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WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 16TH, 2025 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING.
WE'RE VERY HONORED TODAY TO HAVE PASTOR TIM TIDWELL FROM OAKSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH.
THAT'S GOING TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION.
AND AFTER THAT, WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONER SCOTT TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.
SO IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE.
THANK YOU ALL. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AGAIN.
LORD, WE THANK YOU AND GIVE YOU PRAISE FOR WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING. LORD, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING AS A NATION THAT'S HURTING, AS A PEOPLE THAT NEED HEALING.
AND LORD, AS YOU'VE HELPED ME SEE IN YOUR WORD THIS PAST WEEK AS I'VE STUDIED IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS, THAT PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IS A RESULT OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE.
AND LORD, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ENEMIES THAT SURROUND US.
YOUR WORD TELLS US THAT OUR ENEMIES ARE NOT ONE ANOTHER.
WE DON'T WRESTLE AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD.
WE WRESTLE AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS AGE, SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES.
AND LORD, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HAVE PREEMINENCE IN OUR LIVES PERSONALLY, OUR FAMILIES, OUR CITY, OUR COUNTY, OUR NATION AND THIS WORLD.
SO MUCH EVIL AND VIOLENCE IS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD, LORD, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BRING HEALING, THAT YOU WOULD HELP THE WARS TO END, THAT YOU WOULD HELP THE VIOLENCE TO END.
LORD, THAT YOU WOULD BRING PEOPLE'S HEARTS TOGETHER, THAT WE WOULD DO AS YOUR WORD SAYS, LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES.
LORD, WE'RE HERE AT A MEETING WHERE THESE FOLKS NEED WISDOM.
WE'VE ELECTED THEM TO REPRESENT US, AND YOU'VE TOLD US TO PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS.
AS WE BEGIN. GIVE THEM WISDOM IN ALL THEY DO.
BLESS THEM, BLESS THEIR FAMILIES, BLESS OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY.
WHETHER IT'S PERSONAL OR COMMUNITY NATIONAL WORLD EVENTS.
MAY WE TURN TO YOU, LORD, IN THE SAME PHRASE THAT YOU SAID, THE ENEMY, THE THIEF, HAS COME TO STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY.
YOU SAID, YOU'VE COME TO GIVE US LIFE AND GIVE US LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY.
THAT'S WHAT WE PRAY FOR TONIGHT, LORD, AND WE ASK IT IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON AND OUR SAVIOR. AMEN. AMEN.
FACE THE FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO ALL OF US TO ATTEND THE HYMN, PASTOR. YES. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, I APPRECIATE THE INVITATION THAT YOU GAVE ALL OF US TO COME OUT THIS PAST SUNDAY.
THAT WAS SUNDAY, RIGHT? SUNDAY NIGHT, DEDICATION OF THE NEW HISPANIC CHURCH.
AM I SAYING THAT CORRECT? WE'RE WE'RE BLESSED FOR LAGRANGE HISPANIC CHURCH TO BE MEETING AT THE FACILITIES OF OAKSIDE IN LAFAYETTE. CHRISTIAN ALSO WAS THERE.
SO WE'VE GOT THREE MINISTRIES, ALL DIFFERENT IN ONE LOCATION.
WHAT A TESTIMONY TO GOD AND TO UNITY.
AMEN. WELL, THANK YOU FOR OPENING YOUR DOORS TO ALL THOSE OTHER TWO OTHER TWO GROUPS.
OUR PRIVILEGE. WE'RE HUMBLED TO YOU.
ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE JUST A MINUTE TO KURT NATION BACK THERE ON THE BACK.
GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK. THANK YOU SIR.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND THE MINUTES.
[III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA/MINUTES]
THE FIRST IS APPROVAL OF THE FINAL AGENDA.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO BE APPROVED? MAKE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL THOSE IN ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM TROUP COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION, WHICH WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER THE 2ND, 2025.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO BE MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO MOVED. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIED.
