May 19, 2026 Board of Commissioners Work Session

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MORNING. GOOD MORNING. ALRIGHT, WELCOME. LET ME WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR. TUESDAY, MAY THE 19TH, 2026 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

AND LET ME MAKE THIS VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, TODAY IS ELECTION DAY. SO LET ME ENCOURAGE EVERYONE. I WON'T PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, MAKE YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, BUT I HOPE EVERYBODY'S EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TODAY TO VOTE. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND. IF Y'ALL WOULD ALLOW ME TO OPEN US IN A WORD OF PRAYER TODAY. OUR GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS NEW DAY. AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE AS CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY TO EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO PICK OUR LEADERS. AND LORD, WE KNOW THAT THAT DOESN'T COME WITHOUT A COST. AND WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES. MEN AND WOMEN HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THAT RIGHT FOR US. AND WE NEED TO CHERISH THAT. AND WE NEED TO EXERCISE OUR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS. I ASK YOU TO BE WITH US NOW, AS THIS TIME, THAT WE CONSIDER MATTERS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR CITIZENS, THAT YOU GIVE US WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT ON THOSE MATTERS.

AND LORD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WE LIFT UP ALL OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES. THANK THANK THEM VERY MUCH FOR THEIR SACRIFICE THAT THEY DO TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND LORD, WE JUST PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY. WE KNOW THERE'S TURMOIL IN MANY CORNERS OF OUR WORLD, AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE OUT THERE SERVING OUR COUNTRY, AND WE JUST WANT TO ASK A SPECIAL PROTECTION OVER THEM AND BE WITH US THROUGHOUT THIS DAY. IN THY NAME WE DO PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. SO THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNTY MANAGER. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONERS. FIRST, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO MOVE TO THE END. SHE HAS NOT YET ARRIVED. AND SO IF WE CAN, WE'LL WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM TWO,

[2. Discuss Approval to Accept FY27 GDOT Transit Grant (Glenn Downs)]

SO I'LL INVITE GLENN DOWNS TO THE FRONT. KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES, GLENN. HEY, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. IF I STUMBLE THROUGH THIS TODAY, GOT A COUPLE THINGS IF I COULD. I'M HERE TODAY SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THE TO ACCEPT THE FY 27 GDOT GRANT OPERATING GRANT. THE OPERATING GRANT IS A TOTAL GRANT OF 60 $696,156 TOTAL. IT IS A 5050. MATCH DOT MATCH IS 348078. WE MATCH 3480078. OUR FUNDING, OUR REVENUES FOR THAT. OUR PART IS GOING TO COME FROM THE FAREBOX. IT COMES FROM ACCOUNTABILITY COURT FEES. IT COMES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FEES. THAT'S BASICALLY PASTORS, IF YOU WILL. THE GRANT ITSELF WILL INCLUDE.

DO YOU HAVE THAT UP? OKAY. IT KIND OF LOOKING AT LINE ITEMS, IT IS GOING TO INCLUDE A REPLACEMENT OF FOR TRANSIT VEHICLE OR FOR TRANSIT BUSSES. G DOTS GUIDELINE FOR REPLACING BUSSES IS FIVE YEARS OR 150,000 MILES. WE HAVE FOUR THAT HAVE MET THAT THRESHOLD. TOTAL FOR BUSSES IS 414 ZERO ZERO $0. FEDERAL IS GOING TO GIVE 80%. STATE 10% IN OUR PART WILL BE 10%. ALSO, THOSE FUNDS ARE ALREADY ALLOCATED, IF YOU WILL, IN OUR FY 27 TRANSIT BUDGET.

THE TOTAL GRANT, IF YOU SEE, IS A LITTLE OVER $1.1 MILLION. THAT'S TOTAL QUESTIONS. AND THE OLD BUSSES GO BACK TO THE STATE, RIGHT? GO BACK TO THE STATE. YES, SIR. THE SURPLUS BACK. HOW MANY MILES DID YOU SAY? GO IN YOUR BUSSES AT 150. 000. THEY THEY'VE REACHED THEIR THRESHOLD OR FIVE, FIVE YEARS. THESE BUSSES HAVE LIFTS ON THEM. SOME DO, SOME DON'T. YES, SIR. HOW MANY TOTAL BUSSES WE HAVE? WE HAVE TEN TOTAL BUSSES. DO WE HAVE THE OPTION TO PURCHASE THEM BACK THOUGH AS WELL. IS THAT IS THAT THAT THAT IS AN OPTION. I'VE, I'VE NEVER REACHED THAT BECAUSE OF THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THEM. WE MAY HAVE THAT. BUT BY THE TIME THEY GET. I JUST KNOW WHEN I, WHEN WE WERE IN, I WAS IN SPALDING COUNTY, WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE OURS BACK AND THEN WE USED THEM FOR PRISON TRANSPORT. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN, I CAN ENTERTAIN WITH GDOT SO I CAN FIND THAT OUT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE SIGNAGE. I, AS I TRAVEL AROUND AND GO THROUGH OTHER COUNTIES AND SEE THEIR TRANSIT BUSSES AND WHAT THEIR LOGOS ARE AND WHAT Y'ALL DONE WITH THE ONES HERE, IS IT REALLY, THEY REALLY STAND OUT. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. SO OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS?

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GLENN, WILL THIS BE UNDER ONE GRANT OR IS THIS TWO SEPARATE. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO SO SO TONIGHT, WILL IT BE TWO SEPARATE? I WOULD SAY TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS. YES, SIR.

OKAY. OKAY. JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT'S PREPARED FOR TONIGHT. BOTH BOTH THE SUBJECT TO THE FEDERAL FEDERAL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS. THEY. THEY ARE. YES, SIR. WE'LL BREAK THAT DOWN.

THE ACTUALLY ON YOUR THING, THERE'S ABOUT AN 8088 PAGE CONTRACT THAT. SO HERE'S YOUR BREAKDOWN, IF YOU WILL, JUST A ROUGH FOR THE 90,000 RADIO UPGRADES, TABLETS, IPADS, BACKUP CAMERAS AND THE BUSSES THAT DO NOT HAVE THEM, INTERIOR CAMERAS. ALSO VEHICLE SCANNER FOR DETECTING ISSUES. MORE GRAPHICS IF YOU WILL, BUILDING UPGRADES, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY AROUND THE SHOP, MORE EXTERIOR LIGHTING, BUILDING SIGNAGE AND SECURITY CAMERAS. THAT'LL BE PART OF THE 90,000. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? I MAY HAVE MISSED IT. WAS IT A MATCH ON THAT? I'M SORRY. WAS IT A MATCH? OH, NO. MATCH. I'M SORRY. MATCH. THAT WAS THE SECOND.

THAT WAS MY SECOND SENTENCE. NO MATCH. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M SORRY. NO MATCH. THAT WAS. YES, SIR. THAT'S BASICALLY A TWO YEAR. I'LL CALL IT A TWO YEAR GRANT, IF YOU WILL. FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS. WE HAVE TWO YEARS TO USE THIS MONEY IF WE USE IT OR WE LOSE IT. OF COURSE. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, THEN WE'LL TAKE THAT UP THIS AFTERNOON.

