Jul 07, 2026 Board of Commissioners Work Session

[CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE JULY 7TH, 2026 WORK SESSION. I WANT TO START OFF THIS MORNING BY ASKING COMMISSIONER SCOTT TO LEAD US IN PRAYER FOR HIS HEAVENLY FATHER. WE JUST COME TO YOU THIS MORNING, LORD, JUST THANKING YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY.

LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE. LORD, AS WE REFLECT BACK ON THIS WEEKEND OF OUR NATION DECLARING ITS INDEPENDENCE. LORD, WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL FOR THAT. LORD, WE JUST ASK LORD, AS AS WE LOOK AT THAT TIME AND WE LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACED AT THAT TIME, DURING THAT, THE SIGN OF THE DECLARATION, LORD, WE JUST ASK THAT WE KNOW THEY HAD CHALLENGES AND WE REALIZE THAT, BUT THEY TURN TO YOU, LORD, IN PRAYER. AND LORD, THAT'S WHAT WE DO TODAY IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE JUST TURN. WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR CHALLENGES. AND LORD, WE JUST ASK YOU NOW, JUST BE WITH US AS WE'RE IN THIS MEETING, AS WE GO FORWARD. JUST BE WITH EACH COMMISSIONER, EACH COUNCIL PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH EACH EMPLOYEE IN TROUP COUNTY. LORD, WE SAY THINGS IN YOUR MIGHTY NAME. AMEN. I TURN IT OVER TO COUNTY MANAGER TO GET STARTED ON AGENDA ITEMS THIS MORNING. CHAIRMAN, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ONE ITEM THAT WILL BE ONE ITEM THAT WILL BE REMOVED. ITEM SEVEN SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE BURN BUILDING THAT WAS APPROVED IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, SO THAT THAT

[1. The Richard English, Jr. Strongest Link Award of Excellence for June 2026 (Chardonnay Scott)]

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING AND CITIZENS OF TROUP COUNTY, THE RICHARD ENGLISH JUNIOR STRONGEST LINK AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IS GIVEN MONTHLY TO A DESERVING EMPLOYEE WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE, PRODUCTIVITY, LOYALTY, PROFESSIONAL PRIDE, AND OTHER NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THAT ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES LINK TOGETHER TO FORM A CHAIN THAT PROVIDES THE CITIZENS OF TROUP COUNTY WITH EXCELLENT SERVICE. NO ONE BETTER EXEMPLIFIES THAT SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE AND DEDICATION THAN MR. ENGLISH, WHO IS A TRUE LEADER AND WHO DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. TODAY, WE WILL HONOR HIS MEMORY AND LEGACY AS WE RECOGNIZE THE RECIPIENT. FOR JUNE 2026. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY READING A PORTION OF THE NOMINATION FORM THAT WAS SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF THE RECIPIENT. HE HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR WORKPLACE. HE LEADS WITH CONSISTENCY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND GENUINE RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. HE HAS A WAY OF MAKING PEOPLE FEEL HEARD AND VALUED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ROLE. HE IS A STRONG ASSET TO THE COUNTY AND DESERVING RECIPIENT OF THE STRONGEST LINK AWARD. IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE RICHARD ENGLISH JUNIOR STRONGEST LINK AWARD OF EXCELLENCE RECIPIENT FOR JUNE 2026, ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER WITH THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OFFICE. JAMES ANDERSON. DID. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD ON THAT ONE. YEAH. 123. WE GOT A SPECIAL GUEST. FOR YOU. HI. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. J RICH.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND LOYALTY THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO TROUP COUNTY.

YOU HAVE PROVEN THAT YOU ARE THE STRONGEST LINK AT THIS TIME. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO CREATIVE COLLINS AND LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE AS THEY GRACIOUSLY DONATED ITEMS FOR

