[I. OPENING]
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LET ME WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR. TUESDAY, AUGUST THE 4TH, 2026 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING.
WE'RE VERY HONORED TONIGHT TO HAVE THE PASTOR, TOM FAR FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ON THE SQUARE TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK, COMMISSIONER JONES TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG. SO IF EVERYBODY WOULD PLEASE RISE. AND REVEREND FA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORTH, YOU KNOW THE DRILL. YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. SO, FATHER, WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO STAND BEFORE YOU AS YOUR CHILDREN. WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ONE ANOTHER. WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTY. LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT WISDOM AND THAT YOU WOULD GRANT, KNOWLEDGE AND ALL THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO MEET THE ADEQUATE NEEDS OF EVERYONE. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR TIME TO SERVE YOU IN THESE COMMUNITY ROLES TONIGHT.
AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT THEM YOUR GRACE. AND THANK YOU, LORD, FOR HEARING OUR PRAYERS.
IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. FACE THE FLAG. 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 MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SUNDAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA IN
[III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA/MINUTES]
THE MINUTES. SO FIRST I WOULD SEEK APPROVAL OF THE FINAL AGENDA. SO MOVED. ALRIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE TROUP COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION, WHICH WAS HELD ON JULY THE 21ST, 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION? THEY BE APPROVED. MAKE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED.NEXT IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM TROUP COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOARD MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD ON JULY THE 21ST, 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO BE APPROVED? MAKE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIED. FINALLY, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM TROUP COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS JOINT MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD ON JULY THE 23RD, 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO BE APPROVED? SO MOVED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? YOU SECOND I CAN SOMEBODY DID SOMEBODY SECOND IT DID. WE GOT IT. YEP. MOTION IS CARRIED.
ALRIGHT, Y'ALL GOT THAT MOUSE DOWN THERE WORKING. WHAT Y'ALL DID? THE NEXT IS SPECIAL
[IV. Special Business]
BUSINESS. SO, THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNTY MANAGER. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN.COMMISSIONERS. FIRST ITEM OF TONIGHT IS THE CONSIDERATION TO REQUEST APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR THE FY 27 SPECIALIZED COURT BASED PROGRAMS GRANT. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANT IS $50,928, AND THERE IS NO MATCH REQUIREMENTS. WE WENT THROUGH THIS THIS MORNING. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. IF NOT, THEN I WOULD REQUEST APPROVAL FOR US TO APPLY FOR THE FY 27 CIP SPECIALIZED COURT BASED PROGRAMS. GRANT, DO I HAVE OKAY, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION IS CARRIED. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE OF UTILIZATION OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS TO PURCHASE THE CLEARPASS DIGITAL FULL BODY SCAN SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $173,045. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT I DID SPEAK TO MAJOR TAYLOR THIS AFTERNOON AND ANSWER A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER. IT HAS A TEN YEAR WARRANTY ON THE PARTS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AS I UNDERSTAND, THIS SCANNER IS BASICALLY USED FOR THE, INMATES AND VISITORS TO THE JAIL. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. IF NOT, THEN I'LL SEEK APPROVAL FOR THE
