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          ME WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 4TH, 2025 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION. GOING TO CHANGE UP THE AGENDA JUST A TAD THIS MORNING. NORMALLY WE OPEN WITH A PRAYER. 
          BUT WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH US TODAY. AND AND BASED ON A CONVERSATION, SHE HAS A PRAYER. I THINK THAT IS MOST APPROPRIATE TODAY. SO THAT WILL BE UNDER ITEM NUMBER TWO. LET ME JUST REMIND EVERYBODY DURING THIS TIME THAT IT'S ELECTION DAY. IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTER OR STANDING IN THE STREETS DOWNTOWN WAVING SIGNS, TODAY IS AN ELECTION DAY. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THAT MAJORITY OF Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY VOTED, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY. SO LET ME ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON INTO COUNTY MANAGER. 
          [1. The Richard English, Jr. Strongest Link Award of Excellence for October 2025(Chardonnay 
Scott)
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THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONERS. FIRST ON AGENDA IS THE RICHARD ENGLISH JUNIOR STRONGEST LINK AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR OCTOBER 2025. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. 
          GOOD MORNING. AND CITIZENS OF TROUP COUNTY, THE RICHARD ENGLISH JUNIOR STRONGEST LINK AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IS GIVEN MONTHLY TO A DESERVING EMPLOYEE WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE, PRODUCTIVITY, LOYALTY, PROFESSIONAL PRIDE AND OTHER NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THAT ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES LINKED TOGETHER TO FORM A CHAIN THAT PROVIDES THE CITIZENS OF TROUP COUNTY WITH EXCELLENT SERVICE. NO ONE BETTER EXEMPLIFIES THAT SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE AND DEDICATION THAN MR. ENGLISH, WHO WAS A TRUE LEADER AND WHO DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. TODAY, WE HONOR HIS MEMORY AND LEGACY AS WE RECOGNIZE THE RECIPIENT OF OCTOBER 2025. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY READING A PORTION OF THE NOMINATION FORMS THAT WAS SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF THE RECIPIENT. SHE IS THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF A TEAM PLAYER. SHE IS VERY VERSATILE AND WILLING TO HELP REGARDLESS OF ANY SITUATION. SHE IS ALWAYS KIND AND ALWAYS BRIGHTENS THE WORK ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE OFFICE. 
          SHE IS MORE THAN DEVOTED TO HER JOB AND CONTINUOUSLY DOES TRAINING TO BETTER HERSELF IN HER FUTURE. SHE IS MORE THAN DESERVING OF THE RICHARD ENGLISH JUNIOR STRONGEST AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE RICHARD ENGLISH JUNIOR STRONGEST LINK OF EXCELLENCE RECIPIENT FOR OCTOBER 2025, CASE MANAGER WITH THE COURT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, LINDSAY OLSON. 
          FAMILY. DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY OR FRIENDS YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES WITH? MY HUSBAND. 
          LANSING. WE TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND LOYALTY THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO TROUP COUNTY. YOU HAVE PROVEN THAT YOU ARE THE STRONGEST LINK. 
          CONGRATULATIONS! I WILL ALSO, AT THIS TIME WOULD LIKE TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO DAVE COLLINS AND LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE AS THEY GRACIOUSLY DONATED ITEMS FOR THE RECIPIENTS GIFT BAG OF THE MONTH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE'LL INVITE ZACH STEELE TO PROVIDE A 
          [2. Recognition of Outstanding Emergency Care(Zac Steele)]
SPECIAL RECOGNITION. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. ON AUGUST 24TH, TROUP COUNTY E-911 RECEIVED SOME CALLS AT 505 MERRILL LANE FOR A 36 YEAR OLD FEMALE WHO HAD GONE 
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UNCONSCIOUS. OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AS WELL AS AMBER, WHO'S NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY. AND THE CALL TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY RARE ECTOPIC PREGNANCY CALL. AND WE'VE GOT MISS SANDY HERE TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO INVITE HER UP TO GIVE US A LITTLE DETAILS ON THE CALL. AND SHE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFICS ON THIS, BUT SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE GOT IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TO RECOGNIZE THE EXCELLENT WORK OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AS WELL AS OUR CALL TAKERS THAT GOT ALL THE RESOURCES THERE TO WHAT ENDED UP SAVING THIS FEMALE'S LIFE. AND AT THE END, MISS CONKLIN HAS A VERY SPECIAL PRAYER THAT THANKSGIVING THAT SHE WANTED TO GIVE TODAY. AND I CAN START WITH THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RELATE THIS STORY TO YOU AND TO TELL YOU. THANK YOU FOR THEM. 
          THANK YOU FOR EMPLOYING THE RIGHT PEOPLE, THE BEST PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE TRAINING. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED. BUT THIS STORY IS A STORY THAT I HAVE FELT COMPELLED TO TELL SINCE IT STARTED. AND BASICALLY I AM SAYING, WHAT'S UP THERE? BUT I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH A PRAYER. PLEASE PRAY WITH ME. 
          MERCIFUL GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE SKILLS AND COMPOSURE OF THE EMERGENCY WORKERS WHO PERFORMED SO ADMIRABLY. WE PRAY FOR THEIR EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING THAT THEY MAY NOT BE WEARIED BY THE DIFFICULT THINGS THEY EXPERIENCE AND SEE. FILL THEM WITH YOUR PEACE AND HELP THEM KNOW HOW MUCH THEY ARE APPRECIATED. AMEN. AMEN. SO THIS SAGA STARTS AROUND 1030 ON A SUNDAY NIGHT WITH TWO GREATLY DISTRESSED, DISTRAUGHT, EMOTIONAL PEOPLE MAKING A HYSTERICAL EMERGENCY CALL TO 911, BOTH INDIVIDUALS CRYING AND HOLLERING, ESSENTIAL INFORMATION THAT WAS SURELY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. BUT YOU DECIPHERED OUR WORDS IN THE HURRIED COMMOTION THAT LED TO FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVING ON SCENE REMARKABLY FAST. THEY WERE MET BY THE SAME OVERWROUGHT INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLING TO RELAY PERTINENT INFORMATION TO THE CREW. IT'S DIFFICULT TO EXPRESS ALL THAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE THE ENTIRETY OF THE EVENT SEEMED SO SURREAL. YOUR FIRST RATE SKILL LED TO EMTS TO ARRIVING ON SCENE INCREDIBLY FAST. AGAIN, SUPERB SKILL WAS FLAWLESSLY DEMONSTRATED WITH COMPASSION AS WE, STANDING BY, WERE REASSURED AND TO THE POINT THAT THE EMERGENCY STAFF AT THE HOSPITAL WAS PREPARED IN ADVANCE SO THAT THE PATIENT WAS WELCOMED WITH VITAL FLUIDS AND BLOOD, LITERALLY WAITING ON HER ARRIVAL. DURING ALL OF THIS FRENZIED ACTIVITY, WE HEARD NUMEROUS TIMES THAT TEN MINUTES OF ANY DELAY OF ANY SORT OF ANY DESCRIPTION WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MUCH WORSE, VERY DIFFERENT OUTCOME FOR ALL OF YOU. THIS WAS ONLY ONE CALL ON ONE SHIFT ON ONE SUNDAY NIGHT. WOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MIRACULOUSLY, AFTER 37 HOURS FROM THE INITIAL 911 CALL, HILLARY IS WELL ON HER WAY TO AN AMAZINGLY FULL RECOVERY. AND ACTUALLY, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SHE IS COMPLETELY RECOVERED. LIFE IS A PRECIOUS GIFT AND EACH OF YOU IMPACT THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS PEOPLE DAILY. THE EFFICIENT AND SEAMLESS TEAMWORK OF YOUR EFFORTS ARE WHAT LED TO SAVING MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE, AND OUR FAMILY IS ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. WHILE IT MIGHT BE SAID THAT YOU WERE SIMPLY DOING YOUR JOB, WE WITNESSED THE STELLAR AND INCREDIBLE CARE THAT YOU ALL DELIVERED UNDER DIRE, LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. YOU EXHIBITED. YOU EXHIBITED SKILL AND COMPASSION. OUR QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT WERE GRACIOUSLY ANSWERED. THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF EACH OF YOU HAVE TRULY, LITERALLY SAVED A LIFE. AGAIN, THIS WAS JUST ONE CALL ON ONE SHIFT IN ONE NIGHT AND YOU DO THIS GOODNESS KNOWS HOW OFTEN IN A TYPICAL SHIFT. 
