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SUNSHINE. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL. GOING TO BE A WARM DAY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK Y'ALL. LET ME WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY THE 17TH, 2025 2026. EXCUSE ME.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION. GENERALLY, BEFORE WE START OUR MEETINGS, WE HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER. AND SO IF Y'ALL WOULD BOW WITH ME JUST A MOMENT. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS NEW DAY. AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE THE SUNSHINE AND THE WARM TEMPERATURES. AND AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE SIGNS THAT SPRING IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HANDIWORK AND AND CREATING THIS EARTH AND ALL THE THE GREAT THINGS THAT GO WITHIN IT. LORD, I ASK YOU TO BLESS OUR TIME THIS MORNING AS WE GATHER TO DO BUSINESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR COUNTY. THAT LORD, YOU GIVE US WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AS WE MAKE DECISIONS. AND LORD, I ALWAYS LIFT UP OUR EMPLOYEES AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE THE WORK THAT THEY DO, THEIR DEDICATION TO SERVING THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE BE WITH US NOW THROUGH THE REST OF THIS MEETING. IN THY NAME WE DO PRAY.
AMEN. AMEN. ALRIGHT, SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNTY MANAGER. MR. CHAIRMAN,
[1. Discuss Request to Apply for Mental Health Court FY27 Grant (Jasmine Johnson) ]
COMMISSIONERS, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO REQUEST APPLICATION FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT FOR FY 27. WE'LL INVITE JASMINE JOHNSON UP TO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO TODAY I'M COMING FOR OUR ANNUAL OPERATING GRANT FUND. JUST ASKING TO APPLY. THIS YEAR WE'RE ASKING TO APPLY FOR 2000 $215,849.20 WITH THE REQUIRED 15% CASH MATCH, WHICH IS $36,792.48. OUR PROPOSED MATCH IS NORMALLY SATISFIED THROUGH A $20,000 CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY OF LAGRANGE, AND THE REMAINING FROM OUR DATE FUNDS.OUR MENTAL HEALTH COURT HAS BEEN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY FOR 13 YEARS FOR MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY DEFENDANTS, AND APPROVING THIS WOULD JUST ALLOW US TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS EFFECTIVE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TROUP COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH COURT, AND WILL ALLOW TROUP COUNTY TO MAINTAIN A COST EFFECTIVE, EVIDENCE BASED ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? HOW MANY ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM? JASMINE 20. ONE. WHAT IS WHAT IS OUR CAPACITY? 30. HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GO ABOUT GROWING THAT NUMBER. SO OUR CASE MANAGER, SHE GOES TO THE JAIL AND SHE SITS AND SHE TAKES APPLICATIONS. OR NOW THAT WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON, ONCE SHE'S DONE WITH HER POST TRAINING, SHE'LL START SENDING US APPLICATIONS. PRIOR TO THAT, SHE SENT APPLICATIONS ARE OR MISS DON FROM THE JAIL. SHE WOULD SEND OUT APPLICATIONS AND HAVE OUR CASE MANAGER. SHE WOULD GO DOWN AND SHE WOULD SIT WITH THEM AND DO OUR INITIAL INTERVIEW. BEYOND THAT, WE GET REFERRALS FROM OUR DA OFFICE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S FOR OUR STATE SOLICITOR. WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY? OBVIOUSLY, BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S A MENTAL HEALTH PANDEMIC IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWING THE PROGRAM BEYOND 30? IS THERE A WAY TO GROW THE CAPACITY? THERE IS. SO WITH MENTAL HEALTH, JUST SPEAK CANDIDLY. THERE'S ALSO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. SO WHEN THE PERSON APPLIED, WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND DETERMINE WHICH ONE IS MORE PREVALENT. A LOT OF TIMES OUR MENTAL HEALTH IS SUBSTANCE INDUCED. SO A LOT OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS, WHICH IS WHY FADC IS THE BIGGEST PROGRAM, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISEASE IS FROM THEIR SUBSTANCE ABUSE. SO WE SEND THEM TO THEIR REFERRED OVER TO OUR ADULT DRUG COURT. AS FAR AS MENTAL HEALTH, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE THAT COME IN THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY SEVERE, STRAIGHT ON MENTAL HEALTH, WE DO ACCEPT THEM ALSO, I'M SORRY, THE STATE OF THE STATE HAS SENT OUT A MEMO THAT SAYS EVERY PERSON THAT WE ACCEPT MUST BE HIGH RISK. SO ANYONE THAT'S NOT HIGH RISK, WE CANNOT ACCEPT. SO THAT HAS PUT A LITTLE DAMPER ON SOME THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO ACCEPTING SOME OF OUR PARTICIPANTS. BUT ALSO IT ALSO HELPS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WITH THE HIGH RISK ARE THE ONES WHO BECOME REPEAT OFFENDERS. HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHO IS HIGH RISK? WE GIVE A AN ASSESSMENT. IT'S CALLED LCME, WHICH IS PROVIDED BY THE STATE. AND THEY ALLOW US THAT DETERMINES WHETHER THEY'RE HIGH RISK, HIGH NEED. IS THAT
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ALL THROUGH THE COURT ITSELF OR WITH OUR EVALUATOR AT THE JAIL, BE ABLE TO DO THAT EVALUATION THROUGH THE CASE MANAGER, THROUGH CASE TRAINS, THE CASE MANAGER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE ASSESSMENT. THEY PROVIDE US WITH, LET'S SAY, A DISCOUNT TO BE TRAINED ON HOW TO GIVE THE ASSESSMENT. AND SO EACH CASE MANAGER IS TRAINED IN OUR OFFICE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR DUI COURT CASE MANAGER WHO'S CURRENTLY WAITING FOR A TRAINING. SO WITH THE ADDITION OF THE POSITION AT THE JAIL, HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT HELP? AS FAR AS AS THE PROCESS GOES? WELL, HER KNOWLEDGE BASE WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE WILL ALLOW THE WEEDING OUT PART TO BE EASIER. ALSO, AS FAR AS GETTING APPLICANTS, ANOTHER THING IS SOME PEOPLE ARE THEY HAVE HIGHER RISK THAN WE CAN MANAGE IN OUR COURT. SO THE MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON IS ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OR OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, WITHIN THE STATE. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT BEFORE SHE CAME ON, I WORKED WITH THE JAIL TO HELP GET SOME PEOPLE GET, WELL, ONE PARTICULAR PERSON AND MAYBE ONE OTHER, BUT IT'S BASICALLY FINDING SERVICES WITHIN THE WITHIN OUR STATE BECAUSE OUR SERVICES WITHIN OUR COUNTY ARE LIMITED. SO WE'RE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND WE SET UP SERVICES AND SHE'LL DO THE SAME THING, SET UP SERVICES OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED SOME FORM OF INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. SO SHE'LL WORK WITH THE COURTS, SHE'LL WORK WITH US.SAME THING. SO IT'LL HER JOB WILL MAKE OURS EASIER BECAUSE SHE'LL WEED OUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT WE CAN'T SERVE, AND SHE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THEM ON TO FURTHER SERVICES AND BRING THE ONES THAT EVEN SOME THAT WE MIGHT OVERLOOK. SHE'LL BRING THOSE APPLICATIONS TO US.
YEAH. AND SO WOULD YOU SAY YOU HAD 30 IN THERE. NOW WHAT IS LIKE CAN WE HAVE 21 RIGHT NOW.
21. SO IS 30 THE. WELL 30 IS OUR CURRENT CAPACITY BASED ON THE FUNDING. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED FUNDING FOR. ONCE WE MEET THAT NUMBER THEN WE JUST EXTEND TO THE SAYING THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO EXTEND OUR FUNDING FOR A, FOR A BIGGER POPULATION OF PEOPLE WITH US HAVING OUR NEW LIAISON. I EXPECT THAT TO EXPAND. NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. JASMINE.