[3. Discuss Permission to Apply for State Opioid Abatement Trust Funds (Hilliard Daniel)]

CURRENTLY, THE ACCOUNTABILITY COURTS CONTRACT WITH TWO TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS, ONE OF WHICH BEING TROUP TRANSIT. THE OTHER IS CATCH A CAB. SO WE HAVE TWO PROVIDERS THAT WE CONTRACT FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, AND WE'LL USE $21,500 OVER TWO YEARS. SO 21,500 FOR THESE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. WE HAVE JUST HAD A LOT OF USE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WITH OUR PARTICIPANTS. WE'VE GOT MANY RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY. AND OFTENTIMES WHEN INDIVIDUALS COME INTO THE PROGRAM AND HAVEN'T BEEN DONE TO START WORKING OR DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE OR ARE LEGALLY HAVE THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE TAKEN, TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, PARTICULARLY FOR INDIVIDUALS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR DUI COURT, THERE IS EXTENSIVE NEED FOR TRANSPORTATION. AND OFTENTIMES THIS IS THE ONLY RESOURCE THAT THESE PARTICIPANTS HAVE TO GET TO THEIR APPOINTMENTS. SO THESE FUNDS WILL HELP US TO JUST EXPAND THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE HAS ANY REASON WHY THEY CANNOT MAKE IT TO THEIR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT OR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AS A PART OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY COURTS. AND AGAIN, THAT WILL BE OVER TWO YEARS. THE REMAINING BIT OF THAT ASK WOULD BE FOR $6,764.50, AND THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE USED FOR TRAVEL

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I THINK THEY'VE ONLY KIND OF STARTED ACCEPTING SOME SOME OF THESE GRANTS. SO I WOULD ALSO SAY MAYBE ERIC, DENISE WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS IS KIND OF JUST THE START OF SOME OF THIS MONEY TRICKLING DOWN. OKAY. YEAH, TYPICALLY, I MEAN, WE DID RECEIVE SOME OURSELVES, BUT THE STATE RECEIVED A MUCH LARGER SUM OF MONEY THAT IS IN THIS FUND THAT COMMUNITIES CAN REACH OUT TO AND ACQUIRE FOR PROJECTS. YES. THIS WOULD BE A REQUEST FROM THE STATE FUND. AND WE'RE STILL SEEING SETTLEMENTS THAT ARE STILL HAPPENING AS WELL. SO IT'S AGAIN, IT COULD BE MULTIPLE YEARS BEFORE THIS MONEY WERE TO TRICKLE OUT. IT TOOK A FEW YEARS TO GET IT STARTED. IT DID. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, THEN WE'LL TAKE THIS MATTER UP THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE'LL INVITE JAY

[4. Discuss Request Approval to Move Forward with the Construction of a New Clubhouse for the 1st Tee Program (Lance Dennis & Jay Anderson)]

ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, BACK ON FEBRUARY 17TH, I CAME BEFORE YOU AND EXPLAINED HOW THE CLUBHOUSE AT THE FIRST TEE WAS GETTING DETERIORATED, NEEDED SOME WORK, MAYBE REPLACED, MAYBE REMODELED, SO TO SPEAK. AND AT THAT POINT I ASKED PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING BIDS, GETTING QUOTES, AND PUTTING THAT OUT THAT THEN I COULD COME BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE. WELL, TODAY IS THE LATER DATE. THREE MONTHS LATER. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT. AND TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, THE THE CLUBHOUSE AT THE FIRST TEE OR THE FIRST TEE PROGRAM, IT'S BEHIND THE MIKE DANIEL REC CENTER. AND THAT WHAT IS USED AS THE CLUBHOUSE WAS JUST AN OLD RESIDENTIAL HOUSE THAT WAS ON THAT PROPERTY PRIOR TO THE FIRST TEE. IT JUST WAS PART OF THAT LAND. AND IT WAS, I GUESS, RENOVATED A LITTLE BIT AT THE TIME AND HAS SINCE BEEN USED AS THE CLUBHOUSE WHERE YOU GO IN AND PAY YOUR FEE BY GOLF BALLS, DO WHATEVER. AND THEN AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE FIRST TEE PROGRAM. WELL, IT'S BEEN THERE QUITE A WHILE NOW AND IT NEEDS SOME WORK. IT'S GOT A A BAD ROOF, A LOT OF LEAKS IN THE ROOF, WHICH IS CAUSING MORE DAMAGE IN THE ROOF SYSTEM. IT'S GOT A BIG MOISTURE PROBLEM IN THE CRAWL SPACE, WHICH THEN IS CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE FLOOR SYSTEM AND THE FLOOR PLYWOOD. AND SO ANYWAY, SO YOU DID GRANT US PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. AND AT THAT TIME, WE HAD A FLOOR PLAN THAT WE PUT OUT TO BID THAT WAS TO BUILD A BRAND NEW CLUBHOUSE RIGHT BEHIND THE EXISTING ONE. AND IT WAS ABOUT 2100 SQUARE FOOT, I THINK IT WAS 2085 SQUARE FOOT, SO VERY EQUIVALENT TO WHAT WAS THERE, BASICALLY THE EXACT SAME SIZE, JUST ABOUT OF WHAT'S THERE NOW.

AND AND PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ROOMS, ROOM SIZES, THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE ROOMS. SO IT WAS PRETTY MUCH TO, TO BUILD BACK THE EXACT SAME BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO IT. WE COULD BUILD THAT AND THEN TEAR DOWN THE OLD BUILDING. SO ANYWAYS, WE PUT THAT OUT TO BID AND WE HAD SIX PROPOSALS THAT CAME IN THERE ON A SHEET THAT'S UP THERE. AND THE LOW PROPOSAL WAS FROM BC. STONE HOMES WAS $279,784.48. THAT WAS THE LOW BID TO BUILD A BRAND NEW CLUBHOUSE THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO WHAT THEY HAVE NOW, AND ALSO SINCE THAT TIME OR DURING THAT TIME, I TALKED WITH BC STONE HOMES AND ASKED THEM IF WE DID SOMETHING THAT WAS ABOUT 13 TO 1500 SQUARE FOOT, WHAT WOULD THAT COST? JUST HAVE TO HAVE AN IDEA. AND I THINK THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU ON YOUR ON A SHEET THAT I GAVE YOU, THAT IF WE BUILD SOMETHING BRAND NEW, THAT'S 1300 TO 1500 SQUARE FOOT, THAT WOULD BE AROUND $205,000. SO SMALLER THAN THEY HAVE NOW,

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CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, JAMES, THAT OUR OUR ROADS AND ENGINEERING COULD DO THE DEMOLITION WITH OUR EQUIPMENT, OUR DUMP TRUCKS. AND SO REALLY, I THINK OUR ONLY COST PER SE WOULD BE THE TIPPING FEES AT THE END DE LANDFILL, WHICH IS 1000 $2,000 TIPPING FEES SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE, MAYBE A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS. NOT A BIG NUMBER SINCE WE'RE DOING IT OURSELVES. YEAH. WHAT'S THE AGE ON THAT CURRENT BUILDING? JAY? DO YOU KNOW THE OLD HOUSE ALREADY ON THE DEED BOOK? BECAUSE IT WAS THERE BEFORE THE COUNTY PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY.

WE'VE HAD THAT PROPERTY FOR 20 YEARS, 2001 OR 2, CLOSE TO 20. WE'VE HAD IT 25 YEARS. IT WAS THERE BEFORE THAT. YEAH. JAMES IS PULLING UP. Q PUBLIC, IT'S ON THERE. I WANT TO SAY ON Q PUBLIC, IT WAS LIKE 70 SOMETHING, 1970 SOMETHING. LOOK ABOUT RIGHT. 1952 THERE YOU GO.

I WAS 62 OR 52. 52 YES. I FIGURED IT WAS OLDER. IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A WHILE. YEAH. THAT, THAT HAS BEEN SITTING THAT A LONG TIME. AND IT SHOWS WHERE IT'S 2100FT■!S THERE AT THE TOP.