AND FINALLY, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM TROUP COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOARD MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER THE 2ND, 2025.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO BE APPROVED? SO MOVED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED. NEXT SECTION IS SPECIAL BUSINESS,
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SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. ANDERSON. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN.COMMISSIONERS. FIRST ITEM IN OUR SPECIAL BUSINESS IS CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPUTER REPLACEMENT. ALLEN AND JASON WERE HERE EARLIER THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO REPLACE APPROXIMATELY 80 COMPUTERS BECAUSE OF JUST THE OUT TO DATE AND THE
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SOFTWARE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING ON THAT THEY'RE THEY JUST DON'T THE TWO DON'T MATCH.SO AND THAT THEY HAD A QUOTE FOR $58,216 TO REPLACE THOSE FROM DELL, WHICH IS UNDER THE STATE CONTRACT.
AND AND WE NEED TO TRY TO DO THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THEY GO COMPLETELY OBSOLETE.
AND I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE TO GET THAT QUOTE UPDATED, BECAUSE THE QUOTES ON THESE ONLY LAST A COUPLE DAYS TO WHERE I DON'T KNOW THE BEST WAY TO APPROVE IF THE NUMBER CHANGES A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU FOLLOW ME, YOU COULD DO NOT TO EXCEED.
OKAY. WE COULD DO A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER.
MARK SAID. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I DIDN'T THINK HE SAID WE GOTTA TRY OUR BEST, I THINK, TO HAVE THEM IN BY OCTOBER 31ST, I THINK IS WHAT HE SAID.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH AN AVERAGE COMPUTER COULD JUMP IN PRICE, AND I KNOW WE'RE BUYING 80 OF THEM. IS IT APPROPRIATE THAT WE SAY UP TO 60,000, $65,000? AND IF WE GO UNTIL THE 19TH, IT'S GOOD TILL THE 19TH.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ORDER THEM BY THE 19TH.
SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE MONEY.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS OUT OF SPLOST.
WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT AS HE INFORMED US DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, THAT THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPUTERS TO BE REPLACED.
SO DURING THAT TIME WE HAD PLANNED ON JUST NOT PUTTING THEM ALL IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT MAKING ONE LUMP PURCHASE ITEMS BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNTED PRICE IN DOING THAT. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT DISCOUNTED PRICING, THE THE QUOTE JUST DOESN'T LAST LONG.
SO IF WE GET IT APPROVED TODAY, WE'RE GOOD WITH THIS QUOTE.
UNTIL THEN. AND WE'RE SAVING ABOUT $20,000 ON THIS.
IT'S SIGNIFICANT. IT IS SPOUSE FIVE.
WE HAD SOME ADMIN MONEY SET IN A CATEGORY FOR THIS.
THANKS. SO IT'S GOOD TILL THE 19TH AND YOU CAN GET THEM ORDERED BY THAT TIME.
OH YEAH. WE CAN PLACE IT OUT FOR THEM AS SOON AS Y'ALL APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE BUDGET.
NO, NO. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 80 DESKTOP COMPUTERS AT A PRICE OF $58,216.
SO MOVED, MR. CHAIR. YOU GOT IT.
I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE INMATE FOOD SERVICE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MEETING AND THIS MORNING.
MAJOR JEFF DURAND IS HERE TO DISCUSS AGAIN IF NEEDED.
TO UP THE PRICE, I THINK, FROM $1.32 A MEAL TO $1.43 A MEAL, IF THAT SOUNDS RIGHT. AND MARK TALKED ABOUT THAT WAS ONLY ONE PROVISION ABOUT IT HAS TO BE SIGNED BEFORE IT'S VALID.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT THAT WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THIS MORNING.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE GOING WE'RE REALLY ASKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE A NEW CONTRACT.
YES. ONE PART OF THAT CONTRACT IS INCREASE AND INCREASE IN PRICE.
BUT ALSO THERE'S A NEW CONTRACT GOING IN PLACE THAT WITH OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
IT EXPIRED. AND THAT'S WHY THIS ONE IS THE TERM IS JULY 1ST.