NO, NO. YOU'RE FINE. I'M USED TO IT. I'M USED TO IT. DOES HE DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. NEXT UP IS THE FAMILY TREATMENT COURT. AND
[2. Discuss Troup County Family Treatment Court FY27 Operating Grant- Request to Apply (Hilliard Daniel)]
SINCE HILL DANIEL IS AT A MEETING, HIS SUPERVISOR HAS DECIDED TO TAKE IT ON. ALRIGHT.EVERYTHING JASMINE JUST SAID. NO, I'M APPLYING. HILL IS APPLYING FOR THE FY 27 OPERATING GRANT FOR THE FAMILY TREATMENT COURT. THE FAMILY TREATMENT COURT IS ASKING FOR A TOTAL OF $252,461.40, WITH A 15% MATCH OF $43,033.19. THE MATCH FUND WOULD COME FROM THE DATE FUND, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 12 PARTICIPANTS IN THE FAMILY TREATMENT COURT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, I KNOW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE TOOK SOME ACTION ON SURVEILLANCE OFFICERS AND THEIR PAY. SO HAS THAT BEEN SUCCESSFUL? ARE WE ABLE TO RECRUIT JASMINE, SHAKING HER HEAD. THAT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE SOME VERY HIGHLY QUALIFIED SURVEILLANCE OFFICERS AND WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE THIS UP TONIGHT. ALRIGHT. BECAUSE I HAVE THE NEXT ONE. WELL ACTUALLY JASMINE DOES TAG TEAMING. YOU GOT THE ONE AFTER THAT RIGHT. SO THIS
[3. Discuss Request to Apply for DUI/Drug Court FY27 Grant (Jasmine Johnson)]
ONE IS FOR OUR DUI COURT FOR FY 27. WE'RE JUST ASKING TO APPLY ONCE AGAIN THIS AMOUNT IS $210,118.06. WITH THE 15% LOCAL CASH MATCH OF $35,815.58. AND THIS WOULD APPLY FOR THIS FUND TO ME, IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST GRANTS TO ME BECAUSE BASICALLY IT STRENGTHENS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, PROMOTES ACCOUNTABILITY, AND SUPPORTS RECOVERY FOR HIGH RISK, IMPAIRED DRIVERS WITHIN TROUP COUNTY. AND AND THE MATCH WILL COME FROM THE DATE FUNDS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. WE'LL TAKE THAT UP THIS AFTERNOON ALSO. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND NOW I DO[4. Discuss Troup County Drug Court FY27 Operating Grant- Request to Apply (Hilliard Daniel)]
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HAVE THE FELONY DRUG COURT APPLICATION FOR FY 27 OPERATING GRANT. THE FELONY DRUG COURT IS REQUESTING A TOTAL OF $369,630.85, WITH A 15% MATCH OF $60,399.55 CENT. THE FELONY DRUG COURT DOES RECEIVE PARTICIPANT FEES DIRECTLY FROM THE PARTICIPANTS, AS WELL AS FUNDS FROM THE DATE FUND. SO THAT IS HOW WE COVER THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MATCH. THE FELONY DRUG COURT CURRENTLY HAS 33 PARTICIPANTS AND AS JASMINE MENTIONED, THE CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS SOMETIMES HELP DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE IN MENTAL HEALTH COURT OR FELONY ADULT DRUG COURT. LINDSAY, DO YOU MIND JUST JUST MAYBE FOR THE AUDIENCE, WHAT IS THE DATE FUND AND HOW DOES IT WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? DATE FUND. DATE STANDS FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM. THOSE FUNDS COME DIRECTLY FROM ADD ON FEES, THROUGH FINES AND FEES, THROUGH CRIMINAL CHARGES THEY COME FROM. IT IS A CIRCUIT WIDE. IT'S IT'S ACROSS THE STATE ACTUALLY FROM FOR EVERY COUNTY. THESE ARE FEES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO FEES AND FUNDS IN OUR CRIMINAL CASES. AND IT'S MEANT TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS ANY KIND OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES THAT THE COUNTY HAS. IT IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD. LOOSELY, AND WE USE IT TO COVER ALL OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY COURT SHORTCOMINGS. SO WHEREVER THERE'S A SHORTCOMING WITH THE GRANTS, DON'T COVER ALL OF OUR FEES, WHICH THEY DON'T. THAT IS WHERE WE GET THE REMAINDER OF THE USE IT FOR THE FOR THE MATCH. YES. OKAY. SO IT IS NOT.DIRECTLY FROM TAXPAYERS, EXCEPT THAT IT'S THROUGH ADD ON FEES FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES. ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE I'M UP HERE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MICHAELA WRIGHT, WHO IS THE NEW MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON. MICHAELA. HI. HELLO. I'M SURE YOU RECALL WE WERE HERE JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON. AND MICHAELA WAS VETTED THROUGH A VERY LENGTHY INTERVIEW PROCESS. SHE IS HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND IS GOING TO BE A PARTNER FOR US TO HELP IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE JAIL, WHO WILL NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEM OUT OF THE JAIL AND INTO OUR PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN HELP ADDRESS THEIR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND AND GET THEM SQUARED AWAY AND READY TO BE BACK INTO REGULAR LIFE WITH THE REST OF THE CITIZENS. WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL TAKE THAT UP THIS AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, I BELIEVE
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WE'VE GOT JAMES EMERY. MAYBE KEVIN KINNERSLEY IS GOING TO PRESENT AN ITEM THAT WAS ADDED JUST YESTERDAY. YES. THANK YOU, MR. MOSLEY. COMMISSIONERS CHAIRMAN, THE ROAD DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING THE PURCHASE OF A USED BUCKET TRUCK TO REPLACE THE BUCKET TRUCK THAT WAS SURPLUSED RECENTLY DUE TO THE COST OF REPAIRS EXCEEDING THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. BUYING A USED BUCKET TRUCK IS. IT'S PROVEN TO BE A REALLY CHALLENGING PROPOSAL FOR US. A NEW BUCKET TRUCK RUNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $250,000. IN FACT, WE HAVE A QUOTE FOR ONE THAT'S THAT'S GOT SIMILAR SPECIFICATIONS TO THE ONE THAT'S IN, IN YOUR PACKET. AND, AND YOU HAVE A SHEET ON YOUR DAIS THERE THAT I PREPARED JUST THIS MORNING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRUCK THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR PURCHASE. WE JUST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE HAD ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK AND ARE READY TO RECOMMEND THAT THAT YOU PURCHASE THIS TRUCK FOR $84,900. IT'S A 2018 FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS WITH A ALL TECH AA 55 MH BUCKET TRUCK CHASSIS BODY. WE HAVE THE THE DOT INSPECTION REPORT THAT IT HAS PASSED. WE HAVE THE DIELECTRIC INSPECTION REPORT THAT IT HAS PASSED.WE'VE GOT SOME PHOTOS IN THE PACKET. THE. PART OF THE REASON THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS SPECIFIC TRUCK IS THAT THIS TRUCK IS COMING FROM THE ALTEC DEALER, NEW ECHO AND NEW ECHO
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HAS ALL OF THE SERVICE RECORDS FOR THIS TRUCK. AND THEY PROVIDE A GOVERNMENT PRICING ON THEIR USED BUCKET TRUCKS AS THEY COME IN. THEY HAD EIGHT BUCKET TRUCKS THAT CAME IN AT THE SAME TIME, AND THEY GAVE US PRICE LISTS FOR THOSE EIGHT TRUCKS. ALL EIGHT WERE THE EXACT SAME GOVERNMENT PRICE OF 84 NINE, AND WE COULD CHOOSE ANY OF THOSE EIGHT. THIS TRUCK IS ONE OF TWO OF THOSE TRUCKS THAT IS FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. AND THIS TRUCK ALSO HAPPENS TO HAVE THE LOWEST NUMBER OF HOURS OF USAGE OF ALL EIGHT TRUCKS BUYING DIRECTLY FROM NEW ECHO MEANS THAT BEFORE THE TRUCK LEAVES THEIR LOT, THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER INSPECTION DONE ON THE TRUCK, BUMPER TO BUMPER, AND ANY REPAIRS THAT ARE FOUND TO BE NECESSARY WILL BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO DELIVERY OF THE TRUCK AND INCLUDED IN THE 84 NINE PRICE. WE HAVE ALL OF THAT DOCUMENTED IN WRITING, AND AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT WE FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT THIS TRUCK. AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE A 30 DAY WARRANTY ON IT. AND SO DURING THAT FIRST 30 DAYS, IF WE WERE TO FIND ANY OTHER ISSUES, WE WOULD HAVE THE WARRANTY TO COVER THAT. SO NO, MR. KINNERSLEY IS HERE TO GO OVER SOME MORE OF THE SPECIFICS WITH YOU, AND SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HIM. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. JUST GOING BACK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE VEGETATIVE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES USED TO BE UNDER THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND THEY HAD A BUCKET TRUCK. AND THEN WHEN A LOT OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES WAS MOVED TO OUR DEPARTMENT, THEY STILL HAD A BUCKET TRUCK AND A CHIPPER TRUCK THAT WE WOULD USE AND BORROW WHEN WE NEEDED TO. SO AND THEN THAT TRUCK WAS SURPLUSED, AND THEN WE FOUND AN OLD USED BUCKET TRUCK THAT REALLY SERVED US WELL. WE WISH WE'D HAD A LITTLE MORE LIFE OUT OF THAT TRUCK, BUT IT WAS A 1999 TRUCK AND WE RECENTLY HAD A SURPLUS THAT TRUCK. AND WHEN WE GOT THAT TRUCK IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE WERE ACTUALLY SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH WE USE THAT TRUCK ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. AND. ABOVE AND BEYOND THE VEGETATIVE MAINTENANCE. WE'VE USED IT FOR SO MANY VARIOUS TASKS, LIKE PUTTING UP SIGNS AT THE CALLAWAY STADIUM, PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ON THIS BUILDING WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. WE MAINTAIN SEVERAL TRAFFIC WELL, NOT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, CAUTION LIGHTS, AND WHEN THOSE REQUIRE MAINTENANCE, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE OUT A BULB OR WHATEVER. IF WE DON'T HAVE A BUCKET TRUCK, WE CAN GO OUT AND MAINTAIN THAT OURSELF. WE HAVE TO PAY AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR TO DO THAT. AND THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE. AND SO I WANT TO JUST IF YOU'VE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH CUTTING DOWN BIG TREES, YOU PROBABLY KNOW YOU CAN'T ALWAYS JUST TAKE A CHAINSAW AT THE BOTTOM, CUT IT DOWN AND DROP IT. SOMETIMES THERE ARE OBJECTS BELOW THAT NEED TO BE PROTECTED, OR YOU CAN'T JUST DROP IT WHERE IT'S LEANING. AND A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE TREES THAT ARE LEANING ON OTHER TREES AND TWISTED AND WE CALL THOSE WIDOWMAKERS. IF YOU JUST GO AND CUT THOSE AT THE BOTTOM, THE TENSION ON THAT TREE CAN SNAP BACK AND CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH. SO THE WAY TO DO THAT, OBVIOUSLY, IS TO START AT THE TOP AND SLOWLY RELEASE THE TENSION ON THAT TREE. IT'S AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A A LIST OF BACKLOGGED TREES OF THAT NATURE THAT EITHER WE CAN'T JUST DROP STRAIGHT DOWN OR WE CONSIDER IT A SAFETY HAZARD TO OUR STAFF TO. TO ASK THEM TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK.AND SO WE'RE NOT REALLY ASKING FOR A NEW TYPE OF EQUIPMENT IN OUR ARSENAL. WE'RE ASKING FOR SOMETHING WE'VE ALWAYS HAD AND ALWAYS NEEDED, AND WE FEEL REALLY FORTUNATE. TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET A TRUCK IN WITH THIS LOW NUMBER OF HOURS AND THIS LOW NUMBER OF MILES.