1952 THAT'S WHY THIS OPTION THAT WE PUT OUT TO BID WAS, AS I SAID, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SIZE IN THE SAME ROOM LAYOUT. SO PRETTY MUCH GAVE THEM BACK WHAT THEY HAD, BUT BRAND NEW DAMAGE. OF COURSE, THAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPTION ON OUR OUR SHEET HERE. ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT ALL THIS DOWN. BUT AND I'M SURE FROM THE GRADING OR MAYBE BUILDING THE LAKE OR SOMETHING, I'M JUST SPECULATING THAT YOU SAY IT'S WATER RUNNING UP UNDER THAT. YES, SIR. HOUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE A LITTLE SPRING IT CONSTANTLY. AND I FIGURED AND I AND I'M JUST SPEAKING, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE A WHILE AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM. IT HAD TO COME FROM THE GRADING OR DOING SOME KIND OF CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE THAT OPENED UP A WATER LINE, OR AN UNDERGROUND SPRINKLER OR SPRING OR WHATEVER THAT'S UP UNDER THERE. HOW ARE YOU ADDRESSING THAT? I MEAN, EVEN IF YOU DO ALL OF THIS EXCEPT FOR TEN ONE DOWN AND MOVING IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ADDRESS THAT ON THE RENOVATION PART OF IT? THE VERY FIRST ONE ITEM OR THE FIRST SECTION UP THERE, I MET WITH ONE COMPANY JUST TO MAKE SURE OF A PRICE, AND THEY WERE GOING TO COME IN, PUT A FRENCH DRAIN UNDER THERE TO CAPTURE THE WATER AND GET IT DOWN TO THE LOWEST SPOT, BECAUSE WATER RUNS DOWNHILL AND THEN HAVE A SUMP PUMP IN THERE, THAT'LL THAT'LL PUMP IT OUT. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, COMPLETELY PUT A VAPOR BARRIER UP TO SEPARATE THE FLOOR SYSTEM FROM THE MOISTURE, AND THEN ALSO PUT A DEHUMIDIFIER DOWN THERE THAT HELPS CONTROL AT AROUND 50% HUMIDITY IN THE CRAWL SPACE. IS THAT GOING TO CONQUER THE THE MOISTURE PROBLEM WITH THE MOLD? AND THEN PART OF THAT 25000, AGAIN, THAT'S THE TOP LINE ITEM THAT THEY WERE THEY WERE GOING TO DO SOME REMEDIATION OF ANY OTHER. WOULDN'T THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND PUT SOME KIND OF PLASTIC LINING UP UNDER THAT? YES, SIR. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THE VAPOR BARRIER. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. THEY CAN'T I JUST CAME IN THERE AND THEY, THEY, THEY MET US THERE, LARRY AND I AND HAD THEIR LITTLE PUT THEIR SUITS ON AND THEY CRAWLED UNDER THERE AND TOOK PICTURES AND GAVE US A SKETCH AND A DRAWING AND, AND IT'S PUT IN THE FRENCH DRAIN AND THE SUMP PUMP TO GET

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SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT'S A SLAB. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT THE NEW STRUCTURE, THE NEW BUILDINGS WOULD BE A MONOLITHIC CONCRETE SLAB. AND SO THEREFORE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT. BUT IT'S RIGHT BESIDE IT. RIGHT. YEAH. BUT YOU STILL WOULDN'T HAVE THAT WITH A MONOLITHIC SLAB BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A WOOD FLOOR SYSTEM THAT'S ROTTEN OUT. IT'S I'M JUST SAYING THE WATER THAT'S GETTING TO IT RIGHT NOW TO GET UP UNDER IT. WELL, WHERE IS IT? I MEAN, IT'S SPRING AGAIN. THEY GOT TO HAVE WHEN THEY DID THE CONSTRUCTION WORK, WHEN IT GOT CONSTRUCTION WORK. I THINK THAT'S WHAT OPENED THAT UP BECAUSE I DON'T THINK 1952 TO WHENEVER THE COUNTY TOOK IT OVER, IT WASN'T ANY WATER IN FRONT OF THAT HOUSE AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. SO IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN FROM THE GRADING. JAMES. YOU MAY KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT THAN I AM. I'M JUST SPECULATING. I HAVEN'T DONE A WHOLE LOT OF ASSESSMENT OF THAT SITUATION MYSELF, BUT I KNOW OUR SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM OUR DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS LOOKING AT AT THAT, AND THEY'VE ATTEMPTED A FEW OTHER SOLUTIONS OVER THE YEARS TO TRY TO TO TRY TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THAT WATER. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE THE WAY THE HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE CRAWL SPACE, IT JUST IT JUST WAS NOT NOT THE LOT WAS NOT GRADED TO A POINT THAT WOULD SHED ALL THE WATER AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY OR, OR FILLED AND COMPACTED PROPERLY BEFORE IT WAS BUILT. THEY JUST, THEY JUST STARTED, APPARENTLY WITH WHAT THEY HAD AND CAME UP WITH A FOUNDATION FOR A HOUSE ON A CRAWL SPACE AND ENCLOSED ALL OF IT. AND SO WHATEVER YOU HAD IS WHAT YOU HAD. AND TO, TO FIX THAT. NOW YOU'D HAVE TO MOVE THE HOUSE TO FIX IT. THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, TO, TO PUT IN A SYSTEM THAT WOULD TRY TO DEAL WITH THE MOISTURE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE. BUT LIKE YOU POINTED OUT, YOU'D HAVE MECHANICAL DEVICES DOWN THERE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE ON THEIR LIFE CYCLE TO REALLY PUT A LONG TERM, PERPETUAL KIND OF A SOLUTION ON IT. THERE'S NO WAY TO GET UNDER THERE AND DO THAT. IT'S IT WOULD REQUIRE MOVING THE BUILDING, REGRADING THE LOT AND MOVING THE BUILDING BACK. IT'S JUST JAMES SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE IT WAS BUILT.

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS YOU HAD RESIDENTS THAT WERE LIVING THERE, AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT WASN'T ANY WATER UP UNDER THAT HOUSE TO START WITH. I DON'T KNOW, I THINK MAYBE THERE WAS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THOSE PEOPLE LIVED THERE FROM 1952 TILL THE COUNTY TOOK IT OVER AND THEY WERE LIVING WITH WATER UP UNDER THE HOUSE. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SOME PROBLEMS THERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU SEE IT, YOU SEE IT, YOU CAN GO ON. YOU CAN GO IN THE COUNTY, SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE COUNTY. SOMEONE GOES TO SELL A HOUSE, SO THEY GET A HOME INSPECTION AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF MOISTURE PROBLEMS UNDER SOME HOUSES. SO JUST TO HAVE IT, THERE WOULD NOT BE. TO HAVE IT AT THAT HOUSE WOULD NOT BE LIKE ABNORMAL. I MEAN, IT'S OTHER PLACES TOO, BUT MOST OF THOSE ARE COMING IN FROM RAINWATER.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THE RAIN WISE. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY TO JAMES POINT, THAT'S WHY OUR RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN TO BUILD SOMETHING NEW. BECAUSE I THINK TRYING TO FIX IT IS, IS VERY, VERY, VERY TOUGH WHEN IT'S ALREADY THERE AND IT'S HOUSE. AND THEN YOU'RE RELYING ON MECHANICAL DEVICES AND, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS GOING TO TOUCH BASE TOO ON THAT, THAT IT'S HARD TO PUT NUMBERS TOGETHER ON A PROJECT LIKE THAT BECAUSE AS YOU'VE KNOWN FROM AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE COMMISSIONER SCOTT RENOVATIONS, YOU GET INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND YOU KNOW, OH, THAT'S THAT'S ROTTEN. OH, BUT THE NEXT THING IS ROTTEN, YOU KNOW, AND OH, NOW YOU KNOW, NOW YOU'RE HAVING TO TRY TO REPLACE SILL PLATES OR IT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU CRACK THAT CAN OPEN, IT'S YOU RUN INTO STUFF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW BECAUSE YOU DON'T, YOU CAN'T SEE IT UNTIL YOU GET IN THERE. SO I PUT A LITTLE I PUT A LITTLE FLUFF IN THERE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE I HAD ENOUGH MONEY. BUT YOU STILL NEVER REALLY KNOW WHEN YOU START DOING A RENOVATION LIKE THAT. YEAH, I WOULD THINK THAT THE NEW A NEW

