DAYTON - The Colum- bia County Board of Commissioners will hold two public hearings on December 18 in the Commissioners' Of- fice in the Columbia County Courthouse.

The first hearing, at 2:30 p.m., will consider an ordinance amending Title 3 of the Columbia County Code re- lating to revenue and finance to create sales and use tax for chemical dependency, men- tal health treatment services or therapeutic courts.

The second hearing, at 2:45 p.m., will consider a separate ordinance, also amending Title 3, to create sales and use tax for criminal justice funding.

The full text of both draft ord...