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AND JAMES IS TALKING ABOUT THE INSPECTION THAT ALL-TECH DOES. WE WERE LOOKING AT ANOTHER BUCKET TRUCK THAT GOT SOLD OUT FROM UNDER US, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO GET ALL-TECH TO INSPECT IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST CHECKING THE ENGINE, THE CHASSIS, THE TRANSMISSION, ALL THAT STUFF. WHEN YOU CHECK A BUCKET TRUCK, THEY HAVE TO DO A VERY THOROUGH CHECK ON THE BOOM, THE CABLES, THE BUCKET. IT'S JUST A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL OF SAFETY CHECKS. AND WE WILL HAVE THAT. MOST RECENT UPDATED INSPECTION. WERE WE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS. AND FOR LIKE JAMES IS SAYING, THE PRICE OF THIS TRUCK VERSUS THE NEW ONE WITH SIMILAR SPECS. IF YOU THEY GAVE US AN ACTUAL TRUCK WITH THESE SPECS, BUT IT WASN'T THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. IF YOU ADDED THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, IT ADDED ANOTHER $10,000. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVER $250,000 FOR A NEW ONE LIKE THIS. SO WE GLEN DOWNS IS HERE AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SHOP, AND I THINK. WHAT OUR ACTUAL ASK WOULD BE. FOR YOU TO APPROVE US GOING FORWARD WITH THIS PENDING THE TROUP COUNTY SHOP, TO GO OUT AND INSPECT THIS TRUCK FIRSTHAND, TAKING ONE OF OUR OPERATORS AS WELL, JUST TO PLAY WITH THE STICKS A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S WORKING RIGHT, WHICH WE FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THE INSPECTION THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS AT NO EXTRA COST FOR ANY NECESSARY REPAIRS. BUT WE'VE GOT VERY RECENT MAINTENANCE REPORTS ON THIS TRUCK. WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT AND FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PURCHASE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. HOLDING IT FOR YOU OR JUST WAITING FOR. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THIS SALESMAN AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF WE DON'T MOVE FAST THAT IT COULD GET TAKEN OUT FROM UNDER US. BUT HE KNOWS OUR INTENTIONS FOR THIS TRUCK AND HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET US ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION. SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH HOLDING IT FOR US RIGHT NOW. YEAH. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THAT ONE? WHEN WAS THAT LAST ONE, SIR JAMES? ANY IDEA? SEVERAL MONTHS. IN A FEW MONTHS, IT WAS. IT WAS BEYOND REPAIR. IT WAS. IT WAS. WE HAD A QUOTE OF $55,000 FOR REPAIRS ON THAT TRUCK. AND IT WAS A TRUCK THAT, THAT WE HAD PURCHASED USED FOR LESS THAN HALF OF THAT. AND SO AND IT WAS A 1999, HOW LONG DID WE GET? HOW MUCH USE DID WE GET OUT OF THAT TRUCK? WE USED THAT TRUCK FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO US FOR THE TIME THAT WE HAD IT. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY WE CAN LOOK THAT UP. AND JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CUT TREES, WHAT'S THE CRITERIA WHEN YOU BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE? WHAT WHAT CRITERIA DO Y'ALL USE? IS IT JUST RIGHT AWAY TREE IS THAT IT'S EITHER IT'S IT'S SOME KIND OF A TREE THAT POSES SOME KIND OF SAFETY HAZARD TO VEHICLES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, OR IF IT IS A TREE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY, THAT COULD BE LEANING TOWARD A HOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE CAN GO OUT AND TAKE THAT ONE AS WELL. WE'VE ALSO REMOVED SOME ON COUNTY PROPERTY AS WELL. LIKE, I KNOW WE DID SOME IN FRONT OF THE AG CENTER DURING. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OLDER PECAN TREES THAT WERE STARTING TO DROP LIMBS AND, AND SO WE REMOVED IT AS WELL. SO AGAIN, I MEAN, THERE'S JUST I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF UTILIZE UTILIZATION FOR IT. I MEAN, CERTAINLY I KNOW MR. LANCE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF, ESPECIALLY PARKING LOT LIGHTS, BULBS. IT'S IT'S RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE TO RENT, RENT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO FIX THOSE. AND SO HAVING THIS CERTAINLY PROVIDES THAT AS WELL IN THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK COMPARED TO THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS BOUGHT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE. IS THIS ONE BETTER? I GUESS YOU'D SAY AS FAR AS 20 YEARS NEWER, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS WHEN IT WAS. SO IT WAS THE ONE THAT WE HAD BEFORE WE HAD, WHAT, FIVE YEARS? TEN YEARS? NOT EVEN THAT NOW. ONLY.ONLY A COUPLE. 2 OR 3 YEARS. YEAH, MAYBE 3 OR 4. BUT THE WE'VE NEVER BOUGHT BRAND NEW BUCKET TRUCK AND. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND NECESSARILY GOING TO A BRAND
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NEW BUCKET TRUCK BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. IF IT WERE, WE WOULD BE BEFORE YOU DEFINITELY REQUESTING THAT WE KEEP A NEW VEHICLE IN THE FLEET AND THAT WE ROTATE IT OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS. BUT I THINK THAT WITH THE BACKLOG THAT WE'VE REACHED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THIS TRUCK WILL BE IN SERVICE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY FOR THE FIRST MONTH OR TWO. BUT AFTER THAT, I THINK IT'S THE KIND OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'LL USE MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. AND SO JUST HAVING HAVING A GOOD USED ONE TO PURCHASE, WE THINK IS A WISE DECISION. IF YOU IF YOU'D PREFER THAT WE GO WITH NEW, I KNOW THAT WE'D BE HAPPY WITH THAT AS WELL. AND WE MAY TAKE IT OUT. LIKE JAMES SAID A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK AND USE IT ALL DAY THAT DAY. I THINK. ALSO, REX, TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION. WITH THE BUCKET TRUCK WE HAD PREVIOUSLY, I BELIEVE THE REACH ON THAT BEAM MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT WITH THE USE OF THAT TRUCK WE HAD, WE DEVELOPED A REALLY GOOD GAUGE ON WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEEDED. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WENT LOOKING FOR. AND THIS HAS A 60 FOOT HEIGHT VERTICAL REACH. SO WE FELT LIKE THAT WOULD MEET OUR NEEDS BASED ON THE USE OF THE PREVIOUS TRUCK.JUST IN COMPARISON, HOW MANY MILES ARE ON THE ONE YOU HAVE NOW? IT'S BEEN SURPLUSED AND WE COULD LOOK THAT UP. WHAT'S THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THE ONE YOU HAVE NOW? I MEAN? WELL, IT'S IT'S ALREADY BEEN SURPLUS, BUT WAS IT THE ENGINE? I DON'T KNOW, THERE WERE NO THERE WERE PROBLEMS. WHAT WE NOTICED WAS A HYDRAULIC LEAK IN THE BOOM AND AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE OUTRIGGERS. AND WHEN WE SENT IT TO A SHOP THAT WAS CAPABLE OF DOING THAT TYPE OF SPECIALIZED REPAIR, THE LIST OF REPAIRS THAT THEY SENT BACK TO US INCLUDED TAKING THE WHOLE BOOM APART, REPLACING THE BUCKET, REPLACING PARTS OF THE BOOM. AND THEY SAID THEY REALLY COULD NOT ALLOW THAT TRUCK TO GO BACK IN SERVICE UNDER THEIR CERTIFICATION OF THEIR REPAIR UNLESS IT WAS DONE PROPERLY, WHICH WAS, LIKE I SAY, ABOUT $55,000. QUOTE. TURNED OUT THERE WERE SEVERAL. THERE WAS CRACKS IN THE BUCKET. THERE WAS THE MAIN TURNTABLE HYDRAULIC LEAK THAT THEY HAD A HARD TIME LOCATING. AND I THINK TO REPAIR THAT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY, REALLY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. BUT GLEN PROBABLY HAS MORE INFORMATION ON. YEAH, THAT IS THAT IS CORRECT. THE TOTAL REPAIR WAS ABOUT 55,000 TOTAL. THE WHOLE BOOM ASSEMBLY, HYDRAULIC LINES, BASICALLY THE WHOLE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILED OVER TIME AND AGE. AND TO MAKE ALL THOSE REPAIRS, THE WHOLE BOOM, IF YOU WILL, WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED AND CERTAIN PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED LABOR WISE AND SO FORTH. SO IT'S JUST THE OVERALL LIKE I SAID, I THINK WE PAID ABOUT 25 FOR THE TRUCK ITSELF. THE OVERALL REPAIR WAS JUST TOO EXTREME. THANK YOU SIR.
ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS. YOU GOING TO TAKE US ALL UP IN IT AND SWING US AROUND? YEAH. GIVE EVERYBODY A RIDE FOR SURE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. WE'LL TAKE THIS UP THIS EVENING THEN. ALRIGHT. GLENN. OH, GLENN. THANK YOU. BACK UP.