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IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. BUT THEY HAVE PRESENTED A FIVE YEAR PLAN. I THINK THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET. SO YEAH, THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THEY'RE LOOKING AHEAD. IT'S IT'S IN THE PACKET FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN. IT SHOULD BE IN THERE. BUT COME ON NOW. YEAH WE NEED IT. YEAH. WELL WHAT OUR PLANS ARE, OUR PLAN IS TO KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF TIME INVESTED IN IT. USED BY THE COMMUNITY A GOOD BIT. WE PROBABLY DO CLOSE TO 8000 ROUNDS A YEAR. SO WE ASSUME LEADERSHIP WILL CHANGE DURING THE COURSE OF TIME. BUT THE OBJECTIVE TO PRESENT, YOU KNOW, YOUTH WITH GREAT SPORT AND WITH THE CORE VALUES ALONG WITH IT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO OTHER SPORT THAT IN A LOT OF SPORTS HAVE CORE VALUES SOMEWHAT ATTACHED TO IT BECAUSE YOU LEARN LEADERSHIP AND PERSEVERANCE AND, AND ALL THAT STUFF. BUT THE FIRST TEE IN PARTICULAR HAS THOSE NINE CORE VALUES ATTACHED TO IT. SO WE WE DON'T SEE IT GOING ANYWHERE. WE, WE, WE ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR. IF WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR 21, 22 YEARS, FOR ANOTHER 21, 22 YEARS AND BEYOND, BECAUSE THE PRODUCT IS, YOU KNOW, IS A GREAT ONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND, AND IT'S WORTHWHILE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND WE WOULD SEE IT GOING FORWARD AND FORWARD AND FORWARD. BASED ON YOUR CURRENT NEED AND LONG TERM FUTURE PLAN, MAKING IT SMALLER, IS THAT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR YOU? DO YOU SEE GOING TO 1500FT■!S BEING A PROBLEM? YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR TIMES IT WOULD WHEN WE GET INCLEMENT WEATHER, THEN WE MOVE INSIDE TO A, A CONFERENCE ROOM. SO, YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT THAT SAME THING BECAUSE WE WILL BE IMPACTED A LITTLE BIT BY, YOU KNOW, THE SMALLER BECAUSE THE SPACE WE'RE GOING TO LOSE IS OUR CONFERENCE ROOM.

GOTCHA. SO IT, IT, IT'S A VALUABLE PART OF THE HOUSE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN LIGHT, LIKE TO CONTINUE TO USE. BUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY WHEN YOU AND MICHELLE WOULD MAYBE SPEAK MORE TO THIS, BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE PARENTS WILL CALL, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE CLASSES TODAY? AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT AND WE TELL THEM, NO, THE KIDS ARE ACTUALLY UPSET. THEY SAID, GEEZ, WE WANTED TO GO. WE WANTED TO GO. SO IN THE IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT SPACE. AND, BUT, BUT LONG TERM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HOPEFULLY GOOD LEADERSHIP INVOLVED. AND, AND WE, WE PLAN ON BEING HERE. I'LL SAY THIS FOR HIM, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, THIS IS NOTHING THAT MICHELLE OR ALAN ASKED FOR AT ALL. IT'S NOT THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR A NEW PLACE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THEY JUST ASKED TO HAVE THE STUFF FIXED AND REPAIRED. SO THEY HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT GO IN, FOR THE WORKERS THAT WORK THERE AND JUST MAKE IT A QUALITY FACILITY THERE. THEY, THEY KNOW NEVER CAME TO US, SAID, CAN YOU BUILD US A NEW CLUBHOUSE? CAN WE GET THIS NEW? THEY DID CONSTANTLY COME BECAUSE, HEY, WE'VE GOT SOME FLOORING ISSUES THAT ARE STARTING TO CRACK AND WE'VE GOT SOME ISSUES. CAN WE GET IT FIXED? AND IT'S JUST BEEN AN ONGOING PROCESS OVER THE LAST 2 TO 3 YEARS OF TRYING TO GET THAT LOOKED AT AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A REMEDY TO GET IT FIXED IN THE BEST WAY. THAT MAKES NO SENSE. YEAH, I KNOW THERE WAS NOTHING THEY EVER REALLY ASKED OTHER. MR. DOLAN, WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DONE THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT LANCE FORWARD MR. DOLE DOES DECIDE TO RETIRE. WHAT'S THE COUNTY'S PLAN WITH IT? I MEAN, WE'LL KEEP IT GOING. OR IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE ON OR TELL ME? I MEAN, I DON'T I JUST

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BASICALLY WHAT THEY HAVE NOW. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE, WE, WE HAD SIX FIRM LUMP SUM BIDS AND THE LOW WAS THE 279 AND CHANGE. SO I PUT 280 ON HERE, BUT IT WAS 279 AND CHANGE. AND SO THAT THAT IS THEM COMING IN AND DOING EXACTLY WHAT OUR SPECS WAS. SO IT'S A LUMP SUM FIRM NUMBER. IT WAS IT WAS AFTER THAT THAT I ASKED THAT SAME COMPANY, BC STONE HOMES, IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, WHAT WOULD IT HOW COULD WE GET DOWN TO SOMEWHERE AROUND 200 000? AND THAT'S WHEN THEY TOLD ME IT'D BE 13 TO 1500 SQUARE FOOT WITH THE SAME SPECS, THE SAME DESIGN, THE SAME LIKE SIMILAR AMENITIES THAT YES, THEY COULD GET AROUND 200 000. WOULD IT BE DOWN TO 13 TO 1500 SQUARE FOOT? SO I GUESS MY POINT BEING IS IF WE DID GO UP, IF WE WANTED TO GO WITH THAT MIDDLE OPTION, I WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO PUT THAT OUT TO BID BECAUSE I JUST COULDN'T GO WITH, YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID. RIGHT. AND THAT'S AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT WHEN YOU IF YOU WENT WITH THE 1500 SQUARE FOOT WITH 1500 SQUARE FOOT AND MR. DOYLE'S TALKING ABOUT A CONFERENCE ROOM, CAN IT BE A CONFERENCE ROOM? PUT IN THAT ON THE FLOOR PLAN? NO, WE GOT WE LOOKED AT THAT. THAT'S WHY HE. THAT'S WHY MR. DOYLE. YEAH, THAT'S WHY HE KIND OF KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT, THAT TO HAVE JUST THE CHECK IN AREA AND THE BATHROOMS AND THE STORAGE ROOM AND THE CLUB ROOM WHERE YOU CAN GET CLUBS AND REPAIR CLUBS, THAT PRETTY MUCH TAKES UP THE, THE, THE WHOLE PART YOU'RE ACTUALLY TAKING OFF IS THE, THE CLASSROOM, THE CONFERENCE ROOM.

THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU LOSE ONE. LIKE THERE'S LIKE, THERE'S, THERE'S SIX BIDS, RIGHT? ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THE CHEAPEST BID, THE NEXT CLOSEST ONES ARE $100,000. YEP.

AND THAT DID NOT SURPRISE US, DIDN'T SURPRISE US IN THE LEAST BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE THERE, WHICH WE KIND OF KNEW WAS COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS AND NOT TO SPEAK NEGATIVELY PER SE ABOUT COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR AND THE WAY THEY BID IT OPERATED THEIR SUBS AND SO FORTH WITH A RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR. AND THIS CLUBHOUSE IS REALLY JUST A A HOUSE. IT'S NOT A COMMERCIAL BUILDING. AND THEREFORE WE KNEW, I MEAN, I TALKED TO A COUPLE DIFFERENT HOME BUILDERS AND THEY SAID, OH, YEAH, THAT'S A TYPICAL HOUSE. AND THEY TOLD ME, I THINK I TOLD YOU AT THAT MEETING, WHEN I ASKED PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT I HAD TALKED WITH A COUPLE HOMEBUILDERS, AND THEY