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

I MUST HAVE RUN OUT OF EMPLOYEES. COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING BACK IN

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AND THEN THE LAST TIME WE WERE IN FRONT OF YOU WAS MAY 19TH, WHEN WE HAD A BID OR BIDS TO REBUILD A NEW CLUBHOUSE THAT WAS 2100FT■!S. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT PRICE AT THE TIME WAS LIKE 279 000 AND CHANGE TO BUILD A 2100 SQUARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE, WHICH IS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. AND THEN LANCE IS GOING TO HAND YOU A SHEET, WHICH I GAVE YOU LAST TIME, WHICH BASICALLY LISTED OUR THREE OPTIONS. ONE WAS POTENTIALLY RENOVATE THE BUILDING FOR WHAT I THINK WOULD BE ABOUT $130,000. BUT WHEN YOU RENOVATE, YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO BE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO, COULD BE HIGHER, COULD BE LOWER. AND SO THIS SHEET I GAVE YOU BACK IN MAY, AND THEN I ESTIMATED AT THE TIME WE COULD DO SOMETHING AROUND 1300 SQUARE FOOT FOR AROUND 205. AND THEN OUR BID AT THE TIME WAS 2085 SQUARE FOOT, WHICH WAS 279,000 280,000 ROUNDING UP. SO ANYWAYS, AT THAT TIME YOU ASKED US TO LOOK INTO THE MIDDLE OPTION TO COME UP WITH A SMALLER FOOTPRINT. BACK IN MAY, YOU ASKED US TO LOOK INTO THAT, AND WE DID. WE DESIGNED A SMALLER FOOTPRINT THAT ENDED UP BEING 1277 SQUARE FOOT, A VERY OPEN, ALMOST COMPLETELY OPEN FLOOR PLAN EXCEPT FOR BATHROOMS AND A KITCHEN. AND WE PUT THAT OUT TO BID. AND WE HAD SIX CONTRACTORS COME TO OUR MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING. AND THEN LAST TUESDAY A WEEK AGO, WE HAD THREE BIDS SUBMITTED AND ONE OF THE THE LOW BID AT THE TIME, AFTER CONTACTING THAT CONTRACTOR AND ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION, WE FOUND OUT THEY WERE NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. SO THAT DISQUALIFIED THEM IN THEIR BID.

AND SO THEN THE NEXT LOWEST PRICE THAT WE RECEIVED LAST TUESDAY WAS BC STONE HOMES.

THEIR BID THAT THEY SUBMITTED WAS $211,559.85, AND I'VE TALKED TO THEM SINCE THEN. AND THEN TO TOUCH ON WHEN WE PUT THESE BIDS OUT, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S FIRE STATION 14 THAT WE'RE BUILDING NOW, OR THE FIRST TEE, OR WHEN IT WAS OKFUSKEE OR WHEN IT WAS PICKLEBALL. WE WE HAVE A SET OF PLANS AND A SET OF SPECIFICATIONS THAT WE ASK THEM TO BID. AND SO EVERYBODY BIDS THAT EXACT PACKAGE SO THAT EVERYBODY'S BID IS APPLES TO APPLES. BUT A LOT OF THOSE CONTRACTORS, WHILE THEY'RE BIDDING IT THAT THEY THEY SEE THINGS IN THE PLANS OR IN THE SPECS THAT THEY KNOW THEY COULD SAVE MONEY THAT, OH, I COULD DO THIS A LITTLE CHEAPER HERE, BUT THEY ALL HAVE TO BID WHAT WE QUOTE THEM JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S APPLES TO APPLES. SO LIKE AT FIRE STATION 14, WHEN WE AWARDED THAT CONTRACT TO PRINCIPAL CONSTRUCTION, THEY THEY SAID, OKAY, JAY, WE FOUND THESE THINGS THOUGH, THAT WE KNOW WE CAN SAVE SOME MONEY. AND WE SAT DOWN AND LOOKED AT THOSE THINGS. AND THEN WE, WE DID WE, WE ARE CURRENTLY, KNOCK ON WOOD, WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER OUR, OUR CONTRACT PRICE BECAUSE THEY SHOWED US PLACES WE COULD SAVE MONEY. AND WE DID THAT. SO WHEN I CONTACTED BC STONE HOMES THE OTHER DAY AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY HAD THE CURRENT LOW BID, I TOLD THEM THOUGH, THAT I REALLY WAS HOPING AND THOUGHT WE COULD BE SOMEWHERE RIGHT AROUND 200 000. AND THEY SAID, OH, WE CAN BE. WE, WE SEE SOME PLACES WE CAN SAVE MONEY PLUS A COUPLE OF YOUR SPECIFICATIONS WERE WHERE WE THOUGHT HIGH, BUT WE HAD TO QUOTE WHAT YOU ASKED US TO QUOTE. SO ANYWAYS, I ASKED THEM HOW MUCH WE THOUGHT WE COULD CUT OUT, HOW MUCH THEY THOUGHT, AND THEY SAID THAT WE COULD FOR SURE CUT OUT 1200 $0 OUT OF THAT PRICE, WHICH WOULD PUT US AT 199, FIVE, 59 AND $0.85. SO I WANTED TO BRING TO TELL YOU THAT THAT, THAT REALLY THEY KNOW THAT WE COULD DO THIS 1277 SQUARE FOOT, THIS FLOOR PLAN, BUT WE COULD DO IT FOR 199 000 AND CHANGE BECAUSE THEY DID SEE SOME VALUE ENGINEERING PLACES, SOME PLACES THAT WE COULD WE COULD SAVE MONEY. SO THAT IS WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW THAT WE COULD DO THIS SMALLER FOOTPRINT FOR $199,559.85. SO NOW WE KNOW KIND OF OUR THREE OPTIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, MY STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS STILL, I THINK OUR BEST OPTION IS TO DO

