A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF BUTTS COUNTY ESTABLISHING THE ANNUAL CALENDAR OF SCHEDULED REGULAR MEETINGS AND HOLIDAY CLOSINGS OF COUNTY OFFICES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2023; TO ENABLE CERTAIN PROCESSES RELATED TO THE SCHEDULING OF MEETINGS AND THE CLOSURES OF OFFICES; TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE RESOLUTION; TO AUTHORIZE THE CLERK OF THE 124th SESSION TO IMPLEMENT THE RESOLUTION AND ATTEST ALL DOCUMENTS; AND FOR OTHER RELATED AND LAWFUL PURPOSES.

WHEREAS, Butts County is a duly created and validly existing political subdivision of the State of Georgia, governed under the Constitution and laws of the state of Georgia; and

WHEREAS, the Butts County Board of Commissioners, the duly elected governing body of the County is required to meet on a regular basis to discharge the affairs of the County and therefore has demonstrated a need to publish a calendar of the anticipated meeting dates for the ensuing calendar year, as well as to provide the authority for the rescheduling or cancellation of said meetings, and;

WHEREAS, it has been determined that the County has anticipated and planned for the closure of certain business and administrative offices of the government in order to observe a number of generally accepted holidays that occur throughout the year, and that said holidays shall be accounted for in the respective fiscal year budget in which they fall, be it the current fiscal year budget existing or the future planned budget, both of which will span the proposed calendar year, now therefore be it;

RESOLVED, that the County Commission hereby declares that the foregoing preamble and whereas provisions set forth hereinabove constitute, and shall be considered to be, substantive provisions of this Resolution and are hereby incorporated by reference into this provision and that the Board, through this Resolution, does hereby create and establish the following calendar of scheduled County Board of Commissioners meetings and County holidays, as follows:

New Year’s Day Monday, January 2, 2023 Holiday Observed
January BOC Meeting Monday, January 9, 2023 Opening of the 125th Session
Martin Luther King Day Monday, January 16, 2023 Holiday Observed
February BOC Meeting Monday, February 13, 2023 Regular Meeting
March BOC Meeting Monday, March 13, 2023 Regular Meeting
Good Friday Holiday Friday, April 7, 2023 Holiday Observed
April BOC Meeting Monday, April 10, 2023 Regular Meeting
May BOC Meeting Monday, May 8, 2023 Regular Meeting
Memorial Day Monday, May 29, 2023 Holiday Observed
June BOC Meeting Monday, June 12, 2023 Regular Meeting
Juneteenth Holiday Monday, June 19, 2023 Holiday Observed
Independence Day Tuesday, July 4, 2023 Holiday Observed
July BOC Meeting Monday, July 10, 2023 Regular Meeting
August BOC Meeting Monday, August 14, 2023 Regular Meeting
Labor Day Monday, September 4, 2023 Holiday Observed
September BOC Meeting Monday, September 11, 2023 Regular Meeting
October BOC Meeting Monday, October 2, 2023 Rescheduled due to Columbus Day
Columbus Day Monday, October 9, 2023 Holiday Observed
Veterans Day Friday, November 10, 2023 Holiday Observed
November BOC Meeting Monday, November 13, 2023 Regular Meeting
Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 23, 2023 Holiday Observed
Day after Thanksgiving Friday, November 24, 2023 Holiday Observed
December BOC Meeting Monday, December 11, 2023 Adjournment of the 124th Session
Christmas Eve Monday, December 25, 2023 Holiday Observed
Christmas Day Monday, December 26, 2023 Holiday Observed
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County may, depending on any number of exigencies that might occur during the calendar year, elect to reschedule any meeting; to combine any meeting with another meeting; or to cancel a meeting in its entirety, provided that all notices and requirements are met in accordance with Georgia law, and vests the responsibility for making this decision with the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners or the Vice Chairman in the absence of the Chairman, and;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners reserves the right to modify or change holidays scheduled; to substitute other holidays for scheduled ones; to award additional holidays or to reduce the number of holidays, depending on the needs of the County, and;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners vests the responsibility for determining unscheduled closures of County offices that, due to a serious threat of or the actual occurrence of severe weather, has the potential to put employees or facilities at risk with the County Manager or his/her designee, after consultation with the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, and;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its adoption by the Butts County Board of Commissioners and that any and all resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict with this Resolution shall be, and they, to the extent of such conflict are, hereby REPEALED; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Board authorizes the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners to sign this Resolution on their behalf and to authorize the Clerk of the 124th Session to attest all signatures and to implement this resolution with immediate effect, said Resolution being filed in the Book of Resolutions, Volume 2

Adopted in open session this 12th Day of December, 2022

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Chairman Joe Brown

J. Michael Brewer, Deputy County Manager,
Attesting as Clerk of the 124th Session