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IT'S A IT'S A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL OUTLAY, WHICH I BELIEVE WE SHARED AT THE RETREAT. YOU GUYS, I THINK THAT'S THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING. I PRESENTED IT AT THE RETREAT. RIGHT. AND I CAN UPDATE THAT. BUT THAT THAT IS. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. THE HARRIS PARKING LOT WAS ON THAT LIST. I THINK WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE SHUFORD ON THAT LIST. AND THIS WAS ON THAT LIST. AND I CAN UPDATE THAT LIST AND BRING IT TONIGHT IF YOU WANT, I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. SO LIKE I SAID, I, I ASKED PERMISSION TO LOOK INTO THIS IN FEBRUARY AND, AND HERE'S KIND OF MY FINDINGS, MY, MY THREE OPTIONS. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GOT ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED. WELL, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM NOTHING ELSE, THAT IS A VERY VALUABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY SITTING ON LAFAYETTE PARKWAY. IF NOTHING ELSE, THE COUNTY MADE A VERY WISE DECISION WHEN THEY ACQUIRED THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY ON THE CORNER ON THE PARKWAY. AND SO IT'LL BE IT'LL BE BENEFICIAL TO US TO AT LEAST MAINTAIN THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM OR FASHION. AND FIRST TEE IS THE BEST OPTION AT THIS TIME. SO.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. WE'LL TAKE THIS MATTER UP THIS

[5. Discuss Proposed Amendments to Animal Ordinances (Keith Flory) ]

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ALRIGHT, SO TETHERING OF DOGS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T ALLOW TETHERING IN THE COUNTY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT IS TETHERING? WELL, WE JUST ADDED THIS LITTLE SECTION IN THERE DEFINING TETHERING, WHICH IS USING THE CHOKE PRONG, PINCH OR MARTINGALE OR SIMILAR COLLAR, WRAPPING THE TETHER DIRECTLY AROUND THE DOG'S NECK USING A SLIT BLEED. THAT RIGHT THERE, IT'S JUST HAVING SOMETHING AROUND THE DOG'S NECK TIED TO A POST ON THE GROUND THAT'S GOING TO GET WRAPPED UP. IT'S GOING TO CHOKE THE DOG, THAT KIND OF THING. WE'D RATHER USE A TROLLEY SYSTEM THAT THAT WORKS, WHICH IS TWO POINTS WITH A CABLE ACROSS IT. IT HAS WHERE THE DOG CAN RUN. IT'S CALLED A RUNNER TROLLEY SYSTEM WITH STOPS ON TOWARD THE ENDS OF THEM EACH POST. THAT WAY IT STOPS BEFORE IT GETS TO WHERE THEY CAN WRAP AROUND THE POST.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THAT IS. SO Y'ALL HAVE COPIES OF IT. IF Y'ALL WANT TO READ THROUGH IT AND LOOK AT THE DETAILS, OR IF Y'ALL WANT ME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO DO THAT. SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE CHANGES, THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN ADDED. YES, SIR, IT'S BEEN ADDED. THERE'S NOTHING BEEN TAKEN OUT. THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN ADDED. AND ALL WE'RE REALLY DOING IS JUST CLEARLY DEFINING THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR. AND JUST JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, THIS WILL NOT BE WE TALKED THIS MORNING. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT HAS TO BE DONE. OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU GUYS IN JUNE FOR FOR VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THE ONLY THING KEITH, I MIGHT ADD IS WE OFTEN HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT CLEAN WATER.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO JUST KIND OF DEFINE WHAT CLEAN WATER MEANS, OR WE'RE TOTALLY SATISFIED WITH WHAT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE. THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER LITTLE YEAH, I CAN LOOK AT IT. IT SAYS SUFFICIENT FOOD AND WATER. YOU, YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU WHAT I, I, I CALL SUFFICIENT WATER? NO, NO YOU CAN'T WHEN YOU COME BACK BECAUSE THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL GIVE YOU TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. YEAH. THANK YOU SIR, I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL

[6. Discuss Medical Director Agreement (Zac Steele)]

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[1. Waypoint Veterans' Center Presentation (Sandra Brownlee)]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO I'M HERE TODAY FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. FIRST OF ALL, TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW WHO I AM AND THEN EXPLAIN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN YOUR COMMUNITY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. AND THEN ALSO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THE FUTURE TO LOOK LIKE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE VETERANS SERVICES HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS SANDRA BROWNLEE. I'M A RETIRED MASTER SERGEANT FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY. IF THERE'S ANY VETERANS ON THE BOARD, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I THINK THAT YOU SERVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. AND SO AND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS WHEN I RETIRED FROM ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE AFTER SERVING FOR 27 YEARS, THE REALIZATION OF TRANSITIONAL SERVICES WAS PRETTY MUCH ZERO. AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE. WHEN YOU LEAVE, THE ARMED FORCES IS BEING ABLE TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED TO OR WHAT YOU'RE USED TO, BECAUSE CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU BELIEVE WHEN YOU JOIN THE ARMED FORCES.

AS A STUDENT, I DID CHANGE YOUR WAY OF THINKING COMPLETELY. IT WAS DONE FOR A REASON, OF COURSE, TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY. BUT ONCE YOU ARE DONE WITH YOUR SERVICE, THE OBJECT IS TO GO BACK HOME AND THEN CONTINUE DOING GREAT SERVICES BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED WHILE YOU SERVED. OFTENTIMES THAT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE FACT OF NOT JUST HAVING THOSE AVAILABLE SERVICES TO YOU OR AVAILABLE TO YOU AS THEY WERE IN THE ARMED FORCES. SO JUST STARTING WITH THE SLIDES, A COUPLE OF THINGS. OF COURSE, WE RETURN HOME TRAINED FOR WAR, NOT REINTEGRATION, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF YOU BEING IN THE ARMED FORCES IS TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY. SO THAT IS MY FOCUS AS A DRILL SERGEANT, IS TO TRAIN YOU TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY. NOW, ONCE YOU'RE DONE, YOU'RE LEAVING HOME. IT'S NOT MY JOB TO TURN YOU BACK INTO THE PERSON THAT YOU WERE. THAT'S NOT MY JOB AS AN ACTIVE DUTY DRILL SERGEANT, MANY

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WE WILL HAVE OUR GRAND OPENING FOR THE HOUSING PIECE ON JUNE 6TH, AND THERE'S 13 BEDROOMS THERE THAT WE WILL ACCOMMODATE 13 VETERANS FOR TRANSITIONAL SERVICES UP TO 14 MONTHS. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO IF YOU'RE IN THE SPALDING COUNTY AREA ON JUNE 6TH, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE MY BIRTHDAY, WE'LL HAVE OUR GRAND OPENING OF OUR TRANSITIONAL SERVICE CENTER WITH HOUSING IN THAT COMMUNITY, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT. AND WE ALREADY HAVE A WAITING LIST. WE'RE ALREADY PRESCREENING VETERANS FOR IN-HOUSE SERVICE CARE, AND THE

