Anderson responds to State of the County address

February 25, 2026 by Ben Pounds

County mayor challenger and current County Commissioner Joshua Anderson agreed with Mayor Terry Frank on certain points of her “State of the County” address, while criticizing her on others.

“It’s interesting the first State of the County address we as a commission have ever received from the mayor in 14 years happened two months before voting starts,” he said.

The two are facing each other in the May 5 Republican primary.

“It was very much a team effort,” he said of the accomplishments Frank listed. “I was proud to have voted for a lot of the things that needed to be done, but it takes at least nine commissioners or two thirds of commission to implement all of that.”

He agreed with Frank that the county has made progress on its fund balance.

However, he said the county had no plan for how to service the debt for its planned new $6 million animal shelter or for that facility’s operating budget.

Anderson also said the county should renegotiate its solid-waste contract and have longer weekend hours for the convenience centers.

He said he would also like to see better enforcement against out-of-county residents bringing their trash to the convenience centers.