair Carlotta Harrell did not attend. The meeting was never called to order due to lack of a quorum.

The latest schedule change is regarding the March 2 regular meeting. It has been pushed back one week. The official notice stated that the meeting “has been postponed by the commission chair until March 9, 2021 due to a conflict. The meeting will be held virtually via WebEx.”

Schedules and meeting agendas are posted regularly on the Board of Commissioners page on the county website, henrycounty-ga.com. Notices such as the ones referenced above are also typically shared on the county’s official Facebook page.