AND GOING TO THE NEXT JUNE TO TIE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR.
BUT ACTUALLY THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THE TERMS OF THE PRIOR 23 CONTRACT.
UP UNTIL THIS POINT, UP UNTIL, IF AND WHEN THE COUNTY SIGNS A NEW CONTRACT THEN IT WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
YES. AND THIS CONTRACT WOULD GO TO JUNE OF 26.
OR IF THERE'S A 60 DAY BREAKAWAY PERIOD THAT EITHER ONE OF US COULD SAY WE'RE OUT.
COME TO YOU IN DECEMBER OF 26.
I MEAN, LIKE, THERE'S GOING TO BE WE'VE GOT TO AUTOMATICALLY RENEW A CONTRACT.
I MEAN, I WOULDN'T SAY AUTOMATICALLY WE'VE GOT TO VOTE ON THIS AGAIN IN JUNE OF 26.
NOT UNLESS WE I DON'T THINK WE TAKE NOT UNLESS WE TAKE BIDS, YOU KNOW. WHATEVER. I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING THE WAY WE'RE SETTING IT UP. WE WON'T VOTE ON IT.
THAT'S RIGHT. AUTOMATIC RENEWAL. THIS IMPORTANT POINT THAT TERMINATES THE 60 DAY NOTICE THERE IS THE APPROPRIATIONS CLAUSE IN THERE, WHICH IS STANDARD IN ALL CAN AGREEMENTS THAT IF FUNDS AREN'T AVAILABLE TO APPROPRIATE.
BUT OTHERWISE IT ROLLS OVER ON THE ANNIVERSARY DATE,
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WHICH WOULD BE JUNE 30TH OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, UNLESS BY 60 DAYS PRIOR, WHICH WOULD BE WHAT MAY MAY 1ST YOU GIVE THE 60 DAYS NOTICE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO RENEW IT FOR ANOTHER YEAR, AND ANY INCREASES WOULD BE NOTIFIED BY MARCH OF EACH YEAR PRIOR TO THE BUDGET.SO WE COULD PREPARE. ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THEN I GUESS I'M ENTERTAINING A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE NEW CONTRACT WITH SKILLET KITCHEN.
OKAY. OR INMATE FOOD. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH THE CONDITION SUBJECT TO FINAL REVIEW OF THE FINAL REVIEW FROM OUR ATTORNEYS.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION, MR. CHAIR? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED.
THANK YOU SIR. Y'ALL HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
NEXT ITEM UNDER CONSIDERATION.
WHEN WE REVIEWED THIS MORNING AS WELL THE FY 2017 GDOT GRANT APPLICATION.
AND GLENN IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE DONE MANY TIMES, AND IT'S JUST BASICALLY GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS. ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE. THEN I WILL TAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE FOR THE COMMISSION TO APPLY FOR THE GDOT FISCAL YEAR 27, FTA SECTION 5311 RURAL TRANSIT GRANT.
OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED.
NEXT IS CONSIDERATION OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM.
AND THIS IS PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR THAT, WHICH IS TO REPLACE OUR SIREN SYSTEM AS WELL AS ADD TWO NEW SPOTS. I BELIEVE IT WAS.
YES. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT WOULD BE 27 TOTAL SIREN REPLACEMENTS IN THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE CITIES. THERE WOULD BE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE CITIES TO HELP US WITH THE MATCH ON THAT.
AND EXCUSE ME, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE AMOUNTS AND THE QUOTES WITH THIS PROJECT IS WE HAVE A SEPTEMBER 30TH DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT, AND THIS WAS THE FIRST QUOTE WE COULD GET BEFORE THEN.
WE KNOW WE'RE MEETING WITH METROPOLITAN AND WE'LL SEEK OUT ANOTHER ONE, WHETHER IT BE MOTOROLA OR ANOTHER PERSON COMPANY BEFOREHAND.
BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST GET OURSELVES OUT THERE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT FOR THIS, BECAUSE THE HAZARD MITIGATION FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE.
HOW LONG, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE BEFORE YOU GET THE RESULTS BACK FROM THE GRANT? HOW LONG DID YOU MAKE? I HEARD THAT SPALDING COUNTY GOT TWO BACK WITHIN 2 TO 3 MONTHS, AND ONE OF OUR COUNTERPARTS IN BUTTS COUNTY GOT ONE BACK IN ABOUT 2 OR 3 MONTHS.
SO. I ALSO HEARD LAST YEAR, YEAR BEFORE LAST, THAT THEY WERE TURNING 4 OR 5 YEARS AROUND BEFORE YOU KNEW IF YOU GOT A GENERATOR GRANT OR NOT. SO THERE'S EITHER A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN HOW THAT PROCESS OR LEADERSHIP WORKS, OR THERE'S SO MUCH FUNDING THERE THAT THE PROCESS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
SO BUT 2 OR 3 MONTHS SEEMS TO BE THE WORD AMONG THE, THE EMA DIRECTORS. AND THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS, BUT THAT'S FOR ANY HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROJECT THAT'S OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
IF NOT, THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE WE'VE PROVED THAT.
I GOT PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT.
SECOND MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT ITEM IS TO ACCEPT THE GRANT THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN GRANTED. BUT TO ACCEPT THE FUNDS FROM THE EMT GRANT PROGRAM TO FURTHER PAY FOR EMT TRAINING.
GOOD AFTERNOON. AGAIN, THIS FOR THE GRANT THAT WILL COVER ALL OUR EMT CLASSES FOR THIS THE BASIC CLASS FOR THIS YEAR TO COVER THE COST OF BOOKS AND THE INSTRUCTOR PAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO GIVE PERMISSION TO ACCEPT THE JIMA NO G MSA GRANT. THERE YOU GO.
SORRY. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, THE NEXT AND LAST ITEM UNDER SPECIAL BUSINESS IS TO DISCUSS PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE UDO AND CONSIDERATION OF A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS.
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WE DISCUSSED THIS THIS MORNING.ONE ITEM I WANT OR ONE POINT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I EMPHASIZE, WHICH IS MY FAULT IF I DID NOT THIS MORNING.
SO I APOLOGIZE IS THAT THIS IS NOT AN APPROVAL OF THE TEXT AMENDMENTS THEMSELVES.
THIS IS JUST PERMISSION OR AN FYI TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DRAFTING TEXT AMENDMENTS AND DOING RESEARCH ON CERTAIN ONES LIKE THE DATA CENTERS AND COMING BACK TO THE BOARD OF ZONING AND THIS BOARD AT A LATER DATE, HOPEFULLY WITHIN 45, 60 DAYS, WE'LL COME BACK WITH YOU WITH THOSE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS AND HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT TO ADOPT THE TEXT AMENDMENTS THAT WE WISH TO MOVE FORWARD FOR.
SO THIS IS JUST SIMPLY, I GUESS, AN FYI OR PERMISSION TO APPLY OR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH WITH DRAFTING THOSE TEXT AMENDMENTS OR NOT VOTING TO APPROVE THEM. WE'RE JUST VOTING TO TO DRAFT THOSE TEXT AMENDMENTS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO IF I DIDN'T WANT TO CLEAR ON THAT THIS MORNING, I APOLOGIZE, TIMMY. WHEN THIS COMES BACK, DOES IT COME BACK IN SPECIAL BUSINESS OR CAN IT WILL IT COME BACK IN PUBLIC HEARING? WHEN IT'S THE FINAL ADOPTION PROCESS, THEN IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
GOOD. THANK YOU. WHEN IS THE FINAL ADOPTION? WE COULD WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER PRELIMINARY ONE IN SPECIAL BUSINESS JUST TO DISCUSS.
BUT THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINAL VOTE AND FINAL DISCUSSION FOR APPROVAL, THEN THAT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY.
