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ME WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR. TUESDAY, MAY 19TH, 2026 COMMISSION MEETING. TODAY, WE'RE VERY HONORED TO HAVE REVEREND PASTOR JEFF MCCARTNEY FROM MOUNTAIN BAPTIST CHURCH HERE WITH US TODAY TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION. AFTER THAT, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG, AND I'LL ASK COMMISSIONER JONES TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG, BECAUSE, PASTOR JEFF, AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY AND EVERYBODY, PLEASE RISE. LET US PRAY. DEAR FATHER, WE WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER. LORD, MAKE DECISIONS FOR THIS COUNTY.
LORD, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COUNTY AND. AND FATHER, WE ASK YOU, LORD, TO GIVE US GUIDANCE AND WISDOM TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS SO THAT OUR COUNTY GROWS AND GROWS IN A GOOD WAY. FATHER, I ASK YOU, LORD, TO LET EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT YOU SAID, THAT THE FIRST COMMANDMENT IS TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. LORD, LOVE EACH OTHER. AND FATHER, WE MAY NOT DISAGREE.
WE MAY NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT FATHER, WE CAN. WE CAN WALK OUT IN A LOVING WAY AND AND KNOW THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING FOR THE GOOD OF THIS COUNTY. FATHER, I LIFT UP THESE COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS. LORD, I ASK YOU TO BE WITH THEM. GUIDE THEM, LORD, GIVE THEM A PEACE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. FATHER, WE GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR LIVES. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. LET'S PRAY. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU VERY
[III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA/MINUTES]
MUCH. THANK YOU. JIM. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE FINAL AGENDA.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND? SECOND. SO MOVED. ALRIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED. THAT'S GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ACCORDING TO MY COUNTY ATTORNEY. BUT I'M GOING TO SEEK A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE TROUP COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION, WHICH WAS HELD ON MAY THE 5TH, 2026. THE TROUP COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOARD MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD ON MAY THE 5TH, 2026. THE MINUTES FROM THE TROUP COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET WORK SESSION, WHICH WAS HELD ON MAY THE 12TH, 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO BE APPROVED? MAKE A MOTION. DO I MISSED ONE? I WAS GOING TO DO IT SEPARATELY SINCE IT HAD A DIFFERENT WORD. WELL, I HAVE A MOTION. LET ME, LET ME IF I GO AHEAD, LET ME MOVE ON THAT ONE. SO I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND NEXT IS SEEK APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY THE 17TH, 2026 BOARD OF BOARD MEETINGS. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO BE APPROVED? SO MOVED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED.
[IV. Special Business]
ATTORNEY. I'LL GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME. ALRIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS SPECIAL BUSINESS. SO AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNTY MANAGER. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO HAVE JAY COME UP AND JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, AND THEN TURN TO THE BOARD FOR DECISION. GOOD EVENING. AS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING, BACK ON FEBRUARY 17TH, I PRESENTED THE CONDITION OF THE CLUBHOUSE WHERE WE HAVE SOME MOISTURE ISSUES, MAINTENANCE ISSUES, THE ROOF, THE CRAWL SPACE AND SO FORTH. AND AT THAT TIME, YOU GAVE ME PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PUTTING OUT TO BID AN EQUIVALENT SIZE STRUCTURE TO BUILD A BRAND NEW CLUBHOUSE, ABOUT THE SAME SIZE, SAME ROOM LAYOUT, SAME SO FORTH. IN THOSE BIDS CAME BACK AND, AND THE, THE LOW BID ON THAT WAS BC STONE HOMES AT 200 OR $279,784.48. BUT DURING THAT PROCESS, I ALSO HAD TWO OTHER OPTIONS. THESE OPTIONS I PRESENTED TO YOU THIS MORNING. THE FIRST OPTION COULD BE THAT WE COULD RENOVATE THE EXISTING 2100 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE FOR AROUND $130,000. THESE ARE NUMBERS I PUT TOGETHER THAT I GOT SOME BIDS ON THE ROOF, SOME BIDS ON THE MITIGATION OF THE WATER IN THE CRAWL SPACE AND DEHUMIDIFYING THE CRAWL SPACE, SOME PAINTING QUOTES. AND SO THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT I PUT TOGETHER TO RENOVATE IT. IT WAS 130 000. JAMES HAS THE BREAKDOWN UP THERE. AND ALSO DURING THAT TIME, I TALKED WITH A CONTRACTOR ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF OUR BUDGETS ARE AROUND 200 000, WHAT COULD WE DO WITH 200 000? AND THEY SAID THAT WE COULD BUILD SOMEWHERE BRAND NEW.THAT IS AROUND 13 TO 1500 SQUARE FOOT. SO THE THREE OPTIONS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING WAS RENOVATE FOR 130 000, BUILD SOMETHING NEW AT ABOUT 200 205 000. THAT'S SMALLER THOUGH, 13 TO 1500 SQUARE FOOT. OR TO BUILD SOMETHING NEW, THAT'S
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EQUIVALENT SIZE TO WHAT THEY HAVE NOW. THAT WAS THAT WAS THE HARD BIDS THAT WE GOT, WHICH IS 280, A LITTLE LESS THAN 280 000. WE TALKED EARLIER TODAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THE OPTION LOOK LIKE IF WE DID GO WITH THE SMALLER BUILDING? AND SO DURING THE DAY TO DAY, I KIND OF STARTED DESIGNING OR TWEAKING AROUND WITH 13, 14, 1500 SQUARE FOOT. AND I, I DID COME UP WITH A PRETTY GOOD LAYOUT THAT WOULD HAVE A, A PRETTY BIG KIND OF A OPEN SPACE AND THEN HAVE THE REQUIRED BATHROOMS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE, A CLUB ROOM, AND THEN IT WOULD STILL HAVE A SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM OR A TRAINING ROOM THAT THEY COULD, THEY COULD USE TOO. SO I THINK WE COULD GET A, A GOOD OPEN MULTI-PURPOSE LAYOUT FOR ABOUT THAT 14, 1500 SQUARE FOOT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET AROUND 200,205, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THAT OUT TO BID BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET FIRM HARD BIDS ON THAT. AND SO IF THAT WAS THE COMMISSIONERS CHOICE TO GO WITH THE SECOND OPTION, THEN KNOWING THAT, I'D HAVE TO PUT THAT OUT TO BID, THOUGH. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXERCISE IF THAT'S YOUR CHOICE, BECAUSE THEN WE KNOW FOR SURE THE LAYOUT, AND WE ALSO KNOW FOR SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING SOMEWHERE AROUND $200,000. ANY QUESTIONS? BUT THOSE ARE OUR THREE OPTIONS IN FRONT OF US TODAY. JAY. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE MR. DOYLE, THIS MORNING, HE WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT I WAS PICKING UP ABOUT MAYBE HIS CONFERENCE ROOM, CLASSROOM, TRAINING ROOM, WHATEVER IT WAS, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT ALL THESE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, TO ME, YOU PUT DOWN 130,000, BUT YOU DON'T.WHEN YOU SAID THIS MORNING, WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO THAT, THAT NUMBER MAY GO UP FROM THAT 131. ONCE YOU GET IN THERE AND START LOOKING, I THINK, AND I'M JUST I'M JUST SITTING DOWN HERE ON THE CORNER NOW, I, I JUST THINK IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS OPTION TWO, I RECKON IT WAS ABOUT THE 1300 1500 SQUARE FOOT. YES SIR. I THINK TO ME GO AND GET BIDS AND HAVE A PLAN AND LET THEM LOOK AT IT AND SEE, BECAUSE IF IT'S OPEN, A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE A HOUSE WITH BEDROOMS AND WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OPEN THAN IT SHOULD. IT MAY BE MORE REASONABLE TO LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE TWO AND SEE WHAT WE COULD COME UP WITH, BUT WE GOT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE BIDS ON IT, THOUGH. YES, SIR, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND WE CAN DO THAT IF THAT'S YOUR CHOICE. I'M JUST SITTING DOWN HERE. I JUST DIPPED IT UP. RENOVATIONS. RENOVATIONS SCARE ME. YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GET INTO WHEN YOU START, YOU KNOW, PEELING THOSE LAYERS OFF THE ONION OR WHATEVER THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU RUN INTO THIS, YOU RUN INTO THAT, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU REALIZE, OH, BUT I'M PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN. I CAN'T STOP WHERE? AND THEN EVEN THEN WHEN YOU FINISH, IT STILL WOULD BE LIKE AN OLD HEATING AND AIR SYSTEM. WHAT IF THAT GOES OUT IN ONE YEAR? THEN YOU GET ANOTHER BILL. THE HOT WATER HEATER IS STILL OLD, SO YOU'RE MAKING IT LOOK GOOD, BUT IT'S STILL GOT A LOT OF OLD COMPONENTS, IF YOU WILL. WHERE GOING? NEW CONSTRUCTION. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOOD FOR 20, 30 YEARS. SO THEN MAYBE IT'S A MATTER OF TO YOUR POINT OR TO MY SUGGESTION MAYBE IS LET'S GET A PRICE ON THE SECOND OPTION TOO AND REALLY KNOW FOR A FACT WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS OR WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE ALL THE OPTIONS FOR SURE? WELL, IT GOES BACK TO LIKE THE MANVILLE FIREHOUSE OVER THE YEARS, HOW IT WAS JUST NEGLECTED OUT THAT WAY. AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT THIS CLUBHOUSE OUT THERE AT THE FIRST TEE WAS NEARLY ABOUT THE SAME WAY THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN TO ME, A ROOF.
YOU COULD GO IN AND WORK ON A ROOF TO KEEP IT FROM ROTTING IN THE HOLE. WHOLE SECTION UP THERE, AS YOU MIGHT SAY. SO I KIND OF I KIND OF SCRATCHED MY HEAD ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, SO IT REALLY, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE WE DONE MUCH AT ALL, EXCEPT BAND-AID PUT BAND-AIDS ON THAT. NO, SIR. RIGHT. AND I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF BUILDING NEW VERSUS GOING BACK ON THE OLD PROPERTY, HAVING THE CHALLENGES OF WATER, BEING UNDERNEATH MOLD, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO BUILDING NEW FOR ME WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD REALLY SUPPORT. AND I THINK WE CAN STILL, LIKE I SAID, FROM STARTING TO MOVE THE PIECES AROUND ON A 1500 SQUARE FOOT 14, 1500, I THINK WE CAN STILL GET A DECENT SIZE TEACHING ROOM CLASSROOM, WHICH WAS PART OF THEIR, I GUESS, THEIR NEED, IF I UNDERSTOOD IT PROPERLY. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE TO SECURE BIDS ON THAT SIDE? THAT'S A 30 DAY PROCESS. I COULD FINISH MY
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DRAWING DRAWINGS WOULDN'T TAKE ME THAT LONG. WE COULD PROBABLY. I GUESS RAMONA'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT WE COULD PROBABLY GET IT OUT TO BID BY THE END OF THIS WEEK BECAUSE THE SPECS WOULD CHANGE, STAY THE SAME. SO MY TWO, 2 OR 3 PAGE SPEC SHEET THAT WOULD STAY THE SAME. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF UPDATING THE THE FLOOR PLAN IF YOU FOLLOW ME. SO IF WE GET IT OUT TO BID THIS WEEK, IT'S A 30 DAY BID PROCESS. SO WE'D GET THE BIDS IN IN THE END OF JUNE AND IT'D BE BACK TO YOU IN JULY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE THIS. WE WON'T BE CONTINUING IT FOR TWO WEEKS. SO WE'LL BE CONTINUING FOR 30 DAYS. OR WILL WE BE TABLING IT? I THINK TECHNICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS THE YOU WOULD BE WE HAVE BIDS OUT THERE, THREE BIDS. SO I THINK WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING IS REJECTING THOSE THOSE BIDS AND AUTHORIZING A REBID UNDER THE UPDATED SPECS. JAY, IS THAT WHAT YOU UPDATED LAYOUT, UPDATED LAYOUT. BUT TECHNICALLY THOSE THREE BIDS ARE PENDING TODAY BEFORE THEN. SO YOU. BEFORE YOU SEND IT OUT TO REBID, YOU WOULD NEED TO REJECT THE THREE EXISTING. ONE BE TRUE. THE THIRD ONE IS THE ONLY HARD BID WE HAVE. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS KIND OF JAY'S. I'LL CALL IT JAY'S WORK. YEAH THAT'S TRUE. WELL, I THINK THE THREE, WE HAD MULTIPLE BIDDERS, BUT YOU WOULDN'T. INSTEAD OF REWARDING AWARDING THAT BID, THE LOW BID, YOU WOULD REJECT ALL BIDS AND REBID. RIGHT. WE CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REJECT THE BIDS AND THAT WE AUTHORIZE JAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BIDDING OUT ANOTHER OPTION. WITH RESPECT.RESPECT. OKAY. MARK, YOU REMEMBER THAT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REJECT ALL BIDS AND WE OPEN UP ON OPTION TWO THAT YOU GAVE US TO HAVE A REBID PUT BACK IN PLACE. AND YOU'RE SAYING IT BE 30 DAYS. I LIKE TO PUT THE 30. I LIKE TO PUT THE 30 DAYS ON THERE. NOW I'D LIKE TO. WELL, 30 DAYS. IT HAS TO BE OUT TO BID FOR 30 DAYS. STATE LAW PROBABLY SAY THE END OF JUNE, END OF JUNE, END OF JUNE. YES, SIR. BE BACK TO YOU IN JULY. THAT'S MY MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND IT. ALRIGHT, OKAY, I'LL GOT A MOTION A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSIDERATION TO APPLY FOR THE STATE OPIOID ABATEMENT TRUST FUNDS. HILL IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I BELIEVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $49,764.50.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL I WILL REITERATE THERE ARE NO MATCH REQUIREMENTS. CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO COMMENTS. AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE FOR APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR THE STATE OPIOID ABATEMENT FUNDS. SO I HAVE A MOTION SO MOVED. MR. CHAIR. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FY 27 GDOT TRANSIT GRANTS. AND I'M SURE I'M SAYING THIS CORRECTLY HERE. YES. THAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $679,278. SO $348,070 IS ACTUALLY GRANT. BUT THERE'S A 50% MATCH TO IT THAT WILL COME FROM THE TRANSIT FUND. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. THEN I WILL SEEK A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE GDOT, FY 26 TRANSIT TRUST FUND ALLOCATION. THOSE IS THE FIRST ONE. IT'S THE FY 27 GDOT TRANSIT. YEAH, YEAH. I'M SORRY. I LOOKED DOWN TO THE ONE BELOW IT. I'M SORRY. THE FY 27 GDOT TRANSIT GRANT SO MOVED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE GDOT FY 26 TRANSIT TRUST FUND ALLOCATION. THERE'S NO MATCH REQUIREMENTS AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $90,052. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, THEN I WILL SEEK A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FY 26 TRANSIT TRUST FUND ALLOCATION. DO I HAVE A MOTION. SO MOVED.
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DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED. OUR FINAL ITEM IS THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AGREEMENT THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. SO WITH DOCTOR BRANDON DAWSON MD OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? I AM NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AGREEMENT WITH DOCTOR BRANDON DAWSON. SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS. JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYONE. AS WE REMINDED THIS MORNING, YOU GOT TIME TO VOTE BETWEEN 9 AND 7:00 TONIGHT. SO ANYWAY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN. SO MOVED. MR. CHAIR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
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