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FOR US TO AUTHORIZE, THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS TO PURCHASE A BODY SCANNER AT THE TROUP COUNTY JAIL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED, MR. CHAIR. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THE REMAINING MOTION CARRIED. ALRIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC HEARING. WE[V. Public Hearings]
HAVE ONE ITEM REZONING. MR. AUSTIN. MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE WE MAKE WE ENTER INTO PUBLIC HEARING. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. NOW, MR. AUSTIN, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE APPLICANT AT 78 THOMPSON ROAD IS REQUESTING TO REZONE A PORTION OF A 22.81 ACRE PARCEL OF PORTION BEING FOUR ACRES FROM LAKESIDE RESIDENTIAL TO LIMITED COMMERCIAL. THIS APPLICATION HAS GONE BEFORE BOARD OF ZONING AND PLANNING APPEALS COMMISSION, AND THEY VOTED IN FAVOR FOUR TWO. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE PLAT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY THE APPLICANT, THEY'RE LOOKING TO REZONE THAT PARCEL NUMBER TWO, AND THEY'RE APPROXIMATELY FOUR ACRES, TWO LIMITED COMMERCIAL. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKSTORY. THIS PARCEL WAS SPLIT ZONED BEFORE WE GOT RID OF ALL THE SPLIT ZONINGS WITH THE NEW UDO. IT WAS ZONED THE SAME THING. RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. HOW MANY ACRES ARE THEY TAKING OUT FOR? FOUR. FOUR. OKAY. WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE ZONING MAP LOOK LIKE? PARCELS ARE ON THEIR OWN LAKESIDE RESIDENTIAL. THE POINT THAT THEY WANT TO ZONE FROM LIMITED TO LIMITED COMMERCIAL BACKS UP TO LIMITED COMMERCIAL. IT'S NOT SPOT. NO, IT'S NOT A SPOT. WHAT WAS THE VOTE ON THE ZONING BOARD? I WAS TRYING TO FOUR TWO IN FAVOR FOUR. TWO TWO. IF YOU HAD ANY OPPOSITION PHONE CALLS OR ANYTHING. NO PHONE CALLS, NO OPPOSITION. THE ONLY OPPOSITION THAT WE HAD WAS ON THE BOARD OF ZONING AND PLANNING APPEALS, WITH THE VOTE BEING FOUR TWO. WHAT WAS THE CONCERN ON THE TWO VOTES? TWO VOTES AGAINST ZONING BOARD? THEY REALLY DIDN'T GIVE A REASON, TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU. THEY THEY VOTED AGAINST IT, NOT NOT GIVING A REASON WHY THEY VOTED AGAINST IT. AGAIN, THIS WAS THIS WAS A SPLIT ZONING TO BEGIN WITH BEFORE WE GOT RID OF ALL THE SPLIT ZONINGS BEING IT WAS COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, THE SAME USE THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO SPEAK, SPEAK ABOUT IT AS WELL. BUT THE USE THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO GO BACK TO IS A BOAT SLASH RV STORAGE FACILITY. AND THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS SOME SOME YEARS AGO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND THAT'S WHAT THEIR PLAN IS NOW. THAT IS STILL THE CURRENT PLAN. WAS IT WAS A SIGN PLACED. IT WAS WAS A SIGN WAS PLACED OUT FRONT. YES.SIGN WAS PLACED UP FRONT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HERE'S THE HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY ON THE FOUR ACRES OR THE HOUSE WILL BE ON THE THE REST OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE ZONED LAKESIDE RESIDENTIAL BE ON THE 18.822 ACRES. SO THE FOUR ACRES HAVE A STRUCTURE RIGHT NOW AT ALL. CORRECT. I JUST LOOKED AT THE MAP HERE. YOU GOT A HOUSE? THEY GOTTA HAVE THE. DRIVE AND EVERYTHING APPROVED. CORRECT. THIS APPLICATION IS JUST SIMPLY FOR THE REZONING TO GET ITS OWN LIMITED COMMERCIAL. THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN TO GO AHEAD AND DO A BOAT STORAGE.