          PLEASE KNOW THAT WE WILL FOREVERMORE BE GRATEFUL TO YOU AND ALL THAT YOU DO. THERE IS NO ADEQUATE ENOUGH WAY TO FULLY EMPHASIZE OUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE SERVICE YOU PROVIDED US, AND THAT YOU REGULARLY DELIVER TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE KNOW HOW MUCH WE VALUE EACH ONE OF YOU, AND THE PROFOUND WORK THAT YOU DO FOR THE TREATMENT AND BETTERMENT OF ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE A DIRECT REFLECTION ON YOU. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING THIS MORNING AND SHARING THAT WITH US. AND THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT EVENT. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HEAR SHE'S MADE A FULL RECOVERY THEN, RIGHT? MOST IMPORTANT, I WONDERED IF WE MIGHT HAVE HER AND THE TEAM COME UP FOR A PICTURE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. 
          I THINK YOU HAD ENOUGH TO SAY YOU DO THIS, YOU DO THIS, YOU DO THIS. I AM COMPELLED TO TELL THE STORY TO ANYONE WHO WAS. 
          [3. Discuss Surplus Property(Eric Mosley)]
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ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS A DISCUSSION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER, I GUESS, TO A TEAM OF IN MARK. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. WE CAME BEFORE Y'ALL IN AUGUST TO PRESENT SOME SURPLUS PROPERTY. ONE IS THE FIRE STATION AT ONE 7172 REED ROAD IN WEST POINT, AND ONE WAS 100 EICHELBERGER IN LAGRANGE. THERE WAS SOME QUESTION THEN ABOUT LEGALITY OF SELLING IT, MAYBE TO SOME PEOPLE THAT HAD DONATED IT. AND MARK HAS DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THAT. MARK, YOU WANT TO. YEAH, I THINK THE THE BOARD DECLARED IT SURPLUS BASICALLY AS. I'M GETTING HOLLERED AT AGAIN GET CLOSER. THE BOARD DECLARED IT SURPLUS, ESTABLISHING THAT IT WAS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES, BUT RESERVE THE QUESTION OF THE MODE AND MANNER OF SALE BACK IN AUGUST SO THAT THE NEXT STEPS COULD BE COMPLETED, WHICH WOULD BE FIRST, DO A TITLE CHECK ON THE PROPERTY, AND THAT TITLE CHECK WAS PERFORMED AND IT INDICATED BASICALLY CLEAR TITLE IN THE COUNTY ON THE EICHELBERGER PROPERTY. THE REED ROAD PROPERTY, THE TITLE WAS CLEAR IT'S IN THE COUNTY, BUT IT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS FROM WHEN THE COUNTY ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY, A WELL EASEMENT, SO THAT THE PROPERTY APPARENTLY AT ONE POINT IN TIME WAS SERVED BY A WELL THAT. WHILE THE SURVEYS ARE NOT PRECISE, APPEARED TO BE ON ADJOINING PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED SUBSEQUENT TO THE TIME THAT THE COUNTY GOT THE PROPERTY. SO THERE'S TWO RESOLUTIONS TONIGHT. THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS. ONE IS JUST FOR EICHELBERGER AND ONE IS FOR REED. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO RESOLUTIONS IS THE ONE ON EICHELBERGER IS A REAFFIRMS THE DECLARATION THAT YOU MADE BACK IN AUGUST, STATING THAT THE PROPERTY IS NO LONGER USED, NEEDED BY THE COUNTY FOR PUBLIC USE, AND AUTHORIZING THE SALE AS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE, WHICH MEANS IT'S GOT TO BE OFFERED TO THE FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC, EITHER BY A SEALED BID OR AUCTION, AND THEN THE. THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE COUNTY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR TO MAKE THE DECISION AS TO THE PARTICULAR MODE OF SALE BETWEEN THOSE TWO. AND ALSO THE LAW WAS RECENTLY CHANGED LAST SESSION TO ALLOW IN THE PUBLIC DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY TO ALLOW THE USE OF A REALTOR, IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO. SO THAT OPTION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. THAT'S FOR EICHELBERGER. FOR REED ROAD, IT'S THE SAME, EXCEPT THERE'S AN ADDED STEP THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. SINCE THE STAFF AFTER THE TITLE SEARCH RAMONA AND HAD WORKED HARD WITH STAFF TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT WELL EASEMENT WAS WAS NEEDED FOR THAT PROPERTY. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT FOR AT LEAST AT LEAST THE PAST TEN YEARS, THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN ON CITY WATER AND THE WELL HAS NOT BEEN USED. SO THAT SECOND RESOLUTION FOR REED ROAD DOES TWO THINGS. 