[5. Discuss GDOT TTFP Grant (Glenn Downs)]
WE'RE DISCUSSING THE GDOT F OR TFP GRANT. OKAY. SO TODAY I'M HERE TO ASK FOR APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR A GRANT FROM WHAT'S CALLED THE TRANSIT TRUST FUND PROGRAM. THESE FUNDS ARE TO FURTHER SUPPORT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BASICALLY ACROSS THE STATE OF GEORGIA, IF YOU WILL. AND I'LL ELABORATE ON THAT. GDOT JUST COMES UP WITH A THEY DO A THIS PAST HAS BEEN ON THE 2020 CENSUS. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY ALLOCATE SO MUCH MONEY PER AREA OR PER COUNTY AND SO FORTH. SO WE HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED $90,082 FOR IT'S A GRANT, IF YOU WILL. IT'S FOR TROOP. TROOP CONNECTS. AND THE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATION ENHANCEMENT RADIO SYSTEM UPGRADES IN THE IT'S ALL TRANSIT VANS, IF YOU WILL,[00:30:04]
TABLETS FOR THE OPERATORS FOR THEIR ROUTES AND SO FORTH. FOR VEHICLE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.BACKUP THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE BACKUP CAMERAS, INTERIOR CAMERAS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SAFETY, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE PASTORS AND SO FORTH. NOT SAFETY, BUT I GUESS TO COVER ANYTHING THAT POSSIBLY COULD HAPPEN. VEHICLE GRAPHICS, THE OUTSIDE TO LABEL TROOP TRANSIT ON SOME. SOME HAVE THEM, SOME ARE STILL WAITING ON SOME FUNDS. FACILITY SUPPORT WOULD BE TRANSIT MOVED UP TO THE SHOP. SO WHEN THE BACK OF THE SHOP WE'VE ADDED QUITE A BIT OF, I'LL JUST SAY ITEMS WE'LL. BUT SOME OF THE FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR BUILDING, PAINTING AND SO FORTH. IMPROVEMENTS OF PEDESTRIAN WALK WHERE THE VANS NOW ARE PARKED SO WE CAN GET OUTSIDE. PEDESTRIAN PROBABLY WRONG WORD, BUT JUST FOR THE OPERATORS TO GET OVER WHERE WE'RE IN. BASICALLY CRUSH AND RUN RIGHT NOW. SO A LITTLE BIT OF ENHANCEMENT THERE. WE NEED SOME MORE EXTERIOR LIGHTING IN THE BACK IF YOU WILL. FOR SAFETY, UPDATE THE BUILDING SIGNAGE TO LABEL OF COURSE SNACKS. AND IN THE BACK I'D LIKE TO ADD SOME SECURITY CAMERAS. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON THAT PART HAVE ADDED SOME FOR THE FRONT AND THE SIDE, IF YOU WILL, OFF THE BUILDING. I'D LIKE TO ADD SOME TO THE BACK. SO ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT, WHICH IS $90,082. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SIR. WE'LL TAKE IT UP THIS AFTERNOON OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE NEXT I'M NEXT OKAY. THE
[6. Discuss Surplus Vehicles and Equipment (Glenn Downs)]
NEXT ONE IS APPROVAL TO SELL SOME VEHICLES UP ON ON GOV DEALS. THERE'S 13 TOTAL.THERE'S EIGHT VEHICLES, FOUR TRAILERS AND ONE TRACTOR. JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO PUT THOSE ON GOV DEALS. ALL THIS EQUIPMENT IS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR COUNTY PURPOSES. AND JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO PUT THESE ON DEALS FOR SURPLUS. ALL RIGHT ANY QUESTIONS. QUICK QUESTION. SO JUST I WAS ASKED THIS EARLIER, WHAT IS THE THE BENEFIT OF UTILIZING GOV DEALS VERSUS MAYBE GO INTO A ON SITE AUCTION? OKAY. SO I GUESS WHEN WE DO A I WOULD CALL IT A PUBLIC AUCTION LIKE IN ON ON PROPERTY, THERE WOULD BE BASICALLY GETTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER, HAVING MAYBE AN AUCTIONEER OR MYSELF OR SOMEBODY JUST TO HAVE THAT. AND WE LIMIT WE, I GUESS WE WOULD ADVERTISE, IF YOU WILL. I THINK WE LIMIT OURSELVES TO JUST THE SURROUNDING AREA, IF YOU WILL. SO GOV DEALS. WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED GOV DEALS IN FEBRUARY OF 2017 TO TODAY. WE'VE HAD 161 AUCTIONS. THAT'S NINE YEARS LATER. WE'VE COLLECTED $440,000.
AND GOV DEALS IS IS WORLDWIDE. WE PUT IT ON THE INTERNET. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST WORLDWIDE FOR EVERYTHING. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE PURCHASE THINGS. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF WORLDWIDE. WE HAVE MORE OF AN AUDIENCE I GUESS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. I WANT TO SEE ONE UP HERE THAT SAYS IT WAS REPLACED BY WITH A NEW TRUCK. IS THERE NOT GOING TO BE A NEED TO REPLACE ALL THESE OTHER THINGS OR NOT? I MEAN, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE THE COUNTY, THE 1205 909 BACK IN THE MIDDLE WEST. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, THAT WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR. SO THIS ONE IS A 1999. IT'S GOT ABOUT 100,000 MILES. BUT THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE TRUCK IS JUST NOT WORTH THE REPAIR. ACTUALLY THESE TRAILERS AND ALL THESE OTHER VEHICLES ARE THEY ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED OR NOT. THE TWO GOOSENECK TRAILERS HAVE BEEN SITTING PARKED FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS. THE BETTING ON THEM ARE ROTTED AWAY. AND THEY BASICALLY, LIKE I'VE SAID, THEY'RE NO LONGER NEEDED FOR THE COUNTY, SO THIS STUFF DOESN'T HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I'M SORRY IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I GUESS IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE.
NO. I'M SORRY. NO, IT'S NOT BEING REPLACED. IT'S OKAY. I'M SORRY. NO, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED. SO THIS STUFF'S NOT USED ANYMORE. WE DON'T NEED. OKAY. THEY'RE NOT A COUPLE OF THOSE TRAILERS. WE ARE WORKING ON BRINGING YOU A PROPOSAL TO REPLACE. THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. OKAY? YEAH. USUALLY THE EQUIPMENT IS TURNED INTO THE SHOP AND SURPLUS. THE DEPARTMENT WILL COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND ACTUALLY. SO THAT'S KIND OF OKAY. OKAY. SO SOME OF
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THIS WILL BE COMING BACK TO US LATER TO REPLACE THESE ITEMS. WELL I MEAN LIKE I'M LOOKING AT THE ONES LIKE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR THE SOME OF THE TRUCKS AND THE CHARGERS, WE'VE REPLACED THOSE WITH THE ENTERPRISE LEASE PROGRAM. AND SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S LIKE I SEE THE ONE THAT THE 2019 DODGE CHARGER, BOTH OF THEM HAD EITHER ENGINE FAILS OR TRANSMISSION FAILS. FOR INSTANCE THE TRACTOR THERE AT THE AIRPORT, WE ALREADY HAVE A REPLACEMENT FOR IT OR NOT. NO, THERE WAS NO REPLACEMENT FOR THAT AT ALL. NO, SIR. AND THAT ONE IS, SIR. IT'S GOING TO BE SURPLUS OF THE FRONT END, IF YOU WILL, THE SUSPENSION AND SO FORTH. THAT ONE, THAT ONE WE ACTUALLY REPLACED EARLIER, WE HAD A IS IT A IS IT A KUBOTA WE PURCHASED FIVE YEARS AGO. YES. THAT THAT TRACTOR THAT IS AT THE AIRPORT WAS ACTUALLY FROM THE PRISON CAMP BACK WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, CUT GRASS ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AROUND 2012 ERA.WE USED IT AS MUCH AS WE COULD AT THE AIRPORT. IT WAS REPLACED WITH A KUBOTA. AND BASICALLY IT'S JUST BEEN SITTING OUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN. OKAY, SO YOU ALREADY GOT A REPLACEMENT FOR IT ALREADY? OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. EACH ONE OF THESE COMING FROM GLENN, MIGHT NOT KNOW THE STATUS OF EACH ONE OF THEM BECAUSE IT USUALLY IT COMES FROM THE DEPARTMENT TURNED IN TO BE SURPLUS, AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT HEAD WOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD FOR ANY REPLACEMENT. AND SOME OF THIS STUFF HAS BEEN REPLACED. SO THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? RIGHT. IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE THESE UP TONIGHT.
[7. Discuss Request approval to Move Forward with the Bid Proposal Process for Constructing a New Clubhouse at First Tee (Jay Anderson & Lance Dennis) ]
THANK YOU. I'LL INVITE, I GUESS J. LANCE OR JOE, JUST J OKAY. LANCE, YOU'RE PROVIDING A SUPPORTING ROLE. EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. YEAH, I NEED IT. GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. CHAIRMAN.MORNING. THE FIRST ITEM I HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING IS REQUEST TO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FORMAL BIDDING PROCESS FOR CONSTRUCTING A NEW CLUBHOUSE AT THE FIRST TEE PROGRAM. YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT THE CURRENT CLUBHOUSE FOR THE FIRST TEE, WHICH? THE FIRST TEE IS LOCATED BEHIND MIKE DANIEL REC CENTER OFF OF LAFAYETTE PARKWAY, AND WHEN THAT WAS WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT, THE CURRENT CLUBHOUSE IS JUST AN OLD RESIDENTIAL HOUSE THAT HAD BEEN THERE ON THAT PROPERTY PRIOR TO THE FIRST TEE. I THINK EVEN PRIOR TO CONVERTING THE LOWS INTO THE MIKE DANIEL REC CENTER. SO IT WAS AN OLD HOUSE THAT HAD JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE, HAPPENED TO BE ON THAT PROPERTY. AND SO THEN WE USED IT AS THE CLUBHOUSE FOR FIRST TEE, AND IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE OVER THE YEARS. BUT IT IS IN VERY POOR SHAPE NOW. AND THE BEST DECISION, WE BELIEVE, IS TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW CLUBHOUSE, JUST TO BUILD A SIMPLE, VERY COMPARABLE. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 2000 SQUARE FOOT OF THE HOUSE THAT THEY'RE IN, OR THE CLUBHOUSE THAT THEY HAVE IS 2000 SQUARE FOOT. THEY USE THE SPACES FOR LIKE A PUBLIC AREA CHECK IN FOR CLUBS. THERE'S A CLUB REPAIR ROOM, THERE'S A STOREROOM, THERE'S A LITTLE KITCHENETTE, BATHROOM STORAGE. SO WE HAVE DESIGNED A VERY COMPARABLE, SIMILAR 2000 SQUARE FOOT JAMES HAS UP WHERE IT'S AT NOW. SORRY. IF YOU GO BACK TO MY SITE PLAN, JAMES RIGHT THERE WITH THE 1220 IS THAT'S THE CURRENT CLUBHOUSE, THE OLD HOUSE THAT WE JUST STARTED USING AS A CLUBHOUSE. WE ARE PROPOSING TO BUILD A BRAND NEW ONE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE RED RECTANGLE IS RIGHT BEHIND IT, WHERE THEY CAN CONTINUE OPERATING IN THE OLD ONE FOR NOW WHILE WE BUILD THE NEW ONE. AND THEN ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS MOVE OUT OF THE OLD ONE, STRAIGHT INTO THE NEW ONE, AND KEEP OPERATING SO IT DOESN'T DISRUPT THEIR OPERATION. THEY CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN THE OLD ONE UNTIL THE NEW ONE IS DONE, AND THEN WE WOULD DEMOLISH THE OLD ONE AFTER AFTER THEY MOVE OUT AND REGRADE THAT SPACE FOR A NEW TEE BOX FOR THE FIRST HOLE. SO ANYWAYS, WE HAVE, WE'VE, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE STAFF THERE TO DESIGN THIS COMPARABLE FLOOR PLAN, ABOUT 2000 SQUARE FOOT WITH THE SAME ROOMS, THE SAME SPACES, THE SAME USES. AND THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN WE HAVE. AND SO I'M ASKING PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH POSTING THAT FOR PUTTING IT OUT TO BID FOR A A HARD LUMP SUM BID TO REPLACE IT. THE CURRENT LAYOUT, AS YOU SEE IT, YOU'D WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR. THAT'S THE PUBLIC AREA WHERE YOU WOULD CHECK IN, PAY YOUR YOUR GREENS FEES, GET YOUR SCORECARD AND THEN IT'S A SITTING AREA AS WELL, RIGHT BEHIND IT. AND WITH COUCHES AND THEY CAN SIT THERE.