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AND THEN WE CAN DEMO THE OLD ONE. AND SO THAT'S A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM THE OLD ONE TO THE NEW ONE. AND SO COUNTY MANAGER'S RIGHT THAT THEN WE WOULD DURING THAT DEMO, WE'D HAVE LIKE THE C AND D TIPPING FEES FOR THE LANDFILL. BUT THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S IN THE CONTRACT PRICE. IS IT OKAY? YES, SIR. WHAT ABOUT IS, IS THAT IS THE EXISTING HOUSE NOW ON SEPTIC TANK OR IS IT ON SEWAGE SEWER? IT'S ON. SO WE'LL TIE STRAIGHT INTO THE EXISTING SEWER STUB. SAME FOR THE WATER. SAME FOR THE ELECTRICITY. IT'S ALL ACTUALLY ON THAT SIDE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THE NEW ONE OR WHERE WE PROPOSE TO BUILD A NEW ONE. IT'S ACTUALLY THE STUB OUTS ARE RIGHT THERE. SO JAY, WHAT WAS THE LOW BID FROM THE CONTRACTOR THAT WHARTON 193. 1937 80, THE BID TABULATION SHEETS IN THE PACKAGE. I THINK IT'S THE LAST PAGE. AND SO WE'RE TALKING THREE 780. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A $6,000 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LOW BID ON THE FIRST ROUND COMPARED TO THIS BID TODAY. YES, SIR. KEEP GOING AUSTIN. YEAH. IT'S IN THE 5:00. SORRY. BUT AS I SAID, THEY PART OF THE THING WAS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT IN THEIR BID PACKAGE, THAT COMPANY. SO I CALLED THEM AND TALKED TO HIM AND SAID, PLEASE SEND ME EQUAL PROJECTS OF EQUAL SIZE COMPLEXITY. SHOW ME YOUR EXPERIENCE. BECAUSE I COULDN'T TELL WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE LEVEL WAS, AND THERE WAS NO COPY OF ANY LICENSES OR BONDS IN THERE. AND SO WHEN I ASKED THEM TO SEND ME ALL THAT TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE A QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR, THAT'S WHEN THEY ADMITTED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE A STATE CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE, AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GET IT, BUT HADN'T GOT IT YET. AND SO I TOLD THEM THAT, NO, THAT THEY COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT HAVING THE PROPER QUALIFICATIONS. SO TO YOUR POINT, YES, WE'RE ABOUT THAT'D BE ABOUT 6000 DIFFERENT THAN OUR CURRENT 199. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND I KNOW THERE WAS A CONCERN FROM THE STAFF THERE ABOUT MAKING SURE WE STILL HAD A CLASSROOM AREA AND A TEACHING AREA AND THE THINGS THAT THEY REALLY NEED. AND THIS NEW FLOOR PLAN DOES HAVE THAT. IT'S PRETTY BIG OPEN FLOOR PLAN, LIKE I SAID, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO HAVE A CLASSROOM AREA AND A TEACHING AREA. IT COULD, IT COULD IT COULD BE USED FOR OTHER THINGS TOO, BECAUSE IT, IT'S KIND OF JUST AN OPEN MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AND TWO BATHROOMS AND A LITTLE KITCHENETTE. SO IT'S A VERY FUNCTIONAL BUILDING. BUT YOU SAY THE TWO BATHROOMS BACK BEFORE WAS BECAUSE OF CODE. HAVING TWO WOULD BE A CODE REQUIREMENT. YES, SIR. AND THIS IS A SPLOST OR IS THIS WE? SO WE SO WITH THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN MOVED AT THE LAST MEETING, WE CERTAINLY HAVE SOME SPLOST MONEY AVAILABLE IN SPLOST SIX.

