Freestone County Commissioners voted to extend the Declaration of Local State of Disaster initiated by Judge Grant regarding the series of storms that began on April 26 and have continued for several weeks.
The court members approved this extension at their May 20 meeting, when they also updated the county’s drug testing policy; agreed to have the county’s insurance broker come in so they could find out any changes to the county’s employee health insurance; and made other decisions regarding the county’s finances and well-being.
As for the disaster declaration, Judge Grant made the initial declaration on May 16, but the declaration was only good for seven days; the extension made at the May 20 meeting was for an undetermined number of days.
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