AND THE REASON I'M ASKING, I SPOKE TO YOU EARLIER ABOUT PEOPLE CONCERNED IN THE COUNTY. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEY'LL HAVE THEIR THEIR ABILITY TO COME TO THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND GIVE THEIR PROS AND CONS.
OKAY. THANK YOU AS THEY SHOULD.
SO THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT WAS THE THAT WAS THE THING THAT I GUESS I STARTED WITH THIS MORNING IS THE UDO'S KIND OF A LIVING DOCUMENT, THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THINGS CHANGE, AS NEW USES OF PROPERTY COME UP, AS WE SEE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS OR WE SEE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH, THEN WE WE WE DO MAKE TEXT AMENDMENTS, WHICH IS CHANGES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, JUST TO, TO, YOU KNOW, MANAGE THE COUNTY THE WAY WE SEE FIT THAT WE THINK IS BEST FOR THE COUNTY.
AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME IN THE UDO, WHICH WE KNEW WE WOULD, THAT WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS AND START ADDRESSING THOSE.
SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DRAFTING THEM.
ON THE TEXT AMENDMENTS ON THIS SHEET HERE, AS FAR AS THE DATA, SITTING DOWN WITH THEM REAL QUICK THIS MORNING GOT THE TOP THREE OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB, THE HUNTING CLUB AND THE COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK.
THAT WAS JUST ONES THAT THEY WERE IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE AND SOMEHOW GOT SLIPPED OUT.
SO WE JUST WANT TO HAVE THEM BACK.
THE PUBLIC NOTICE ONE IS A NEW GEORGIA STATUTE THAT WHERE THAT ONE IS JUST TO COMPLY WITH AND BE CONSISTENT WITH GEORGIA LAW.
I MEAN, THAT'S A REQUIREMENT TO BE DONE BY, I THINK, DECEMBER 31ST.
I BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY EVEN THOUGH THE TEXT AMENDMENT IS NOT NOT DONE, IF WE HAD ANY THINGS THAT WOULD APPLY, THAT STATE LAW WOULD APPLY, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE PROCEDURES UNDER THE STATE LAW IN THE INTERIM UNTIL THE TEXT AMENDMENT IS FINALIZED.
SO THAT'S JUST COMPLYING WITH THE NEW STATE STATUTE.
THEY'RE BASICALLY NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR QUASI JUDICIAL DECISIONS.
THEN THE SHORT TERM VACATION ONE WAS A SECTION THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ASKED US TO ADD THAT HELPS THEM WITH ENFORCEMENT OF SHORT TERM VACATION RENTALS.
SO THAT WAS A SUGGESTION TO HELP WITH ENFORCEMENT FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN THE FRONT YARD WAS ONE THAT ALSO JUST NEEDED TO BE TWEAKED.
PART OF IT WAS. PART WAS IN FROM THE OLD ORDINANCE, BUT PART GOT LEFT OUT.
SO WE GOTTA. GOTTA FIX THAT ONE.
THE MH PLACEMENTS WAS FOR FIVE ACRES IN AGRICULTURE TO.
PLACE IN MAYHEW. THE FOUNDATION.
THE FOUNDATION SURVEY REQUIREMENT WAS JUST PART OF THE.
BUILDING PROCESS. THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY REQUIRE AGAIN, POTENTIALLY WE HAVE TO DRAFT THIS, POTENTIALLY REQUIRE FOUNDATION SURVEYS TO MAKE SURE THAT FOUNDATIONS WERE WERE BUILT WITHIN THE SETBACKS AND WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
AND SO WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT DRAFTING THAT AND THEN BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU.
AND THEN AT THE MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT DATA CENTER REGULATIONS AND POTENTIAL ZONING REQUIREMENTS WITH DATA CENTERS AND THAT YOU CAN AGAIN, DURING THIS BASICALLY GIVEN STAFF PERMISSION TO START STUDYING THAT, START LOOKING AT OTHER JURISDICTIONS, START LOOKING AT THE THE EFFECTS OF DATA CENTERS ON THE COUNTY.
AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR, FOR ADDING THAT INTO THE ZONING, WHICH IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ADD IT IN.
SO, WELL, WHAT WHAT'S THE STEP OF PUTTING A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS? WELL, THE THE STEP WOULD BE ASSUMING THAT'S THE WAY THE BOARD WOULD GO,
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WANTS TO GO. AND I'VE GOT A RESOLUTION PREPARED THAT WOULD DO THAT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION I DON'T KNOW.SCREEN THERE? THE RESOLUTION IS, AS WITH ANYTHING A LAWYER DOES, THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS. BUT THE KEY IS WHAT THAT DOES IS IT PUTS A PAUSE ON ANY APPLICATIONS OR ACTIONS REGARDING DATA CENTERS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY. FOR A 90 DAY PERIOD TO GIVE THE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE UDO AND MAKE SOME STUDY OF, AS JAY SAID, THE EFFECTS OF TORTURE BY PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC.
THAT WOULD BE IN EFFECT FOR 90 DAYS UNLESS, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDED. IT CAN BE EXTENDED IF NECESSARY.
IF IT TAKES LONGER THAN THAT, IF IT TAKES LESS TIME THAN THAT, IT CAN BE SHORTENED. SO BASICALLY WHAT IT DOES IS IT PUTS THAT HOLD IN PLACE.
THERE ARE NO PENDING APPLICATIONS IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROPOSALS FOR PROPERTY THAT CURRENTLY LIES IN THE COUNTY, IF POSSIBLY FOR MAYBE FUTURE DATA CENTERS, BUT NOTHING IS PENDING.
CORRECT, RUTH? WE'VE GOT NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
SO IT PUTS A HOLD ON IT AND FOR 90 DAYS AND YOU'RE INSTRUCTING THE STAFF IN THAT 90 DAY PERIOD TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE AND STUDY IT, AND THEN COME BACK WITH THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY TO THE BOARD. SO MARK IS REALLY A GOOD TIME TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON IT, SINCE THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BEING APPLIED FOR IN TROUP COUNTY.
AND IS THIS IN YOUR RESOLUTION? IS IT SPECIFIC DATA PROCESSING LIKE WE'VE DONE PAST WITH MORATORIUMS? IT IS SPECIFIC TO DATA PROCESSING CENTERS, INCLUDES A DEFINITION OF DATA PROCESSING CENTERS THAT IS IDENTICAL TO THE DEFINITIONS THAT SEVERAL OTHER COUNTIES HAVE HAVE USED.
OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO SCROLL DOWN TO KEEP GOING AND GOING AND GOING.
SO OTHER COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS.
JUST WENT BY IT I THINK. JUST WENT BY IT. YEAH.
RIGHT THERE ON THE BOTTOM OF ONE DATA CENTER MEANS BASICALLY ANY FACILITY THAT HOUSES INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BUILDING, RUNNING, DELIVERING OR TRANSMITTING APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES, OR FOR STORING AND MANAGING THE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES AND IT DOES.
SO IT IS LIMITED TO THAT, TO THAT.
SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE A MOTION OR YEAH, IT'S A RESOLUTION ON THE TABLE BEFOREHAND.
SO THEY WOULD NEED TO BE A MOTION TO VOTE TO.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS ON DATA CENTER FOR 90 DAYS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. I GOT ONE QUESTION TO ASK REAL QUICK.
EVIDENTLY, THERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENCE.
AND THEN I KEEP HEARING ABOUT BITCOIN MINING OR BITCOIN MINING CONSIDERED DATA CENTERS.
I MEAN, I AM NOT THE EXPERT HERE. I WISH ALLEN WERE STILL HERE.
PROBABLY EXPLAIN IT MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT MY BASIC UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MINING IS WHEN THEY ARE RUNNING COMPUTERS FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF CRACKING THE THE CODES THAT RESULT IN YOU BEING AWARDED CRYPTOCURRENCY.