THEY STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH DOING THE SITE PLAN, ABIDING BY ROADS AND ENGINEERING, ABIDING BY OUR APPROVAL, GETTING BUILDING PERMITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I THINK YOU SAID THIS IS THE SAME ZONING AS THE IS THE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT DOOR? CORRECT. THE THE SMALL PARCEL THAT JAMES IS CURRENTLY CIRCLING UP THERE IS ZONED LIMITED COMMERCIAL. HOW MANY ACRES IS THAT NEXT DOOR TO HIM? LOOKS LIKE FIVE ACRES. FIVE ACRES. I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SET A PRESENCE WHERE YOU'RE PULLING FOUR ACRES OUT AND THEN 18 ACRES TO GO THE POSSIBILITY DOWN THE ROAD IT COULD BE ZONED COMMERCIAL. ALSO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT COULDN'T. IT COULD ABSOLUTELY BE. EXACTLY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OR IF NOT,
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THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORTH AND SPEAK. OKAY. HEARING NONE, IF THERE'S ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK, IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF IT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORTH AND SPEAK. AND IF YOU'LL JUST PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORDS. HELLO, MY NAME IS KASEY KELLY. MY ADDRESS IS 78 THOMPSON ROAD. AS HE SAID, THE PURPOSE OF THE REZONING IS JUST FOR AN RV AND BOAT STORAGE. THERE'S NO PLANS EVER TO TOUCH THE OTHER PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD AN RV BOAT STORAGE IN THE SAME LOCATION. WHERE THE PROPERTY IS AT IS DOWN THOMPSON ROAD, WHICH LEADS DIRECTLY TO WHITETAIL AND HOLIDAY CAMPGROUNDS. SO THE CUSTOMERS, I IMAGINE WILL COME DIRECTLY FROM THE TRAFFIC THAT'S ALREADY TRAVELING THERE TO THOSE CAMPGROUNDS. AND THE PLAN CURRENTLY IS FOR ONLY 20 SPACES. SO WE'RE REZONING FOR FOUR ACRES, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THAT. BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO HAVE AMPLE ROOM TO MAKE THE FACILITY. SO DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT? ALRIGHT. HEARING NONE. THIS IS FIRST READING BUT IT IS VOTE ELIGIBLE. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. OKAY. ELIGIBLE. RIGHT. SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS THIS IS THE FIRST READING BUT IT IS VOTE ELIGIBLE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. WHEN WHEN THEY PASSED IT, WAS THERE ANY STIPULATION BY THE BOARD ON THE ZONING BOARD WHEN THEY ANYTHING THEY PUT IN ADDITIONS. NO, NO NO STIPULATIONS ON THERE ON THE REZONING PART. AGAIN, IF IT THEY GO FORWARD WITH THE PLAN AND GIVE US A SITE PLAN. THEY DO HAVE TO MEET BUFFER REQUIREMENTS SINCE IT IS BACKED UP TO LAKESIDE RESIDENTIAL. EVEN THOUGH THEY OWN IT, THERE'S STILL A 30 FOOT BUFFER REQUIREMENT IN ORDER FOR IT TO, TO GO FORWARD. AND I'M PRETTY SURE THE PARCEL TO THE SIDE OF IT AS WELL IS ZONED LAKESIDE RESIDENTIAL. SO THERE WILL BE BUFFERS THAT ARE REQUIRED AS WELL AS ROADS AND ENGINEERING WILL HAVE THEIR DRIVEWAY, REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. SO THAT WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, IF YOU REMEMBER, THE LIMITS IN LIMITED COMMERCIAL RV AND BOAT STORAGE IS NOW ALLOWED. IT'S NOT ANY TYPE OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT. IF YOU IF YOU PUT SOME CONDITIONS ON IT, WE PUT CONDITIONS ON IT BASED ON THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR UDO AS FAR AS BUFFER REQUIREMENTS, STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT THERE'S NO CONDITION TO GO WITHIN THOSE REQUIREMENTS. IF THEY'RE WANTING A VARIANCE FROM THOSE REQUIREMENTS, THEN THAT WOULD GO THROUGH BOARD OF PLANNING AND ZONING. WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT DISTANCE, BUFFER DISTANCE 30FT FROM RESIDENTIAL AND PLANNING AND ZONING AND PUT ANY CONDITIONS IN IT. CORRECT. NO, BECAUSE THIS KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR THE REZONING. OKAY. YEAH. SO I HAD A DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REZONING, MAKE A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO SECOND IT. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE MOTION IS CARRIED THEN. ALRIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC HEARING.I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE COME OUT OF PUBLIC HEARING, GO BACK INTO REGULAR MEETING AND ADJOURN MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. ALRIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.