County Commission | The Magazine August 2018 | Page 5

Biggest Wins for County Government | 2017-18
4 Positive Policy Achievements: Legislature enacted six county-backed bills

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Disaster Recovery & State of Emergency
Evidence in Taxpayer Appeals
Workers’ Compensation Claims
Purchase of HVAC Units for Local Governments
Simplified Sellers Use Tax Remittance Revisions
Auction of Tax Liens
4 Gamechanging Member Engagement: 2,285 tweets and retweets in ALCounties
Tweet Competition; 3,036 views of Goat Hill Glance video series; 367 county
leaders read the Goat Hill Glance email on the average Monday
4 Strengthened Unity: First year for expanded Legislative Committee with
representatives from all 67 counties
4 Ensuring a Bright Future: Trustees of self-funded insurance programs moved
forward on providing better insurance services through self-administration
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