IT'S NOT JUST BITCOIN. WE SAY BITCOIN, BUT THERE'S ALL SORTS OF CRYPTOCURRENCY OUT THERE. THAT'S MY VERY NON-TECHNICAL UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
YEAH THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME THING.
YEAH. SO THIS AS FAR AS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE USAGE OF POWER AND WATER IS FOR THOSE FACILITIES. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE.
WELL, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS ALSO SAYS THAT IF SOMETHING IS ALREADY OPERATING IN TRIGG COUNTY AND IT IS LAWFUL, THEN IT'S NOT AFFECTED BY THIS.
BUT MY QUESTION WAS, WHAT IF A BITCOIN APPLICATION CAME IN IN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW? IT WON'T AFFECT THE ONE THAT'S THERE NOW. I AGREE BUT I MEAN BUT IF IT SO THIS I MEAN I KNOW THIS JUST DOESN'T COVER BITCOIN.
IT COVERS THAT WELL WE DEFINITION OF DATA.
I AM NOT CERTAIN THAT THERE IS A BITCOIN IS IT.
IF IT'S AN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY OR NOT, OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY ACTUALLY GOT AN APPLICATION TO DO ANYTHING MR. PERMITTED USE UNDER THE ZONING, SO THEY NEVER WOULD BE OPENING A CAN OF
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WORMS. THAT WAS OKAY BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ONE COVERED.YEAH. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, WE DO NOT HAVE ONE.
OKAY. WE DID HAVE A DATA CENTER, BUT IT WAS SMALL AND IT'S NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. OKAY, OKAY. I THINK IT JUST GIVES TIME FOR THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO GET EDUCATED ON DATA PROCESSING PLANT, BECAUSE THIS ONE CAME UP AND WE'RE SITTING HERE KIND OF WONDERING, AND WE GOT INFORMATION ELSEWHERE, BUT I THINK IT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO GET EDUCATED ON.
FACILITY FOR STAFF, BUT I'M SURE THEY COULD RESEARCH AND SEE WHAT THE STATUS IS OF ANY EXISTING BITCOIN. LIKE, CHAMBERS SAID, IF A IF A BITCOIN WANTED TO COME, THAT WOULD REQUIRE REZONING AS OF NOW, CORRECT? WELL IT DEPENDS ON IF IT'S A COMMERCIAL.
IT'S A BUSINESS, IT'S A COMMERCIAL USE OR A BUSINESS.
THEREFORE, IF THEY WANTED TO GO TO A VACANT PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT'D HAVE TO HAVE PROPER ZONING AND PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO THEY COULD OWN PROPERTY. YEAH. SO THAT'S.
YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO I HAVE A COMMISSIONER JONES POINT IF THAT'S WHERE IT GIVES US TIME TO GET EDUCATED. ALRIGHT.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE BUSINESS WE HAVE IN THE SPECIAL BUSINESS SECTION.
[V. Public Hearings]
OUR NEXT IS PUBLIC HEARING.SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WE COME OUT OF REGULAR MEETING AND GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION. WE COME OUT OF REGULAR MEETING IN IN IN IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED.
OUR FIRST ITEM IN PUBLIC HEARING IS A BEER WINE APPLICATION FOR MR. PATEL AT 4630 HAMILTON ROAD, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A CONVENIENCE STORE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE OLD ROSEMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
YES. IT IS. IT IS. THIS HAS BEEN A BUSINESS AT THIS LOCATION.
WILL IT BE ON WINE LICENSE AT THIS LOCATION SINCE 2010? IT IS ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
IT DOES MEET THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL MOVED FROM THAT FIRST LOCATION TO THE SECOND LOCATION, SO IT MEETS THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS ALSO.
THEY ALL DID. THEY HAVE A BEER AND WINE LICENSE SINCE 2010.
THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE THERE.
YEAH. AND WE ARE SEEKING WE DID REVIEW THE APPLICATION.
