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I will officially call to order this August 5th, 2025, regular meeting of the Cherokee County Board of

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Commissioners. Let the record show that the four seated commissioners are all present, the

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district one position remaining vacant at this time. We are joined tonight, subbing for our regular

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county attorney. We are glad to have Molly S.Y. from the law firm of Gerard and Davis. She'll be with us

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for this evening. We have a lot on our agenda. We're going to try to keep moving because this is the meeting

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that is followed by our planning commission meeting and we don't want them to have to

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be here till midnight if we can avoid that. So we're going to move as fast as we can.

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First order businesses to ratify closure of our executive session with nothing coming out of

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that meeting for action here tonight. Motion to that effect. Motion to closing executive session.

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Motion by Commissioner Raggedale, closing executive session. Second by Commissioner Carter.

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Any discussion? All in favor of closing executive session please say aye.

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Any opposed nay motion carries unanimously and we're officially back in open session. We don't have any amendments to the agenda

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We do have a special presentation. We're honored to have some folks with us from the school system. I see our superintendent is here honored to have you with us

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Her chief of staff as well as Ken Owens the county school district CFO and I think Mr. Owens has a presentation for you. Are you ready now?

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And we're so proud to have you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I have a chance.

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Mr. Morton, I keep this.

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Is to sink this.

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I could, and I'll do my best.

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So I know you guys are approving the Miller's right

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and saving for the school district where you appreciate that.

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Appreciate you having that on your agenda.

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And ahead of that, I want to give you some budget information.

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So that you have that.

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And you're back pocket.

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I know you get questions from constituents as we all do.

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and being that we're all the same team here.

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I've time to make this the best community possible.

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I thought we would just jump right in.

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Could you pull that mic?

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Could you pull that mic closer?

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I appreciate it.

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Yeah, I want to.

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Thank you.

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Here is it?

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I don't know.

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I need it.

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That's good.

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I need it.

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That's a report.

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There you go.

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Thank you, Chris.

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Here with me.

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Here goes.

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So, first slide is just kind of a calendar of how we develop our budget.

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It's not a short process, as it is not for you guys.

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For us, it's about a six-month process.

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Start in November of this year.

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We'll actually probably start in October of this year.

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We still plan to have our budget for RFI-27 budget prepared for the board for the April 26 meeting.

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This slide shows the Corvileefs, Corp.

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student achievement goals of our school board.

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Everything we do, centers around this slide.

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Of course, our budget supports every part of this,

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as does all of our operations.

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So it's an important piece to always remind folks what we're here

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and what we're doing.

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So with the FY26 budget, knowing we had a gap in revenue

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of about 14 million, we estimated due to the expansion

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of the senior exemption, which of course our school board

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advocated for.

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We knew we were going to have that. So we had some things we had to do. So first of all it's superintendent asked all of our central office divisions to cut their budgets operations about just about least three percent.

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About 2.4 million reducing redundancies finding things they're not working for us any longer things are aligned with board policy or state standards get rid of them reallocated beyond the 3% about 1.4 million from central office.

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the part mental funds that was retained at the Central Office in previous years, cut those

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loose, get them out to the schools where they belong about $1.4 million, then re-aligned

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about $9.1 million from general operating budget to other eligible sources like grants

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or splaws.

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The four priority areas for this budget, number one, invest in resources is close to

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students as possible.

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improve the student teacher ratio in the fourth and fifth grade since where we had some issues.

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We had high class levels in their student ratio, so we reduced at a 20 teachers in order to accomplish that.

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Increase school psychologists as becoming more and more important for our kids.

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So increase two psychologists there.

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Invested heavily in comprehensive K through 12 English language arts,

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and mathematics and structural resources, but print and digital about 8.3 million dollars.

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Increase the school-based budgets to support those consumable items, heavy use in classrooms,

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like especially fine arts, science, STEM classes, to the tune about 1.4 million. Invest in teachers and staff.

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We're far, far behind. Some of our competitors for teachers, primarily Cobb County, it would have taken us $30 million per year to match what Cobb is paying teachers.

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We can't do that. We never will be able to do that. But we can't offer an excellent work environment, and that's what we intend to do.

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But we don't want to get so far away from Cobb that we lose some of our top teachers. So we want to stay competitive. We are also about 13 million behind Fulton, 8 million behind Bartow, which was really surprising to us.

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So our school board took a bite out of that this year at a 3% in addition to the longevity

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step increase for our teachers to the tune with about 11.2 million dollars.

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Increase support staff's dollars at also about the 3% along with the stepping

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increase and then for administrative central office administrative staff, no cost

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of living increase, just a stepping increase.

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And then fully found the employer portion of the state health benefit plan premiums that has skyrocketed over the years just eight years ago nine years ago, it was nine hundred and forty five dollars a month

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This year it's eight one thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars per month. So more than double what it was just a few years ago

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That's twenty two thousand dollars per year per employee just for health insurance

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Invest resources to advanced school safety, it's always an important factor.

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This year, we are adding three additional monitors.

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Last year, we added four place officers for the year before that.

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So we are adding three monitors for those schools at multi-building campuses.

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Cherokee High School, Edo High School, and Sequoia High School.

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And we're also whipping all of our place officers with body cameras getting this year.

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Invest in the future Cherokee County students by being excellent stewards of public funds.

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getting rid of those things that aren't working force.

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Things that are not aligned, leveraging current operations systems

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to make them best and most efficient use of what we do have.

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And then continue to build our fund balance.

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We need to ensure we have at least three months of operating expenses

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in that fund balance.

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And of course, maintain the lowest millage rate possible.

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This is the lowest millage rate we've had in over 30 years

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at 17.95 to the mills.

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Additionally, over the past three years,

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The school board has reduced the millage rate as you know are overall millage rate went by 1.5 mills

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That saves tax payers annually over 23 million dollars per year

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We also paid off our debt early 2012 and 2014 bonds paid those off 10 years early

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Saved in tax payers a 11 million dollars and avoided entry charges

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And then we of course as I said support of the expansion of the senior exemption when you that was important to senior citizens in this county

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And our school board backed that, and again, that's a cost of about 14 million annually.

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Or savings for taxpayers about 14 million annually.

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This is a busy slide.

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Projects for it, but it is our entire budget on a single page.

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I'll just kind of go through a few things real quickly.

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Total, our expenditure is this year's about $843 million.

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The bulk of that, of course, is the general fund.

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General fund is our day-to-day operations.

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That's what's happening in our classrooms.

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It's what pays our salaries, benefits, all of those things, a 603 million of that is general fund.

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Building fund, that's our capital outlay projects.

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For your home elementary school, as you know, the Cherokee High School replacement building,

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and then we have Wayne's going on at Woodstock High School Riverage High School and Creekland Middle School.

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So that's about 132 million.

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This year, I'm sorry about, we're bringing about 59 million in

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Splos funds, and about half of that is being used for

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Campano Outlay.

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The other half is transferred over to our debt service fund,

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so between debt service, Splos for debt service and

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our debt service and military to 1.5 mills, that covers our

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annual debt service payment to pay for all those buildings that

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we have built over the past 15 years.

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That's about $60 million this year's debt service

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federal state and competitive grants, about 19 million.

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Primarily that is from the federal government,

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flow through grants, we get from the Georgia Department of Education,

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Title I, which is for those schools,

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they have a high population of economically disadvantaged students,

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and then special education, IDA,

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individuals with disability education act,

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that's about $9 million this year.

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School nutrition, that is a holy self-sustaining program.

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We have meal sales of about 8.5 million and then about 14 million comes to us federal subsidies for those children who qualify for free in reduced meals.

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Then finally at the end there are other funds. That's our self-insured dental and workman's compensation funds.

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Next slide shows the general fund total budget by detail by functional area.

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This is an important slide to see, it's also in the budget book that I provide.

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Page 22, a little bit better there. But I'll just point out a few things. $557,000,000. First column, total salaries, wages, and benefits.

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That's 92.2% of our budget is people. Education is a very labor-intensive industry, and that proves

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an outright there. 92.2% is in salaries and benefits. Second column instructional services. That's all the things that

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in our classrooms. That's teachers. That's paraprofessional. All those supports that are

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happening in our classrooms. That's 417 million of the 633 million dollar general fund

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budgets. It's almost 70 percent of the general fund budget is happening in the classroom.

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And then you say the other headings are pretty much self-explanatory. I will point out a few

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things in administration. That's always a big topic, right? Journal administration,

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school administration support services business and then 2,800 support services central

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those take together that central office and school administration it's about 53.6 million

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dollars or 8.8% of our budget but when you strip out school administration central office

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of administration is 16.2 million dollars in.

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to school at the first point seven percent.

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Yes, school is principles in them.

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Principles, assistant principles, that's all your front office staff, bookkeeper, register

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all those positions there.

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So about 2.7 percent of the budget is central office expenditures.

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Next slide, to explain a little bit about how we're funded.

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You know about the local funds, that's our military, right?

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But what about what the state is paying?

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This is the QBE formula, a quality basic education that was developed in 1985, has changed

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very little since then, but this is how we're funded by the state.

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You'll notice that the column is noted as FTE, that's full time equivalent, that is student

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counts, right?

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So we get, we've count students two times per year, the first Tuesday of October, and the

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first Tuesday of March.

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How we're serving kids and how many kids we have, that's how we're funded for the

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So I'm just kind of slide across the page there for kindergarten we get salaries about 17 million

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dollar for salaries but the salaries are based on the state salary scale only.

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We subsidize the salaries by about 32% in GERC.

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So at the state we would earn here we put on top of that another 32% to recruit and retain

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the highest quality features that we've possible in.

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local five mills. You see that in the middle column there. So in order to participate in the KB

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for a month, every school district has to give up the first five mills of property taxes.

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Five mills of property taxes for Cherokee County. That is $86 million. So they determine what we have earned based on the kids and how we're serving them.

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State salary scale will we get for operations and then they deduct that first five mills.

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Okay. So at the end of the day, we earn 383 million.

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We're going to send us 297 million for the year.

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That's about 45.7% of our budget.

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So that's what we get from the state.

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This is some of the high cost areas.

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So the local funds fund those gaps.

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The state just does not cover that we wouldn't expect

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in the cover in some cases, right?

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Student transportation.

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That's a big one.

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It's 30, almost 32 million dollars annually

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to run that operation.

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We get about $10 million from the state.

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So that's 68% is locally funded.

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Nurses, 72% is locally funded.

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We get $1 million.

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We spend about 3.6 million.

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Safety and security, 5.8 million, 5.9 million is what we're spending.

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We get 1.7 from the state.

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The rest is local, 71%.

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Teacher compensation, again, 33% is what we provide our teachers, above and beyond what

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the state would provide.

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Kindergarten Fair Professionals, that's always a big one, 38% is locally funded.

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Pre-K, that is not funded through the QB formulas, anything we do with pre-K comes to us

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from a separate grant from the state, or we fund with local dollars.

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We do get some money, so about 54% of that for pre-K services is funded from local taxpayers.

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Benefits, 40% of the cost of providing benefits, is born by the local taxpayers.

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Special education, it's always a big one, $87 million, we get 57 from the state, the rest

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is covered with local funds, again, 34%, big one, technology, and 1985, when the KV formed

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the list developed, we brought in a whole lot of technology going on, so it's not in there,

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it's not embedded, it has never been added, so if you want technology in your schools,

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You're gonna pay for it.

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So, 89 percent. Some of that is lost. Some of that is general fund. So, net millage rate. Our total millage rate this year is 17.95 mills. 5 mills goes to the state, which, as again, I said, 86.2 million. And then, as you know, we pay the chair key counter-government to collect the taxes force. 2 percent of the collections goes back to the county to help us to collect those, those monies. That's 5.7 million dollars or about a third year.

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of a mill. So about 11.12 mills is what our net that we have for maintenance and operation

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of our schools. And then debt service is currently 1.5 mills.

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Next couple of slides is just a historical perspective of the digest. This first slide shows

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back in 1995, $2.2 billion was the total value of property and share of key county.

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Look at it in 2025's $24 billion, it's a $965% increase from 1995 to 2025.

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Next slide shows the M&O exemptions from taxes.

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In 1995, $267 million was exempt from school taxes.

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Now you look at it in 20, 25, 6.6 billion dollars is exempt from school tax.

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That growth is 2,302% over that 30 year period.

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And next slide, we will show some of those years that were kind of an aberration growth

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in the digest back in 1998, 22.9% growth from the previous year.

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Most of the years in between are single digit, but then you get down to 22 and 23. Those were hard years. 24% increase in 23. 21% and I'm sorry in 22, 24% and then 23 was 21% and then and 24 went back down to a normal level about 5.5 and then this year that's an estimate of 2.9. It'll actually for the school district will be lower because of that senior tax is coming in a little exemption is coming in a little bit.

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higher than we anticipated.

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So the school board has been reflective of the tax

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digest back in the recession days, 2009, 10.

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When we had a 27% drop in value in the tax digest

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over a four-year period, we had to increase the

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the military by mill in order to make ends meet.

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But then when the economy came back, we saw those huge

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growth years, the school board, again, went back

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and adjusted their military,

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my decreasing it by 1.5 mills.

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Additionally, you'll notice on the bond millage rate,

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beginning in 2017, the board started moving part of the M&O

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from M&O over to bonds.

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That way, we could pay our long term debt quicker.

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And that's what we have done.

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Just exactly what we have done over the years.

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So, in conclusion, the key points from this year's budget,

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The military remains the same all-time love 17.95 mills.

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We increased teacher salary scales so that we can stay within reach of our competitors.

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Increase school-based budgets by 34 percent, decrease central office operating expenditures

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by 2.4 million and then made investments in people.

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You'll notice in this budget compared to previous year budgets in all areas.

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Operating expenses in every area except liability insurance decrease from FY25.

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So, again, making the best use possible of the funds that we have.

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That's all I've prepared for you.

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I'll take questions now if anybody hasn't.

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Thank you for the time.

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I wonder about QBE.

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I've always understood that Rich County's pay-in-more.

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Is that just because five mills of our digest is more than five mills of a-

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It's a little more complicated.

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That's the basis of it.

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But that local five mills that we pay out of 86.2 million other school districts get money back through

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equalization grant. That's that Robinhood effect, right? You take it from here and you give it here.

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We don't get equalization grant. We give money, so we don't get anything.

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That's great. Go on that county. Me and Mommy's about $7 million in equalization funding.

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So that's again taken from the the wealthy counties, the generally wealthy counties,

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and given it to those who don't generate as much on their military. Great question.

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I don't have any other questions, but let me, let me say this, you know,

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your budget is bigger than hours. I respect the fact that you guys have a bigger

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and you have to fund it.

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I'm very proud of our school system.

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I sometimes say often say, and I do believe it's probably

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our greatest Cherokee County's greatest man made asset.

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And we want to keep it that way.

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We appreciate your partnership.

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It's a great one.

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Thank you.

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Forgive me if I do occasionally point out that it is

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the biggest item on the tax bill.

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Okay.

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And we, people often think we're contributing that, it's actually coming from the school system. And in fact, in this year, with our rates, assuming we stick to what we've discussed so far, remaining flat, and our digest for this year, frozen for our taxes, any increase in your bill to a homeowner is coming from the school taxes year.

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But I would not presume and don't pretend to know how to run your school system and to know what it takes to run.

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And I trust that you and Dr. Davis and the others that do know far better than I do.

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So thank you for what you do.

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And thank you for what you do.

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We appreciate it.

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Again, thanks for the partnership.

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Thank you.

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Hello.

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One question.

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Is this available publicly?

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Yes.

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I'm sorry.

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Yes.

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It's on the website on the public website.

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You go to open CCSD.

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You'll see I think 10 or 11 years worth of budgets along with every audit that we've had over

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the past 10 or 11 years as well.

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I included in the bag a copy of our most recent annual comprehensive financial report, which is our financial statements, management, discussion and analysis, and our results from our independent order.

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Great question. Thank you Mr. President.

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Yeah, we do get a lot of questions of pointing people to this.

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Yes, please do.

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Please do. That's what we'd like to.

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And that's why I wanted to be here tonight to provide you with a more in-depth information so that you can provide that to your constituents or send them along to us. We appreciate it.

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Thank you for being here.

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Thank you.

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So, that brings us to announcements.

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First announcement is about the ongoing election.

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Of course, our empty seat over here will be the beneficiary of one of those.

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The District 1 Board of Commissioner C, as well as the District 21 Senate seat.

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I'll like to vote and start it yesterday, and we'll continue for three weeks,

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leading up to the August 26 election.

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Very important to vote.

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Turn out could be low.

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Every vote really counts.