          IT RELEASES THE EASEMENT AND ALLOWS THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY WITHOUT THE EASEMENT IN EXISTENCE. BUT BY THE SAME MEANS THE. THE BOARD AND THE COUNTY COULD CHOOSE, I SUPPOSE, TO SELL IT WITH THE EASEMENT, BUT THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY USE FOR IT ANYMORE, AND IT IS UNCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THE ADJOINING LANDOWNERS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T PRECISELY RELOCATE WHERE THAT WELL IS IN TERMS OF WHOSE PROPERTY IT'S ON NOW, AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY USE FOR IT. WHEN THE PROPERTIES WERE MOVED OVER TO TROUP COUNTY FROM THE LANDOWNERS, THOSE LANDOWNERS STILL LIVING, I THINK, I, I DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE. I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF NOT THE LANDOWNERS, IT WAS THEIR SUCCESSORS. THEIR FAMILY 
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MEMBERS ARE PROBABLY STILL LIVING AS THE COUNTY GOT IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF THOSE. AS THIS WAS COMING UP AS A SURPLUS, THE EICHELBERGER DESCENDANT DID CONTACT THE COUNTY ABOUT IT, BUT AFTER DISCOVERING THAT LEGALLY WE NEED TO PUT IT OUT TO BID, WE I'VE NOT HAD ANY CONTACT WITH ANY OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS. LET ME SAY THAT IN THE PAST WE'VE WE'VE DONE THAT WITH A BID JUST LIKE AN ENVELOPE BID, AS YOU MIGHT SAY. YES, SIR. WE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE FOR 30 DAYS TO ANNOUNCE IT AND THEN HAVE A SEALED OPENING. OKAY. OPENING. THERE'S PUBLIC NOTICE THAT WOULD INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, ANY ANY EITHER THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY OWNER OR ANY DESCENDANTS OR AROUND, THEY WOULD GET NOTICE OF THE SALE AND HAVE FULL OPPORTUNITY TO BID, YOU KNOW, ALSO, LIKE I SAID, THE THE THE LAW DID CHANGE TO ALLOW THE USE OF A REALTOR THAT COULD ACTUALLY MARKET THE PROPERTY. NOW THEY STILL HAVE TO USE THE PUBLIC SALE PROCESS, BUT YOU CAN GET THE ASSISTANCE OF REALTOR AND PROPERTY IN TRYING TO ATTRACT BIDDERS. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT COULD COME UP THAT NEED TO BE. I SAID THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO ME THAT NEED TO COME UP THAT COULD BE ANSWERED. I MEAN, YOU KNOW. 
          ABOUT THIS SITUATION. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY LEGALLY WE CAN GET RID OF THE PROPERTY BY THAT. SO YOU'LL BE SEALED BID OR AUCTION EITHER ONE. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME COMPETITIVE PROCESS. 
          THERE'S ONLY VERY LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER GEORGIA LAW WHERE YOU CAN DO A DIRECT CONVEYANCE, WHICH IS ALTHOUGH IT DIDN'T EXIST IN THIS CASE. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHEN SOME PEOPLE DO CONVEY PROPERTY TO A GOVERNMENT, THERE'S A REVERSIONARY CLAUSE IN THE IN THE DEED THAT BASICALLY SAYS SHOULD THE COUNTY NO LONGER NEED IT, OR THE CITY OR ANY GOVERNMENT NO LONGER NEED IT FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE, TITLE REVERTS BACK TO THE OWNER. BUT THAT THAT DID NOT EXIST IN THESE DEEDS, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO TAKING ACTION ON THE IN AUGUST, THE DUE DILIGENCE REQUIRED THAT WE DO A TITLE SEARCH TO SEE WHAT THE TRUE FACTS WERE WITH REGARD TO THE TITLE. THERE ARE A FEW OTHER EXCEPTIONS, ONE OF WHICH IS YOU CAN DIRECTLY CONVEY PROPERTY THAT IS SMALL, IRREGULAR AND IRREGULARLY SHAPED. BASICALLY PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A MARKET VALUE. YOU CAN DO THAT BY DIRECT CONVEYANCE. AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, BUT NONE THAT AFTER DOING THE TITLE, WOULD APPLY TO THESE TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY. WE KNOW HOW THE ONE 7172 REED ROAD WAS ACQUIRED BY THE COUNTY. DO WE KNOW IF THAT WAS PURCHASED OR GIVEN? IT WAS GIVEN. GIVEN. THAT WAS THE RAY AND JEANETTE CECIL FAMILY GAVE THAT BACK IN. 1984. I'M SORRY, 1980. MOST OF THE SANITATION SITES WERE DONATED TO THE COUNTY. I DO I DO RECALL CERTAINLY CONVENIENT CENTER SITES THAT WERE GENEROUSLY DONATED. YEAH. I JUST HAD A RESPONSE FROM THE BACK IN AUGUST FROM EICHELBERGER, THE SON OF THE DADDY THAT DONATED IT TO THE COUNTY, SHOWED INTEREST IN PURCHASING IT BACK FROM THE COUNTY. RIGHT. I HAVE ONE. COMMISSIONER MCKINNEY HAD ONE, TOO, FROM THE SAME INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE IT WAS HIS FATHER'S PROPERTY. RIGHT? THEY GAVE IT TO THE COUNTY. AND I MEAN, HE'S NOT ASKING FOR THE COUNTY TO GIVE IT. HE JUST LIKE, HAVE THE FIRST RIGHT TO BUY IT. YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S THE LAW JUST DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT UNLESS IT IS A RIGHT THAT IS VESTED AT THE TIME THE COUNTY ACQUIRES THE PROPERTY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THANK YOU. THIS IS THE RESOLUTION TO 
          [4. Discuss Fire Department Budget Amendment(Zac Steele)]
VOTE ON TONIGHT. YES, SIR. NEXT ITEM I'LL INVITE ZACH BACK UP TO DISCUSS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 
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BUDGET AMENDMENT. EVERY YEAR OR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HAS ALLOCATED $350,000 TO BE USED FOR A POTENTIAL SLA SUBSIDY. WITH AMR, WE HAVE FAILED TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM AT THIS POINT. AS YET. THE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, BUT WE'RE ASKING YOUR PERMISSION TO REALLOCATE SOME MONEY BACK TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY VENTURES. 
          IN THIS, WE FIGURE THAT $350,000 AT $29,000, 166 PER MONTH WOULD BE WHAT WE'D BE SPENDING IF WE HAD ENTERED INTO THAT SUBSIDY. WITH AMR. WE'RE ASKING FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THAT TO GO TO THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE FOR $25,000. THAT WILL COVER AIDS AND CHAINSAWS FOR ALL THE MARSHAL'S VEHICLES. WITH THAT AGREEMENT, WE WOULD HAVE SCOTT HESTER FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAIN THEM UP ON THE BLS, MAKE SURE THAT'S UP TO SPEED FOR THEIR TRAINING FOR AD, AS WELL AS GLEN CUNNINGHAM FROM DIVERSE POWER WOULD COME IN AND TEACH A CHAINSAW SAFETY CLASS. 