THERE'S ALSO CLUBS FOR SALE, BAGS FOR SALE OF COURSE, GOLF BALLS, TEES, ANYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAY ON THE RIGHT. THERE'S A LITTLE KITCHENETTE WHICH THEY HAVE A KITCHENETTE NOW IN THEIR
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CURRENT FACILITY. THE ROOM RIGHT BEHIND IT IS A STORAGE ROOM JUST FOR FOR STORING THEIR THEIR SUPPLIES. THE NEXT ONE WE HAD DESIGNED AS THE CLUB REPAIR ROOM. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A ROOM ABOUT THE SAME SIZE FOR REPAIRING GOLF CLUBS, AND THEN THE ROOM RIGHT BEHIND. THAT WOULD BE WHERE THEY SELL GOLF CLUBS. THEY HAVE CLUBS IN THERE FOR SALE AND SOME THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED IN FROM PEOPLE, SOME OLDER USED CLUBS THAT THEN THEY RESELL OR GIVE TO THE YOUTH, AND THEN TWO BATHROOMS TO THE BACK LEFT CORNER AND THEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT.THAT LARGE ROOM IS A CLASSROOM THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW A CLASSROOM WHERE THEY TEACH, TEACH THE GAME, TEACH GOLFING, THE SPORTSMANSHIP, SO FORTH. SO WE HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF ROOMS, THE SAME SPACES, AND ALMOST THE EXACT SAME SIZES, AND IT WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO GET THEM OUT OF THE THE OLD CURRENT ONE, WHICH IS, AS I SAID, IN POOR SHAPE. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIX THAT BUILDING FOR YEARS, AND WE'VE KIND OF BEEN THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THE CURRENT BUILDING IS IT WAS BUILT AS A CRAWL SPACE FOUNDATION, AND IT WAS BUILT ON AN ACTIVE SPRING.
THERE WAS WATER UNDERNEATH THAT HOUSE THAT WE'VE BEEN FOR YEARS TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT, TRYING TO GET THE WATER OUT. WE ACTUALLY MET, WHAT, THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, JAMES, BECAUSE THE ROADS AND ENGINEERING HAS AGREED THAT THEY CAN DO THE ALL THE INITIAL GRADING TO WHERE THE CONTRACTOR, WHAT THEY'LL BE BIDDING ON IS JUST TO COME IN, POUR A SLAB AND BUILD THE BUILDING. WE'LL HAVE THE GRADING DONE, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO DO ALL THE FINAL GRADING AT THE END. SO THE BID WOULD JUST BE FOR THEM TO COME IN. PAD WOULD BE READY. ALL THEY GOT TO DO IS POUR THE SLAB, BUILD THE BUILDING AND LEAVE. WE WOULD DO THE REST. AND THEN JAMES CREW WOULD DO THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD CLUBHOUSE, THE OLD HOUSE, AND REGRADE THAT AREA. SO OUR STAFF WOULD DO ALL THE GRADING AND DEMOLITION AND PREP WORK. AND ANYWAYS, WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE THE OTHER DAY, WE OPENED THE CRAWL SPACE DOOR JUST TO SEE UNDERNEATH IT, AND IT'S FULL OF WATER, AND THERE'S A SUMP PUMP THAT'S TRYING TO PUMP THE WATER OUT AS FAST AS THE WATER GOES IN. AND SO THAT WHOLE FLOOR SYSTEM IS, IS JUST ROTTING AWAY. IT'S JUST WAY TOO MUCH MOISTURE UNDER THERE. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE, THE THE REQUEST FOR THIS EVENING WOULD BE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PUTTING THIS OUT TO BID. AND I PRETTY MUCH HAVE IT ALL READY. WE'VE WE'VE, AS I SAID, BEEN WORKING WITH THE STAFF ON DESIGNING THAT FLOOR PLAN THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE GOOD WITH THAT FLOOR PLAN. AND AS I SAID, WE JUST MET OUT THERE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY TO DOUBLE CHECK THE SITE, DOUBLE CHECK THE LOCATION. AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD. THEY'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON IT IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO. BUT OKAY. WHAT'S THE CEILING HEIGHT GOING TO BE ON THE NEW ONE NINE FOOT. THAT'S THE SAME CEILING HEIGHT THEY HAVE NOW. IS IT A GOING TO BE A STEEL BUILDING. IS THAT WHAT. NOPE. IT'S JUST IT'LL BE BASICALLY LIKE BUILDING A SMALL HOUSE. LIKE IT'LL BE A STICK BUILT BUILD. OKAY. I HAVE ALL THE SPECIFICATIONS JAMES MAY HAVE. I THINK IT'S IN WHAT I GAVE YOU. I HAVE ALL THAT'S BASICALLY JUST LOOKING THROUGH IT RIGHT HERE. YEAH, YEAH. IT DON'T IT DON'T TELL THOSE BASICALLY IT'S IT'S THE STICK BUILD. IT'S IT'S JUST LIKE GOING IN AND BUILDING A VERY SIMPLE 2000 SQUARE FOOT SPEC HOUSE, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I'VE TALKED TO TWO DIFFERENT REPUTABLE CONTRACTORS HERE IN TOWN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM RIGHT NOW, IF THEY BUILD A 2000 SQUARE FOOT SPEC HOUSE WITH THE SAME TYPE, I SHOWED THEM THAT FLOOR PLAN AND AND ONE SAID IT'D BE AROUND 250 AND THE OTHER SAID IT'D BE AROUND TWO 6265. SO PRETTY CLOSE IN PRICE SOMEWHERE IN THE MID TWO HUNDREDS. NOW TALKING TO RAMONA ABOUT GETTING IT POSTED BECAUSE IT IS OVER THE 250 THRESHOLD, IT DOES HAVE TO BE POSTED WITH THE STATE. REQUIRES US TO ALSO HAVE IT BONDED. IF YOU'RE OVER THAT PRICE TAG, AND THEREFORE THE COST OF THE BONDS WOULD WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE, BECAUSE WHEN THEY WERE GIVING ME PRICES, IT WAS JUST BUILDING IT, YOU KNOW, WITH NO BONDS, BUT BY BUT BY STATE LAW, WE HAVE TO REQUIRE PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE BONDS ON A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT LIKE THIS. WE ASKED MARK ABOUT IT TOO, AND MARK CONFIRMED THAT. SO IF IT COMES IN UNDER 250, DO YOU STILL REQUIRE THE BOND? IF THE CONSTRUCTION PRICE, YOU WOULD. HOW MUCH? ANYTHING OVER 100,000. OKAY. IT'LL BE OVER 100. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. SO BOTH CONTRACTORS SAID LIKE I SAID ABOUT 250 TO 260. THEN YOU ADD ON THE COST OF THE BONDS. SO IT'LL BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT UPPER 200 RANGE. NOT TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MR. DOYLE IF HE'D LIKE, OR MICHELLE, EITHER ONE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD. WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU SEEING US. LOOK, IN MY MY OPINION THAT THIS IS A IS A GEM OF A OF A
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FACILITY AND A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS. AND AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WE HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS VERY PROUD OF IT. ALSO, ANYTIME WE GET ANYBODY FROM THE NATIONAL OFFICE THAT COMES AND SEES US, THEY'RE AMAZED ABOUT THE PLACE. AND THEY SAID, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. AND THIS I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCH A SMALL COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO WHEN THEY GET THERE AND SEE THE PLACE. SO WE WE NEED HELP IN THIS AREA BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS, YOU KNOW, IS FALLING APART. AND SO ANY HELP THAT WE CAN GET, WE, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE THE HECK OUT OF IT. AND, AND WE NEED IT WITH TO KEEP IT THE FACILITY THAT IT IS SO THAT WE NEED YOUR HELP. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE OFFHAND HOW MANY PEOPLE A YEAR OR TRAVEL THROUGH DAILY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ANY KIND OF. WE WE. KIDS, WE SERVICE WITHIN THE PROGRAM. WE SERVICE ABOUT 250 TO 300 KIDS A YEAR. AND WE'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SEE, I WOULD YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A FIGURE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A FIGURE FOR ROUNDS PLAYED, BUT IT'S RELATIVELY BUSY. AND WE DRAW PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE NOT ONLY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, BUT, YOU KNOW, FROM SURROUNDING COUNTIES, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE RELATIVELY CHEAP AND IT'S A IT'S A GREAT BARGAIN FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO PLAY BUT MAYBE CAN'T AFFORD THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STEEP GREEN FEES THAT ARE AROUND GOLF NOWADAYS. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WE PROBABLY DO. PROBABLY 10,000 ROUNDS A YEAR PROBABLY. YEAH. SO WE'RE PRETTY ACTIVE.AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE CLASSROOM COMES IN FOR THE, FOR THE, THE TWO 5300 THAT. YES. IN THAT TEACHER. YEAH I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 60 MEMBERS A MONTH. AND THEN WE PROBABLY HAVE ON LIKE JUST DAILY PEOPLE COME IN TO PLAY PROBABLY ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 25 A DAY. TO GET BETTER, BIGGER NOW. RIGHT. WARM WEATHER. YES. FOR SURE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WE'LL TAKE THIS UP THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, TROUP COUNTY NEEDS TO REPLACE A
[8. Discuss Roof Replacement - Troup County / LaGrange / Callaway Airport - Airplane Maintenance Hangar (Jay Anderson & Troy Anderson)]
STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF OUT AT THE AIRPORT. AND THIS IS FOR 202 AIRPORT PARKWAY, WHICH IS OUR MAINTENANCE HANGAR. IT'S IT'S, I BELIEVE, THE BIGGEST HANGAR WE HAVE OUT THERE AT THE FACILITY WE ALREADY REPLACED. REPLACED? ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. WE REPLACED A HANGAR THAT WAS AT 201 AIRPORT PARKWAY. THIS IS 202 AIRPORT PARKWAY. IT'S CONSIDERED THE MAINTENANCE HANGAR, THE AIRPLANE MAINTENANCE THAT IS 30 YEAR OLD ROOF. I BELIEVE IT'S THE AS FAR AS ANYONE'S MEMORY CAN GO, THE THE ORIGINAL ROOF FOR THAT BUILDING. IT'S BEEN REPAIRED NUMEROUS TIMES AND IT'S JUST PAST TRYING TO REPAIR IT AGAIN. AND IT'S TIME TO PUT A NEW ROOF.IT IS AN OCCUPIED HANGAR. AND SO WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDS DOING, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE DONE AT THE LAST TWO ROOF REPLACEMENTS, IS TO DO A TPO OVERLAY ROOF SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S THE LEAST INTRUSIVE FOR THE OCCUPANTS BEING IN THERE. YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO TEAR OFF A ROOF AND STUFF FALLING DOWN IN THERE IS THAT THEY JUST OVERLAY THE EXISTING METAL ROOF WITH A NEW TPO MEMBRANE ROOF. THEY PUT THREE INCHES OF NEW INSULATION ON IT, A HARDBOARD, THEN A, THEN THE MEMBRANE, ALL NEW GUTTERS AND METAL TRIMS AND DOWNSPOUTS. AND AS I SAID, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE AT THE LAST TWO. ONE OF THEM WAS THE 101 AIRPORT PARKWAY.