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big in that. Please vote, vote, do your research. Find out what you want to know about the candidates

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and vote. It's really important. We'd really like to have a senator from Cherokee County. One

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of our own is running for that several Cherokee County people are running for that, but it also

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includes part of Fulton County as well. So voting is going on at two places now that the elections

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office down in the Canton Cherokee Industrial Park as well as at the Veterans Park, the Buzz

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Rick Center at Veterans Park, 8.35 every week, this week and next week and then in the

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third week, the week after that leading up to the election, they'll be open till 7 in the evening.

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So plenty of opportunities to vote and then of course if you don't make any of those election

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day on the 26th. We're going to make one appointment turns out Commissioner Ragdoll and I each

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where I'm the same appointee to the animal control advisory board, he's going to make that appointee.

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I'm still looking for one. I may have a line on one, but that was my other announcement is that we're still looking for one there.

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Then Commissioner Ragsdale, speaking of animal control, we'll move to that.

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Yes, so my appointee on the animal control board had to resign.

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So, making a re-appointment to that.

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Don't see her here.

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I'll see you here earlier.

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Okay, no problem.

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So, I'll make a motion that we need to vote on the individual appointment, I believe.

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Okay, so I would just like to appoint Dr. Amy Crowder to the animal control advisory board for the remainder of this term, which would expire December 31, 2026.

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All right.

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Thank you.

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That brings us to item seven on our agenda, that's the minutes from July 15th for the work session executive

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session in regular meeting. Any corrections or comments or is there a motion on those minutes?

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Most could approve the minutes, Mr. President. And that would be for the July 15th.

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Okay. Motion by Commissioner Weatherby to approve the July 15th minutes. Is there a second?

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Second. Second by Commissioner Carter. Any discussion now? All in favor of approval.

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Those minutes please say aye. Aye. Any opposed?

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motion carries unanimously the minutes for July 15 or approved. So that ranges to a special

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call meeting that we held on July 29 and we have minutes from that from both the open session

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and the executive session. Any corrections or a motion on that one? Most of the minutes

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of special call meeting on July 29. Motion by Commissioner Weatherby for approval of those minutes

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is there second? Second. Second by Commissioner Carter. Any discussion? Chairman I was not

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that meeting, so I'll not be voting on this one.

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All right, thank you.

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All in favor, please say aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed name?

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The motion carries 30 with Commissioner Ragsdale abstaining.

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So that brings us to our public hearing.

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The only, well, we'd have to, the first of two tonight.

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This is the one, many of you are here for.

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This is about the, the millager.

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All right, the ones that we control, and we're going to start that with the presentation by our chief financial officer, but we need to open hearing.

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Motion to open the public hearing.

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Motion by Commissioner Carter to open the public hearing on our 2025 military, is our second.

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Second, back to Mr. Ragsdale. All in favor of opening hearing, please say aye, aye, any opposed?

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The motion carries unanimously. The public hearing is open.

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Our CFO, Mr. Jimmy Marcus, will lead us through a discussion on the 2025 military proposal.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, commissioners.

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Our first slide here is just showing a senior history of the Cherokee County

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Militrates, the one that you do control.

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And as you'll notice, our M&O rate over the last two years,

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we've decreased at seven times.

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We've had no change two times that we've increased at once.

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Our fire rate, we've decreased five times, no change three times, and increased twice.

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And our parks bond rate, we've increased 10 times over the past 10 years.

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So you can see the trend of really kind of lowering the rate as we've been going

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and if the top is all rates combined.

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This next slide shows the 2024 metro county milled rates.

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All counties have a 1% either a low-ster host with the exception of Cherokee Cobb and Gwynette.

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You see, we are the third lowest milled rate of the surrounding counties, and if we did have a host,

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we would be the lowest at 2.87 mills for currently at 5.153 mills.

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And this is the county M&O milled rate for which funds everything in general fund,

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most of all our operations except fire.

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This shows the total miller milled rates, we'll

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should include M&O, Fire, and our parks bond,

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and all the other rates that other counties have.

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As you see, again, we are the third lowest on the

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combined milled rate.

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Again, if we had the host, we would be lowest

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compared to the Metro counties.

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Next three slides, we'll be looking at

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kind of explaining those financial measures

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comparing us to the other counties.

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This is Cherokee County has the lowest expenditures per capita at a thousand and seventy three dollars.

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It's also should be noted there's only six counties in the state that have a triple A bond rating.

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Three of those were here.

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That is Cobb, Gwynette and Forsyth and we have a double A plus rating which is right under that.

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So these are all very financially sound and very well run counties.

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And so having the lowest expenditure per capita is very good.

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Our taxes per capita, Cherokee County, has the second lowest taxes per capita at $776.54.

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And then our debt per capita, we have the second lowest debt per capita at $118.69, and

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our only debt being the part spawned, which will be paid off in 2029.

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I love Forsyth County.

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Kind of think of them as our twin sister next door, but look at there, there it about

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there at a half billion dollars of debt, mostly on road improvement.

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A lot of it for road improvement.

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So they've done a lot of good road work over there,

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but they owe a half billion dollars for that.

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Okay, so if we look at our general fund 10 year expenditure history,

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this just outlines the emphasis that this board puts on public safety

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as the blue line represents the share of department,

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the red line, all the other general fund departments,

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and the green line, the judicial departments.

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And we see a steady increase in supporting judicial especially and also the sheriff's office and a big emphasis on our public safety.

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We want to always make sure that they are well funded.

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This shows all the public safety.

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It has the sheriff's office, the fire department and our EMS.

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And we see the same trends as well here.

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So as we developed our key assumptions for the military that we will be talking about tonight,

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key financial substance for the 2026 budget inflation trend and inflation continues at 2.5 to 3%.

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Our other revenue growth remains flat. We've not had it really any other growth.

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We have a 10% increase in employee contributions for healthcare.

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We also have a 3% cola. We have no head count additions and no new vehicles from operating funds from the general fund.

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Our goals from the BLC, we want to maintain a fund balance of three months, based on the financial forecast at 930, 2025.

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For the 2026 budget, only take 50% of the 2025 fund balance amount that is over three months for fund balance uses for the 2026.

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Six budget. This also includes a high-end law-agland purchase of $2 million to be funded from the general fund

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balance reserves, and we also would like to maintain the current military.

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And as you point out about the budget, we're not necessarily setting our budget tonight. We've got another

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month or perhaps more before we finalize the budget. But needless to say, once we set our tax rates, we know

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that key income component is set, and therefore everything else is just re-ordering what we might

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do with that income. So we really have to know that the budget will work before we set our

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military.

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Thank you for laying it out for us.

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This is just a calculation of that form that we were just talking about, where we currently

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have 4.1, 3 months of fund balance, but we will be using some of the 26 budget maintaining

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that military to 5.1, 5.3.

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And this slide outlines the budget meetings we had with all

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departments submitted increases of 15.7 million. We then cut 8.8 million of that on the first

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to go around. Then we had further cuts to where the total department increases was $5 million.

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Colour representing 3.3 million per total increase of 8.4 million or 5.05%.

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That all rolls up into

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our military options and we're suggesting military option number two, 5.153 the current rate and

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proposed rate, which would give us 3.36 months of fund balance.

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This slide represents the various departments, all in the general fund that is supported

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by the M&O rate, and you can just see all the main departments that we have there that

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are funded by the rate.

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This slide just breaks out the proposed budget, including the coal, the share of put account

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for 42% of that budget.

446
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judicial services, 19% transfer to EMS, 6% to other funds, transfer to a 4%

447
00:32:13,570 --> 00:32:21,410
library and other support, 3% general service is 22% than our tax administration is 4%.

448
00:32:22,410 --> 00:32:26,390
Again, public safety being the line share of the budget.

449
00:32:29,100 --> 00:32:32,240
We'll then move to the fire fund, which has its own milled rate.

450
00:32:33,180 --> 00:32:37,500
And here we see the fire fund submitted, they submitted a million dollar increase, their

451
00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:45,580
total is 1.2 for a $2.3 million increase or a $4.1 percent. And for the fire milled rate option,

452
00:32:45,900 --> 00:32:50,240
we're looking at 2.88 mills, which is the current rate and it proposed rate.

453
00:32:54,340 --> 00:32:54,820
So this live

454
00:32:54,820 --> 00:33:03,320
then shows all of our proposed rates that this board controls, the M&O at 5.153, fire at 2.88,

455
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:08,420
and parts, a decrease to 0.260.

456
00:33:09,380 --> 00:33:10,720
And then we also see the thumb bounce.

457
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,360
Months of thumb bounce we have if we apply those rates.

458
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:20,660
3.36 for M&O, 1.63 for fire, and parts is 0.166.

459
00:33:20,660 --> 00:33:22,160
But we just basically don't need a thumb bounce.

460
00:33:22,340 --> 00:33:25,440
There's we're collecting them and dispersing those every year.

461
00:33:25,700 --> 00:33:30,240
In case somebody wonders, you know, we believe we can do it with a lower thumb bounce

462
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,640
and fire because there's less risk in that budget.

463
00:33:32,860 --> 00:33:35,000
The income is almost all property taxes,

464
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,320
which we set here tonight,

465
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,100
and then we know what that number's gonna be.

466
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:38,740
Right.

467
00:33:38,740 --> 00:33:40,500
And the expenditures are mostly salary,

468
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,160
so we know what those numbers are gonna be.

469
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:43,660
Not a lot of unknowns there.

470
00:33:43,660 --> 00:33:44,140
That's right.

471
00:33:44,580 --> 00:33:49,000
The M&O and the general fund has much more variability,

472
00:33:49,180 --> 00:33:50,500
much more risk involves,

473
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:52,260
why we need a bigger fund balance there.

474
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:54,740
And as you say, we really don't need any fund balance

475
00:33:54,740 --> 00:33:55,380
for the parks.

476
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:57,040
We know exactly what that payment is.

477
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:08,420
That brings us just to a quick example of the home bait at $500,000, and this is comparing the proposed rates to the rollback rate.

478
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:16,800
It would be an increase of $61 for a homestead of property and $65.80 for a non homestead of property.

479
00:34:17,380 --> 00:34:22,800
But as we said with the homestead freeze, if you have that, you're not going to have any tax increase.

480
00:34:22,820 --> 00:34:28,060
You'll actually have a little tax decrease because the parts bond milled rate is going down.

481
00:34:34,140 --> 00:34:39,220
And that just brings us to tonight where we will, um, you will vote to adopt the

482
00:34:39,220 --> 00:34:40,180
millage rates.

483
00:34:44,670 --> 00:34:48,310
Thank you, Mr. Marcus, and just, just as a reminder, to hear me, okay.

484
00:34:48,650 --> 00:34:56,710
Just as a reminder, this year, uh, the, the net taxable home values for our two big taxes

485
00:34:56,710 --> 00:34:57,610
are frozen.

486
00:34:58,070 --> 00:34:59,970
And as they won't go up at all, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're,

487
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:08,500
Your assessed value may go up and probably did for most of us. But the floating home state exemption for years has done this for the county

488
00:35:08,500 --> 00:35:25,200
M&O tax. That's our biggest tax. And this year, for the fire tax, is a new floating home state exemption comes into play for that. So that the net taxable value of homes does not change it all this year for those two main taxes.

489
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:30,900
Now, that doesn't apply to the park bond tax, but that's a very small tax rate and we lower

490
00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:33,660
it some each year because we don't need any additional money.

491
00:35:33,780 --> 00:35:36,680
We just need to make a flat bond payment for that this year.

492
00:35:37,140 --> 00:35:43,320
So we're looking at the proposal is for flat tax rates on the two big taxes, slightly lower

493
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:50,580
tax rate on the park bond, frozen tax digest for homeowners who have the home state exemption,

494
00:35:52,680 --> 00:36:02,280
And whatever the tax base happens to be for the park bond, but again, that's a slightly lower rate and not a very big rate anyway.

495
00:36:03,460 --> 00:36:05,580
So we can open up a public hearing now.

496
00:36:05,620 --> 00:36:09,180
We do have several people who have asked us to speak and we welcome you to do so.

497
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,480
The first who's asked to speak Elizabeth Harrah.

498
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,120
Third time's the challenge, right?

499
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,740
If we haven't understood you the first two times, we're going to get it tonight.

500
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:18,300
I promise.

501
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:28,220
Good evening, commissioners. Hello again. I'm Elizabeth Harrah. 30 year. Can you hear me?

502
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:33,160
30 year. We go a bit louder into the mic for sure. 30 year homeowner.

503
00:36:33,540 --> 00:36:37,840
She's top of East Cherokee and Ranchwood Trail. As one of the neighborhood,

504
00:36:38,060 --> 00:36:43,300
you guys, you've seen families coming go. But our taxes can show that we haven't

505
00:36:43,300 --> 00:36:47,800
related assessments and we are at risk of another 2008 crash,

506
00:36:50,550 --> 00:36:51,910
whether you want to call it an

507
00:36:51,910 --> 00:37:00,350
FMV, appraised value, assessed values, the board cannot deny the race, the rise of a 25% increase

508
00:37:01,110 --> 00:37:02,110
in my spreadsheet.

509
00:37:02,670 --> 00:37:03,890
I'll get back to that.

510
00:37:04,110 --> 00:37:09,830
My spreadsheet shows that I argued with one of you and I went back and I had it right

511
00:37:09,830 --> 00:37:23,270
here in 2014 my rate went up 27.65% I will have it for you if you want to see it.

512
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:37,880
This spike also occurred in 2022, 23% in 2009 my I'm not even going to go there.

513
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:46,160
Now, K-Shiller data, which is a nationally reputable organization, backs meet up.

514
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:52,000
These are the pre-2008 spikes that fueled foreclosures.

515
00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:57,560
The country, this county should not gamble residents' homes on bad assessments.

516
00:37:58,060 --> 00:38:00,400
Please do not tax us into foreclosure.

517
00:38:00,860 --> 00:38:06,000
Those of us that survived 2008 foreclosures may not survive 2006.

518
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:12,740
You've kept millage rates low and we thank you for that sincerely, but you need to keep it there.

519
00:38:13,100 --> 00:38:20,560
Over the last 15 years, it has risen to 5.825 when our property values were at their lowest.

520
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:26,600
So let me ask you again, taxing us when we are at the lowest is a sucker punch.

521
00:38:27,060 --> 00:38:29,480
So please don't tax this into foreclosure.

522
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:35,800
The military right now is 5.153 and we would like to keep it there.

523
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:39,360
And a pie chart wasn't very transparent.

524
00:38:40,060 --> 00:38:44,900
A single slide with a bubble and names do not show us where money is allocated.

525
00:38:45,460 --> 00:38:50,520
I have a household folder that shows my mortgage insurance and property taxes.

526
00:38:50,980 --> 00:38:53,380
The school board was educational.

527
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,380
Back to trimming the fat around the budget.

528
00:38:56,380 --> 00:39:02,700
If county residents can tighten up our belt around the middle and go on a diet, so can the county.

529
00:39:03,980 --> 00:39:05,060
Stay true to your word.

530
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,500
If you say you're not going to raise the millage rate, please stop.

531
00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:15,400
Going back to what I said earlier, I will reiterate, mandating training should be an absolute.

532
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,660
I would like to know more.

533
00:39:18,180 --> 00:39:19,680
Can I just finish this real quick?

534
00:39:19,740 --> 00:39:20,900
Just one sentence.

535
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:21,780
Thank you.

536
00:39:22,060 --> 00:39:26,280
I want to know what training is exactly required and who is auditing the assessments?

537
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:30,820
because to be an appraiser, there's a state registered appraiser,

538
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,620
licensed appraiser, state certified residential appraiser,

539
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:38,140
and the highest training is a state certified general appraiser.

540
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:43,140
Can we see what level of training these assessors are having

541
00:39:43,140 --> 00:39:45,120
and who's auditing them?

542
00:39:45,380 --> 00:39:47,820
Because I'd like to know, who's assessing my property?

543
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:54,400
Because, like I said, my property in 2021 to 22,

544
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:59,860
when up 22.93% and I have no problem showing you this spreadsheet.

545
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:24,980
To show that it went up 27% 9.196.368.555, 9.4 to 10, 12, 22.93, 14% and went down 4.62% and then back up 10 points. So don't tell me it's not out of control. Thank you for your time gentlemen.

546
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,040
Thank you for having me ladies on the board yet.

547
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:31,200
Thank you so much.

548
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,820
So next sign-up speaker is Jam Marl.

549
00:40:48,150 --> 00:40:49,370
You'll need to pull that.

550
00:40:49,630 --> 00:40:49,930
Mike down.

551
00:40:50,130 --> 00:40:50,530
There you go.

552
00:40:51,170 --> 00:40:52,650
It's up a little too high.

553
00:40:54,110 --> 00:40:54,930
All good evening.

