Open position on planning board

The Region Six Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases Regional Planning Board is a volunteer body composed of three members appointed by the Fayette County Board of Commissioners and by other members appointed by the governing authorities of thirty other counties located in central-western Georgia.

The duties of the Regional Planning Board include, but are not limited to, assisting the Region Six Regional Office in preparing an annual plan for the provision of all disabilities services in the Region Six area. This assistance may include consulting with families, customers, providers, and advocacy groups in order to identify local needs, gaps in services, and recommended priorities.

The Regional Planning Board typically meets every other month, on the second Wednesday of the month, 1-4 p.m. These meetings usually occur at the Upson County Senior Center, 302 South Bethel Street in Thomaston.

The Fayette County Board of Commissioners would like to notify interested Fayette County citizens that one position on the Regional Planning Board is available to be filled with a three-year term beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2019.

Interested applicants must be Fayette County citizens and shall be a consumer of disability services, a family member of a consumer, an advocate for disability services, or a local business leader or business person with an interest in behavioral health and developmental disabilities.

The Fayette County Board of Commissioners will be accepting applications with resumes for these positions. Applications can be obtained by contacting Floyd Jones at 770-305-5102 or at [email protected]. All applications must be returned to Jones at 140 Stonewall Avenue West, Suite 100, in Fayetteville by 5 p.m. Friday, July 1.