AND THEN THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS OUT AT THE SHOP, GLENN'S NEW ROOF OUT AT THE SHOP. THAT WORKED OUT. YES. YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. IN BOTH PROCESSES. THE OTHER ONE AT THE AIRPORT, TROY SAID, WENT REALLY WELL AND HE WAS VERY PLEASED WITH. AND BECAUSE THOSE WERE BOTH DONE ON AN OPEN BID WHERE THEY WERE COMPETITIVELY OPEN BID IN THE SAME CONTRACTOR WON BOTH, WHICH WAS MCCALLUM METAL WORKS, AND THEY WON BOTH WITH AN OPEN BIDDING PROCESS. IS THAT THEN THEY HAVE PROVIDED US WITH A QUOTE THAT THEN WE'RE ALLOWED TO USE THAT'S USED IN THE SAME UNIT PRICES, AND SO WE'RE ALLOWED TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THOSE PROJECTS AND THOSE BIDS BY THEM PROVIDING US A QUOTE THAT'S USING THE SAME UNIT PRICES. SO IT'S THE SAME UNIT PRICES THAT WERE USED TO WIN OTHER PROJECTS. AND SO THEY'RE DOING THIS PROJECT IF IT'S APPROVED AT THE SAME PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT, IF YOU WILL, AND THEREFORE THE PRICE TO DO THIS
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HANGAR IS $91,029, USING THE SAME UNIT PRICING IN THE SAME ROOF SYSTEM. IT DOES GET A 20 YEAR WARRANTY ON ALL THE PRODUCTS, THE MANUFACTURERS, AND THEN A TWO YEAR COMPREHENSIVE WARRANTY FROM MCCALLUM. THEY ALSO DID THE GREEN METAL ROOF AT DALLAS STREET AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THEY DID THAT ROOF FOR US, WHICH WE'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH. AND THEY ALSO DID THE NEW METAL ROOF AT WHITESVILLE ROAD, THE OLD BUS BARN. THEY DID THAT.SO THEY'VE DONE FOUR DIFFERENT ROUTES FOR US AND WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN PLEASED WITH THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. IF NONE THEN WE'LL TAKE THAT UP THIS AFTERNOON ALSO.
[9. Discuss Approval to Apply for Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) Funding – Digital Scanner at TC Jail (Nathan Taylor) ]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL INVITE CAPTAIN TAYLOR UP, DISCUSS OUR CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING REQUEST. PLUS TWO MORE AFTER THAT. YES. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. SO FIRST UP, I HAVE THIS CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING FUNDING REQUEST THAT DENISE LOCATED FOR US. AND WHAT THIS IS FOR IS, IS THAT WE REALLY NEED A BODY SCANNER AT THE JAIL. WE WE CONTINUE TO FACE SOME AN UPTICK OF CONTRABAND COMING INSIDE THAT JAIL. IT'S A RISK FOR STAFF. IT'S A RISK FOR THE INMATES.YOU KNOW, IF WE IF WE HAD THAT SCANNER IN THERE SPEAKING TO THE ADMINISTRATORS OF OTHER JAILS, IT IS IT IS SEVERELY IMPACTED THEIR THEIR CONTRABAND CASES TO THE POINT THAT THE COUNTY TELLS ME THEY BASICALLY HAVE NONE FOR US. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'RE STILL SUFFERING WITH IT. INMATES, AS YOU KNOW, CAN BE QUITE CREATIVE ON HOW THEY SMUGGLE THINGS INSIDE THE FACILITY. AND NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, AS FAR AS AN EXTERNAL SEARCH OF PAT DOWN, WE CAN'T GET EVERYWHERE. SO THIS IF WE HAD ONE OF THESE, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO US. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR $170,000 FROM THE FUNDING FROM OUR LOCAL STATE SENATOR'S OFFICE. SO THIS IS A IT'S A IT'S A NO MATCH, $170,000 GRANT, A WALK IN SCANNER THAT WORKS SIMILAR TO AN X RAY DEVICE. I GUESS IT'S IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT CALLED AN X RAY DEVICE BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S EMITTING AS MUCH RADIATION, BUT IT'S STATIONARY TO THE FLOOR. THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT CAN SEE INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NOT ONLY PUT THE INMATES THROUGH, BUT OCCASIONALLY STAFF MEMBERS TO. I ASSUME THIS IS A COMPETITIVE GRANT. DENISE. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO IT'S APPROPRIATION. IT'LL HAVE TO BE ULTIMATELY. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST THE VERY FIRST STEP. I MEAN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE APPLIED FOR THIS TYPE OF FUNDING IN THE PAST, AND IT'S RIDICULOUSLY COMPETITIVE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S IT'S US WIDE. AND SO TYPICALLY OUR, OUR CONGRESSMEN AND OR SENATORS TAKE THIS FORTH AS PART OF THE OVERALL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS THAT RUN THROUGH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND ULTIMATELY SIGNED OFF BY THE PRESIDENT. AND SO WE'VE AGAIN, WE APPLIED IT FOR MULTIPLE THINGS IN THE PAST, AND IT'S CERTAINLY COMPETITIVE.
BUT WE THINK THIS ONE CERTAINLY HAS A LOT OF MERIT. SO MY QUESTION REALLY WHERE I'M HEADED WITH THIS IS DO WE NEED TO MAKE ANY CONTACT WITH OUR CONGRESSMAN OR DO WE JUST LET IT GO THROUGH THE PROCESS SO YOU CAN? YES, I CERTAINLY HELPS. BUT TYPICALLY WHAT WE FOUND AND AT LEAST IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, IS THAT THEY COME TO US AND SEEK OUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO AT THIS SPECIFIC SENSE, THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO US, SENATOR WARNOCK'S OFFICE, I THINK, WAS WHO, WHO? YEAH. AND THEY GOING TO RUN UP. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THEY HAVE IN THE PAST BEEN MORE ACTIVE WITH SENDING SOMEONE TO US. I THINK THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THE MORE SUPPORT THAT WE CAN WE CAN SUBMIT, THE MORE PEOPLE WE CAN GET BEHIND THIS PROJECT, THE BETTER. CAPTAIN TAYLOR AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT ARE GOING TO GO ALONG WITH THIS APPLICATION. AND BUT ANYONE THAT YOU ALL CAN TALK TO AND EXPLAIN THE VALUE THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD BRING TO THE TROUP COUNTY JAIL AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES, AND HOW THIS BENEFITS GEORGIANS. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT ARE PART OF THIS APPLICATION. IT STRENGTHENS OUR CASE. JUST SENATORS OR REPRESENTATIVES, ALSO REPRESENTATIVES I THINK, ALSO LEND STRENGTH. OKAY. WHEN'S THE DEADLINE TO TO MAKE APPLICATION AND THEN WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FROM THERE? WELL. SENATOR OSSOFF, HIS DEADLINE IS
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THE 23RD OF FEBRUARY. SENATOR WARNOCK IS THE 6TH OR THE 3RD OF MARCH. I'M SORRY. AND THEN THE TIMELINE FROM THERE. THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS IS VERY LENGTHY. SO THEY THIS IS FOR FY 27. SO THIS WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IN OCTOBER. ALLEGEDLY, IF THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT GETS JAMMED UP ON THE FEDERAL END, AND IF THE PAST PREDICTS THE FUTURE, THAT NEVER HAPPENS.RIGHT. SO THEY YEAH, IT'S A LONG PROCESS, BUT THE SENATOR'S OFFICE IS USUALLY DO THEY TALK TO US, PARTICULARLY OSSOFF'S OFFICE TALK TO US ABOUT OUR PROJECTS. BUT WE DO SUBMIT TO BOTH OF OUR SENATORS IN HOPES THAT THAT ALSO LENDS STRENGTH. BUT THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN GET ON BOARD TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, THE THE GREATER THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THIS. OKAY. SORRY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'RE ENCOURAGING US TO YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE US TO REACH OUT TO OUR SENATORS AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES. OKAY. NOPE, I.