554
00:40:56,010 --> 00:40:57,230
Very educational tonight.

555
00:40:57,490 --> 00:40:58,970
I do appreciate the information.

556
00:40:59,950 --> 00:41:06,090
I'm absolutely impressed at hearing how, you know, you have it put all together.

557
00:41:06,090 --> 00:41:13,270
and I think that's important because we want to know things are well-run and things are

558
00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:19,410
going to turn out fine. But I have noticed and I'm just doing this based on my own personal

559
00:41:19,410 --> 00:41:28,830
property taxes. So I guess the tag along with what Elizabeth said I'm questioning how things

560
00:41:28,830 --> 00:41:37,770
assessed because I can tell you for a fact that my personal residence, the value of that property,

561
00:41:38,290 --> 00:41:46,510
is a little bit higher and I have the lowest square footage. And when I take, do my calculations,

562
00:41:47,210 --> 00:41:57,570
it comes up to about $153.79 per square foot when I have neighbors who have, oh my goodness,

563
00:41:57,570 --> 00:42:06,170
like at least 1,500, maybe 2,500 more square feet in their homes and their square footage

564
00:42:06,170 --> 00:42:14,310
is running at maybe 113 dollars for square foot, 1, the highest one was 128 and I think that's

565
00:42:14,310 --> 00:42:21,590
based on whoever's doing the assessment. I think that that's critical and as you all know,

566
00:42:21,590 --> 00:42:26,550
we've had to tighten our belts, you know, in our own personal homes and in our budgets,

567
00:42:27,030 --> 00:42:31,570
and I know that it's nice to have certain things run, one the way it should,

568
00:42:31,990 --> 00:42:37,850
and you want to keep up with technology that's critical. But I think we have to have a closer look at

569
00:42:37,850 --> 00:42:44,090
where do we really need to spend the money, and then how are we assessing these values? Because

570
00:42:44,090 --> 00:42:50,570
quite frankly, you know, the older you get, you don't have the money coming in like you used to,

571
00:42:50,570 --> 00:42:57,970
And this becomes prohibitive after a while so I would just like to say I don't know how these things are being assessed

572
00:42:57,970 --> 00:43:02,090
I don't know who's who's training who but it definitely is

573
00:43:03,130 --> 00:43:09,650
not not there's no equalization shall I say so that's my beef no equalization

574
00:43:09,650 --> 00:43:14,850
I'd like to see that looked into so thank you very much and I'd like to keep our knowledge rate

575
00:43:15,450 --> 00:43:19,890
Where it's at I guess I would like to see it lower so thank you

576
00:43:20,570 --> 00:43:24,390
Thank you, Ms. Maro. Next one, signed up for Francis Jenkins.

577
00:43:31,750 --> 00:43:34,650
Hello, Chairman. Members, I'm Francis Jenkins, little candle.

578
00:43:36,290 --> 00:43:41,270
I have a suggestion and a question and a statement.

579
00:43:42,010 --> 00:43:47,430
First of all, the statement I want to make is that I did go through your website really thoroughly

580
00:43:48,210 --> 00:43:51,390
and I'm putting a press to have what a calculation is worth.

581
00:43:51,550 --> 00:43:55,210
You can even a little bit close to where you have a little trouble for hearing me.

582
00:43:55,210 --> 00:44:05,530
Like I said, I went through the website pretty thorough and I looked at calculations on the grass and what the officer provided on the website and I thought it was very thorough.

583
00:44:06,630 --> 00:44:12,210
I know the last time, and if you were to go talk about the website was two weeks behind.

584
00:44:13,670 --> 00:44:19,630
And I mentioned that in some of the numbers, but then you said, well, that's not updated number.

585
00:44:19,630 --> 00:44:23,730
So, what I wanted to know was, what was shown tonight,

586
00:44:24,690 --> 00:44:26,730
are those updated numbers?

587
00:44:29,590 --> 00:44:32,350
This is, they reflect the latest proposal for the military

588
00:44:32,350 --> 00:44:35,530
and for our very tentative budget for next year.

589
00:44:35,830 --> 00:44:37,850
Under the order of calculations, that was saying, you know,

590
00:44:38,090 --> 00:44:42,050
we sort this evening, those are the apps, those are the up-to-date ones.

591
00:44:42,470 --> 00:44:42,570
Yes.

592
00:44:43,710 --> 00:44:59,590
And then the other thing is that I did discuss last time that I've seen that it was like a 57% was going to go towards the shares department and then you had like 4 million that was going to go towards the library and I think the increase to go.

593
00:45:00,910 --> 00:45:06,330
I forget the number. I shouldn't start quoting numbers. I'll make a mistake. There is an increase in both of those departments.

594
00:45:07,010 --> 00:45:14,030
Right. Yeah. I saw that. The sheriff's department fired a department, judicial unit at a hundred new beds for judicial.

595
00:45:15,010 --> 00:45:24,010
And then there was the inter-transfer of funds. And then it was the library.

596
00:45:24,010 --> 00:45:43,730
So, the library, it says 4 million for that now, since I come from the background of priorities being a emergency room nurse, I'm just curious why the 4 million could not go towards the sheriff's department.

597
00:45:44,790 --> 00:45:48,810
And the reason why I'm just saying that is just the statement and I don't know whether

598
00:45:48,810 --> 00:45:54,210
or how much of a time span you have to do to actually make a decision on your budget.

599
00:45:55,510 --> 00:45:59,270
But how I see it is that I like to prioritize everything.

600
00:45:59,530 --> 00:46:06,350
And I think the safety and the community is a number one priority over a library book.

601
00:46:07,190 --> 00:46:14,670
So, I was just curious, is there any way that that 4 million can go towards what we're badly

602
00:46:14,670 --> 00:46:20,510
needed because of the increased crime rate in Turkey can't even have to 40 percent?

603
00:46:21,290 --> 00:46:24,350
I'm trying to double check you on the 4 million for libraries.

604
00:46:24,710 --> 00:46:30,130
There's a figure for an increase in the library budget, it's more like 400,000, it's not

605
00:46:30,130 --> 00:46:30,710
4 million.

606
00:46:30,710 --> 00:46:38,610
So what I was looking at was the calculations and they were from a couple of weeks ago.

607
00:46:38,870 --> 00:46:44,490
So I don't believe we've ever considered a $4 million increase for library budget.

608
00:46:45,370 --> 00:46:47,010
Trying to get to that.

609
00:46:47,190 --> 00:46:47,370
Okay.

610
00:46:47,670 --> 00:46:48,850
Give me what page should I look at?

611
00:46:48,870 --> 00:46:51,610
That was about page 20 at a third time.

612
00:46:52,830 --> 00:46:54,310
Just happened to know that website.

613
00:46:56,050 --> 00:47:02,790
So I like to say, I didn't get a chance to look at the update, but I was just curious about that.

614
00:47:02,790 --> 00:47:05,850
That's all because I'm more concerned about safety.

615
00:47:06,890 --> 00:47:12,090
For the community versus putting their monies towards the library.

616
00:47:12,990 --> 00:47:15,210
And it's just a suggestion that you didn't know.

617
00:47:16,230 --> 00:47:19,870
If there's just something, you could look at it.

618
00:47:19,870 --> 00:47:37,890
There's not a, I'm still not finding the 400, what we're showing on our slide 13, Jimmy's slide 13 was actually a reduction from the previous presentation in the library budget of 139 that's not a reduction in their budget per say it's just a reduction in what had been proposed at one point.

619
00:47:37,890 --> 00:47:42,390
And I said, we've never included a four million dollar increase to the library.

620
00:47:43,090 --> 00:47:47,630
I think maybe it's about a 400,000, although that's top of my head, I might be wrong on that.

621
00:47:47,810 --> 00:47:49,570
400,000, and that's really salaries.

622
00:47:50,150 --> 00:47:56,810
You know, the librarians, the hourly workers, they're only making $8 or $9.00 an hour.

623
00:47:57,070 --> 00:47:59,130
They're really struggling to retain people.

624
00:47:59,430 --> 00:48:05,490
So they've asked for a little more than the 3% to try to get them to the point they can keep them.

625
00:48:06,590 --> 00:48:10,910
It's not $4 million, it's not really enough to make much of a dent in the sheriff's budget.

626
00:48:11,330 --> 00:48:17,070
Okay, then I might be, you know, I've said might be my mistake, I could have sworn I've seen the $4 million.

627
00:48:17,550 --> 00:48:20,290
But that was from a few weeks ago from the last meeting.

628
00:48:21,470 --> 00:48:24,030
So, all right, and that was my question.

629
00:48:24,450 --> 00:48:25,930
All right, well, thank you so much.

630
00:48:26,210 --> 00:48:27,130
Thank you, Ms. Jenkins.

631
00:48:27,990 --> 00:48:29,170
And then we have Richard Jordan.

632
00:48:30,710 --> 00:48:31,150
Mr. Jordan.

633
00:48:32,510 --> 00:48:34,250
Okay, so we don't have Richard Jordan.

634
00:48:34,250 --> 00:48:38,310
All right, that's everybody signed up to speak with anybody else wish to speak on this subject.

635
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,260
If not, we can close the hearing on it.

636
00:48:45,340 --> 00:48:46,860
Oh, should we close the public hearing?

637
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:49,200
Motion by Commissioner Carter to close this hearing.

638
00:48:49,840 --> 00:48:51,660
Second by Commissioner Ragsdale.

639
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:54,340
All in favor of closing the hearing, please say aye.

640
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:55,000
Aye.

641
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:56,100
Can you pose me?

642
00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:00,060
So motion carries unanimously the hearing is closed.

643
00:49:00,540 --> 00:49:03,860
There was a lot of talk about assessments and I can't get into all of it.

644
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:06,960
Let me take 30 seconds at least to just say this.

645
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:16,220
You know, assessors don't assess your home at the same level of detail as somebody that you would hire to assess your property if you're getting a mortgage or something like that.

646
00:49:16,460 --> 00:49:23,200
So there is a possibility that they're not as accurate as that private assessor would be who's just focused on your own.

647
00:49:23,340 --> 00:49:27,260
But they are audited by the State Department of Audits and Accounts.

648
00:49:27,260 --> 00:49:32,600
And in total, they have to be within 5% and the way they measure that is a state-to-promise

649
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:37,480
of audits and accounts comes in and looks at every property that sells in Cherokee County.

650
00:49:38,060 --> 00:49:39,120
Every year they do this.

651
00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:42,540
And they compare that value to what the assessed value was.

652
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:48,380
And if in total, we're more than 5% off, we're subject to penalties.

653
00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:52,500
We can have to pay financial penalties if they're more than 5% off.

654
00:49:52,580 --> 00:49:57,200
So what the assessors have to do is predict what your property would sell for next year

655
00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:59,960
if it's in cells and get it right within...

656
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:29,820
The plus or minus 5% at least on average across the board. They can be hound some and low on others. But that's a pretty tough task. Think about how hard that is. To get it right within 5% to predict what your property is going to sell for next year. And they hit it every time. They're always at right at about the 5% low side. They're never on the high side. And they work really hard to bet about 5% low. So they do a surprisingly good job. There are individual aberrations, and that's really what the appeals process is for. The appeals process is much easier than you think.

657
00:50:29,820 --> 00:50:35,460
I've even appealed mine sometimes and it's so easy you can you can hire a service to do it and there are a lot of services

658
00:50:36,340 --> 00:50:38,780
The biggest one is own well.com

659
00:50:38,780 --> 00:50:46,500
You simply go online ask them to appeal it if they if they save you any money you pay them 25% of what they save you in the first year after that

660
00:50:46,500 --> 00:50:49,060
You don't pay anything so it's really a no lose thing

661
00:50:49,060 --> 00:50:53,730
It takes no effort at all. So if you if you think your assessment is not right

662
00:50:54,580 --> 00:50:59,060
Try own well or one of the multiple other services and they'll appeal it for you

663
00:50:59,060 --> 00:51:01,520
if you're right, they'll get you some savings.

664
00:51:01,980 --> 00:51:03,200
Anyway, enough set on that.

665
00:51:03,460 --> 00:51:06,040
So that brings us to now the process of set or the point

666
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:09,040
that we're ready to adopt our millage rate.

667
00:51:09,340 --> 00:51:12,160
And then we also have to also adopt the school boards

668
00:51:12,160 --> 00:51:14,480
millage rate for it to be included in the tax bills.

669
00:51:15,740 --> 00:51:17,300
So discussion or emotion?

670
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:23,980
I'm Mr. Chairman, I would first say thank you to Jimmy

671
00:51:23,980 --> 00:51:25,900
and your team for all the work you put in.

672
00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:27,700
That's a big task every year.

673
00:51:27,940 --> 00:51:29,200
So thank you for that.

674
00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:35,040
But I'll make a motion R rates first, or it doesn't matter, or I don't think it matters.

675
00:51:36,260 --> 00:51:47,160
That we set our M&O milliderate at 5.153, our fire rate at 2.88, and our park spawn rate at 0.260.

676
00:51:48,500 --> 00:51:57,040
All right, so those are the same as last year for the M&O and fire and 100th of a mill lower for the park spawn.

677
00:51:58,380 --> 00:52:04,780
total of 8.301 mills. So we have a vote. Well, really, we might as well include, we can include

678
00:52:04,780 --> 00:52:11,820
them all in a single motion, I think, can we? So for school, I've got that. Yeah, we'll

679
00:52:11,820 --> 00:52:15,160
have to do that. Okay, I was willing to include there's because it's all part of, we were

680
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:20,840
required to approve there as well. Okay, and then for the school rates, I'll make a motion

681
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:31,640
for in the same motion, rate of 16.45 mills for M&O and 1.50 mills for bond for total of 17.95.

682
00:52:32,620 --> 00:52:32,880
All right.

683
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:46,800
So just to recap, 5.15 free for county M&O, 2.888 for county fire, 0.260 for county park bond, 16.450 for the school M&O,

684
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:57,740
and 1.50 for the school bond, that would be a grand total of all of those affecting your tax bill of 26.251 mills.

685
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:05,880
So we have a motion. Second, there's a second from motion was back to Mr. Ragsdale, second back to Mr. Carter, any discussion.

686
00:53:07,460 --> 00:53:15,340
And let me just remind you that with regard to the two key taxes that we set here, you're looking at a tax digest that will not increase.

687
00:53:15,340 --> 00:53:22,200
not the digest may increase but the net taxable value of a home if you own your home and live in it.

688
00:53:22,500 --> 00:53:24,360
We'll not go up at all for those two taxes.

689
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:28,460
It will go up for the park bond and it will go up for the school taxes,

690
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:33,360
but not for the two that we set because of the floating home state exemptions that apply.

691
00:53:34,020 --> 00:53:35,900
So we have a motion in a second, any other discussion?

692
00:53:38,210 --> 00:53:45,570
All in favor of setting tax rates at those rates described at total 26.251 mills.

693
00:53:45,570 --> 00:53:52,030
please say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed, aye. Motion carries unanimously, and the tax rates are set at that level.

694
00:53:52,710 --> 00:53:57,310
So we can move on. Thank you so much for those who've come for that. If you wish to leave, that's fine. If you want to stay.

695
00:53:57,870 --> 00:54:01,950
We'd love to have you. School system folks. Thank you for coming. We're honored by your presence.

696
00:54:03,370 --> 00:54:07,370
We have another public hearing. This one, I think, will be less controversial.

697
00:54:08,050 --> 00:54:10,450
Ms. Long will lead us through it. This is a public hearing.

698
00:54:10,450 --> 00:54:16,430
It's required before we can transmit our 2020-25 CIECWP annual report.

699
00:54:17,290 --> 00:54:19,410
And I'm like a motion, we open the public hearing.

700
00:54:19,570 --> 00:54:21,430
Motion by Commissioner Carter, open this hearing.

701
00:54:21,930 --> 00:54:23,470
Second, second, back to Mr. Ragsdale.

702
00:54:23,750 --> 00:54:25,070
All in favor, please say aye.

703
00:54:25,430 --> 00:54:25,650
Aye.

704
00:54:25,930 --> 00:54:26,390
Any opposed?

705
00:54:26,890 --> 00:54:27,790
I'm not sure what you're going to say.

706
00:54:27,890 --> 00:54:34,770
And the public hearing is open on the impact fee report that is known as the CIECWP annual report.

707
00:54:39,510 --> 00:54:40,430
Thank you.

708
00:54:40,430 --> 00:54:48,430
but it based to the Atlanta Regional Commission so that it may be approved by them as well as the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

709
00:54:49,090 --> 00:54:55,210
So this is looking at our fiscal year from 2024, October 2023 to September 2024.

710
00:54:56,070 --> 00:54:59,810
The starting fund balance is 9,116,500.

