The Catoosa County Board of Commissioners is seeking volunteers for three panels focusing on issues including growth, property taxes and health care.
Catoosa County announced last week there are three vacancies on the county’s planning commission and one vacancy on its tax assessor board. The county is also looking to make an appointment to the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Region 1 planning board. Region 1 is made up of 31 counties, including Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Murray, Walker and Whitfield counties.
“Nobody comes in with a pedigree at tax assessor or zoning,” County Commissioner Chuck Harris said of the boards in a phone call. “So what we look for is people who are really plugged into the community and people who do a lot of things in the community — work to have a better Catoosa County.”
John Pless, county public information officer, said in a phone call there’s no deadline for applications, but commissioners would like to get the applications as soon as possible. Several applications have already been submitted, he said.