HOW HAVE Y'ALL BEEN CONDUCTING THIS SEARCH WHEN I JUST. WELL, WHEN WHEN INMATES COME IN THE SIDE OF THE FACILITY, THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS IS THEY COME UP TO THE COUNTER AND WE CONDUCT A SEARCH, USUALLY A HAND SEARCH. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM IN AND DO A STRIP SEARCH, DEPENDING ON THE CHARGES AND THE REASON WHY THEY'RE BROUGHT INTO THE FACILITY STILL. HOWEVER, THERE I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. WE HAD INMATE WORK CREW THAT WENT OUT ONE TIME HERE RECENTLY, AND THE NARCOTICS OFFICE WAS INVOLVED IN THE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF IT, BUT THEY WENT OUT AND THEY WERE CLEANING UP AROUND A LOCAL NONPROFIT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SMUGGLE BACK IN. ONE PERSON WAS ABLE TO SMUGGLE BACK IN SIX GOLF BALL SIZED PACKAGES INSIDE HIS RECTUM. SO THOSE WE CAN'T WE CAN'T GET THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE UNLESS WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE THAT THAT'S GOING ON AHEAD OF TIME AND THEN WE CAN SEND THEM TO THE HOSPITAL. BUT WITH THIS MACHINE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE THESE THINGS. I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT. HEY, I APPRECIATE IT. SO YOU RECOMMEND THIS WILL REALLY HELP OUT DOWN THERE GREATLY. HELP. OKAY. HELP OUT AND MITIGATE THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH WITH THAT AND ALSO MITIGATE MAYBE SOME LIABILITY EXPOSURE. WE HAVE TO. YEAH. RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I ASSUME NOT. THEN WE'LL TAKE THIS UP THIS EVENING. ALRIGHT. THE NEXT ONE IS FOR THE HEAT GRANT FUNDING. THERE'S
[10. Discuss Permission to Apply for GOHS HEAT Grant (Nathan Taylor)]
BEEN SOME DISCUSSION FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO ABOUT THE HEAT GRANT. THE STATE OF GEORGIA OFFERS A HEAT GRANT, WHICH STANDS FOR HIGHWAY ENFORCEMENT OF AGGRESSIVE TRAFFIC. AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF POSITIONS THAT WE APPLY FOR AND ARE GRANTED, IT ALLOCATES SOMEBODY FOR US TO ANOTHER PERSON TO WORK ON OUR TRAFFIC UNIT THAT CAN BE DEDICATED FOR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ON OUR HIGH CRASH ROADWAYS OR OUR ROADWAYS, THAT WE SEE THE MOST FATALITIES, ROADWAYS THAT WE SEE A LOT OF COMPLAINT AREAS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE COMPLAINTS AROUND THE KIA PLANT. THEY CAN WORK DOWN THERE AS WELL. SO THIS THIS GRANT IF IF AWARDED WE'RE ASKING FOR THE FOR TWO POSITIONS THAT IF AWARDED IT'S FOR $370,761.20. AND THAT INCLUDES THE PERSONNEL SALARIES FOR FOR BOTH OF THOSE POSITIONS. IT INCLUDES THEIR TWO FULLY EQUIPPED PATROL VEHICLES. AND WHAT I MEAN EQUIPPED I MEAN, IT HAS EVERYTHING. IT HAS THE RADARS, THE LIGHTERS, THE RADIOS, THE CAGES, THE LIGHTS, THE GRAPHICS, EVERYTHING THAT THEY WOULD NEED. LAPTOPS AND, AND AND THEY WOULD DEDICATE THEIR TIME DIRECTLY TO THAT. THIS IS ALSO A NO MATCH GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR FOR THE FIRST YEAR. IN THE SECOND YEAR. NOW IT'S A SIX YEAR PROJECT. AND AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, THE FIRST YEAR IN THE SECOND YEAR ARE 100% GRANTED BY THE BY THE STATE THROUGH HEAT. THEN AFTER THAT IT STARTS DROPPING OFF 20%. NOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY RENEW IN THAT YEAR SIX OR AFTER COMPLETING YEAR SIX, AND THEN WE CAN START ALL OVER AGAIN WITH ANOTHER 100%. BUT SO THE COUNTIES AROUND US HAVE IT. BUT HARRIS COUNTY HAS IT, COWETA COUNTY HAS IT, MUSKOGEE COUNTY HAS IT. I THINK THERE'S 24 LAST, LAST TIME I HEARD FROM THEM, THERE'S 24 ACTIVE HEAT HEAT GRANT RECIPIENTS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA RIGHT NOW. SO YOU SAID THE FIRST TWO YEARS IS PERCENT. THEN IT GOES DOWN 20% FOR THE OTHER FOUR, AND THEN YOU REAPPLY, CORRECT. AND THEN STARTS BACK OVER TO HUNDRED. THE HEAT GRANTS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR I'D SAY 20 YEARS NOW. PROBABLY IF WE EVER APPLIED FOR IT. WE'VE NEVER APPLIED FOR IT. NO. IS THERE A REASON, I THINK THE SIZE OF OUR AGENCY IS HAS GROWN AND WE'RE[01:00:09]
GROWING, AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY HAS GROWN TO WHERE NOW IT'S BECOME MORE OF A PRIORITY FOR US TO APPLY. BEFORE, WHEN WE ONLY HAD FOUR DEPUTIES ON PATROL, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO TO ALLOCATE, YOU KNOW, AND WE WERE MAINLY FOCUSED ON PATROL VERSUS TRAFFIC. SO NOW THEY ARE THEY JUST DEDICATED SOLELY TO THE COUNTY ROADS OR STATE HIGHWAYS, ANYTHING INTERSTATE, STATE HIGHWAY, COUNTY ROADS, WHEREVER WHERE WE HAVE OUR OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS WE WOULD PUT THEM. I THINK THE GOOD THING ABOUT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IN OUR MEETINGS IS THAT THEY CAN DEDICATE THOSE OFFICERS TO A SPOT WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR A MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME. WE'LL JUST KIND OF LEAVE IT A LITTLE BIT LOOSE IN THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY THERE ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY CAN GO TO THOSE. AND I'M GOING TO SAY HEAT SPOTS. WHEREVER THERE'S THERE'S PROBLEMS, WE CAN THEY CAN DIRECT THOSE OFFICERS AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THE CARS, THE OFFICER ALL IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOR US. IT IS, IT IS. AND THEY'RE ALSO DEPUTY SHERIFFS, SO WE CAN PULL THEM ANYWHERE WE NEED THEM. IF IN THE EVENT OF A MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT OR A SERIOUS CRIME IN PROGRESS, THEY CAN RESPOND TO THAT TOO. SO THESE REALLY ARE YOUR OFFICERS. I MEAN, THEY'RE THEY'RE ON COUNTY PAYROLL. WE JUST RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE STATE, RIGHT? YEAH. THOSE FIRST TWO YEARS ANYWAYS. THAT'S RIGHT. NOW IT DOES NOT COVER ANY BENEFITS EITHER. SO IT WOULD NOT COVER THEIR THEIR I GUESS VACATION TIME, SICK TIME, RETIREMENT. THAT WOULD BE COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. SO THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS THOUGH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LIKE ONE OF THEM'S ON VACATION. WE'RE DOWN TO ONE FOR THAT WEEK OR.YES SIR. YES SIR. THE THE STATE ONLY PAYS THE SALARY OF WHEN THEY'RE WORKING. SO IF, IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING THEN AND THEY'RE ON VACATION THAT WEEK, THEN THE COUNTY WILL FUND THE VACATION. AND, AND THE STATE WOULD GET BILLED FOR WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE WORKING.
SO THEY ONLY PAY FOR THE 40 HOUR, A 40 HOUR WORK WEEK. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YOU SAID JUST SALARIES, NO BENEFITS. THAT'S CORRECT. JUST SALARIES. THAT'S CORRECT. AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE THAT
[11. Discuss Permission to Accept GEMA/Homeland Security EOD/K9 Grant Award (Nathan Taylor) ]
UP THIS EVENING. ALRIGHT. THE NEXT ONE IS THROUGH JEMA, HOMELAND SECURITY, EOD, K9 OR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DETECTION K9 PROGRAM. WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PROGRAM SINCE, I BELIEVE, 2008.SO 18 YEARS NOW. THIS IS THIS IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,700. WE'VE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN AWARDED THIS MONEY. I BELIEVE COMMISSIONERS VOTED ON US APPROVAL FOR US TO APPLY FOR THIS. SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN AWARDED THIS MONEY. THIS IS BASICALLY JUST PERMISSION TO ACCEPT IT AND CARRY ON WITH IT FOR 13 SEVEN. IT'S GOING TO REPLACE THE K9 AND SOME EQUIPMENT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. IF NOT WE'LL TAKE IT UP THIS EVENING
[12. Discuss Approve Stop the Bleed Grant (Zac Steele)]
THEN. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ZACH. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.GOOD MORNING. THE GEORGIA TRAUMA COMMISSION HAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE APPLIED FOR AND WERE APPROVED TO GET 46 STOP THE BLEED KITS TO DISPERSE AMONG DIFFERENT COUNTY BUILDINGS DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. THESE KITS CONTAIN A COMBAT APPLICATION, TOURNAMENT KIT, COMPRESSED GAUZE AND EMERGENCY DRESSING TO BE ABLE TO USE IN SOME SORT OF TRAUMATIC GUNSHOT WOUND TYPE THINGS WE HAVE. DENISE HAS WORKED ON A SCHEDULE TO DISPERSE SOME FIRE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT CENTER ALL THE WAY FROM OKFUSKEE TO AIRPORT. DALLAS STREET PICKLEBALL COMPLEX. GREG CENTERS, ALL THE RECREATION DEPARTMENTS. THE ONLY MATCH REQUIREMENT IN THAT IS THE REQUIRED TEN PEOPLE PER AGENCY TO GO THROUGH THE TRAINING. SO I TALKED TO RACHEL HAMM THIS MORNING. SHE'S A STOP THE BLEED COORDINATOR FOR OUR REGION.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE 15 TO 20 PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND REC, GOVERNMENT CENTER THAT WOULD CHECK THE BOX FOR THEIR TRAINING REQUIREMENT ON THIS. BUT THERE IS NO FINANCIAL GAIN OR EXCUSE ME MATCH ON THIS. SHE ALREADY DOES HAVE MAJORITY OF THE KITS IN HER OFFICE AT WELLSTAR WEST GEORGIA. SO WE JUST ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THIS GRANT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? PRETTY GOOD. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS EVENING THEN. ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. GOOD MORNING. GOOD
[13. Discuss Draft Text Amendment - Data Centers (Austin Burgess)]
MORNING. WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS JUST A SIMPLE, ROUGH, VERY ROUGH DRAFT OF A DATA CENTER ORDINANCE. WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER A MORATORIUM. MORATORIUM ENDS, I BELIEVE, MARCH 16TH, 16TH. SO STAFF WANTED TO PUT THIS IN FRONT OF YOU. ONE THING THAT I DO WANT[01:05:06]
TO NOTE AS I WAS GOING OVER THIS, IF YOU GUYS FLIP THE PAGE TWO ON OUR USE CHART, IT SAYS THAT IT'S CURRENTLY PERMITTED IN LIGHT AND HEAVY. INDUSTRIAL STAFF HAS SINCE CHANGED THAT TO SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR LIGHT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL INSTEAD OF PERMITTED. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. AUSTIN, PLEASE, PLEASE REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME PLEASE. SO THE ON THE CURRENT USE CHART UP HERE, IT'S CURRENTLY SAYS THAT IT IS. DATA CENTERS ARE PERMITTED IN LIGHT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AS WELL AS CRYPTOCURRENCIES. WE HAVE CHANGED SINCE CHANGED BOTH OF THOSE FROM PERMITTED TO REQUIRING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, MEANING THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE ZONING AS LIGHT OR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD TO REQUEST A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN ORDER TO PLACE THE DATA CENTER IN THOSE ZONINGS.OKAY, SO LET ME ANSWER THIS QUESTION. I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH ONE OF THE CITIES. AND SO THIS THIS ISSUE OF REQUIRING SPECIAL USE PERMITS IS IS BEING KICKED AROUND A GOOD BIT. SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS. I MEAN, IF WE WERE TO REQUIRE THESE TO BE IN HEAVILY INDUSTRIAL ZONED AREAS ONLY. IF WE IF WE WERE TO LAND ON THAT. OKAY. WHAT WHAT IS THE REASON FOR REQUIRING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON TOP OF THAT? BASICALLY IT'S IT'S UP TO THE COUNTY THEMSELVES AND WHAT THEY WANT TO REQUIRE. AS FAR AS ARE YOU SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY IN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL? I'VE DONE IT. WE'VE GONE MYSELF AND ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER HAVE GONE TO CLASSES ON DATA CENTERS. WE'VE SEEN IT DONE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT THE MAIN WAY THAT WE'VE SEEN OTHER COUNTIES DO THIS IS REQUIRING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON TOP OF HAVING ZONING.