711
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:15,840
501 dollars, impact these collected, are 3,619,281 in 41 cents. With an accrued interest of 338,177 in 27 cents,

712
00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:29,640
Our expenditures are $2,300,000, $15 and $39 for a final fund balance of $10,773,994 in 29 cents.

713
00:55:32,390 --> 00:55:39,150
So some of the projects that were completed utilizing these funds, one of the ones I know that has been created.

714
00:55:39,150 --> 00:55:43,870
A lot of excitement in the community is a Hickory flat expansion project for the library.

715
00:55:43,870 --> 00:55:47,810
I visited that facility in the past few months. It's absolutely beautiful.

716
00:55:49,030 --> 00:55:53,730
Transportation, Union Hill Road, at Louvre, Union Hill Road, roundabout,

717
00:55:54,390 --> 00:55:59,990
Fire and EMS, Station 32, the addition phase one was completed, and also

718
00:55:59,990 --> 00:56:03,870
Recreation and Parts, the multi-generational Center, and Veterans Park.

719
00:56:05,490 --> 00:56:11,770
So it's great to see how these resources are able to help fund our projects and public facilities.

720
00:56:12,630 --> 00:56:20,950
I would like to let you guys know that we are submitting the sweet car RFP for impact fee update that was discussed earlier this year as well.

721
00:56:25,380 --> 00:56:28,300
So we just need to take action to authorize you to submit this report.

722
00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:34,960
Yes, sir. We'll sign the resolution to transfer middle resolution so that I can submit this on behalf of us.

723
00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:41,380
And then if there's any comments, they'll provide them back to us and we'll do the final adoption following their review of our materials.

724
00:56:42,220 --> 00:56:46,880
Very good. Thank you. No one to sign up to speak on this. If someone wishes to, you have

725
00:56:46,880 --> 00:56:52,360
this opportunity. This is a sort of perfunctory, but a required annual report. We must

726
00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:58,440
file relative to our impact feed program. We do charge a development impact fee. It's in the

727
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:05,660
ballpark of $2,500 per home. It gets divided up to parks, public safety facilities, libraries,

728
00:57:05,660 --> 00:57:11,300
of roads, I think that's it, that those main categories, and it can only fund capital expenditure

729
00:57:11,300 --> 00:57:16,840
but it does help. It helps offset the cost of the infrastructure necessary to support

730
00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:22,060
new development. Any take-ors to speak about this? Seeing none, we can close this here.

731
00:57:22,240 --> 00:57:25,740
Motion to close the public hearing? Motion by Commissioner Carter to close the hearing.

732
00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:30,120
Second, second, my Commissioner Ragsdale. All in favor of closing the hearing, please say aye.

733
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:35,080
Aye. Any opposed nay? The motion carries unanimously. The public hearing is closed.

734
00:57:35,660 --> 00:57:42,180
Is there a motion to authorize Ms. Long to follow the CICWP report?

735
00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:47,960
So moved. Motion by a Commissioner Weatherby to approve the filing of this report is

736
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:54,220
there a second. Second by Commissioner Carter, any discussion? All in favor, please say aye.

737
00:57:54,580 --> 00:57:59,440
Aye. Any opposed, nay? The motion carries unanimously. Please proceed to file the report.

738
00:57:59,860 --> 00:58:04,360
Thank you. Thank you. All right. That brings us to public comment. Now, this is public comment

739
00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:11,420
on really any topic other than we're not legally allowed to accept comments on a pending

740
00:58:11,420 --> 00:58:14,620
zoning case, except at the hearing for that zoning.

741
00:58:15,400 --> 00:58:18,480
No one has signed up to speak, but if you have something on your mind, you want to share

742
00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:20,420
with us that we haven't heard already.

743
00:58:20,820 --> 00:58:21,700
This is an opportunity.

744
00:58:25,570 --> 00:58:26,250
We'll move along.

745
00:58:27,050 --> 00:58:27,870
Thank you very much.

746
00:58:28,530 --> 00:58:31,590
So that brings us to our planning and zoning agenda tonight.

747
00:58:31,590 --> 00:58:35,490
We have some zoning cases that are pending action by this board.

748
00:58:35,750 --> 00:58:40,130
Some of them have had hearings already held in our waiting decisions.

749
00:58:40,370 --> 00:58:46,370
The first one is another look at case number 24 to ask 11 to ask O60V.

750
00:58:46,730 --> 00:58:51,550
This was a variance request that we deadlocked on.

751
00:58:51,570 --> 00:58:53,990
At our last meeting, we tied two to two.

752
00:58:53,990 --> 00:58:58,950
Under our rules of procedure, a deadlockboat carries forward to the next meeting.

753
00:58:58,950 --> 00:59:01,890
and we can see if there's a different outcome.

754
00:59:02,650 --> 00:59:06,450
I presume in this case it'll carry forward till the fifth seed is filled at which time

755
00:59:06,450 --> 00:59:09,050
a time may be broken, but it possibly is tonight.

756
00:59:10,530 --> 00:59:15,710
Can you give us just a 60 seconds sort of thumbnail of what this was about to refresh

757
00:59:15,710 --> 00:59:18,310
hours and notify the folks that are here?

758
00:59:18,890 --> 00:59:19,410
Yes, sir.

759
00:59:19,870 --> 00:59:27,190
So this is a request to appeal as zoning board of appeals denial for a very, it's request

760
00:59:27,190 --> 00:59:31,110
article 16 of our zoning ordinance, which is the Highway 92 overlay district.

761
00:59:31,830 --> 00:59:34,930
The applicant is requesting this sign, which is on the screen.

762
00:59:35,590 --> 00:59:42,310
This technically does not meet the ordinance as there are gaps within the sign, the

763
00:59:42,310 --> 00:59:45,390
actual copy area and the monuments base.

764
00:59:45,790 --> 00:59:50,510
Also in the overlay, a monument style must be around the entirety of the sign.

765
00:59:50,630 --> 00:59:55,850
So the request is to not have it be fully monument style, but instead to allow it to look

766
00:59:55,850 --> 00:59:59,570
shown on the screen. So, before we deny it as a decision,

767
01:00:05,100 --> 01:00:23,280
I believe the difference of opinion was that on the one hand, it does not meet the standard that has been set for the

768
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:28,860
side felt like it looked at least as good as the sign that has been that would have been required.

769
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:35,860
So here we are. Someone willing to make another motion and attempt to either approve or deny

770
01:00:35,860 --> 01:00:45,400
this action. I'll just comment that I think we've recognized and, well, I've recognized that

771
01:00:45,400 --> 01:00:49,780
our ordinance, likely needs an update and that's probably going to happen in the next year,

772
01:00:49,780 --> 01:00:56,700
let's say, as we update things, but I'm still of the opinion that we don't have that

773
01:00:56,700 --> 01:01:01,480
updated ordinance today, and it doesn't meet the current ordinance, so I would make

774
01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:04,180
a motion again to deny this request.

775
01:01:04,940 --> 01:01:11,100
Motion, about Commissioner Ragedale to deny this appeal request is there a second, a second

776
01:01:11,100 --> 01:01:14,060
by Commissioner Weatherby, discussion on that motion.

777
01:01:14,980 --> 01:01:16,180
I think I've summed up my story.

778
01:01:17,140 --> 01:01:18,080
Any other?

779
01:01:18,080 --> 01:01:23,120
I will call the question, all in favor of the motion to deny the requested variance to allow

780
01:01:23,120 --> 01:01:26,220
a sign like this, please say aye.

781
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:30,120
All opposed to that motion, please say nay.

782
01:01:30,180 --> 01:01:30,620
Nay.

783
01:01:31,380 --> 01:01:32,460
And that's still tied to.

784
01:01:33,800 --> 01:01:37,040
I don't think it's worth making an emotion or approval.

785
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:38,380
I think the outcome will be the same.

786
01:01:38,500 --> 01:01:41,800
We just have to let this carry forward to another meeting and see what happens.

787
01:01:42,460 --> 01:01:46,340
So that brings us to case number 10.2 on our agenda.

788
01:01:46,340 --> 01:01:54,480
25-06-O-19 officially, Sean Jurgerson has requested to withdraw his application.

789
01:01:55,080 --> 01:02:01,980
That was a rezoning, so it's on us to decide if he can withdraw without prejudice

790
01:02:01,980 --> 01:02:04,120
and therefore not be locked out for a year.

791
01:02:04,460 --> 01:02:11,160
Is there a motion if you're willing to allow the withdrawal without prejudice to allow

792
01:02:11,160 --> 01:02:12,520
refile if he wishes?

793
01:02:12,520 --> 01:02:16,960
motion. Motion by Commissioner Weatherby to allow withdrawal

794
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:21,480
this case without prejudice which avoids the one-year lockout for anyone to seek

795
01:02:21,480 --> 01:02:25,860
rezoning here. So motion by Commissioner Weatherby is our second. Second by Commissioner

796
01:02:25,860 --> 01:02:30,580
Carter. Any discussion? All in favor of the motion to allow withdrawal without prejudice

797
01:02:30,580 --> 01:02:37,860
please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? The motion carries unanimously. The case is withdrawn without prejudice.

798
01:02:37,860 --> 01:02:45,840
That brings us to our item 10.3, which is officially case number 25-o2-o3, Park's Hub for

799
01:02:45,840 --> 01:02:48,100
Representing Ball Ground Business Park.

800
01:02:48,800 --> 01:02:51,740
Mr. Troy, we're going to give Mr. Troy a try to give us a thumbnail of this one.

801
01:02:51,860 --> 01:02:57,160
This is a case for which a hearing has been held and the matter is now before this board

802
01:02:57,160 --> 01:02:58,000
for final decision.

803
01:02:58,960 --> 01:03:03,100
I think Mr. Chair, members of the board, as you mentioned, this case is located at

804
01:03:03,100 --> 01:03:06,820
1, 3, 4, 50 East Cherokee Drive and District 1.

805
01:03:06,940 --> 01:03:12,780
The request was to reason on this 69.02 acres from O and I in our 80 to light industrial

806
01:03:12,780 --> 01:03:14,280
for an industrial use.

807
01:03:14,780 --> 01:03:17,440
Plain of Commission did recommend a now of this particular request.

808
01:03:17,960 --> 01:03:23,540
Just for reference, this has double frontage, north side with Cuckers Chapel, road and on

809
01:03:23,540 --> 01:03:27,260
the south or south west side is East Cherokee Drive.

810
01:03:27,780 --> 01:03:33,020
You have the landfill transfer station located across East Cherokee Drive and you also

811
01:03:33,020 --> 01:03:37,300
has some Cherokee County water and sewage authority property located just north of

812
01:03:37,300 --> 01:03:41,580
Cuccers Chapel Road. However, as you go further down Cuccers Chapel, you do have some

813
01:03:41,580 --> 01:03:47,380
residential land uses. So here's the zoning or the future land use map of the property. As

814
01:03:47,380 --> 01:03:53,080
you can see, it does come up as rural places. There are some utilities that are located adjacent

815
01:03:53,080 --> 01:03:58,220
to the site, which could indicate those other particular uses that are currently there

816
01:03:58,220 --> 01:04:03,000
in operating. This is the zoning of the property. There was a zoning request a few years

817
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:09,000
go for this property to go to R80 for some residential lots, and then O and I at the time it

818
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:18,520
was Mission Baptist was the applicant for that particular property for kind of missionary

819
01:04:18,520 --> 01:04:24,000
training and those kind of things. So in this case the applicant is requesting to

820
01:04:24,000 --> 01:04:28,800
rezone this property to lighten industrial. They did provide a site plan that's shown here.

821
01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:35,840
This is roughly about this covers 10 buildings that are shown on this particular site plan

822
01:04:35,840 --> 01:04:41,640
with 325,000 square feet covering those with 330 parking spaces.

823
01:04:42,500 --> 01:04:48,800
There would be access points off of both East Cherokee Drive as shown here and here,

824
01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:53,200
as well as two access points shown on Cokers Chapel Road here and here.

825
01:04:53,960 --> 01:04:58,120
The applicant did provide a traffic study which indicated what type of improvements

826
01:04:58,120 --> 01:04:59,980
will be recommended for the...

827
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:09,040
Those particular intersections, which would include kind of a two-way, one-in, and one-out, as well as a desoloration

828
01:05:09,040 --> 01:05:15,800
lane for those particular intersections as well. Additionally, there are some site constraints as you can see.

829
01:05:15,960 --> 01:05:29,980
There are some streams on the property. There are some wetlands. In floodplain, there's also a acquired 50-foot zoning buffer adjacent to anything that's not

830
01:05:29,980 --> 01:05:32,920
all of these residential properties to the east of the site.

831
01:05:33,460 --> 01:05:37,460
The applicant did receive some letter of support from a neighbor

832
01:05:37,460 --> 01:05:41,560
located on the south east section of the property,

833
01:05:42,160 --> 01:05:44,140
or adjacent to the property.

834
01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:48,440
There are some concerns that were raised at a prior community input

835
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:51,360
meaning concerning access to Cuckers Chapel Road.

836
01:05:52,200 --> 01:05:54,760
So with that, Mr. Chair, the Planning Commission did recommend denial

837
01:05:54,760 --> 01:05:56,940
of this particular rezoning application.

838
01:05:59,440 --> 01:06:05,520
So, the President, we have is that the District Commissioner kind of takes the lead in guiding

839
01:06:05,520 --> 01:06:07,280
the board on a toward a motion.

840
01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:13,480
That seat being vacant for District 1, I will serve to fill that spot here.

841
01:06:14,080 --> 01:06:16,400
I'm not comfortable with denial here.

842
01:06:17,240 --> 01:06:22,840
We're looking, I'm a little curious as to why our land use plan doesn't show it as a workplace

843
01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:26,200
center that is industrial use.

844
01:06:26,200 --> 01:06:33,140
It doesn't, but it is directly across the street from the landfill.

845
01:06:34,160 --> 01:06:38,760
The largest garbage dump in the United States east of the Mississippi River.

846
01:06:38,980 --> 01:06:42,420
So this is directly across the street from that site.

847
01:06:44,070 --> 01:06:49,220
It's hard for me to think that we would not allow an industrial use there.

848
01:06:49,800 --> 01:06:55,140
I did initially, and still have some concerns about the Cokers Chapel side, but across

849
01:06:55,140 --> 01:06:59,500
Street there is the county's water treatment plan, actually the county water authority,

850
01:06:59,960 --> 01:07:04,180
this board doesn't control that, but the county water authority operates its water treatment

851
01:07:04,180 --> 01:07:09,900
plan there. Water treatment plan is a type of industrial operation, and more significantly,

852
01:07:10,580 --> 01:07:16,620
the water authority has built their maintenance facility up front on that site right on

853
01:07:16,620 --> 01:07:20,980
Cochrist Chapel Road, and it's a big warehouse with heavy equipment for maintenance of

854
01:07:20,980 --> 01:07:27,040
water and sewer pipelines, storage of pipes and other materials outdoors, so it's a pretty

855
01:07:27,040 --> 01:07:35,940
significant industrial operation. So really on both sides of this property, we have industrial

856
01:07:35,940 --> 01:07:43,420
operations. The property to the east has southeast side, has provided a letter of support,

857
01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:50,000
I think he actually wants to go industrial to if it gets that opportunity. So my view, and we've

858
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:55,120
ourselves with an ordinance that says that if we want to go with anything more, then the planning

859
01:07:55,120 --> 01:08:00,720
commission recommends we have to hold another hearing. So my suggestion and I'll make it as

860
01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:06,800
a motion. My motion would be that we schedule and hold an additional hearing before this board

861
01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:14,180
to consider or to reconsider the use of this property as light industrial. So that's the chair

862
01:08:14,180 --> 01:08:17,080
making the motion is there a second for the motion.

863
01:08:17,720 --> 01:08:19,720
So we have the chair making the motion

864
01:08:19,720 --> 01:08:21,500
to measure whether it be seconding.

865
01:08:21,520 --> 01:08:23,140
Discussion now about that.

866
01:08:24,760 --> 01:08:27,660
I'll give it a good day, but is there other thoughts about it?

867
01:08:27,740 --> 01:08:29,420
I just want to come in about.

868
01:08:29,600 --> 01:08:34,960
I don't think the board is saddled with a burden as far

869
01:08:35,680 --> 01:08:39,980
holding another public hearing that that will set up and design

870
01:08:39,980 --> 01:08:43,540
so that everything is on the table, everything's up front,

871
01:08:43,540 --> 01:08:50,600
there's nothing hidden and if we go something higher density or a higher usage than planning

872
01:08:50,600 --> 01:08:57,000
zoning it's I think it's our responsibility to give the public a chance to give some inputs

873
01:08:57,000 --> 01:09:03,300
so I don't look at it as something that we're saddled with is something that I feel like we're

874
01:09:03,300 --> 01:09:09,200
obligated to give to the public well put well explained I agree with you not really it's something

875
01:09:09,200 --> 01:09:11,820
we chose to do because it's needed.