          BEFORE WE PLACE THESE INTO SERVICE. A LOT OF THESE PICKUP TRUCKS THAT THEY HAVE CAN BE UTILIZED DURING STORMS, SNOW EVENTS, WINTER, WHATEVER WE NEED, AND IT'S A RESOURCE THAT WE CAN'T A LOT OF TIMES TAP INTO DURING TIMES OF EMERGENCY, AND THIS WILL INCREASE OUR STORMS DISASTER RESPONSE, AS WELL AS HAVING THAT AND DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, THESE MARSHALS ARE OUT THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S JUST MORE ADS WE'RE PUTTING ON TO THE FIELD. AND THAT THE OTHER $25,000 ALLOCATION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR OUT OF THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS MEDICAL RESCUE SUPPLIES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT WILL ENSURE THAT WE OUTFIT EVERY SINGLE FIRE TRUCK WITH A DRUG KIT THAT WE'VE JUST RECENTLY LAID OUT IN THE THREE SQUADS SQUAD 14, 11 AND FOUR. EXCUSE ME, WE'VE ROLLED THOSE ALS DRUG KITS OUT. WE'VE HAD GOOD SUCCESS WITH THEM, WE'VE UTILIZED THEM A COUPLE TIMES AND NOW WE'RE USING SOME OF THIS MONEY AND JUST SWAPPING IT TO A DIFFERENT GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNT. IT'S STILL BEING USED FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, JUST NOT THE TRANSPORT CONTRACT. 
          MORE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THAT AND PUTTING IT ON ALL THE FIRE TRUCKS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL DO STARTING JANUARY THE 1ST, 2026, ANYBODY HIRED AFTER THAT DATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN THEIR ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN INSTEAD OF JUST THEIR REGULAR EMT. SO AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE FUTURE AND IMPROVING OUR SERVICES, WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE A HIGHER LEVEL OF TRAINING. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IN ALL EIGHT OF OUR CAREER FIRE STATIONS WITH PAID AND THE ENGINES OR THE SQUADS AND THE ENGINES FOR OUR PAID STATIONS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE DRUG KITS THAT CAN BE ROLLED OUT TO PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE TO OUR CITIZENS. SO WE'RE REQUESTING THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FUNDS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT CHANGING THE ACCOUNTS FOR THEM. AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT ON THAT, WHILE WE WE PUT THAT MONEY ASIDE ANNUALLY LAST COUPLE YEARS, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH AMR FOR AN SLA AND SUBSIDY DO CONTINUE. WE'VE GOT A CONSULTANT TRYING TO HELP US WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE PROCESS NOW TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY THE ANALYTICS LOOK LIKE FOR CALL VOLUMES AND WHO SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT, AND THAT. AND THAT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE AN END DATE NECESSARILY IN PLACE YET, BUT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH AMR DIRECTLY AS AS LATE AS LAST WEEK, AND I KNOW THE CONSULTANT WORKING ON OUR BEHALF IS STILL GATHERING DATA FROM THEM TO THIS DATE, BUT WE FIGURE THE $29,000 PER MONTH, WE'RE FOUR MONTHS INTO IT, SO THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT $120,000 THAT WON'T GET SPENT. EVEN IF WE WERE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM AS EARLY AS THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. 
          [5. Discuss SPLOST V Fire Department Equipment Purchase
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THANK YOU SIR. THE NEXT ONE IS A SPORTS EQUIPMENT PURCHASE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS 146 SCBA CYLINDERS THAT WE USE FOR OUR AIR PACKS. WE BOUGHT TEN NEW ONES ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND THE PLAN WAS TO BUY TEN NEW ONES EVERY YEAR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS TO OFFSET A LARGE UPCOMING PURCHASE IN THE FUTURE. WE HAVE 122 THAT ARE DUE FOR HYDRO TEST AND BY 2031, AND THAT'LL END THEIR LIFESPAN. SO WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE 122 CYLINDERS OUT OF THE TOTAL 146 THAT WE HAVE, EIGHT WILL BE HYDRO AND 20, 36 AND TEN HAVE A LIFE SPAN THAT WILL TAKE US ALL THE WAY TO 2038. THE WHAT WE'RE FINDING ON THESE IS THAT $1,400 AND $27 APIECE IS IF WE CAN OFFSET A PURCHASE OF THESE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE LUMP SUM PURCHASE. IT'LL HELP US WITH THAT, AS WELL AS THE REPLACEMENT CYCLE IN THE FUTURE OF NOT HAVING TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM AT ONCE. BUT THEY'RE HYDRO TESTED EVERY FIVE YEARS, EXCUSE ME. AND THEY HAVE A 15 YEAR LIFE SPAN THAT AT THE END OF THE 15 YEARS 
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THEY'RE NO GOOD. WE HAVE TO SURPLUS THAT EQUIPMENT. SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR A PURCHASE THERE AND THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THAT ACCOUNT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          SERGEANT CHAMBERS IS HERE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO THANK HIM PUBLICLY. HE HE CHASED DOWN EVERY LAST ONE OF THESE BETWEEN ALL 13 FIRE STATIONS AND VERIFIED DATES AND SERIAL NUMBERS. AND ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ABOUT RUNNING ALL AROUND HERE AND TRYING TO GET THE NUMBERS, THAT'S HE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS OVER A PERIOD OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. I GUESS WE'LL TAKE THIS UP TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I GOT THE LAST ONE TO. ALRIGHT. 8911 HAS REQUESTED SOME SPLOST FIVE 
          [6. DIscuss E911 SPLOST Upgrades and E911 Program Updates(Zac Steele)
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UPGRADES FOR THEIR CENTER. AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS PERMISSION TO SPEND UP TO $36,000 IN SPLOST FIVE EQUIPMENT FUNDING. WHAT THIS WILL COVER IS MONITOR UPGRADES, FLOORING REPLACEMENT, REPLACING SOME OF THE DISPATCHER CHAIRS, REPLACING THE REFRIGERATOR, AS WELL AS THE HEADSETS THAT THEY USE IN THERE, AND A COUPLE OF DOCKING STATIONS FOR THE PANASONIC TOUGHBOOKS THAT LIKES TO BE USED IN THE MOBILE COMMAND BUS AS WELL. SOME OF THESE COMPUTER MONITORS THERE. SHANNON'S WORKED HARD TO GET A COUPLE QUOTES ON THE FLOOR AND AND SHE'S GOT THE PIECE, THE DEMO RIGHT HERE. YOU WANT TO SHOW THEM THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT TAPED UP SPOTS. SO MAKE SURE SHE SHOWS YOU THE RIGHT ONE. YEAH. SO THIS IS OUR FLOOR UNDERNEATH CURRENTLY. IT'S JUST RAW AND IT'S NOT CURRENTLY. AND THESE TWO HAVE SEALS ON IT. IT'S BEEN SANDED AND IT HAS A SEAL. IT'S HARD TO SEE IT THERE BUT THIS ONE HAS THE MORE SHINE TO IT. SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAD TO GO WITH SINCE IT HAS TO SHINE. REDO IT AGAIN. WE CAN SWEEP IT, MOP IT EASILY VERSUS TRYING TO VACUUM THE FLOOR. CURRENTLY WHEN WE VACUUM, IT TAKES TWO TO VACUUM, ONE TO SAY, HEY, SHE CAN'T HEAR YOU. THE PHONE'S RINGING. SHE'S GOT RADIO TRAFFIC, SO IT'S VERY. IT'S GOING TO LAST. DOESN'T REPLACE YOUR CARPET. CARPET SCREW DOWN, SCREW BACK IN OR SOMETHING LIKE. WILL THIS BE AVAILABLE? WILL THIS BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE MEETING FOR US TO. SAY THIS? AIN'T GOT A LOT OF HOLES IN IT. THANK YOU SIR. AND JUST TO REITERATE ON SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, SHE'S RECENTLY HAD SEVERAL COMPUTER MONITORS THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED IN ONE OFFS, SEVERAL TVS THAT HAVE GONE OUT, AND THE HEADSET EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING TO RECEIVE ONE CALLS AND DISPATCHING ON ONE CALLS IS NO LONGER MANUFACTURED. SO WE'RE HAVING TO DO A WHOLESALE REPLACEMENT IN THAT, BUT THAT'LL ALL BE COVERED IN THE E-911 CENTER UPGRADES. AND THIS IS SOME MONEY THAT IS IN SPLOST FIVE THAT'S ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY FOR ENAMEL. ONE. 