IT WOULD REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARING TWICE, WHICH IS WHY I THINK MOST COUNTIES ARE DOING IT. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR FACTS, BUT IN MY OPINION, AS FAR AS REQUIRING A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE, ON TOP OF HAVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, IT IT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING TWICE COME BEFORE YOU. I'VE ALSO DONE SOME RESEARCH AS WELL. AND AND I'VE SEEN THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUIRED, IN PART BECAUSE A LOT OF BUSINESSES MAY LEAVE. AND AT THAT LOCATION, A DATA CENTER COULD COME IN BASED ON JUST HAVING IT ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. AND SO SPECIAL USE ZONING APPROVES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO COME BACK BEFORE THE CITY OF THE COUNTY, THE MUNICIPALITY, AND NOTIFY US. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE, BECAUSE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT GOES WITH THE INDIVIDUAL, NOT THE PROPERTY. CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT. EXACTLY. SO IT'S KIND OF SAFEGUARD PER SE FROM WHAT I'M READING AND UNDERSTANDING. THAT'S CORRECT. YOU KNOW. SO CURRENTLY WE DISCUSSED BEFORE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ZONED HIGH OR INDUSTRIAL. RIGHT. I MEAN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL I MEAN CURRENTLY WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING, DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING, BUT WE HAVE LIGHT. YES, WE HAVE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL MAINLY AROUND THE AREAS OF NEW HUTCHINSON MILL AND THEN SOME AREAS THAT ARE CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY. SO IT ALREADY HAVING THE ZONING SOMEONE THAT'S WHERE THE SPECIAL USE WOULD COME INTO PLAY WOULD THEY WOULD HAVE ZONING AND THEY COULD CORRECT. THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS IN ORDER TO GET APPROVED, TO HAVE A DATA CENTER IN THAT ZONE, AND WITHOUT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO NOTIFY US THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A DATA CENTER THERE. THEY CAN THEY CAN MOVE TO THAT LOCATION WITHOUT THE CITIZENS BEING AWARE OF IT.
IF THE ZONING IS RIGHT, IF THE ZONING IS, THEY BOUGHT IT ALREADY, LIGHT AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, THEY COULD JUST COME IN WITHOUT THE SPECIAL USE AND CORRECT. GRANTED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET ALL THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE AS WELL. SO WHICH BRINGS US TO ANOTHER QUESTION IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CD. ONE OF THE CDS ALSO IS I THINK THEY'RE LEANING TOWARDS JUST DOING HEAVILY INDUSTRIAL AND NOT INCLUDING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT STAFF THE WAY THE RESEARCH THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE DECIBEL LEVELS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO OPERATE OUT THERE, THERE'S NO USE OF HEAVY MACHINERY ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS UNLESS IT'S GENERATORS DUE TO A POWER OUTAGE. WE WE OPTED TO PUT IT IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL JUST FOR THE FACT THAT WHEN I THINK HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, I THINK YOU'RE MINING, YOU'RE YOU'RE RUNNING MACHINES, YOU'RE YOU'RE CREATING SOMETHING THAT IS LOUD. THAT IS VERY. HEAVY WORK, WHICH IS WHY WE FELT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL WERE APPROPRIATE. ZONINGS FOR ONE OF THESE TWO TAKE PLACE. AGAIN. AND THE OTHER POINT I MADE REAL QUICK, I THINK THERE'S BEEN
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SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE GOOD IF ALL THE COMMUNITIES COULD SOMEHOW WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS A COMMON LANGUAGE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT ALL, BUT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE FACED WITH THE SAME SITUATION WITH MINING CENTERS AND DATA CENTERS.BITCOIN, I'M SORRY. AND DATA CENTERS IS SOMEHOW JUST HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE ALL GOT COMMON IDEAS ON OR DISCUSSIONS, I SHOULD SAY MAYBE NOT, BUT ON BUFFERS AND WHERE THEY'RE BEING LOCATED AND ALL CORRECT. AND WE ARE WORKING WITH YOU ARE WORKING WITH THEM.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITIES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, AS SO WE CAN MAKE OUR ORDINANCE KIND OF COHESIVE. RIGHT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL TAKE THAT UP THIS EVENING THEN. JUST FYI. JUST FYI. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BUT
[14. Discuss Moratorium - Data Center (Austin Burgess)]
THE MORATORIUM WILL CERTAINLY NEED TO TAKE ACTION TONIGHT. CORRECT? CORRECT. THE MORE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA THE MORATORIUM HAS IS GOING TO COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. OKAY. DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SAY WHAT? THAT WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE OR DO WE WANT. THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TO SET ANOTHER 90 DAY MORATORIUM. IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE ON MARCH THE 16TH. BUT WE JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND ASK YOU GUYS TO, TO CONSIDER VOTING ON IT TONIGHT, BECAUSE THAT KIND OF SQUEEZES US A BIT IN TIME WISE. AND BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE OTHER MEETING BEFORE THAT, THAT DATE. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. AND I THINK IT'S TO JUNE, MAY.IT'LL BE JUNE. JUNE. YES, SIR. APRIL, MAY JUNE. MID JUNE. I THINK I CAN JUST MAKE A STATEMENT THAT WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK HARD TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE RIGHT RULES IN PLACE, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE KIND OF NEW THINGS TO A LOT OF US. AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WANT IN OUR, OUR NEW ZONING AND ORDINANCES. AND I THINK THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMUNITY, WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PASS TO PROTECT OURSELVES.
SO THIS JUST GIVES US A LITTLE MORE TIME. THANKS FOR SHARING. YEP, I KNOW, I KNOW, IT'S IT'S EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW. I UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT. WE'RE HAVING LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH BOTH SIDES TO, TO LET ME ASSURE YOU, WITH THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WITH PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, CITIZENS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS AND, AND COME UP AND CRAFT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY GOOD FOR US GOING FORWARD. SO. ALRIGHT, AUSTIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL AND EVERYONE FOR
[15. Consideration of February 17, 2026 5:00 p.m. Board Meeting Agenda]
THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS MATTER. ALL RIGHT. I WAS GOING TO QUICKLY GO OVER THIS AFTERNOON'S AGENDA. IT'S A LONG ONE. AND BUT FIRST ITEM WE GOT PASTOR ANDREW HARPER, PLANT CITY METHODIST CHURCH, LYNETTE ALABAMA. YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS ANDY. UNDER SPECIAL BUSINESS.WE'VE GOT FIRST ITEM, A CONSIDERATION REQUEST TO APPLY FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT FY 27 GRANT. ITEM B IS CONSIDERATION OF TROUP COUNTY'S FAMILY TREATMENT COURT FY 27 OPERATING GRANT. ITEM C IS REQUEST APPLICATION FOR THE DUI DRUG COURT FY 27 GRANT. ITEM D IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE TROUP COUNTY DRUG COURT FY 27 OPERATING GRANT. ITEM E IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ROAD DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST TO PURCHASE A USED BUCKET TRUCK.
ITEM E IS CONSIDERATION FOR THE GDOT. I THINK IT'S CALLED THE TRANSIT TRUST FUND GRANT. ITEM F IS CONSIDERATION FOR SURPLUS VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT. ITEM G IS CONSIDERATION TO REQUEST APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BID PROPOSAL TO BID OUT ON THE PROCESS FOR CONSTRUCTING OF THE NEW CLUBHOUSE. FIRST T ITEM H IS CONSIDERATION OF REPLACEMENT OF THE TROUP COUNTY LAGRANGE CALLAWAY AIRPORT ROUTE MAINTENANCE HANGAR ROOF ITEM I IS CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE TO APPLY FOR THE CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING FOR THE DIGITAL SCANNER FOR THE TROUP COUNTY JAIL. YOU SCAN UP THERE FOR ME. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. ITEM J IS CONSIDERATION PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR THE HEAT GRANT? ITEM K IS CONSIDERATION TO APPLY FOR THE
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THE GMA HOMELAND SECURITY EOD, K9 GRANT. ITEM L IS CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPROVED TO STOP THE BLEED GRANT. KEEP GOING. AND THEN ITEM N M IS IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT CITIZEN CONCERNS REGARDING ADAMS ROAD UNDER PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE ONLY THE MORATORIUM DISCUSSION AND DATA CENTER. EXTENSION OF THE OF THE 90 DAY MORATORIUM, WHICH WOULD END IN JUNE JUNE 16TH, 2026. AND THAT IS IT. HOPEFULLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.