876
01:09:12,720 --> 01:09:14,360
Okay, and then just one more thing,

877
01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:18,280
is the big brown area you see in the lower right-hand corner

878
01:09:18,280 --> 01:09:20,460
of the screen here is Atlanta Gas Light

879
01:09:20,460 --> 01:09:21,380
Storage Facility.

880
01:09:21,880 --> 01:09:23,820
And that's an industrial operation as well,

881
01:09:24,020 --> 01:09:25,340
technically utility operation,

882
01:09:26,140 --> 01:09:27,540
but in effect an industrial operation.

883
01:09:27,960 --> 01:09:30,340
But it is hugely surrounded by a forest,

884
01:09:30,520 --> 01:09:33,720
a literal forest, and is a natural stopping point

885
01:09:33,720 --> 01:09:36,080
for the industrial here in this area.

886
01:09:36,660 --> 01:09:38,460
I think, and it borders both co-chalkers chapel

887
01:09:38,460 --> 01:09:40,360
and each Cherokee drive.

888
01:09:40,820 --> 01:09:44,800
So my view is that it would probably will inevitably be

889
01:09:44,800 --> 01:09:49,160
that the properties between this one and the AGL plant

890
01:09:49,160 --> 01:09:52,900
will ultimately tend toward industrial use,

891
01:09:53,260 --> 01:09:53,940
but not beyond.

892
01:09:54,300 --> 01:09:55,840
That would be the stopping point there.

893
01:09:56,020 --> 01:09:58,240
So I think there's a good solid stopping point

894
01:09:58,240 --> 01:09:59,620
for industrial.

895
01:10:00,270 --> 01:10:17,350
That plays. So we have a motion, a second, we've had discussion. I'll call a question. All in favor of the motion to call another hearing before this board to reconsider the light industrial application. Please say aye. Any opposed, nay. Motion carries unanimously.

896
01:10:18,130 --> 01:10:24,570
I'll just try to look if you would get that advertised and let us know what the date will be for that. Thank you.

897
01:10:24,570 --> 01:10:37,490
So that brings us to the third case, this one is case number, the fourth of, and this is, yeah, third, I'm sorry, we're at case number 25, this is the fourth on this agenda tonight.

898
01:10:37,730 --> 01:10:42,090
25, 070, Vincent Chambers, for DRGable Enterprises.

899
01:10:43,110 --> 01:10:49,330
Thank you, Mr. Chair. This property is located at 2346 best in Carmel Road and Woodstock, District 4.

900
01:10:49,330 --> 01:11:00,110
The property is, in total, is 2.49 acres, the applicant's requesting to rezone 1.59 acres of it from our 40 to general commercial.

901
01:11:00,710 --> 01:11:12,270
As stated in the work session, there was a portion of this property that was zone, general commercial some years ago, and the back half of it was kind of left as residential because there was a current.

902
01:11:12,950 --> 01:11:18,730
There's a home being resided in at that time, so the intent there was to allow for an auto

903
01:11:18,730 --> 01:11:24,370
business to go kind of in the front of the property and allow the home to continue in the

904
01:11:24,370 --> 01:11:29,470
back. So at this time, the applicant is proposing to utilize that back portion where the home

905
01:11:29,470 --> 01:11:34,870
was for open storage for some of the vehicles that are being worked on for customers and

906
01:11:34,870 --> 01:11:41,010
for as well as possibly for an employees. In addition to that rezoning request, there was a

907
01:11:41,010 --> 01:11:46,550
current variants for requests to reduce the 35-foot zoning buffer adjacent to residential

908
01:11:46,550 --> 01:11:50,990
to 20 feet along the southern property line in East property line.

909
01:11:51,670 --> 01:11:56,830
Planning Commission did recommend approval of this request with which included the

910
01:11:56,830 --> 01:12:02,470
rezoning and the variants with three conditions, number one, minimum six foot tall

911
01:12:02,470 --> 01:12:07,870
wooden privacy fence, Shao's screen, any outdoor storage area, number two, number twenty

912
01:12:07,870 --> 01:12:12,370
vehicles shall be parked, and number three, towing and salvage use is prohibited.

913
01:12:13,210 --> 01:12:18,570
We mentioned briefly in work session that following the Planning Commission recommendation,

914
01:12:19,910 --> 01:12:25,470
there was a mention of a kind of a confirmation that the existing Chamberlain fence located

915
01:12:25,470 --> 01:12:30,850
on the property that currently surrounds this open storage area was actually already screened

916
01:12:30,850 --> 01:12:34,050
because there is sufficient vegetation that surrounds it.

917
01:12:34,050 --> 01:12:39,050
So this number one concern with the six Patal privacy funds may actually not be warranted

918
01:12:39,050 --> 01:12:44,130
because the county arborist as well as our plane review team did confirm that when the gravel

919
01:12:44,130 --> 01:12:50,470
area was came in for a land disturbance permit. So again I just wanted to make that clear

920
01:12:50,470 --> 01:12:54,270
because that was brought up at the planning commission work session however two and three would still

921
01:12:54,270 --> 01:13:00,710
be recommendations. So here's the property that requested to be zoned in question.

922
01:13:00,710 --> 01:13:04,910
It's located kind of at the intersection of Belsford Road and Baskum Carmel Road.

923
01:13:07,360 --> 01:13:10,000
It does fall within the Belsford LCI area.

924
01:13:10,360 --> 01:13:14,640
And here you can see that it's an R-40 area that's surrounded by both commercial,

925
01:13:15,340 --> 01:13:17,980
and then some residential zero-watt lines,

926
01:13:18,240 --> 01:13:20,640
and some smaller single-family detached lots.

927
01:13:20,860 --> 01:13:23,940
So this is a subdivision that's currently being built.

928
01:13:24,980 --> 01:13:27,200
And then across the street, particularly on this side,

929
01:13:27,720 --> 01:13:29,760
this is all zone, general commercial, however,

930
01:13:29,760 --> 01:13:35,020
a lot of those uses are kind of pseudo industrial meaning that they are a lot of contractors

931
01:13:35,940 --> 01:13:40,560
that may be grandfathered in after we adopted our special use permit process.

932
01:13:41,760 --> 01:13:47,020
So this is kind of like a pseudo industrial park across the street, but that being said there

933
01:13:47,020 --> 01:13:49,740
are some other auto-related businesses in the area.

934
01:13:50,740 --> 01:13:54,720
And as part of the Bell Street overlay, it does fall within neighborhood general.

935
01:13:56,240 --> 01:13:59,020
So, here's the site plan that was prepared by the applicant.

936
01:13:59,920 --> 01:14:05,320
So, the request for the variance is actually on this south side here and on this eastern

937
01:14:05,320 --> 01:14:08,720
side here to reduce the 35 feet down to 20 feet.

938
01:14:09,260 --> 01:14:14,720
In this case, they would allow for an existing kind of gravel driveway to continue back to

939
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:21,300
the open storage area and that buffer is bisected by that gravel driveway.

940
01:14:21,300 --> 01:14:27,760
So that's the reduction from 35 feet to 20 feet, and then on this side there is currently a drainage

941
01:14:27,760 --> 01:14:34,320
easement that was required for storm water improvements due to the subdivision to the south

942
01:14:34,320 --> 01:14:40,780
and actually flows north, so would flow through this property, kind of north to some of the residential

943
01:14:40,780 --> 01:14:46,000
properties to the north. But that was all part of the land disturbance permit, and that is also a

944
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:51,580
that easement is located on the east side to reduce the 35 feet down to 20 feet.

945
01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:57,600
Usually with an easement, there required to meet the 35 feet outside the easement area.

946
01:14:58,180 --> 01:14:59,980
So in this case, they actually show in the 20 feet.

947
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:05,180
Which still requires the variants, but they are still showing some kind of tree save area on the other side.

948
01:15:06,120 --> 01:15:15,140
So, that chain length fence is currently surrounding that open storage area, but it is sufficiently planted with, you know, this buffer that's requested to be reduced,

949
01:15:15,520 --> 01:15:19,200
but also the buffer from this residential subdivision to the south.

950
01:15:19,880 --> 01:15:24,540
And then, of course, up here is the existing general commercial property with the existing audit business.

951
01:15:25,180 --> 01:15:31,160
So again, the Planning Commission did recommend approval of the rezoning and the variants

952
01:15:31,160 --> 01:15:36,320
request with those three conditions, and I've said a few comments about this number one

953
01:15:36,320 --> 01:15:39,520
may not be required, but two and three will still be recommended.

954
01:15:41,940 --> 01:15:43,680
Mr. Chairman, this was in my district.

955
01:15:46,260 --> 01:15:51,200
I would make a motion that we go with the Planning Commission's recommendation to approve

956
01:15:51,200 --> 01:15:58,760
the rezoning with the concurrent variants and only condition 2 and 3 shown on this slide.

957
01:15:59,900 --> 01:16:04,200
All right, motion by Commissioner Ragsdale to approve as recommended by Plan of Commission

958
01:16:04,200 --> 01:16:12,280
that includes the concurrent variants, but with only 2 that is the second and third of the

959
01:16:12,280 --> 01:16:12,980
two conditions.

960
01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:15,220
Is there a second of that motion?

961
01:16:15,220 --> 01:16:18,740
Second, by Commissioner Carter, discussion.

962
01:16:21,900 --> 01:16:25,280
Hearing none, all in favor of the motion please say aye.

963
01:16:25,620 --> 01:16:30,480
Aye. Any opposed? No. Motion carries unanimously and the rezoning is approved

964
01:16:30,480 --> 01:16:34,000
with the concurrent variants and conditions two and three as described.

965
01:16:34,840 --> 01:16:37,800
All right, thank you. It brings us to the last case for us to decide this evening.

966
01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:43,920
Case number 25-06-08. Parts of representing Grand Community's LLC.

967
01:16:44,680 --> 01:16:50,060
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the board. This case, decision was postponed twice to

968
01:16:50,060 --> 01:16:54,900
give the applicant some time to look at some of the recommended for the Nile variances

969
01:16:54,900 --> 01:17:00,700
by the Planning Commission. This is a request to resume 33 acres from our 40 to our 20 for

970
01:17:00,700 --> 01:17:06,720
conservation subdivision. Per conservation subdivision requirements are found in the zoning

971
01:17:06,720 --> 01:17:13,180
ordinance article 23. They're also asking for three variances to that section. So all three

972
01:17:13,180 --> 01:17:15,180
Those are recommended for tomorrow, however,

973
01:17:15,580 --> 01:17:19,240
the R20 conservation subdivision was recommended for approval.

974
01:17:19,880 --> 01:17:21,560
This is the property in question.

975
01:17:21,920 --> 01:17:23,480
It's located off of Woodstock Road.

976
01:17:24,380 --> 01:17:28,200
This right here is Kellogg Creek itself with the associated

977
01:17:28,200 --> 01:17:32,160
floodplain crossing over the undeveloped piece property.

978
01:17:33,040 --> 01:17:34,880
This is currently zoned R14.

979
01:17:35,140 --> 01:17:38,080
Here you can see some R20 to the south and the east as well

980
01:17:38,080 --> 01:17:39,860
as some across the street as well.

981
01:17:39,860 --> 01:17:45,560
This does fall off in the southwest Cherokee area plan as residential.

982
01:17:47,660 --> 01:17:49,680
This is existing site resources map.

983
01:17:49,980 --> 01:17:55,980
Those provided by the applicant just to kind of show some of the existing conditions and the site constraints with the stream.

984
01:17:56,860 --> 01:18:01,700
Some of the floodplain that's located on the property in the existing home and accessory buildings.

985
01:18:03,920 --> 01:18:09,920
As part of the conservation subdivision, they're required to provide a conventional layout of what the site could look like,

986
01:18:09,920 --> 01:18:14,740
as developed under our 20, so this is the conventional layout showing 46 lots.

987
01:18:16,260 --> 01:18:20,900
This was the original site plan that was presented to the Planning Commission, which showed

988
01:18:20,900 --> 01:18:26,800
some of the encroachments and the requested variances for lots, encouraging primary conservation

989
01:18:26,800 --> 01:18:32,980
areas, for example. However, the applicant has since, in the post-pondence, has revised

990
01:18:32,980 --> 01:18:39,640
the site plan. They've actually reduced the number of lots here from 46 to 44. Two of those

991
01:18:39,640 --> 01:18:41,480
used to be located here.

992
01:18:42,040 --> 01:18:47,680
Those lots did encourage within the 50-foot stream bank buffer along with these two lots up here,

993
01:18:48,460 --> 01:18:54,760
which initially required variances, however, based on this revised site plan, those are no longer required.

994
01:18:55,520 --> 01:19:00,960
However, there are still a few lots that are encroaching within floodplain area, which is still considered primary,

995
01:19:01,680 --> 01:19:04,160
so that request for the variances technically still required.

996
01:19:04,480 --> 01:19:09,620
However, during the work session we did briefly discuss that there's a bridge project,

997
01:19:09,620 --> 01:19:12,660
that's currently proposed at this location,

998
01:19:12,940 --> 01:19:15,420
that could replace some of that floodplain elsewhere.

999
01:19:16,160 --> 01:19:18,620
So it actually bring that primary conservation area

1000
01:19:18,620 --> 01:19:20,880
potentially out of those two odds in the future.

1001
01:19:22,100 --> 01:19:23,560
So I wanted to bring that up.

1002
01:19:24,120 --> 01:19:27,720
The applicant is still requesting to reduce the separation

1003
01:19:28,450 --> 01:19:33,060
from 50 feet in certain areas, particularly for this section here.

1004
01:19:33,440 --> 01:19:35,700
And the variance to allow for some of this area

1005
01:19:35,700 --> 01:19:41,880
behind these lots here to be disturbed and replanted. Technically, the conservation subdivisions

1006
01:19:41,880 --> 01:19:46,960
states that you have to have each lot of blood undisturbed green space. However, in this case,

1007
01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:51,660
the applicant is requesting to disturb and replant this particular area here.

1008
01:19:52,900 --> 01:19:59,840
The applicant also provided some supplemental information, which I will bring up.

1009
01:20:05,750 --> 01:20:13,350
And if you have any specific questions about any of these exhibits, the applicant's representative is here to answer any questions.

1010
01:20:14,070 --> 01:20:20,150
So essentially what they're showing is some of the site plan showing the specimen trees on the site.

1011
01:20:20,850 --> 01:20:26,810
Just kind of a wrong rendering illustrated plan of the new proposal with the new site plan.

1012
01:20:28,920 --> 01:20:34,520
And showing those variances specifically, so here you've got less than the 50-foot between those two

1013
01:20:35,180 --> 01:20:35,660
lots

1014
01:20:35,660 --> 01:20:43,940
The disturbance within the 50-foot green space, which would be replanted, and then some of these lots, they're still within those floodplain areas

1015
01:20:48,580 --> 01:20:53,660
I'm interested in your in the slide a couple back, which showed the specimen trees

1016
01:20:53,660 --> 01:20:58,400
I didn't realize that I didn't catch that before, are those proposed to be saved?

1017
01:20:59,440 --> 01:21:00,980
So specimen trees are generally

1018
01:21:01,460 --> 01:21:06,960
require to be saved, so that they make their overall site density.

1019
01:21:08,580 --> 01:21:13,600
For the Arborist Report, however, they can be removed if they are for some reason removed.

1020
01:21:13,920 --> 01:21:16,620
They have to replant even more trees on property.

1021
01:21:16,840 --> 01:21:19,260
It's a big tree penalty if you remove them anyway.

1022
01:21:23,940 --> 01:21:27,060
But there's kind of a lot that goes into, you know, actually having one removed,

1023
01:21:27,120 --> 01:21:32,240
they have to assess the, you know, what it looks like in the, if it's the client,

1024
01:21:32,240 --> 01:21:34,180
if it's disease, that's kind of things.

1025
01:21:39,380 --> 01:21:40,540
Is that all you have on this?

1026
01:21:41,120 --> 01:21:41,680
That's all I have.

1027
01:21:41,900 --> 01:21:42,060
Okay, sir.

1028
01:21:42,400 --> 01:21:43,180
Thank you.

1029
01:21:43,440 --> 01:21:45,040
Mr. Chairman, this one's also in my district.

1030
01:21:47,080 --> 01:21:50,960
You know, I think the Planning Commission recommended approval

1031
01:21:50,960 --> 01:21:53,540
of the zoning, our 20 conservation.