BUT INITIALLY THE PLAN WAS TO UTILIZE CAPITAL FUNDS. SO THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD. BUT THERE IS ADEQUATE MONEY IN BOTH ACCOUNTS TO ACCOMMODATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

[3. Discuss Preliminary Plat Review - Laurel Grove Subdivision - Briley Rd (Austin Burgess)]

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THESE. THESE LOTS ON. WELL AND SEPTIC TANK OR. CORRECT? YES, SIR. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? AND THIS IS JUST FOR DISCUSSION, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THAT'S RIGHT. CORRECT. IT WAS ALREADY ZONED CORRECTLY. RIGHT. TO BE ABLE SO THAT IT MET ALL THE SPECIFICATIONS OF ZONING REGULATIONS. CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES. THIS IS ADJACENT TO A SUBDIVISION, A SIMILAR SUBDIVISION NEARBY AS WELL. CORRECT. AND THAT'S THE RIGHT. THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO LINDSAY ESTATES. CORRECT. ONE RIGHT TO THE SIDE OF IT. RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT IT IS? THAT'S THAT'S THE LINDSAY. LINDSAY ESTATES IS RIGHT NEXT TO IT. YES, SIR. IS THERE A ARE THERE ARE THERE PLANS FOR ANY FUTURE EXPANSION OF THIS? IS THAT HAVE WE HEARD THAT AT ALL OR NOT? AT THIS TIME THERE'S NO PLANS FOR FURTHER EXTENSION. THERE WAS A PARCEL DOWN BELOW THIS THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE IN THE MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THEM. BUT THEY. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THIS AT THE EDGE OF THIS PARCEL, RIGHT WHERE I'M USING WITH THE CURSOR, THAT IS A TEMPORARY CUL DE SAC THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT THERE. FUTURE PLAN IS TO RUN DOWN INTO THE NEXT PARCEL AND EXTEND THE SUBDIVISION. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY DO NOT OWN THAT PARCEL.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A DISCUSSION OF A

[4. Discuss Text Amendment to Chapter 50 - Sec. 50-47 (Shane Frailey)]

I THINK IT WOULD JUST HELP THIS MOVE ON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TAXES ARE DUE IN NOVEMBER 15TH.

I THINK THEIRS ARE LATE AFTER FEBRUARY 15TH, CORRECT? YEAH. SO I MEAN, THAT'S STILL GIVING THEM, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE TIME THAN WHEN THE DUE DATE. BECAUSE BY THEN THE INTENT TO FILE A

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DAN SMITH SIGNS OFF ON IT. THEY'VE GOT AN ACCOUNT. THEY HAVE NO OUTSTANDING TAXES. THEY GET THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT IT'S JUST A LOT OF COUNTIES DO THIS AND IT STREAMLINES THE PROCESS. IT MAKES IT SIMPLE TO WHEN IT MAKES IT VERY EASY WHEN THEY CHANGE, CHANGE HANDS. YES, SIR. TO LOOK AND SEE IF EVERYTHING'S UP TO DATE. YEAH, THAT HAPPENS A LOT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE YOU KNOW, YOU GET YOUR TAX BILL 60 DAYS BEFORE NOVEMBER 15TH, THEN YOU GET A 30 DAY INTENSIFY AFTER THAT, ALL THAT'S BY LAW. WELL THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL MAKE A SITE VISIT, DROP OFF YOUR TAXES, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU NEED TO PAY THESE. I WILL SAY A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THE, THE TWO LADIES THAT I HAVE THAT DO MOST OF THE LEVYING AND STUFF, A LOT OF TIMES THOSE PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO IT, YOU KNOW? AND SO THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE A FOURTH VISIT, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE, WE, WE NEED TO STREAMLINE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT'LL, IT'LL HELP WITH EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I GO IN AND TALK TO THEM. WELL, I'M, I'M NOT THAT SAME PERSON. YOU KNOW, I JUST BOUGHT THIS BUSINESS SIX MONTHS AGO. WELL, THESE THE SAME REFRIGERATOR, THE SAME CASH REGISTER, SAME GAS PUMPS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE ALL THAT'S CHANGING NOW. IT'S THE SAME INVENTORY GOING TO BE IN THERE, SAME HONEY BUNS, YOU KNOW, CHEESE, STUFF LIKE THAT. NO, BUT ALL OF THAT STUFF IS STILL THERE. THEY BOUGHT THE ASSETS OF THAT BUILDING. THAT'S RIGHT. SO I THINK IT JUST STREAMLINES. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE ANYBODY ANY HEARTACHE OR HEADACHES. BUT IT, IT DOES ALLOW US, YOU KNOW, AS IN, YOU KNOW, OUR GROSS DIGEST, EVEN THOUGH BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PAYING TAXES, THEY WON'T HAVE TO PAY THEM AS LONG AS THEY HAVE UNDER $20,000. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE A BOAT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HARD TIME WITH PEOPLE WHEN THEY REGISTER THEIR BOATS.

THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT. DAN AND I'M JUST NOT RIDING AROUND. WE'RE NOT RIDING AROUND LOOKING AT BOATS. THEY ACTUALLY REGISTER THAT THROUGH DNR. DNR SENDS THAT LIST TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE OR RIGHT AROUND LOOK AT BOATS. SO IT JUST STREAMLINED THE PROCESS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE THIS UP

[5. Discuss Proposed Amendments to Chapter 14, Article I – Animal Control Ordinance (Keith Flory)]

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IF THEY DON'T, THEY AIN'T, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THERE. SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET OFF ON THAT. LET ME JUST BE CLEAR THAT WHAT OUR OFFICE DID WAS REVIEWED THIS FOR LEGAL FORM AND PUT IT IN A FORM THAT COULD BE ADOPTED. WE DID NOT REVIEW IT FOR POLICY IMPLICATIONS. THAT WOULD BE A POLICY IMPLICATION IF THE BOARD IF THAT IS SOMETHING THE BOARD WANTS TO ADDRESS AND WANTS US TO REVIEW, WE CERTAINLY COULD, BUT WE DID NOT REVIEW THIS FOR ANY KIND OF POLICY ISSUES LIKE THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE THE OTHER ONE WAS ADEQUATE SHELTER, FOOD AND WATER. THE NEXT SECTION WAS ABOUT THE TROLLEY SYSTEM. IT'S JUST DEFINING WHAT A TROLLEY SYSTEM MEANS. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE TETHERING. WE DON'T TETHER THE DOGS. TETHERING IS WHEN THEY BASICALLY HOOK A CABLE CHAIN, ROPE ANYTHING TO A FIXED OBJECT, AND THEN RUNS IT TO THE DOG'S COLLAR AND IT CAN GET WRAPPED AROUND ANYTHING. IT'S NOTHING. A TROLLEY IS LIKE TWO POINTS WITH A CABLE HAS A SWIVEL, A RUNNER WHERE IT CAN BE, IT CAN RUN BACK AND FORTH. IT NEEDS TO HAVE SOME STOPS ON IT TO WHERE IT DOESN'T GO TO THE EITHER POINT A TO POINT B AND GET WRAPPED AROUND. IT'S A, YOU KNOW, AND WE, WE, WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN WE GO OUT AND LOOK AND INSPECT THINGS AND WE GET A CALL ON SOMETHING. SO THE TROLLEY SYSTEM WORKS. THERE'S SOME QUESTIONING ON WHETHER A DOG SHOULD LIVE ON A TROLLEY SYSTEM OR NOT, AS LONG AS IT'S GOT ADEQUATE SHELTER AND IT'S AND IT'S SAFE AND IT DOESN'T GET TANGLED UP AND EVERYTHING. WE CAN'T GO OUT HERE TO THE COUNTY AND TELL EVERYBODY THAT THEY OUGHT TO HAVE A FENCED IN YARD AND A, AND A YOU KNOW, ALL THIS I CAN'T THERE'S NO WAY TO ENFORCE THAT, TO BE HONEST, RIGHT NOW.

THE OTHER IS A DEFINITION ZONE, ANIMAL CARE, YOU KNOW, DON'T GIVE THEM YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T CAUSE UNREASONABLE PAIN, SUFFERING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT PROPER FITTING COLLARS, YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND POISON ANIMALS. I MEAN, IT'S JUST REDEFINING THINGS THAT'S IN THERE THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEAR IN OUR POLICY. BUT LIKE I SAID, AND IT'S LIKE MARK SAID, YOU KNOW. WHAT THEY HOW THEY SEEN IT WAS THE LEGAL SIDE OF

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WELL, THEY SAY, WELL, SHOW THAT TO ME. WELL, I HAVE TO HAVE IT IN THERE WHEN I SHOW IT TO ME BECAUSE THEY LOVE TO PICK THINGS APART WITH US. SO I JUST WANTED A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING TO HAVE TO SHOW SOMEBODY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY JOB IS NOT MY JOB IS TO GO OUT AND GET COMPLIANCE, MAKE SURE THESE ANIMALS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. IT'S NOT TO PICK PEOPLE APART AND TRY TO WRITE CITATIONS AND ALL THAT, BUT SOMETIMES THAT TAKES THAT. SO I JUST NEED SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM. HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? IF

[6. Discuss Troup County Fire Department Truck Purchase (Rodney Evans / Zac Steele)]

[8. Review of June 7, 2026 5:00 p.m. Board Meeting Agenda (Eric Mosley)]

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

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WE'VE COME BACK FROM A EXECUTIVE SESSION AND MADE OUR DECISIONS, AND THEY'LL ALL BE ANNOUNCED TONIGHT. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, GO BACK IN A REGULAR MEETING. SO MOVED. SECOND. I'LL APPROVE. ASHLEY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.