          HOW MUCH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? $36,000. OKAY, I DIDN'T SEE THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOT WE'LL TAKE THIS UP THIS EVENING TOO. THANK YOU. HOLD ON. YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WE HAD A I DROVE UP ON AN ACCIDENT AND I GOT THERE FOR THAT OUT THERE. AND THE PARTS WHEN I GOT AND I WAS ABLE LIKE I SAY, I WAS THE FIRST ONE THERE AND I WAS ABLE TO WATCH THE GUYS COME IN, SOME OF THEM IN THE ROOM NOW, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THEY DO A GOOD JOB. THEY HANDLED THAT SITUATION REAL WELL. THEY CUT THE CUT THE DOOR OPEN AND THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. AND I WAS PROUD OF THEM. GOOD DEAL. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP 
          [7. Discuss Whitesville Road Soccer Complex Expansion Project - Final Landscaping Package - Bid 
Proposals(Jay Anderson & Lance Dennis)
]
I'LL INVITE JAY ANDERSON. GOOD MORNING. CHAIRMAN. GENTLEMAN. COMMISSIONERS. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO DISCUSS THE FINAL LANDSCAPE PACKAGE FOR THE WHITESVILLE ROAD SOCCER COMPLEX. 
          WE'RE WINDING DOWN ON THIS COMPLEX. THANK GOD I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS, AND I'M READY TO SEE IT FINISHED. AND WE ARE GETTING SUPER CLOSE. AND AT 
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OTHER MEETINGS WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT I'D BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU TWO MORE TIMES. ONE IS FOR THE LANDSCAPING, WHICH IS WHAT I'M HERE FOR TODAY, AND THEN WE PLAN ON COMING BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE LAST PIECE, WHICH WAS A GRANT WE HAD RECEIVED FOR A PLAYGROUND. AND WE'RE GETTING OUR FINAL KIND OF PRICING AND BUDGETS ON. WELL, WE KNOW WHAT OUR BUDGET IS. 
          IT'S BASED ON THE GRANT, BUT WE'RE GETTING OUR FINAL QUOTES AND BREAKDOWNS ON THAT TO WHERE WE'LL BE READY TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU NEXT MEETING. SO TODAY IS THE LANDSCAPING. AND THEN NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE FINAL PIECE, WHICH IS THE PLAYGROUND THAT WILL GO THERE. 
          WE ARE FINISHING UP. WE'VE GOT SOME RECENT PICTURES THAT WERE DRONE PICTURES THAT WERE TAKEN, THAT ALL OF THE ARTIFICIAL TURF IS DONE ON THE FIELDS. NOW THEY'RE JUST FINISHING UP THE SOD AND THE GRASSING THAT GOES BETWEEN AND AROUND THE FIELDS. THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. WE KIND OF GOT WASHED OUT LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF THE RAIN, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO FINISH THAT UP IN THE NEXT 7 TO 10 DAYS, TO WHERE THEN WE CAN PUT THE FINAL COAT OF ASPHALT ON THE PARKING LOTS, WHICH WE'VE JUST BEEN WAITING TO DO TILL THE MASS OF THE WORK WAS DONE. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BE READY IN THE NEXT WEEK TO START THIS LANDSCAPING THAT'S IN FRONT OF US. THAT'LL FINISH UP ALL OF THE OTHER PERIMETER AREAS. SO QUOTES AND PROPOSALS WERE SUBMITTED BY LOCAL LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS FOR THE FULL TURNKEY INSTALLATION OF ALL THE BUSHES, TREES, MULCH, BERMUDA SOD. ALL THIS LANDSCAPING WILL BE AT THE ENTRANCES. WE HAVE TWO ENTRANCES, ONE OFF OF. THAT'S THE MAIN ENTRANCE THERE, THE ONE OFF OF WHITESVILLE ROAD AND IT HAS ALL THE BUSHES, TREES, MULCH AND ALL THE BEDS AROUND THE ENTRANCE. AND THEN AS YOU GO INTO THE PARKING LOT, IT IT'S ALL IN THE ISLANDS. AND THEN IF YOU KEEP GOING INTO THE PROJECT MORE, IT'S THE LANDSCAPING RIGHT IN FRONT OF AND AROUND THE GYM, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS JUST BARE. AND THEN THE SAME FOR THE REAR PARKING LOT. IT HAS THE LANDSCAPING FOR THE REAR ENTRANCE, WHICH IS OFF OF FORT DRIVE, AND THEN THE BACK PARKING LOT, AND ALSO THE TREES, BUSHES AND PLANTS THAT ARE AROUND. WHAT WAS THE EXCEPTIONAL ED BUILDING OR THE OLD BAND BUILDING WHEN IT WAS TROUP HIGH SCHOOL? AND SO IT INCLUDES ALL THE FRONT AREA AND ALL OF THE REAR AREAS, PRETTY, PRETTY BIG AREA. SO WE RECEIVED PROPOSALS AND QUOTES FROM SEVERAL OF THE LOCAL LANDSCAPERS. AND THOSE PRICES ARE IN FRONT OF US. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SHEET, JAMES. YES, OR MY COVER PAGE. THERE YOU GO. WE RECEIVED FIVE QUOTES IN GARDEN SOLUTIONS, GW LANDSCAPES, GEORGIA LAND, LAGRANGE LANDSCAPE, SORRY, SOUTHERN OAKS TURF, AND THEN GRIZZLY LANDSCAPE REGRETFULLY DECLINED. MR. TOMMY SAID HE JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT FOR ME. SO THAT WAS ALL THE ONES WE GOT IN. AND GARDEN SOLUTIONS WAS THE LOW PRICE AT $123,754. AND SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO TO GO WITH GARDEN SOLUTIONS AT THAT PRICE. AND THEY ARE THEY ARE HERE IN TODAY TOO, IN CASE THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ACTUAL LANDSCAPE PACKAGE, WHICH I WAS NOT MAYBE ABLE TO ANSWER. MR. HUMPHRIES IS HERE. 
          IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS. ALL OF THESE ON THE SAME ALL OF THESE BIDS ON THE SAME THING THAT'S GOING TO BE PLACED IN ALL THE SHRUBS AND GRASSES AND EVERYTHING. YES. SAME. IT'S ALL APPLES TO APPLES OFF OF THE PLAN THAT JAMES WAS SHOWING, WE ACTUALLY CREATED OUR OWN QUOTE SHEET OR PROPOSAL SHEET THAT LISTED THE THE EXACT QUANTITIES OF THE EXACT SPECIES OF THE EXACT SIZE. ARE THEY ONE GALLON, THREE GALLON, WHATEVER. CALIPER TREE. SO WE HAD A PROPOSAL SHEET THAT SHOWED THE EXACT QUANTITY THEY HAD TO PUT IN A UNIT PRICE. THEN IT GAVE A TOTAL SO THAT EVERYBODY HAD THE EXACT SAME APPLES TO APPLES. PLUS, I TOLD EVERYBODY WHO SENT IN A PROPOSAL. I TOLD EVERYBODY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO BREAK IT DOWN AND HAVE UNIT PRICES TO THAT, JUST IN CASE WE DECIDED, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROBABLY PUT LESS IN THIS BED OVER HERE OR MAYBE MORE OVER HERE, THAT WE HAD THE UNIT PRICES TO BE ABLE TO, TO EITHER DEDUCT A LITTLE BIT OR WHATEVER. AND SO EVERYBODY HAD THE SAME FORMULA. 
          I KNOW WE GOT A GRANT COMING FOR THE PLAYGROUND, BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THAT SPOT RIGHT THERE, THE LANDSCAPING AND TEAR IT BACK UP? NO SIR. MATTER OF FACT, IT'S A GREAT POINT THAT I HAD A NOTE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ONCE I KIND OF GOT WRAPPED UP, BUT THAT IS THE NEXT STEP. IS I OR THE LAST STEP? AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AT THE BEGINNING IT WOULD BE TO COME BACK TO GET FINAL APPROVAL ON THE PLAYGROUND, BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, WE GOT A $350,000 GRANT FOR THAT AND WE HAVE TO MATCH IT WITH 350. SO WE HAVE A $700,000 BUDGET, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY ACCEPTED OR THE BOARD ACCEPTED, AND WE'RE GETTING ALL THE FINAL PRICES AND PARTS AND PIECES ON THAT TO COME BACK. AND IN THAT, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO USE. WE HAVE TO MATCH THE 350,000. SO IN THAT PROPOSAL THAT WE SUBMITTED FOR THE GRANT, IT INCLUDED 
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LANDSCAPING AROUND THAT AREA. AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THIS 123,754 AS OUR MATCH. OKAY. SO ACTUALLY SOME OF THIS IN ESSENCE, SOME OF THIS LANDSCAPING WILL END UP KIND OF GETTING PAID BY THE GRANT FOR THE PLAYGROUND. THEY KIND OF GO TOGETHER. AND NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PLANT THAT AREA AND THEN TEAR IT UP AND REDO IT. 
          BUT BUT PART OF IT IS, IS THAT THE MONIES WE'RE SPENDING FOR THIS THAT WILL ACTUALLY GO TOWARDS OUR MATCH FOR, FOR THE PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS NICE. IT WAS GOING TO LEAVE THAT GROUND BARE UNTIL THE PLAYGROUND COMES. RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO PLANT THAT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO COME BACK SO QUICKLY AT THE NEXT MEETING TO MOVE ON THE PLAYGROUND, WHERE HOPEFULLY IT CAN KIND OF ALL BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME AND THEN AGAIN BE DONE. SO. SO YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED YOUR BIDS BACK YET ON THE PLAYGROUND, IS THAT RIGHT? WE ARE RECEIVING THEM. 
          IT'S JUST NOT READY FOR WE HAVEN'T GOT TO THE DEADLINE. WHATEVER SIR. WE HAVEN'T GOT TO. 
          THE DEADLINE OF THE GRANTS FOR THE PLAYGROUND. IS THAT RIGHT? OR YOU'RE EVALUATING THEM? WELL, THE GRANT WE'VE RECEIVED, WE'RE JUST BIDS FOR THE THE BIDS FOR THE. WE STILL GOT SOME COMING IN. YOU STILL GOT SOME COMING. LAST QUESTION REAL QUICK. WE KNOW A LOT OF TIME LANDSCAPING THINGS DIE. DO WE HAVE A A PERIOD OF TIME IN WHICH THE THE CONTRACTORS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO ANY OF THE THE PLANTS, THE TREES PARTICULARLY. 
          THEY ARE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM FOR THE FIRST 30 TO 60 DAYS AT LEAST, THAT WAS WHAT THE BID SAID OR SOMETHING. BUT WHAT'S THAT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION? RIGHT. OKAY. AND THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO PLANT TREES, BUSHES, EVERYTHING, THE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND THEN MORE IN THE SPRING. THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO GET IT IN. AND I'VE TALKED TO MR. HUMPHRIES. 
          HE CAN COME UP AND SPEAK BETTER TO IT, BUT I THINK HE'S READY TO ROLL IF APPROVED TO WHERE WE CAN GET IN THERE. YEAH, JUST YOU MENTIONED THE WEEK. IF YOU. I DON'T. YEAH. HE'D RATHER GO WORK. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN THIS WILL BE A GOOD MATCH. 
          WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS AS A MATCH TOWARDS OUR PLAYGROUND WHICH IS GOOD. AND ACTUALLY IT WORKS TOGETHER. SO THAT'LL BE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. I WILL ALSO HANDLE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE 
          [8. Discuss Preliminary Plat Review - Tate Estates - J S Liechty Land LLC(Ruth West)
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AGENDA. IT IS DISCUSSED A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR TATE ESTATES BY J.S. LICHTY LAND, LLC. AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, WHEN WE GET A PRELIMINARY PLAT IN FOR A SUBDIVISION, IT COMES TO THE BOARD FIRST AS FYI INFORMATION. SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT WE CAN RELAY BACK TO THE TO THE APPLICANT OR RELAY TO THE BOARD OF ZONING, BECAUSE THEN THIS WILL GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF ZONING NEXT THURSDAY THE 13TH. I BELIEVE IT IS IS THE NEXT BOARD OF ZONING. 