1032
01:21:54,360 --> 01:21:56,220
I think if we look at the surrounding area,

1033
01:21:57,060 --> 01:21:59,400
we've got our 15 to the north,

1034
01:21:59,840 --> 01:22:02,520
our 20 to the south, RGL across the street.

1035
01:22:03,220 --> 01:22:06,040
So to me, that zoning category fits very well.

1036
01:22:07,260 --> 01:22:13,860
All in the variances, as Thomas mentioned, we've postponed this twice in an effort to reduce

1037
01:22:13,860 --> 01:22:20,600
the impact of those variances on the site, and the applicant has done that, as you can

1038
01:22:20,600 --> 01:22:27,700
see on their exhibits, what we saw in yellow, I think that's significant to reduce that

1039
01:22:27,700 --> 01:22:36,020
for that way, from what it was, and then also removing the two lots was something that the

1040
01:22:36,020 --> 01:22:44,160
One question I do have for the applicant, by going to 44 lots, are you okay with the condition that it's max of 44 lots?

1041
01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:45,260
Okay.

1042
01:22:46,980 --> 01:22:48,020
Thank you.

1043
01:22:48,860 --> 01:22:56,820
So with that, I would make a recommendation or make a motion to approve the resign from our 40 to our 20 conservation

1044
01:22:57,800 --> 01:23:04,840
subdivision, allowing the three variances and then adding a condition that maximum lock count be 44 lots.

1045
01:23:05,640 --> 01:23:11,700
Motion for approval by Commissioner Ragsdale with the three

1046
01:23:11,700 --> 01:23:14,560
variances and one condition is our second.

1047
01:23:15,040 --> 01:23:18,140
Second by Commissioner Carter, any discussion?

1048
01:23:20,380 --> 01:23:22,940
I agree that, you know, this property is surrounded by our 20.

1049
01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:27,240
There's really no legal basis to not approve it as our 20.

1050
01:23:28,260 --> 01:23:31,460
I'm less enthusiastic about the conservation aspect of it.

1051
01:23:31,460 --> 01:23:39,040
But when you look at this particular parcel, you know, there's a fair amount of good in the

1052
01:23:39,040 --> 01:23:39,280
conservation.

1053
01:23:40,200 --> 01:23:46,220
They, it's about as good a place for an R20 conservation as you're going to have, so I can

1054
01:23:46,220 --> 01:23:47,080
live with that.

1055
01:23:47,380 --> 01:23:53,100
Also, it was pretty concerned about the variances, but it looks like those have been significantly

1056
01:23:53,720 --> 01:23:58,280
mitigated in the updated plan, so I can support it with some reservations.

1057
01:23:58,280 --> 01:24:06,680
I mean, certainly the R20 is, we wouldn't be upheld in court if we tried to deny the R20.

1058
01:24:07,860 --> 01:24:08,480
Any other comments?

1059
01:24:08,780 --> 01:24:10,180
Yeah, I'm coming.

1060
01:24:10,720 --> 01:24:12,220
Well, I'm saying line is Chairman.

1061
01:24:12,940 --> 01:24:19,360
I'm not worried about R20 conservation, but you got RGL up there and you got R20.

1062
01:24:19,520 --> 01:24:20,540
There's some R50.

1063
01:24:22,420 --> 01:24:26,140
So, you know, this would fit the character there.

1064
01:24:26,140 --> 01:24:28,640
We're going to swung over that.

1065
01:24:29,600 --> 01:24:30,580
Any other comments?

1066
01:24:31,480 --> 01:24:31,640
Okay.

1067
01:24:31,920 --> 01:24:32,540
We'll call the question.

1068
01:24:32,740 --> 01:24:39,160
All in favor of the motion as made, which was for our 20 conservation with the three conditions

1069
01:24:39,160 --> 01:24:41,920
as shown here on the screen and a condition.

1070
01:24:42,040 --> 01:24:47,240
I mean, three variants is shown here on the screen and a condition limiting the lots to

1071
01:24:47,240 --> 01:24:47,700
44.

1072
01:24:48,600 --> 01:24:50,520
All in favor of that motion, please say aye.

1073
01:24:50,820 --> 01:24:51,020
Aye.

1074
01:24:51,160 --> 01:24:51,980
Any pose, nay?

1075
01:24:52,620 --> 01:24:53,680
Motion carries unanimously.

1076
01:24:53,680 --> 01:24:57,560
and the Resonance Approved. Thank you Mr. Trayway.

1077
01:24:57,780 --> 01:24:59,960
Thank you. So that brings us to the consenting.

1078
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:05,480
The county manager to present 10 items, all to be voted on as a single item.

1079
01:25:11,880 --> 01:25:15,320
It would even be chairman and commissioners. I've got 10 items in the consent agenda.

1080
01:25:16,680 --> 01:25:23,960
Item 1 would be to consider a resolution to return access right away of a cliffholkham drive to the original property owner.

1081
01:25:25,420 --> 01:25:30,420
Item 2 is to consider a quest for approval of a resolution to waive the alcohol license residence department,

1082
01:25:30,420 --> 01:25:36,980
For ACWARTH shell LLC for a gas station with a convenience store, that is located on state

1083
01:25:36,980 --> 01:25:40,840
route 92 at the weight green road intersection.

1084
01:25:41,500 --> 01:25:43,040
So Jeff, sorry, I meant to ask this earlier.

1085
01:25:43,280 --> 01:25:46,660
I think we did one for that store recently.

1086
01:25:47,200 --> 01:25:48,700
Is this the new shell that would start road?

1087
01:25:49,400 --> 01:25:52,340
No, this is the one at the end of weight green road in 92.

1088
01:25:52,520 --> 01:25:53,320
Different shell.

1089
01:25:53,720 --> 01:25:53,920
Different shell.

1090
01:25:54,000 --> 01:25:54,680
There's so many shells.

1091
01:25:54,900 --> 01:25:55,760
Got it.

1092
01:25:56,140 --> 01:25:56,420
Different shell.

1093
01:25:56,800 --> 01:25:58,160
There are multiple gas stations.

1094
01:25:58,360 --> 01:25:59,100
This close together.

1095
01:25:59,540 --> 01:25:59,800
Got it.

1096
01:25:59,800 --> 01:26:01,080
Okay, thank you.

1097
01:26:01,080 --> 01:26:03,200
Item three is to consider a press for approval,

1098
01:26:03,440 --> 01:26:04,420
resolution to wave.

1099
01:26:05,160 --> 01:26:07,440
The alcohol license, residents requirement from

1100
01:26:09,960 --> 01:26:12,920
Mahindee 0514 Incorporated, doing business as quick

1101
01:26:12,920 --> 01:26:15,280
serve 20 for a gas station, a million store.

1102
01:26:15,840 --> 01:26:20,000
This is actually the circle K at 32.996 is road.

1103
01:26:21,600 --> 01:26:23,880
Item four is to consider a resolution

1104
01:26:23,880 --> 01:26:25,900
and support of a change of boundary line

1105
01:26:25,900 --> 01:26:27,760
from Cherokee County to Cobb County.

1106
01:26:28,980 --> 01:26:34,720
Item 5 is to consider a resolution to adopt the school's zone safety maps provided by the

1107
01:26:34,720 --> 01:26:36,440
Cherokee County School District.

1108
01:26:37,880 --> 01:26:41,760
Item 6 is to consider a request by the Community Development Agency for a resolution

1109
01:26:41,760 --> 01:26:43,580
to adopt a revised fee schedule.

1110
01:26:45,180 --> 01:26:48,920
Item 7 is to consider a request from Fire and Emergency Services to Renewed a Least Agreement

1111
01:26:48,920 --> 01:26:55,540
for Real Property located at 1216 Laker Airahead Drive for a continued lease of Fire Station

1112
01:26:56,440 --> 01:26:59,340
from a personnel company incorporated.

1113
01:27:00,580 --> 01:27:03,900
Number eight is to consider a request by probate court to surplus and the

1114
01:27:03,900 --> 01:27:06,760
status of obviously computers and miscellaneous small equipment

1115
01:27:06,760 --> 01:27:07,500
in furniture.

1116
01:27:08,600 --> 01:27:11,780
Item nine is to consider a request for a public hearing to be held

1117
01:27:11,780 --> 01:27:16,940
on September 16th of 2025 to consider a request for Charles Osborne

1118
01:27:16,940 --> 01:27:22,000
of Osborne Enterprises LLC to remove zoning conditions

1119
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:30,340
pertaining to case number 07-08-2331, and item 10 is to consider a request for a public hearing

1120
01:27:30,340 --> 01:27:36,280
to be held on September 16th of 2025 to consider a proposed tax amendment to Article 15

1121
01:27:36,280 --> 01:27:41,520
of a Cherokee County zoning ordinance starting changes to the advertising period for quasi

1122
01:27:41,520 --> 01:27:47,540
judicial proceedings and for code compliance timelines. Those are your 10 consent items.

1123
01:27:47,540 --> 01:27:50,660
Any questions comments or a motion on the consent agenda?

1124
01:27:51,040 --> 01:27:53,480
Motion to approve the consent agenda as presented.

1125
01:27:54,160 --> 01:27:56,520
Motion by Commissioner Weatherby to approve the consent agenda.

1126
01:27:56,980 --> 01:27:57,640
Is there a second?

1127
01:27:57,740 --> 01:27:59,280
Second by Commissioner Carter.

1128
01:27:59,500 --> 01:28:00,540
Any discussion now?

1129
01:28:01,740 --> 01:28:04,800
All in favor of approval to consent agenda please say aye.

1130
01:28:05,160 --> 01:28:06,400
Any opposed nay?

1131
01:28:06,860 --> 01:28:07,840
Motion carries unanimously.

1132
01:28:08,120 --> 01:28:09,440
The consent agenda is approved.

1133
01:28:09,900 --> 01:28:12,780
You've been on with the item by item counting manager agenda.

1134
01:28:13,280 --> 01:28:14,060
Thank you.

1135
01:28:14,120 --> 01:28:17,380
Under my portion agenda I have 16 items for you to consider this evening.

1136
01:28:18,060 --> 01:28:22,480
First, we'll be to consider an inner government or agreement with the City of Nelson for

1137
01:28:22,480 --> 01:28:24,280
a ball field park north project.

1138
01:28:25,360 --> 01:28:29,280
This IGA defines the roles and responsibilities of both the City of Nelson and Cherokee

1139
01:28:29,280 --> 01:28:30,180
County and Development.

1140
01:28:31,060 --> 01:28:34,120
A ball field park of the ball field park north project.

1141
01:28:35,100 --> 01:28:40,420
Essentially, per the IGA, the city will be responsible for providing all project

1142
01:28:40,420 --> 01:28:43,060
design drawings, permitting, utility coordination.

1143
01:28:43,800 --> 01:28:50,300
In permitting, the county will perform advertising for beds, receipt of beds, and bid analysis

1144
01:28:50,300 --> 01:28:52,480
and award recommendations in the city.

1145
01:28:53,440 --> 01:28:57,660
And then once the construction is awarded by the city, the county will hold the pre-construction

1146
01:28:57,660 --> 01:29:03,940
conference with the contractor, conduct construction inspection and material testing, contract

1147
01:29:03,940 --> 01:29:05,600
management during the duration of construction.

1148
01:29:06,320 --> 01:29:10,860
Recommend payments to the contractor by the city and conduct a file inspection with the city,

1149
01:29:10,860 --> 01:29:14,420
and with the city paying all costs for this project,

1150
01:29:15,040 --> 01:29:18,200
city approved this IGA at a July 7th meeting.

1151
01:29:20,340 --> 01:29:21,800
Motion to approve, 12.1.

1152
01:29:22,100 --> 01:29:23,780
Motion by Commissioner Ragsdale for approval.

1153
01:29:24,360 --> 01:29:25,840
Second, second by Commissioner Carter.

1154
01:29:26,120 --> 01:29:26,560
Any discussion?

1155
01:29:28,000 --> 01:29:29,380
All in favor, please say aye.

1156
01:29:30,160 --> 01:29:31,060
Any opposed nay?

1157
01:29:31,320 --> 01:29:33,900
The motion carries unanimously in this IGA with city of Nelson

1158
01:29:33,900 --> 01:29:35,660
for the ballfield park is approved.

1159
01:29:35,900 --> 01:29:36,160
Thank you.

1160
01:29:36,160 --> 01:29:38,320
Morton, before you get to the next item.

1161
01:29:39,400 --> 01:29:40,940
I'd like to read something.

1162
01:29:43,020 --> 01:29:56,640
Recall Alert, Ford is recalling 312,120 vehicles due to a potential loss of power

1163
01:29:56,640 --> 01:29:59,980
navigators for the F-150s.

1164
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:07,200
Expeditions, Broncos, and Ford Ranger vehicles, just talk to them. Scott, we're not too well.

1165
01:30:07,480 --> 01:30:11,520
Hear that? Just saying, okay, please continue.

1166
01:30:11,840 --> 01:30:15,920
Okay, just the continuing saga of the War of the Dodge versus the Forward.

1167
01:30:19,120 --> 01:30:28,340
Second item is to consider a question of paths to purchase to new 2026 Ford E350 Phoenix buses from coach and equipment bus sales in total amount

1168
01:30:28,340 --> 01:30:32,340
$219,974.52 cents.

1169
01:30:33,200 --> 01:30:37,960
Catses are pressing the purchase these two new Phoenix buses from coach and equipment

1170
01:30:37,960 --> 01:30:46,840
bus sales on the state contract in amount of $109,987.26 cents each funding for this purchase will

1171
01:30:46,840 --> 01:30:57,700
be 80% grant funded through the FTA and 20% splash funded purchase will use FY206 funds since

1172
01:30:57,700 --> 01:31:04,620
expected time of delivery is May of 2026 and this will, these will be your placement vehicles in the current cats fleet.

1173
01:31:05,760 --> 01:31:09,580
What's, what's the fuel source on these? I believe these are gasoline buses.

1174
01:31:10,340 --> 01:31:10,480
Yes.

1175
01:31:10,480 --> 01:31:11,560
These are gasoline buses.

1176
01:31:14,040 --> 01:31:15,620
Motion to approve 12.2.

1177
01:31:15,900 --> 01:31:17,740
Motion for approval by Commissioner Carter.

1178
01:31:18,040 --> 01:31:19,680
Second by Commissioner Ragsdale.

1179
01:31:19,840 --> 01:31:20,340
Any discussion?

1180
01:31:21,720 --> 01:31:22,960
All in favor, please say aye.

1181
01:31:23,740 --> 01:31:23,840
Aye.

1182
01:31:23,840 --> 01:31:24,320
Aye.

1183
01:31:24,580 --> 01:31:25,480
Any opposed, nay?

1184
01:31:25,480 --> 01:31:30,340
Motion carries unanimously and purchased these two buses for cats as approved.

1185
01:31:30,900 --> 01:31:32,260
I thank you.

1186
01:31:32,820 --> 01:31:37,500
Item three is to consider a request from public works that are purchased of a midland road widener attachment.

1187
01:31:38,100 --> 01:31:44,060
Model SA from Reynolds and Warren Equipment Company in the total amount of $110,000, $325.

1188
01:31:45,840 --> 01:31:54,880
Public works is requesting this road widener attachment for use and asphalt aggregate placement, curb backfilling and road and shoulder construction.

1189
01:31:54,880 --> 01:32:00,700
This procurement is being made through the statewide contract with Reynolds War and Equipment

1190
01:32:00,700 --> 01:32:01,160
Company.

1191
01:32:02,320 --> 01:32:08,760
It replaces two pieces of machinery that are outdated one being a 1996 Midland Roadwider

1192
01:32:08,760 --> 01:32:14,580
Attachment in a 22,000 and two blow-knocks self-propelled roadwider.

1193
01:32:15,400 --> 01:32:20,560
Both of those units are beyond repair due to age and lack of available parts.

1194
01:32:21,320 --> 01:32:33,500
This model roadwinder will attach to the public works large wheel loader or motor grater, and will do the same work as both old replacement machines.

1195
01:32:34,300 --> 01:32:36,400
This is a Splost funded item.

1196
01:32:37,260 --> 01:32:38,560
Motion to approve 2.3.

1197
01:32:39,640 --> 01:32:41,320
Motion for approval by Commissioner Weatherby.

1198
01:32:41,740 --> 01:32:43,200
Second by Commissioner Ragsdale.

1199
01:32:43,320 --> 01:32:43,820
Any discussion?

1200
01:32:44,740 --> 01:32:53,240
I'll say, I remember when we bought the one in 2002 and I thought that was such a wonderful idea that we should just drive it all over the county and widen all the roads all over the county.

1201
01:32:53,540 --> 01:32:55,140
And we did a lot of work with it.