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AND THEN NEXT, OF COURSE, IS STABILIZATION. WE PROVIDE ALL OF THOSE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE SERVICES, ALL OF THE MENTAL HEALTH CARE THAT IS RIGHT IN HOUSE. AND PART OF THAT IS HAVING THE VA PARTNERSHIP WITH MENTAL HEALTH. SO WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH DOC THAT COMES TO ALL OF OUR SERVICE CENTERS EVERY WEDNESDAY AND DOES MENTAL HEALTH CARE RIGHT IN HOUSE, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC FOR OUR VETERANS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE THEY GO FOR CARE OR HOW TO GET THERE. THEY KNOW THAT IF YOU GO TO A WAYPOINT, WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN HOUSE, AND I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT THE MEASURABLE IMPACT. AND THESE NEXT TWO LITTLE SLIDES IS WHAT I LIKE TO SAY WHEN I EVEN TALK TO MY BOARD MEMBERS. I LIKE TO GIVE YOU GOOD NEWS BEFORE I ASK FOR ANYTHING. SO THE FIRST THING IS I WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU A MEASURABLE IMPACT THAT SINCE WE OPENED IN 2016 AND OUR FIRST SERVICE CENTER, WE SERVICE WELL OVER 22,000 VETERANS. AND THAT IS A FREE SERVICE CHARGE. SO WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND WE DO NOT CHARGE FOR THOSE SERVICES, WHICH IS OFTENTIMES THE DETRIMENT FOR MOST OF OUR VETERANS. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH CARE. SO THEY GO TO FOLKS WHO CHARGE THEM A FEE TO DO THIS SERVICE, WHICH IT SHOULD NOT BE A FEE SERVICE CHARGE, BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS THEY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN BEFORE THEY EVEN LEFT THE ARMED FORCES. AND SO THAT IS MY GOAL. AND JUST IN LAGRANGE ALONE, WHICH WE'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT FOUR YEARS, WE'VE BEEN IN OUR NEW BUILDING HERE. THIS IS OUR ANNIVERSARY YEAR, BUT WE'VE SERVICED WELL OVER 3000 VETERANS JUST HERE IN THE TROUP COUNTY AREA SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN PRACTICE HERE IN THIS AREA. I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW THAT IMPACTS MONEY AND NUMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AND SO ON. THE NEXT SLIDE THAT JUST TELLS YOU LIKE A RATING SLIDE THIS SLIDE HERE. LET ME JUST VERY QUICK BUT VERY BRIEF, WHEN YOU RECEIVE A VA PERCENTAGE RATING FROM THE VA, THAT'S A MONETARY AMOUNT BASED ON YOUR SERVICE. SO THAT MONEY CAN BE AS LOW AS 10%, WHICH IS $150 UP TO 100%, WHICH IS ABOUT $4,000 PER MONTH. AND THAT VETERAN WILL BE ENTITLED TO THAT FUNDING FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. AND THEN AS THEY PASS ON THAT MONEY CAN THEN BE PASSED ON TO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TO BE UTILIZED. AND SO WHAT I DID WAS I JUST TOOK 30 VETERANS THAT WE HAD GOTTEN COMPENSATION FOR, WHICH WE'VE DONE WELL OVER 1500 OF THEM IN THIS LAST YEAR. BUT I JUST TOOK A 30 OF THE VETERANS AND LOOKED AT THEIR OVERALL COMPENSATION BASED ON FROM 100% DOWN TO 10%, AND THAT TOTAL IMPACT FOR MONTHLY COMPENSATION THAT COMES BACK INTO YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF MONEY COMING FROM THE VA TO THESE INDIVIDUAL VETERANS, IS ABOUT 61,000. EVERY MONTH THAT COMES BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THESE VETERANS COMPENSATION. AND THEN ANNUALLY, THAT RUNS ABOUT 742,000 PER MONTH THAT WE BROUGHT IN JUST IN THE LAST YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING COMPENSATION IN THIS COMMUNITY AREA. NOW, THAT MONEY SOUNDS GREAT. DO YOU SEE THE MONEY? OF COURSE YOU DO, BECAUSE THESE VETERANS LIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. THEY SPEND THAT MONEY BACK IN YOUR COMMUNITY. IT ALSO ALLOWS ME TO PUT THEM INTO THE VA SYSTEM, WHICH THEN LESSENS THE, THE, THE WEIGHT ON YOUR MEDICAL SYSTEM, BECAUSE NOW THE VA COVERS THAT COST. SO YOUR EMERGENCY SYSTEMS, MONIES, YOU KNOW, CAN BE USED IN OTHER WAYS VERSUS PAYING FOR FREE COSTS BECAUSE THESE VETERANS ARE NOW ENROLLED, BUT THEY ALSO USE THEIR MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY BUY HOMES. WE'VE HAD FIVE THAT BOUGHT HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE NOT JUST WANTING TO TAKE MONEY, BUT WE ALSO LIKE TO SHOW AN IMPACT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY WITH YOUR VETERANS THAT LIVE HERE. SO JUST KNOW THAT WHEN THEY GET THIS COMPENSATION, THAT MONEY GOES RIGHT BACK INTO YOUR COMMUNITY FOR GROWTH, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A BETTER VETERAN THAN SOMEONE WHO'S MORE ADEPT TO BEING LIVABLE AND LOVING THE COMMUNITY THEY LIVE IN BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING TAKEN CARE OF NOW. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE SLIDES WITH YOU, OR WE CAN SKIP OVER THAT ONE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. I DID 27 YEARS. I DID A BUNCH OF STUFF. I WENT TO COMBAT TWICE. I HAD TO PULL ABOUT FIVE TIMES IN MY CAREER. SO I'M WELL AWARE OF BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSE. I AM COMBAT SERVICE RELATED. I SERVED IN THE MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS, AND PART OF MY JOB WAS INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT FOR THESE MEDICAL BOARD PROCEEDINGS, THE VA'S PROCESSES. SO I'M KIND OF AWARE OF WHAT RIGHT LOOKS LIKE. AND THAT'S WHAT SORT OF SPURRED ME TO EVEN START THIS NONPROFIT. AND I THINK THAT WHY CONTINUE PARTNERSHIP IF I FULL SPECTRUM REINTEGRATION? MOST GRANTS DO NOT FUND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITIONAL SERVICES, AND THEY DO NOT. MOST GRANTS DON'T. YOU HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT YOU ASK FOR EVEN THOSE YEAR WE FOUND SOME REALLY GREAT GRANTS THIS YEAR THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE DO DEPEND A LOT ON DONATIONS AND GIFTS AND KINDS OF. WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THESE TEN YEARS OF SERVICE BASED ON THAT ALONE. THE NEXT SLIDE I'M GOING TO GO OVER IS JUST OUR ASK. AND SO TROUP COUNTY WAS KIND ENOUGH A FEW YEARS BACK, THE COUNTY MANAGER SHOWED ME THIS BUILDING WHERE I ACTUALLY GOT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

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SO ALL TEN BEDROOMS ARE FULLY, FULLY DRESSED, FULLY READY, DOWN TO TELEVISION DRESSERS, DOWN TO THE PILLOWS, DECORATIVE ON THE BEDS, OR READY TO BE HOUSED FOR VETERANS. AND I WANTED TO THEM TO BE HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO THANK THEM SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID.

AND THEY CAME IN WITH THEIR OWN EFFORTS, THEIR OWN FUNDING, AND THEY DID ALL TEN BEDROOMS FOR US. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE WHO THEY WERE AND LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS A GREAT COMMUNITY. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE, AND WHAT IT'S SHOWING ME IS THAT IT'S GLAD THAT I'M BACK HOME. SO BACK TO THE ASKING. AND SO ONE OF THE COURSES THAT SYSTEM AND WE DID, I DID PUT IN AFTER WORKING WITH THE LOCAL ARCHITECT, MR. SKIP SMITH. I THINK HE'S ALSO MAYBE YOU GUYS ARCHITECT, BUT HE WORKED WITH ME ON THIS AND WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. AND IT HAS TO RUN FROM ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S SEE, THIS PART IS TECHNICAL. IT'S BORING, IT'S WORK. IT'S ABOUT BORING UNDER THE GROUND AND RUNNING A PIPELINE UP TO THE SYSTEM. THE TOTAL COST TO DO THAT, OF COURSE, WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WE ASKED ABOUT GETTING THE SYSTEM DONE AND SOME OF THE ESTIMATES ON THAT FINAL PAGE. I THINK ERIC HERE, OF COURSE, GEORGIA INDEPENDENT SPRINKLER SAID THEY COULD DO IT FOR FULL COST. HYDRO FIRE HAD THEIR COST SET ASIDE, AND THE COLUMBUS FIRE SAFETY COULD ONLY DO THE INSIDE SPRINKLER SYSTEM. AND SO WE I'M COMING BEFORE YOU ASKING FOR THE FULL COST. BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT. IF NOT, IF YOU COULD ASSIST US IN PARTNERING WITH US TO GET THE SYSTEM DONE, WE. WE COULD IF THERE WAS A COST THAT YOU COULD CONTRIBUTE TO GETTING THIS DONE, IT WOULD REALLY ASSIST US IN HELPING FURTHER THE VETERANS SERVICES THAT WE'RE OFFERING ALREADY. AND I REALLY WOULD LOVE FOR THIS TO BE CONSIDERED IN, IN, IN YOUR PROCESSING AND PLANNING. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT I'VE SPOKEN THIS MORNING? AND IF I SPOKE TOO FAST, FORGIVE ME. I'M SOUTHERN AND FROM LAGRANGE. SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO GET THE COUNTY MANAGER TO KIND OF EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT PROPERTY, BECAUSE I DO KNOW SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BEFORE YOU TOOK THE PROPERTY OVER SANDRA, THAT WE DID SOME INVESTIGATION. OR IS IT GOING TO BE MARKED? WE'RE GOING TO DON'T PUNT TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. IF YOU'LL PULL THE MICROPHONE UP CLOSE TO YOU, MARK, IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN FOR EVERYBODY WHO WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, JUST HOW CLOSE WOULD YOU. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. IS THAT GOOD? YES, SIR. THE BOARD WILL RECALL THE I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 2020 FOR THE LEASE AGREEMENT WAS EXECUTED BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND I GUESS THE TECHNICAL NAME IS DSB TWO, THE ENTITY THAT WAS A FIVE YEAR LEASE INITIAL TERM WITH UP TO TWO YEAR RENEWAL TERM. SO IT HAS UNLESS THE OPTION TO RENEW