          SO THIS WILL BE BEFORE THEM FOR A VOTE FOR APPROVAL. SO THIS IS KIND OF AN FYI. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO PASS ALONG? IT IS ON THE PARCEL IN FRONT OF YOU. IT IS, AS I SAID, IT'S SUBMITTED BY J.S. LICHTY LAND INCORPORATED. IT'S ON STATE ROUTE HIGHWAY 18 AND DRUMMOND ROAD AND WEST DRUMMOND ROAD. THE PARENT PARCEL THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS 71 ACRES, PLUS OR -71 ACRES. IT'S ZONED AGR. IT'S CURRENTLY VACANT. ALL OF THE THE APPLICANT OR THE THE PUBLIC NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN. IT'S BEEN IN THE PAPER. WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING IN THE COMMENTS. IT DOES COMPLY WITH OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR A SUBDIVISION AND AGR. IT IS NOW JAMES HAS THE THE PLAT UP THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE LAYOUT AND IT IS ON HIGHWAY 18, DRUMMOND ROAD AND WEST DRUMMOND ROAD. IT FRONTS ALL THREE ROADS. IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION. IT DOES NOT DEVELOP NEW ROADS. ALL OF THE LOTS WILL BE ON EXISTING ROADS. I THINK IT'S EIGHT TOTAL LOTS AND THEY RANGE FROM 3.4 ACRES TO ABOUT 15 ACRES. SO AND IT ALL COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AGR AND IT WILL BE SERVICED BY WELLS AND SEPTIC TANKS. WE DON'T HAVE WATER OUT THAT FAR, BUT IT DOES COMPLY WITH ALL OF OUR REGULATIONS. ANY COMMENTS? AND AS I SAID, IT'LL BE BEFORE THE BOARD OF ZONING NEXT THURSDAY THE 13TH. BECAUSE THE BOARD OF ZONING AS A AS A REMINDER, THEY APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS. THEY APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND THEN THE FINAL PLAT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU FOR ADOPTION WHEN IT'S THE FINAL PLAT, WHICH THAT SHOULD BE FAIRLY QUICKLY, TYPICALLY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ROAD CONSTRUCTION, SINCE THERE'S NO ROAD CONSTRUCTION, AS SOON AS THE PRELIMINARY PLATS APPROVED, AND THEY CAN PRETTY MUCH FLIP RIGHT AROUND AND SUBMIT THE THE FINAL PLAT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST 
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PAPERWORK AT THAT POINT. THANK YOU. NINE LOTS, NINE LOTS. SORRY. 12345. SIX. SEVEN. YES, NINE. THERE'S THE SMALL ONE UP ON. YEAH I APOLOGIZE. ANY COMMENTS. JAMES IS THAT IS THAT ROAD IS ALREADY PAVED FROM THE UNPAVED PORTION ON. IS IT. WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT ROAD AS FAR AS THE DRUMMOND ROAD IS THE ROAD THAT ADJOINS THE PROPERTY ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY WHERE MY CURSOR IS, AND THAT IS AN UNPAVED ROAD. AND THE PROPOSAL FOR TRACK ONE, WHICH WILL HAVE FRONTAGE ON DRUMMOND ROAD AND FRONTAGE ON STATE ROUTE 18. 
          THEIR PROPOSAL IS FOR THE HOME SITE TO ACTUALLY BE ON THIS SIDE OF A STREAM. THAT SORT OF BREAKS THAT LOT UP, AND FOR THE DRIVEWAY ROUTE 18, SO THERE WOULD BE NO IMPACT TO THE COUNTY'S UNPAVED ROAD. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A FEW OTHER DRIVEWAYS AND HOME SITES ALONG STATE ROUTE 18, AND THEN ON WEST DRUMMOND ROAD, WHICH IS A PAVED COUNTY ROAD. THEY'VE GOT PROPOSALS FOR FIVE DRIVEWAYS ALONG WEST DRUMMOND ROAD. SO WE ENTERED THE FIGHT. THE LOTS THERE IT TURNS THEN TO A GRAVEL ROAD. NO ACTUALLY WEST DRUMMOND ROAD IS PAVED ALL THE WAY FROM END TO END. I'LL WAIT TILL THE END 18 ALL THE WAY TO IF I, IF I GO BACK TO Q PUBLIC MAP. THIS IS STATE ROUTE 18 HERE AND WEST DRUMMOND ROAD HERE IS PAVED ALL THE WAY TO ITS TERMINUS AT DRUMMOND ROAD. AND DRUMMOND ROAD IS UNPAVED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. HERE ONE DIRECTION THAT GOES BACK OUT TO WHITESVILLE ROAD THERE OUT TO 19 AND THE OTHER DIRECTION THAT COMES BACK AROUND TO STATE ROUTE 18, WHERE THE OTHER FRONTAGE IS FOR THIS PROPERTY. 
          AND THEN THERE'S EAST DRUMMOND ROAD, UNRELATED TO THIS PROJECT, BUT EAST DRUMMOND ROAD, JUST JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, IS UNPAVED ROAD HERE FROM STATE ROUTE 18 AND TEEING IN TO WESTROM AND ROAD, THE PAVED ROAD HERE. IS THERE ANY DRIVEWAYS COMING OFF ON EAST DRUMMOND ROAD, THE DIRT PARK? NO, THERE. THERE ARE NO DRIVEWAYS, NO HOME SITES FOR ANY UNPAVED ROAD FOR THIS SUBDIVISION. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED TO THE APPLICANT ABOUT AT THE VERY FIRST MEETING, JAMES, THAT WE HAD WAS JAMES HAS BEEN IN EVERY ONE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS WITH HIM. IS THAT NO, NO, NO DRIVEWAYS OR HOMESTEADS OFF OF THE UNIMPROVED ROADS, I THINK ON THE DIRT ROAD. AND JAMES, YOU CAN HAVE ONLY ONE DRIVEWAY ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY. IS THAT CORRECT? TYPICALLY, YES. OKAY. SO THEY'RE COMING OFF OF THAT LIKE JAMES SHOWED ON TRACK ONE. THEY'RE COMING OFF OF HIGHWAY 18. RIGHT. BUT DOT APPROVED THE DRIVEWAYS COMING OFF 18. ALRIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. DOT HAS ALREADY GIVEN SOME PRELIMINARY APPROVALS ON THIS ON THESE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. THAT'S RIGHT. AS SUBMITTED IT COMPLIES WITH WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE AS SUBMITTED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS. IT'LL BE GOING TO THE BOARD OF ZONING NEXT THURSDAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE'LL INVITE 
          [9. Discuss Troup Transit / Connects (New DHS Contractor Contract)(Glenn Downs)]
GLENN DOWNS. EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING I'M HERE TODAY A A NEW CONTRACTOR, IF YOU WILL CONTRACT CONTRACTOR. LITTLE BACKGROUND. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES HAS WENT INTO A I GUESS A NEW BID. LET ME REPHRASE THAT. A NEW CONTRACT TO TO SUPPLY THE FUNDING FOR TRANSIT. AND I'LL HAVE TO RESPECTFULLY SAY SENIOR CITIZENS MOVING THEM BACK AND FORTH AND SO FORTH FOR RIDES, TRIPS. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES HAS AWARDED. VEREDA THE NEW CONTRACT. SO I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR, I GUESS, APPROVAL TO BASICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO SIGN THE CONTRACT. THE AGREEMENT. I'M SORRY. THE AGREEMENT HAS JUST THE GUIDELINE OF WHAT THE SERVICE WOULD BE. IT'S A LET ME GO BACKWARDS. THREE RIVERS WAS OUR 
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PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR. WE GO DHS, DHS CONTRACTS, AND WE ARE A SUBRECIPIENT OF THE THE FUNDS HAVE A NEW CONTRACTOR IN FLORIDA. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR PERMISSION OR APPROVAL TO SIGN OFF ON THIS AGREEMENT. THE AGREEMENT JUST BASICALLY STATES WHAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST, KIND OF, IF YOU WILL, THE RATES OF THE TRIP COST, IF YOU WILL, WE GET WE GET PAID FOR, IF YOU WILL, TRIPS THAT WE WE TAKE A TRIP IS JUST TRANSPORTING BACK AND FORTH. 