1202
01:32:55,200 --> 01:32:58,220
But maybe more significantly, I've managed to outlast that roadway.

1203
01:33:00,120 --> 01:33:02,900
I'm afraid I'm getting enough said.

1204
01:33:03,380 --> 01:33:04,080
Any other comment?

1205
01:33:04,680 --> 01:33:06,100
All in favor please say aye.

1206
01:33:08,080 --> 01:33:14,500
The motion carries unanimously in this purchase of road widener from Midland, from Reynolds

1207
01:33:14,500 --> 01:33:15,700
Warren equipment is approved.

1208
01:33:16,340 --> 01:33:17,260
Thank you.

1209
01:33:17,560 --> 01:33:21,080
Fourth item is to consider a request from Fire to Merge's services to accept the payment

1210
01:33:21,080 --> 01:33:25,260
from the Georgia Department of Community Health for the ground, ambulance, upper payment,

1211
01:33:25,640 --> 01:33:33,540
limit supplemental program for calendar year 2024, and the amount of $47,354 as well as the corresponding

1212
01:33:33,540 --> 01:33:39,580
budget amendment and approval to transfer of $16,081 of the nonfederal portion of the payment

1213
01:33:39,580 --> 01:33:46,920
to the state of Georgia as required by the program. DCH offers this adjustment program to

1214
01:33:46,920 --> 01:33:51,700
government-ground ambulance services in Georgia, increase funding of critical services for the Medicaid

1215
01:33:51,700 --> 01:33:52,420
population.

1216
01:33:54,500 --> 01:34:03,520
Our fire emergency services completed all necessary paperwork and was approved to

1217
01:34:03,520 --> 01:34:09,740
that would be for calendar year 2024, however as part of that program they need to reimburse

1218
01:34:09,740 --> 01:34:16,780
the state of Georgia in the amount of $16,000, $81. That budget adjustment amendment is necessary

1219
01:34:16,780 --> 01:34:21,760
so that those funds can be used to offset the amount transferred from the general fund to the state.

1220
01:34:23,480 --> 01:34:26,160
Push to Washington approved $12.4.

1221
01:34:26,160 --> 01:34:29,260
Motion by Commissioner Ragsdale for approval.

1222
01:34:30,020 --> 01:34:30,420
Sorry.

1223
01:34:31,000 --> 01:34:32,400
Second by Commissioner Weathering.

1224
01:34:32,460 --> 01:34:37,300
If I understand it right, we're getting a grant of 47,000, but we have to pay 16,000.

1225
01:34:37,760 --> 01:34:38,860
Is that the just of it?

1226
01:34:38,980 --> 01:34:39,220
That's okay.

1227
01:34:39,360 --> 01:34:40,540
Give the state 16.

1228
01:34:41,180 --> 01:34:41,420
Okay.

1229
01:34:41,740 --> 01:34:44,160
We get the grant and then give the state 16 of it.

1230
01:34:44,340 --> 01:34:44,760
I got you.

1231
01:34:45,220 --> 01:34:45,440
Okay.

1232
01:34:46,060 --> 01:34:46,960
We have a motion of second.

1233
01:34:46,980 --> 01:34:47,740
Any other comments?

1234
01:34:48,620 --> 01:34:50,140
All in favor please say aye.

1235
01:34:50,240 --> 01:34:50,600
Aye.

1236
01:34:50,600 --> 01:34:50,820
Aye.

1237
01:34:51,000 --> 01:34:51,080
Aye.

1238
01:34:51,080 --> 01:34:51,160
Aye.

1239
01:34:51,160 --> 01:34:59,520
Post-Nate. Motion carries unanimously. This program reimbursement for fire and emergency services is approved. Thank you.

1240
01:34:59,840 --> 01:34:59,980
Item 5.

1241
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:09,320
Five is to consider a request from fire emergency services to purchase medical equipment from a lowest price quote that we bound to medical in total amount of $42,000.

1242
01:35:10,000 --> 01:35:20,760
$46, $68,000. Fire and EMS would like to implement the use of blood products in the pre-hospital setting, which is a critical life-saving advancement in emergency medical care.

1243
01:35:21,680 --> 01:35:26,400
As Dr. Allen pointed out, severe bleeding is the leading cause of preventable death in both trauma

1244
01:35:26,400 --> 01:35:30,760
and medical emergencies, and the early administration of blood products is critical of improving

1245
01:35:30,760 --> 01:35:32,120
patient survivability.

1246
01:35:33,320 --> 01:35:38,360
Fire and EMS is looking to initiate this program by offering the two medical command vehicles

1247
01:35:38,360 --> 01:35:41,760
when an necessary equipment to safely store and administer blood products.

1248
01:35:42,900 --> 01:35:46,000
The implementation cost is what you're paying for here.

1249
01:35:46,000 --> 01:35:51,480
The Department of Pain quotes from three vendors with boundary medical being the lowest price

1250
01:35:51,480 --> 01:35:56,940
quotation, initial purchase and an ongoing cost come from the EMS budget.

1251
01:35:58,240 --> 01:35:59,960
Mr. Prude 12.5.

1252
01:36:00,340 --> 01:36:02,020
Motion for approval by Commissioner Weatherby.

1253
01:36:02,360 --> 01:36:04,040
Second, second by Commissioner Carter.

1254
01:36:04,400 --> 01:36:04,920
Any discussion?

1255
01:36:06,220 --> 01:36:11,440
There's another big advance by RMS folks to be able to actually provide blood transfusions

1256
01:36:11,440 --> 01:36:12,700
in transport.

1257
01:36:12,700 --> 01:36:20,820
So, before they get to the hospital, you can start saving life by giving blood to somebody who's bleeding severely, internally or externally.

1258
01:36:22,140 --> 01:36:24,120
Good opportunity to save additional lives.

1259
01:36:25,340 --> 01:36:29,280
We have, I believe, the best EMS in the State of Georgia, and this will just make it even better.

1260
01:36:29,740 --> 01:36:30,580
Any other comments?

1261
01:36:31,900 --> 01:36:33,240
All in favor, please say aye.

1262
01:36:33,440 --> 01:36:33,920
Aye.

1263
01:36:34,000 --> 01:36:34,120
Aye.

1264
01:36:34,120 --> 01:36:34,840
Any opposed, nay.

1265
01:36:35,460 --> 01:36:40,020
The motion carries unanimously, and the purchase of this medical equipment from Boundary Medical is approved.

1266
01:36:40,300 --> 01:36:41,020
Thank you.

1267
01:36:41,020 --> 01:36:45,280
Item six, it's a consider request for fire emergency service to enter into a three-year

1268
01:36:45,280 --> 01:36:49,320
agreement with safe air corporation for the maintenance of safe air diesel exhaust from

1269
01:36:49,320 --> 01:36:54,160
mobile, mobile systems, and located various county fire stations in a total amount of

1270
01:36:54,160 --> 01:37:01,540
70,000 to 40 dollars. In 2016, safe air was awarded a contract through a formal RFP

1271
01:37:01,540 --> 01:37:06,220
process that contract covered the purchase installation and ongoing maintenance of

1272
01:37:06,220 --> 01:37:09,400
these exhaust removal systems at 20 fire stations.

1273
01:37:10,460 --> 01:37:16,340
At that original agreement included the annual maintenance, which safe air has provided

1274
01:37:16,340 --> 01:37:22,240
since its installation, now that the agreement expired to ensure the continued performance

1275
01:37:22,240 --> 01:37:27,160
and safety of the systems fire and emergency services is requesting to enter into a new

1276
01:37:27,160 --> 01:37:30,020
three year maintenance agreement with safe air corporation.

1277
01:37:30,020 --> 01:37:37,000
And this would be an item budget in the fire fund that $70,000, $40 is the cost over the

1278
01:37:37,000 --> 01:37:39,840
three year total cost over the three years of that agreement.

1279
01:37:41,440 --> 01:37:42,980
Motion to approve, $12.6.

1280
01:37:43,240 --> 01:37:44,800
Motion for approval by Commissioner Weatherby.

1281
01:37:44,920 --> 01:37:45,260
I'm sorry.

1282
01:37:45,420 --> 01:37:46,100
That was for Agsdale.

1283
01:37:46,540 --> 01:37:48,180
Second by Mr. Weatherby.

1284
01:37:48,520 --> 01:37:49,020
Any discussion?

1285
01:37:51,300 --> 01:37:52,460
All in favor, please say aye.

1286
01:37:52,860 --> 01:37:53,100
Aye.

1287
01:37:53,140 --> 01:37:53,640
Any opposed?

1288
01:37:54,140 --> 01:37:55,460
Motion carries unanimously.

1289
01:37:55,900 --> 01:37:59,120
And this agreement may contain the safe air diesel exhaust systems as approved.

1290
01:37:59,460 --> 01:38:00,020
Thank you.

1291
01:38:01,080 --> 01:38:09,580
Item 7 is to consider a request from the Family Treatment Court for Professional Services Agreement with the Wings of the Dragonfly to provide drug treatment and counseling services.

1292
01:38:10,840 --> 01:38:17,740
Family Treatment Court is an intervention partner of parents or caregivers involved in dependency cases as a result of substance abuse.

1293
01:38:18,440 --> 01:38:27,900
It is a collaborative effort between the juvenile court staff, the Special Assistant District Attorney, the parent attorneys, the child attorneys, treatment providers, law enforcement,

1294
01:38:27,900 --> 01:38:33,540
The Department of Family and Child Services and the Court of Pointed Special Advocates

1295
01:38:33,540 --> 01:38:34,180
are Casa.

1296
01:38:35,440 --> 01:38:39,600
It is a core specific design and staff support needs of the Child Parent and Family members

1297
01:38:39,600 --> 01:38:40,620
in reunification.

1298
01:38:41,840 --> 01:38:46,340
They would like to use the wings of the Dragonfly for award as a new treatment provider,

1299
01:38:47,260 --> 01:38:52,160
funding for this is provided by state grant funds and how many drug abuse and treatment

1300
01:38:52,160 --> 01:38:54,380
education or date funds.

1301
01:38:55,720 --> 01:39:02,440
motion to approve 12.7. Motion for approval by commissioner Carter. Second by commissioner

1302
01:39:02,440 --> 01:39:07,860
weatherby. Any discussion? All in favor, please say aye. Aye.

1303
01:39:07,920 --> 01:39:12,160
Aye. Opposite. Motion carries unanimously in the agreement with wings of the dragon

1304
01:39:12,160 --> 01:39:14,640
fly for drug treatment accounts and services approved.

1305
01:39:15,300 --> 01:39:20,560
Aye. Thank you. Item 8 is to consider a question of clerk records for agreement with integral

1306
01:39:20,560 --> 01:39:25,660
recoveries to recoup court ordered unpaid fines and fees at no cost of the county.

1307
01:39:26,660 --> 01:39:33,200
The clerk reports is actually requested that this action on this item be postponed until the August

1308
01:39:33,200 --> 01:39:33,900
19th.

1309
01:39:38,820 --> 01:39:42,880
We're going to postpone that, but we don't need to take action on that and you'll just bring it back.

1310
01:39:42,920 --> 01:39:43,840
I'll just bring it back again.

1311
01:39:44,600 --> 01:39:45,240
We'll take no action.

1312
01:39:45,480 --> 01:39:46,340
We'll just take no action.

1313
01:39:46,820 --> 01:39:52,610
I am nine is to consider requesting my planning and zoning

1314
01:39:52,610 --> 01:39:56,310
department for a memorandum of agreement between Cherokee County,

1315
01:39:56,430 --> 01:39:58,130
the Charlie Ferguson Community Center,

1316
01:39:58,710 --> 01:39:59,970
in the Atlanta Regional Commission for Canada.

1317
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:05,140
Community Development Assistance Program funds to complete the P-Ridge Small Area Plan.

1318
01:40:06,360 --> 01:40:11,480
This M-O-A for a small area plan with a Charlie Ferguson Community Center at Land of Regional

1319
01:40:11,480 --> 01:40:17,020
Commission on Cherokee County spells out the project framework for continuing the cooperative

1320
01:40:17,020 --> 01:40:21,480
and comprehensive planning for development of the P-Ridge Small Area Plan. The development

1321
01:40:21,480 --> 01:40:25,720
plan will be managed and developed by Aerosy at the request to Cherokee County and the Charlie

1322
01:40:25,720 --> 01:40:26,860
for a distance center.

1323
01:40:27,540 --> 01:40:30,580
The MOA defines roles and responsibilities

1324
01:40:30,580 --> 01:40:34,140
each of the parties, and it expects the project

1325
01:40:34,140 --> 01:40:37,260
to be complete by May of 2026.

1326
01:40:39,260 --> 01:40:40,980
Motion to approve 12.9.

1327
01:40:41,500 --> 01:40:43,040
Motion for approval by Commissioner Carter.

1328
01:40:43,620 --> 01:40:45,260
Second, second by Commissioner Raxdale.

1329
01:40:45,560 --> 01:40:49,360
In your discussion, we had a zoning case

1330
01:40:49,360 --> 01:40:52,980
in that area, is that still coming up on our agenda?

1331
01:40:52,980 --> 01:40:54,340
is that?

1332
01:40:54,960 --> 01:40:55,060
Yes.

1333
01:40:55,060 --> 01:40:56,020
It is still pending.

1334
01:40:57,900 --> 01:40:58,540
Next meeting.

1335
01:40:59,440 --> 01:41:00,400
Got it.

1336
01:41:00,500 --> 01:41:01,580
Thank you.

1337
01:41:01,840 --> 01:41:02,840
So we have a motion of second.

1338
01:41:03,100 --> 01:41:04,160
Any other comments?

1339
01:41:05,340 --> 01:41:06,560
All in favor, please say aye.

1340
01:41:07,500 --> 01:41:07,540
Aye.

1341
01:41:07,540 --> 01:41:07,940
Any opposed?

1342
01:41:08,300 --> 01:41:08,460
Aye.

1343
01:41:08,800 --> 01:41:12,980
The motion carries unanimously in this agreement with ARC and the Charlie Ferguson Community

1344
01:41:12,980 --> 01:41:15,840
Center for the P-Rage Small Area Plan is approved.

1345
01:41:16,260 --> 01:41:16,360
Aye.

1346
01:41:16,360 --> 01:41:17,260
Thank you.

1347
01:41:17,560 --> 01:41:21,380
Item 10 is to consider a question to floss roadway department for a ward of a construction

1348
01:41:21,380 --> 01:41:25,220
services agreement for construction of the State Route 92 at Trickham Road intersection

1349
01:41:25,220 --> 01:41:30,200
improvements project to backgrown infrastructure LLC, the low bidder in the total amount

1350
01:41:30,200 --> 01:41:41,160
of $4,676,664. This project is a project that the county has been working on since 2016.

1351
01:41:41,940 --> 01:41:51,360
And in 2017 was successful in obtaining funds from the Land of Regional Commission to work with

1352
01:41:51,360 --> 01:41:58,860
construction cost. For the project, project will add, do left turn lanes to all approaches

1353
01:41:58,860 --> 01:42:07,280
to the Trickham Road intersection at state route 92, as well as create an unsignalized

1354
01:42:07,280 --> 01:42:14,180
high-t intersection at the intersection of Trickham Road and Gunn and Road. Greatly improving

1355
01:42:14,180 --> 01:42:21,320
the functionality and safety that the intersection bids were received from nine contractors

1356
01:42:21,320 --> 01:42:27,000
and construction should take approximately 365 days after the notice received to complete.

1357
01:42:28,100 --> 01:42:38,340
This project is federally funded at 80% with the 20% being funded by $0.00 and that 20%

1358
01:42:38,340 --> 01:42:44,280
being split between 10% Cherokee County and 10% city of Woodstock, so as a joint project

1359
01:42:44,280 --> 01:42:46,140
we're working on with the city of Woodstock.

1360
01:42:49,160 --> 01:42:51,600
Motion for approval by Commissioner Weatherby.

1361
01:42:52,120 --> 01:42:53,620
Second, Commissioner Carter.

1362
01:42:53,980 --> 01:42:54,480
Any discussion?

1363
01:42:55,680 --> 01:42:57,080
It's a big project much needed.

1364
01:42:58,140 --> 01:42:58,840
Good to get it going.

1365
01:42:59,200 --> 01:43:00,040
Good to get it paid for.

1366
01:43:00,340 --> 01:43:01,620
Mostly by federal funds.

1367
01:43:01,960 --> 01:43:03,180
Good job with that.

1368
01:43:03,380 --> 01:43:04,100
Anything else?

1369
01:43:04,660 --> 01:43:05,960
All in favor please say aye.

1370
01:43:06,760 --> 01:43:07,220
Any opposed?