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THAT'S RIGHT. IT DOWN CORRECTLY. YES, YES, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. COUNTY MANAGER MADE THAT AND THAT RESTRICTION STILL EXISTS. AND THE LEASE IS CONTINGENT UPON THAT. THAT LEASE IS STRUCTURED. SO THAT SHOULD THE STATE DETERMINE THAT THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC PURPOSE THAT THE LEASE WOULD TERMINATE, IT WOULD REVERT BACK TO THE COUNTY, WHICH THEN OF COURSE, WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO THE OBLIGATION OF USING IT FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES, OR IT WOULD THEN REVERT TO THE STATE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S ABOUT SIX ACRES, A LITTLE OVER SIX ACRES. YOU'RE CORRECT. THAT WAS THE SHERIFF'S SHOOTING RANGE. IS THAT ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY? IT'S IT'S ADJACENT TO IT, BUT IT'S A SEPARATE, SEPARATE PARCEL. LIKE A SEPARATE PART. IT IS IT'S IT'S CUT OUT. OKAY. SO IT'S BASICALLY OURS AS LONG AS WE USE IT FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE. CORRECT. KIND OF KIND OF SIMPLE. YEAH. BECAUSE WE EVEN LOOKED AT A DAYCARE CENTER FOR THE EMPLOYEES BACK IN THE DAY THERE. SO I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS LOOKED AT FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL THINGS, YOU KNOW, BUT IT KEPT GETTING NEGLECTED. YEAH. WE GOT INTO A LITTLE ISSUE WITH GDOT AND THAT PROPERTY AS WELL. JAMES AND I GOT, UNFORTUNATELY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE THAT PROPERTY WAS USED AS A LAY DOWN YARD FOR SOME BRIDGE WORK.

AND, AND THE SUBCONTRACTOR DAMAGED THE PROPERTY. AND SO WE DID RECEIVE SOME FUNDS TO GO BACK AND RESURFACE THE PARKING LOT AND RESTRIPED. SO WHICH WAS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE. MISS BROWNLEE, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. HOW, HOW I MEAN, BECAUSE WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO PAID ATTENTION TO THAT BUILDING. IT WAS SEVERE. CONDITION. HOW MUCH HAVE YOU INVESTED IN THAT PROPERTY? AN ESTIMATE, NOT AN EXACT NUMBER. HOW MUCH HAVE YOU? AND OVERALL, EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE TO THIS POINT? OH WELL, OVER 400 000 I'M SURE WELL OVER THAT. THAT MONEY CAME THROUGH GRANTS, DONATIONS, DONATIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BEGGING A LOT. OKAY. MY OTHER QUESTION

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BUT IN THE COURSE OF DOING THAT, I WAS ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE HR DIRECTOR, THE DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR VETERANS CARE. AND WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT PARTNERSHIPS, SEVERAL MEETINGS. THE GOAL IS WE'RE DOING A PARTNERSHIP SO THAT AS WE TRANSITION VETERANS, THEN I HAVE A DIRECT LINK TO LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT VETERANS ARE AVAILABLE FOR HIRE, BUT UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY MOVE INTO THE BUILDING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO JUST SIT THERE AND LET ME TRANSITION. THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO WORK FROM DAY ONE. BUT KIA HAS ALREADY GIVEN ME A LINK IN TO FOR HIRE, BECAUSE THEY'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING TO HIRE OUR VETERANS. AND BETWEEN THAT AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT I HAVE WITH FORT BENNING AND FORT STEWART, WITH THEIR TRANSITIONAL SERVICE CENTERS, ALLOW ME TO PRE ACTUALLY GO DOWN TO FORT BENNING. AND PRIOR TO LEAVING THE ARMED FORCES, PRE PREPPING THEM FOR COMMUNITY LIVING, EMPLOYMENT AND ALL OF THESE SERVICES. SO WE'RE GETTING THEM, YOU KNOW, FRESH OUT THE GATE INTO TRANSITIONAL INTO JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT. BUT THE GREATEST PART ABOUT IT IS THE TRANSITIONAL PIECE THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE. SO ME PUTTING THAT PIECE IN NOW ALLOWS THEM TO GO FROM INSTALLATION, ACTIVE DUTY, TRANSITION INTO THESE OPPORTUNITIES VERSUS HERE TO MENTAL HEALTH, TO HOMELESSNESS AND ALL OF THE ABOVE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M MOST PROUD ABOUT. WILL YOU PROVIDE THIS SPACE FREE OF CHARGE TO THEM OR WILL THEY MAKE SOME NOMINAL CONTRIBUTION? YES. RESPONSIBILITY. SO THE COST OF LIVING, THERE'S A NOMINAL $400 A MONTH AND 100 THAT ACTUALLY WILL GO BACK INTO A SAVINGS ACCOUNT IN PREPARATION FOR THEM TO MOVE OUT ON THEIR OWN. SO RESPONSIBILITY, YES, BUT NOT JUST THAT. AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, WHEN I SAY HOMELESS, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT FOLKS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO BE A ADDITION TO THE SOCIETY. THEY HAVE TO BE PRESCREENED TO PRIOR TO MOVING IN. AND THEN WE HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT THAT WILL COVER EVERY THEIR OBJECT OF STAY UNTIL THEY ARE READY TO THEN BECOME PART OF THE COMMUNITY THE RIGHT WAY. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT READY, BUT THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW THE COMMUNITY WORKS. SO PART OF THAT CASE MANAGEMENT IS ALSO COMMUNITY SERVICE SO THEY CAN KNOW WHERE THEY'RE MOVING INTO. AND WHAT'S REALLY GREAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH COMMERCE HAPPENING IN THIS AREA FOR THESE GUYS ARE, I MEAN, THE, THE, THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME TO FORT BENNING IS JOB FAIRS IS HUGE. AND A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING RIGHT FROM THIS AREA. SO IF A VETERAN KNEW THAT IF I LEAVE ACTIVE DUTY AND I DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE IN TROUP COUNTY, BUT I'M LEAVING AND THERE'S A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ME TO STAY UNTIL I GET MYSELF SETTLED, INCLUDING ENROLLMENT INTO THE VA SYSTEM, WHICH SAVES EVEN KIA MONEY, WHICH IS A BIG DRAW FOR THEM BECAUSE NOW THE VA COVERS THEIR MEDICAL CARE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. AND SO ALL OF THESE PIECES, I HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE IN PLACE BEFORE I EVEN WANTED TO. HOUSING SOMEONE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THERE'S I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN MANY DIFFERENT FIELDS HERE. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEY NEED TO BE INTRODUCED TO THEM. THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO DO SO. ALRIGHT. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHERE CAN WE FIND THE MONEY? YEAH. THAT'S IT. YOU ON THE SPOT. WELL, I HAVE A GREAT SIDE. WE'LL BEG YOU. BORROW IT. I USE IT A LOT.