ALL RIGHT. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW IN THE PAST THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, MAKING SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE PENALTIES OF SELLING BEER, WINE TO MINORS. SO I THINK WE PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE.
YES, SIR. THEY ARE GIVEN THE CHAPTER SIX.
THEY ARE ASKED TO HAVE ALL EMPLOYEES READ THAT.
MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO FOLLOW ALL THE ORDINANCES THERE.
IT NEEDS TO BE POSTED NEXT TO THE BEER AND WINE LICENSE.
SO THERE'S NO THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY REASON TO GO AGAINST THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT IS EXPLAINED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
IF NOT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WE GIVE TO ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR AN OPPOSITION TO THIS APPLICATION. SO I'M GOING TO OPEN UP.
IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT'S IN OPPOSITION TO THIS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORTH AND SPEAK.
ALRIGHT. HEARING NONE, IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORTH AND SPEAK.
JUST PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HELLO. HELLO. MY NAME IS SAGAR KUMAR PATEL.
MY BUSINESS IS 4630 HAMILTON ROAD, LAGRANGE, GEORGIA. ZIP CODE 30241.
OKAY. AND YOU'RE IN SUPPORT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. BECAUSE YOUR BUSINESS.
ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT? OKAY. HEARING NONE. MISS RUTH, I THINK YOU SAID THIS IS THE FIRST READING,
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BUT IT IS VOTE ELIGIBLE.YES, SIR. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SO MOVED, MR. CHAIR. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED.
STAY UP THERE. AND THE LAST ITEM WE HAVE TONIGHT IN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THE FINAL ADOPTION RESOLUTION FOR THE TROUP COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOT BACK FROM DCA AND THEY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO A FINAL ADOPTION AND SEND IT BACK TO THEM BEFORE OCTOBER 31ST. YES. ALL RIGHT.
I DID DO I DID TWEAK WHATEVER THEY ASKED US TO TWEAK.
AND IT'S ALL IN THE ORDINANCES.
JUST A FEW THINGS, MOSTLY TYPOS.
UPDATE ON SOME OF THE LINE ITEMS IN THE WORK PROGRAM AND THEN CLARIFYING THE ONE OF THE DISTRICTS. SO WE DID CLEAR THAT UP WITH IT.
I WAS JUST ASKING TO FOR YOU TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION SO WE CAN TRANSMIT IT.
OKAY. MARK, WE HAVE TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS COMP PLAN. NOT AT THIS ONE, SIR.
NOT AT THIS ONE. I MEAN, IT NEVER HURTS TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THEY'RE PRETTY EASY TO DO. YEAH.
ALRIGHT. ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS COUNTY 2045 COMP PLAN.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD. TOMMY, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE 2045 COMP PLAN, YOU. BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK.
OKAY. HEARING NONE. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO CLEAR UP ON THAT 2045 THAT WE DID THIS MORNING.
YEAH, IT IT DOES LOOK AT IT EVERY FIVE YEARS AND THEN MAYBE TEN YEARS AND SO LIKE THAT.
SO YOU DO KIND OF BREAK IT UP.
IT DON'T GO FROM THAT TO 2045.
IT IS EVERY FIVE YEARS YOU'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT, SEE IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES THAT THEY MADE THE COMMENTS AND GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THIS TIME. YOU MAY LOOK AT IT AND SAY SOMETHING.
2045. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO COME OUT OF PUBLIC HEARING, GO BACK TO THE REGULAR MEETING AND VOTE ON THAT. WE DON'T VOTE ON THAT.
ALRIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS 20 2045 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? SO MOVED I DO. I HAVE A SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIED.
THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. ALRIGHT. YOU TOO. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WE COME OUT OF PUBLIC HEARING, GO BACK INTO REGULAR MEETING AND ADJOURN.
SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
ARE SOME OF YOU WITH TROOP LEADERSHIP NEED
YOUR PAPER SIGN? OKAY. GOT IT. YOU ALREADY GOT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.