          AND THEN ON A FIELD TRIP WE GET PAID PER HOUR FOR THAT FIELD TRIP. SO PRETTY, PRETTY WELL PRETTY MUCH KIND OF I CALL IT CUT AND DRY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND. I'M SORRY, BUT WE DO THE TRIPS, WE SUBMIT FOR PAYMENT, WE GET REIMBURSED AND IT COMES STRAIGHT BACK TO OUR OUR ACCOUNTS. SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR FOR PERMISSION TO APPROVE OR ACCEPT IT. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A NUTSHELL. I HATE TO SAY IT LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S PRETTY. WE'RE JUST CONTINUING ON WITH WHAT WE HAD BEFORE WITH THREE OF THE THREE RIVERS COMMISSION, IF YOU WILL, AND WE JUST MOVE FORWARD. IF THIS IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT, RENEWABLE AUTOMATICALLY. WE'RE KIND OF WORKING WITH DHS, IF YOU WILL, TO KIND OF SET THE RULES. AND WE JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THE RIGHT OF QUESTIONS. SO YOU SAID IT'S A ONE YEAR CONTRACT. IT JUST SIGNED TODAY IF YOU WILL. 
          AND IT WAS EFFECTIVE 11 ONE. BY THE WAY THIS IS ALL THROUGH DHS. SO ONE YEAR WE SIGNED TODAY SO TO SPEAK. AND THEN IT'S AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED EVERY YEAR THROUGH IF YOU WOULD THROUGH DHS THEN THE RIGHT OF THE CONTRACT AND THEN US. WE HAVE NO VARIANCE EXCEPT FOR AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED. AND THEN WE THERE ARE SOME STIPULATIONS WHERE IF WE WANT TO END THE CONTRACT, I GUESS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS GOING BACK TO DHS AND SO FORTH. SO THIS WAS BEING RENEWED BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT PAYMENT DATE WENT OUT. THESE ARE MY WORDS. I'VE, I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS FOR ABOUT THREE, MAYBE FOUR MONTHS. DHS I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS, BUT LET'S JUST SAY THEY HAD SAY 100 CONTRACTORS. THIS IS HYPOTHETICAL. AND THEY WANTED TO NARROW DOWN WHAT I UNDERSTAND DOWN TO FIVE, SIX, SEVEN. THERE WAS TOO MANY OUT THERE. SO THEY JUST WENT OUT FOR BID AND REDUCED THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS. THAT'S BASICALLY ALL WE'RE DOING. THE MAIN THING THERE IS NO CHANGE TO US, RIGHT? THERE'S NO CHANGE THAT I CAN SEE. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, THEN WE'LL TAKE THAT UP THIS 
          [10. Consideration of November 4, 2025 5:00 p.m. Business Meeting(Eric Mosley)]
EVENING THEN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF I CAN QUICKLY GO OVER THIS AFTERNOON'S AGENDA FOR OUR INVOCATION, WE HAVE PASTOR LEVI FROM ADVENT LUTHERAN CHURCH. WE PRESENT UNDER SPECIAL BUSINESS. 
          WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF BOARD APPOINTMENTS. ITEM B IS CONSIDERATION OF THE SURPLUS PROPERTY RESOLUTIONS. ITEM C IS CONSIDERATION. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET AMENDMENT, ITEM D, CONSIDERATION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT PURCHASE. ITEM E IS CONSIDERATION. THE WHITEFIELD ROAD SOCCER COMPLEX EXPANSION PROJECT FINAL LANDSCAPING PACKAGE. ITEM F IS CONSIDERATION OF THE TROOP TRANSIT CONNECTS DHS CONTRACT. 
          I DID NOTICE THAT THERE IS AN ITEM MISSING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED, WHICH IS THE ONE SPLOST UPGRADES THROUGH SPLOST FIVE, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S ADDED BEFORE TONIGHT. UNDER PUBLIC HEARING, WE HAVE A CONSIDERATION FOR A REZONING FOR ANTHONY SHELLEY, WHICH IS AT HAMILTON ROAD. THIS IS THE FIRST READING BUT ELIGIBLE. AND THEN UNDER OTHER WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS A SPECIAL USE APPLICATION WITH MUNICIPAL COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW SAYLOR TOWER OFF OF 626 SANDTOWN ROAD, AND THE ADOPTION OF THE 2020 5CI EXPENDITURE ANNUAL UPDATE RESOLUTION. AND THAT IS ALL THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. OKAY, 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS EXECUTIVE SESSION. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE GO OUT OF REGULAR MEETING AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS BOARD APPOINTMENTS, REAL ESTATE MATTER AND A PERSONNEL MATTER. SO MOVE. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          MOTION CARRIES. SO WE ADJOURN FROM THIS PART AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU 
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ALLO ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE COME OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND GO BACK INTO REGULAR WORK SESSION. SO MOVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OK, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL. ANY WHAT? NO, I DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY. TOUCH YOUR SCREEN. I MEAN. THERE HE GOES, OK, I SUCK IT RIGHT THERE. 
          AND IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE HIT SOMEBODY ELSE SAID JIMMY MADE THE MOTION. JIM MADE THE MOTION. I WAS JUST TRYING TO RIGHT, MOTION IS CARRIED. MCG GAME TOUCHSCREEN. 
          UH, DO, OH, YOU GOT THAT SCREEN UP HERE. HE GOT A DIFFERENT SCREEN. I'M I GOT A DIFFERENT ONE. YOU GOT A DIFFERENT ONE. UH-HUH, UM, ALL RIGHT, UH, DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION WE HAD 3 MATTERS THAT WE DISCUSSED. NUMBER ONE WAS BOARD APPOINTMENTS AND MISS WEST WILL GIVE A REPORT THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING ON THOSE UH, NUMBER 2 WAS A REAL ESTATE MATTER AND NO ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. AND NUMBER 3 IS A PERSONNEL MATTER AND NO ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE COME UH OUT OF UH WORK SESSION AND ADJOURN LIKE MOTION DO I HAVE A SECOND, 2ND. OK, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          MEETING MOTIONS CARRIED AND MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. OH. WHAT DOES THAT DO JUST ON THE MICROPHONE JUST.
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