WELL, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. PROGRAM. YEAH.

THANK YOU. WELL YOU YOU YOU'VE CERTAINLY IF NOTHING ELSE, YOU'VE TAKEN A BUILDING THAT WAS BASICALLY FALLING IN AND YOU'VE YOU'VE MADE IT A, A MUCH PRETTIER, ATTRACTIVE BUILDING NOW. AND, AND WE THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING VOLUNTEERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. INDEED, LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES, WE KNOW OUR VETERANS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US AS A COMMUNITY. WE JUST LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OF PUTTING THEM TO WORK HERE. YOU HAVE SOME GREAT VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY FROM FROM LEADERSHIP DOWN TO THE LOWEST. THEY THEY KNOW THAT THE FOLKS WHO HAVE COME INTO THE BUILDING SEEKING ASSISTANCE AND KNOWING THAT THEY WERE VETERANS REALLY MAKES ME FEEL PROUD BECAUSE YOU WOULD NOT KNOW IF THEY DIDN'T WALK IN. BUT WHEN THEY DO, WHAT'S EVEN GREATER FOR ME, I JUST WANT TO THROW THIS IN, IS THAT WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW VETERANS, ESPECIALLY VIETNAM AIR, WHO ARE PASSING ON AND SPOUSES DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. SO FOR THEM TO HAVE A PLACE TO COME AND SAY, MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY, AND NOW WHAT DO I DO? AND TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO SOME TYPE OF FUNDING WHEN THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS BEFORE IS REALLY, REALLY, YOU KNOW, A WARM FEELING FOR ME. IT'S WHY I DO THIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY BOARD AND MYSELF AND EVEN THE STAFF MEMBER OF 24 THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE ALL NON-PAID INDIVIDUALS. WE DON'T GET PAID. I DON'T GET PAID EITHER FOR THIS IS, OH, I GOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT I. BUT WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO SERVED IN

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SO. SO IF THEY HAVE A BAD CONDUCT DISCHARGE, IT DOESN'T NEGATE THAT THEY CAN'T GET CARE BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF YOUR DISCHARGE, YOU CAN GET MENTAL HEALTH CARE AT ANY TIME AT ANY VA HEALTH CARE CENTER. SO JUST KNOW THAT PART. BUT ONE IS AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE. OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SERVED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. AND ANOTHER THING THAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THE ONE ENTITY THAT'S ALWAYS NEEDS TO KNOW IS THE NATIONAL GUARD OR STATE AGENCIES, NOT FEDERAL AGENCIES. SO UNLESS YOU SERVED IN COMBAT AS A NATIONAL GUARD, YOU MAY NOT BE ENTITLED TO FEDERAL SERVICES, I.E. THE VA CARE. SO THESE LITTLE SMALL THINGS LIKE THIS, IT'S BETTER TO KNOW THAN NOT KNOW, BECAUSE IN THE MEANTIME, YOU RUN AROUND IN CIRCLES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS RIGHT OR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT ANSWER. BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE ANSWERS TO SORT OF GET FOLKS OFF THESE FERRIS WHEELS THAT THEY GET ON FOR NOT KNOWING ABOUT VETTING OR WHAT'S REQUIRED. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED CREATING A PIPELINE FOR SOME OF THE TRAINED MILITARY PERSONNEL TO WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT? OH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE A LOT. AS A MATTER OF FACT. YEAH. EVEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MACON, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT. AND, AND I THINK THAT THEY REALLY ARE CONSIDERING THAT RIGHT NOW. THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO ONE OF THE TRANSITION AGENTS ON FORT BENNING, I WAS BROUGHT THAT UP AND HE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING WE'RE DOING. BUT I THINK THEY HAVE TO GO FROM A STATE LEVEL AND THEN IT HAS TO BE APPROVED. BUT THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT WE HAVE FOLKS WHO HAVE SKILLED SERVICES THAT THEY USED IN THE MILITARY, BE IT FIREMEN OR POLICEMEN OR COOK OR CHEF OR WHATEVER. AND THOSE SKILLS ARE PERFECTLY TRAINED SKILLS BY PROFESSIONALS. BUT WHEN THEY COME OUT INTO THE CIVILIAN WORLD, MOST OFTENTIMES THEY WANT A CERTIFICATE OF SOME SORT TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE CERTIFIED IN THAT THING AND IN THE POLICE FORCE PIECE, THEY WANT YOU TO DO THE COMPLETE TRAINING ALL OVER AGAIN, WHICH DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME EITHER. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN DISCUSSING THAT PIECE, BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE PIECE THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OUR MILITARY POLICE ARE TRAINED, YOU KNOW, WITH GREAT TRAINING BY SKILLED INDIVIDUALS. I MEAN, WE COULD DO GOOD STUFF. GOOD NEWS IS IT'S I'LL SAY JUST FOR THE JAIL SIDE, THE JAIL TRAINING IS, IS ONLY TWO WEEKS. AND SO EVEN IF WE WERE TO HAVE AGAIN, I WAS JUST THINKING IF THEY'RE THERE, THEY COULD WALK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, FILL A VOID THAT THE COUNTY HAS IN THAT SPACE, IF THERE'S AVAILABILITY.

SO THAT IS A PRETTY SHORT TURNAROUND, TWO WEEK WINDOW. I THINK I UNDERSTAND JUST DOING SOME RESEARCH ON MY OWN IS THAT THERE THERE IS SOME LEGISLATION AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR PROVIDING A QUICKER TRANSITION FROM LIKE A MILITARY POLICE UNIT INTO A CIVILIAN POLICE UNIT. SO THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON. I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'RE THERE YET, BECAUSE THAT RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, JUST LAST YEAR, THE POLICE ACADEMY WENT TO SIX MONTHS. SO IT'S IT'S A VERY EXTENSIVE TRAINING ACADEMY. BUT BE NICE. IF THERE WAS A LESSON FRAME FOR SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY FOR POTENTIALLY 20 YEARS. YEAH. BUT EVEN WITH LOOKING AT THE JAIL AS A AS A STEPPING STONE, THEY CAN GET INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH THE JAIL.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT YEAH, OPENING FOR I ACTUALLY TALKED TO SENATOR ROBINSON ABOUT THAT BECAUSE RANDY HAS A BACKGROUND IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. SOMEHOW THE STATE COULD COULD LOOK AT THEIR REQUIREMENTS AND CONSIDER THOSE PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE MILITARY IF THEY'VE BEEN A MILITARY POLICEMAN FOR THREE YEARS, WHY WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH MAYBE A TOTAL OF SIX MONTHS OF, OF, AS YOU SAY, SIX MONTHS OR SIX WEEKS? YOU DID SAY SIX MONTHS. I MEAN, COULD THEY LESSEN THAT OR HELP PREPARE THEM BEFORE THEY GET OUT OF THE MILITARY? YOU KNOW, IT WAS IRONIC IS THAT WE HAVE OFTENTIMES CIVILIAN POLICE WHO COMES ON TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS FOR THE TRAINING. THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY FUNNY FOR ME, TOO, IS THAT THEY WILL COME ON AND RECEIVE THAT TRAINING AND RECEIVE TRAINING ON INSTALLATION, BUT THEN THAT TRAINING CAN'T BE TRANSFERRED. THE OPPOSITE WAY OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF LAGRANGE? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY DO A LOT OF BORING AND PIPE LAYING, AND AT LEAST THAT THAT FIRST FEE, WHICH WAS LIKE 150, 170, THAT WOULD SEEM LIKE THAT WOULD BE KIND OF RIGHT IN THEIR

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[7. Consideration of May 19, 2026 5:00 pm Board Meeting Agenda (Eric Mosley)]

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WELL, THAT'S RIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE TO. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK Y'ALL ALL OUT IN THE

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