1371
01:43:07,600 --> 01:43:07,900
Aye.

1372
01:43:08,080 --> 01:43:09,240
The motion carries unanimously.

1373
01:43:10,140 --> 01:43:11,340
And this construction agreement.

1374
01:43:11,900 --> 01:43:15,020
With backbone infrastructure for the trick and road intersection as approved.

1375
01:43:15,460 --> 01:43:15,920
Thank you.

1376
01:43:15,920 --> 01:43:18,100
Item 11 is to consider a request in a

1377
01:43:18,100 --> 01:43:19,320
space road to report for a

1378
01:43:19,320 --> 01:43:20,400
water for construction services

1379
01:43:20,400 --> 01:43:21,820
agreement to summit construction

1380
01:43:21,820 --> 01:43:23,980
development LLC, the low bidder.

1381
01:43:24,220 --> 01:43:25,880
For construction of the south jet road

1382
01:43:25,880 --> 01:43:28,320
improvement project in the amount of

1383
01:43:28,320 --> 01:43:31,180
$1,555,391.

1384
01:43:31,880 --> 01:43:34,120
South jet road is a substandard county

1385
01:43:34,120 --> 01:43:37,220
roadway with poor horizontal and

1386
01:43:37,220 --> 01:43:40,460
vertical alignment located in the south

1387
01:43:40,460 --> 01:43:42,060
portion of county runs between

1388
01:43:42,060 --> 01:43:45,900
the Haynes road roundabout and the

1389
01:43:45,900 --> 01:43:53,340
a new roadway, the revised roadway will remove a sharp S-curve and reconstruct the facility

1390
01:43:53,990 --> 01:44:00,760
to provide a two travel lanes, a five-foot grass shoulder, and then on a west side, an urban

1391
01:44:00,760 --> 01:44:04,420
roadway section that consists of curb and gutter and a five-foot sidewalk.

1392
01:44:05,680 --> 01:44:10,540
Bids were received from eight contractors with construction taking approximately 270 days

1393
01:44:10,540 --> 01:44:14,540
to complete after no receipt, this project is 100%

1394
01:44:14,540 --> 01:44:15,480
sploss funded.

1395
01:44:16,680 --> 01:44:18,440
Motion to approve to open the loan.

1396
01:44:18,760 --> 01:44:20,620
Motion for approval by Commissioner Weatherby.

1397
01:44:21,000 --> 01:44:21,140
Second.

1398
01:44:21,280 --> 01:44:23,720
Second, by Commissioner Carter, in your discussion.

1399
01:44:25,600 --> 01:44:26,840
All in favor, please say aye.

1400
01:44:27,640 --> 01:44:28,680
Any opposed nay?

1401
01:44:28,960 --> 01:44:30,600
Motion carries unanimously in this agreement

1402
01:44:30,600 --> 01:44:32,840
with Summit Construction for the South's Jet Road

1403
01:44:32,840 --> 01:44:34,140
Improvement Project is approved.

1404
01:44:34,400 --> 01:44:35,160
Aye, thank you.

1405
01:44:35,580 --> 01:44:37,260
Item 12 is to consider a request in the

1406
01:44:37,260 --> 01:44:43,880
for Water for Construction Services Green to Summit Construction Development LLC, the low bidder for construction of the

1407
01:44:43,880 --> 01:44:51,460
Depri-Road and King Arthur drive drainage improvements project in the total amount of $691,662 and $3.

1408
01:44:53,380 --> 01:44:59,980
Depri and King Arthur, Depri-Road and King Arthur Road in this location have poor.

1409
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:06,540
For an undersized drainage systems and non-functioning roadway ditches, an engineering department

1410
01:45:06,540 --> 01:45:11,740
and a public work department have gotten numerous complaints about this roadway and the roadway

1411
01:45:11,740 --> 01:45:18,340
is crumbling this area. This project will address those drainage concerns as well as install

1412
01:45:18,340 --> 01:45:25,080
sidewalk and a pre-road from Village Green Avenue to Falling Water Avenue. Five contractors

1413
01:45:25,080 --> 01:45:27,520
a bit on this project, and this project is

1414
01:45:27,520 --> 01:45:28,980
last funded also, 100%

1415
01:45:28,980 --> 01:45:30,020
last funded.

1416
01:45:30,620 --> 01:45:32,040
Motion to approve 12.12.

1417
01:45:32,540 --> 01:45:34,500
Motion for approval by Commissioner Ragsdale.

1418
01:45:35,060 --> 01:45:36,120
Second, second, by Commissioner Carter,

1419
01:45:36,460 --> 01:45:36,980
any discussion?

1420
01:45:38,460 --> 01:45:40,020
All in favor, please say aye.

1421
01:45:40,500 --> 01:45:41,600
Any pose, nay?

1422
01:45:42,020 --> 01:45:44,180
Motion carries unanimously in this construction agreement

1423
01:45:44,180 --> 01:45:46,440
with Summit Construction for the

1424
01:45:46,440 --> 01:45:49,040
Dupary Road and King Arthur drainage project has approved.

1425
01:45:49,360 --> 01:45:50,220
Thank you.

1426
01:45:50,520 --> 01:45:52,120
Item 13 is to consider a question

1427
01:45:52,120 --> 01:45:56,380
for a first amendment to the construction agreement for the 2025

1428
01:45:56,380 --> 01:45:58,800
resurfacing project phase two.

1429
01:45:59,060 --> 01:46:02,320
With South Georgia Million and Cleanup Services LLC to add roadways

1430
01:46:02,320 --> 01:46:05,600
to be resurfaced at a project in the amount of 1 million

1431
01:46:05,600 --> 01:46:09,520
117,964 dollars and two cents.

1432
01:46:10,980 --> 01:46:15,480
This project consists of rehab and resurfacing of 22 miles of roads

1433
01:46:15,480 --> 01:46:18,360
and streets in Cherokee County, as well as the cities of Canton,

1434
01:46:18,520 --> 01:46:19,580
Woodstock and Holly Springs.

1435
01:46:19,580 --> 01:46:27,740
This project is 100% g dot local road assistance funded, which requires no local match.

1436
01:46:28,720 --> 01:46:34,240
When this project was originally bid last month, the bid price came in under the local

1437
01:46:34,240 --> 01:46:35,640
road assistance grant amount.

1438
01:46:36,120 --> 01:46:41,340
So the county and the cities are counting the woodstock have the ability to add additional

1439
01:46:41,340 --> 01:46:48,740
roadways to that project in the amount of $1,117,064.

1440
01:46:48,740 --> 01:46:56,740
The county is adding 5.67 additional miles for a total of 888,773 dollars and 68 cents.

1441
01:46:57,980 --> 01:47:04,660
City of Canton is adding 1.64 miles in the city of Woodstock is adding almost 0.6 miles,

1442
01:47:04,760 --> 01:47:07,580
totaling 7.88 miles of additional roads.

1443
01:47:07,800 --> 01:47:13,240
County roads included in this project are roads in the Emerald Coast subdivision.

1444
01:47:13,240 --> 01:47:16,460
Rhodes and Emerald Cove, two subdivision.

1445
01:47:16,780 --> 01:47:18,900
Those in the Appalore, Orchard subdivision,

1446
01:47:19,160 --> 01:47:21,100
that Magnolia Springs subdivision,

1447
01:47:21,560 --> 01:47:23,800
Transart Parkway in the Falls of Cherokee,

1448
01:47:24,500 --> 01:47:25,940
Rhodes in the Wood Creek subdivision,

1449
01:47:25,940 --> 01:47:28,580
and Rhodes in the East Emerald Cove subdivision.

1450
01:47:29,600 --> 01:47:31,180
And did you say, I think you told us

1451
01:47:31,180 --> 01:47:34,420
how many total miles this gets us to under this program?

1452
01:47:35,340 --> 01:47:38,120
So, the original was close to 22

1453
01:47:38,120 --> 01:47:39,920
and we're adding almost eight,

1454
01:47:39,920 --> 01:47:41,260
so about 30 miles total.

1455
01:47:41,260 --> 01:47:45,480
But some of that mileage is in the cities of Cantonwood,

1456
01:47:45,600 --> 01:47:46,440
so I can Holly Springs.

1457
01:47:47,600 --> 01:47:49,780
But the vast majority is in the corporate majority.

1458
01:47:50,500 --> 01:47:52,820
And then of course, in-house paving will do some already.

1459
01:47:52,840 --> 01:47:57,380
In-house paving is in addition to this and phase one paving is in addition to this.

1460
01:47:57,740 --> 01:48:04,200
So we're meeting our goal again this year to repaid at least one 25th if not more.

1461
01:48:04,340 --> 01:48:04,980
And this is correct.

1462
01:48:05,280 --> 01:48:09,620
We'll probably get a, probably over 40 miles of research this year.

1463
01:48:09,620 --> 01:48:14,620
Yeah. And that's about what we need. Okay. We don't have a motion on this. Yeah.

1464
01:48:14,760 --> 01:48:18,540
What I'm ready. Okay. Motion motion to approve 12.13.

1465
01:48:18,840 --> 01:48:24,640
Motion back to Mr. Carter. Second, second, back to Mr. Ragsdale for approval. Any further discussion?

1466
01:48:25,780 --> 01:48:30,460
All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? No. The motion carries unanimously.

1467
01:48:31,080 --> 01:48:37,680
And this first amendment to the agreement for South Georgia milling and a cleanup is approved.

1468
01:48:37,680 --> 01:48:39,060
Thank you.

1469
01:48:39,300 --> 01:48:43,120
Item 14 is to consider a request from a sponsor or department for first amendment to the extraction

1470
01:48:43,120 --> 01:48:46,940
agreement for the State Route 140 of Hickory Road and Basel Road intersection and prove

1471
01:48:46,940 --> 01:48:52,320
project with bar toe paving company incorporated for construction of an additional commercial

1472
01:48:52,320 --> 01:48:59,780
driveway and deceleration line in total amount of 103,963,263,26 cents.

1473
01:49:00,060 --> 01:49:06,960
This project improves the intersection of State Route 40 and Basel Hickory Road by adding additional

1474
01:49:06,960 --> 01:49:12,100
Well, left-turn lane capacity, right-turn lane capacity and through lanes on all legs of intersection.

1475
01:49:13,180 --> 01:49:19,760
This first amendment to agreement is in response to development entrance that was requested

1476
01:49:19,760 --> 01:49:24,140
by lowland capital during right-of-win negotiations.

1477
01:49:25,300 --> 01:49:30,380
The Board of Commissioners approved a development agreement back in January for inclusion of

1478
01:49:30,380 --> 01:49:35,880
that site work at their entrance in the county's roadway project.

1479
01:49:35,880 --> 01:49:42,600
per that development agreement, lowland capital, reimbursed accounting for all costs associated with this amendment to this agreement.

1480
01:49:43,380 --> 01:49:45,420
Motion to approve 12.14.

1481
01:49:46,120 --> 01:49:48,080
Motion by Commissioner Weatherby for approval.

1482
01:49:48,280 --> 01:49:49,920
Second, second by Commissioner Carter.

1483
01:49:50,320 --> 01:49:50,860
Any discussion?

1484
01:49:52,340 --> 01:49:53,680
All in favor, please say aye.

1485
01:49:53,980 --> 01:49:54,200
Aye.

1486
01:49:54,420 --> 01:49:55,360
Any opposed, nay.

1487
01:49:55,700 --> 01:49:56,640
Motion carries unanimously.

1488
01:50:00,000 --> 01:50:06,080
Additional, this amendment to the construction agreement for Hickory and Batesville Road intersection is approved.

1489
01:50:06,720 --> 01:50:10,520
Thank you. Item 15, I think it's there request from the last road road department for a utility

1490
01:50:10,520 --> 01:50:14,620
road location agreement with a landline gas light company for relocation of facilities and

1491
01:50:14,620 --> 01:50:18,300
conflict with the State Route 140, Hickory Road and Batesville Road intersection and proven

1492
01:50:18,300 --> 01:50:29,980
project. In the total amount of 72,000, 739 dollars and 40 cents, this is kind of

1493
01:50:29,980 --> 01:50:33,500
As part of the right away negotiations, the county entered into development agreement with

1494
01:50:33,500 --> 01:50:38,200
Lowland Capital, constructed driveway and required turn lanes, in order to complete that

1495
01:50:38,200 --> 01:50:43,780
construction approximately 240 feet of gas line need to be relocated, per this agreement

1496
01:50:43,780 --> 01:50:45,440
with Atlanta gas light.

1497
01:50:45,680 --> 01:50:51,840
The county reimbursed the gas light company for the cost of work performed in the amount

1498
01:50:52,380 --> 01:50:55,940
not to exceed 72,739,000,000,000,040 cents.

1499
01:50:55,940 --> 01:51:05,680
And then upon completion that work, lowland capital, will then reimburse the county for all those costs based on the conditions of the development agreement.

1500
01:51:06,900 --> 01:51:08,760
Motion to approve to appoint 15.

1501
01:51:09,220 --> 01:51:10,860
Motion by Commissioner Weatherby for approval.

1502
01:51:11,180 --> 01:51:12,960
Second by Commissioner Ragsdale.

1503
01:51:13,440 --> 01:51:14,000
Any discussion?

1504
01:51:15,980 --> 01:51:17,180
All in favor, please say aye.

1505
01:51:17,560 --> 01:51:17,860
Aye.

1506
01:51:18,100 --> 01:51:18,140
Aye.

1507
01:51:18,140 --> 01:51:18,520
Any opposed?

1508
01:51:18,520 --> 01:51:24,200
The motion carries unanimously and this agreement for Atlanta Gaslight relocation at Hickory

1509
01:51:24,200 --> 01:51:26,120
and Batesville Road intersection as approved.

1510
01:51:26,760 --> 01:51:27,300
Thank you.

1511
01:51:27,500 --> 01:51:31,280
And my final item is item 16, and I just consider a question that's lost roadway to Harton

1512
01:51:31,280 --> 01:51:36,580
for a second amendment to the design services agreement with Arcades, US Incorporated.

1513
01:51:36,760 --> 01:51:40,940
For additional design services at the I-FICE and a 5-A-Town Lake Parkway Interchange

1514
01:51:40,940 --> 01:51:45,220
and Proven Project in total amount of $89,000, $13.42.

1515
01:51:45,220 --> 01:51:51,940
sense. This project includes design engineering for improvements to that interchange. If I

1516
01:51:51,940 --> 01:51:59,140
identify a town like Parkway, one of the biggest improvements being on the southbound exit

1517
01:51:59,140 --> 01:52:04,780
ramps, dual right turn lanes from the interstate to town like Parkway, as well as associated

1518
01:52:04,780 --> 01:52:12,800
widening on town like Parkway. The updates covered by the second amendment include supplementary

1519
01:52:12,800 --> 01:52:19,720
preliminary plan, design services to update those plan, profile, drainage, and staging plans,

1520
01:52:20,040 --> 01:52:24,200
and drainage reports in accordance with recommendations of the pavement evaluation study,

1521
01:52:24,680 --> 01:52:28,780
and the existing, and the existing substandard bridge vertical clearance requirements,

1522
01:52:29,740 --> 01:52:35,640
as well as new visions to lighting plans to replace existing lighting poles that are being impacted

1523
01:52:35,640 --> 01:52:37,140
by this proposed design.

1524
01:52:38,260 --> 01:52:42,660
the design is a hundred percent sloths funded, but then once we get to construction and right

1525
01:52:42,660 --> 01:52:48,420
away it will be 80 percent federally funded, 20 percent locally funded.

1526
01:52:49,180 --> 01:52:50,700
Motion to approve, 12.16.

1527
01:52:51,800 --> 01:52:53,800
Motion for approval, back to Mr. Ragsdale.

1528
01:52:56,500 --> 01:52:59,020
I'm going to say, well, Mr. Weatherby made him to the point.

1529
01:52:59,240 --> 01:53:00,760
So, second, back to Mr. Weatherby.

1530
01:53:02,100 --> 01:53:02,620
Any discussion?

1531
01:53:04,420 --> 01:53:06,380
All in favor, please say aye.

1532
01:53:07,100 --> 01:53:08,160
Any opposed, nay?

1533
01:53:08,580 --> 01:53:12,040
The motion carries unanimously the second agreement on the design services with our

1534
01:53:12,040 --> 01:53:15,520
cadus for the telemic parkway interchange project is approved.

1535
01:53:15,820 --> 01:53:16,540
Thank you.

1536
01:53:16,640 --> 01:53:19,260
That concludes my portions of the agenda.

1537
01:53:20,480 --> 01:53:21,400
Thank you, Mr. Morton.

1538
01:53:21,660 --> 01:53:23,620
Thank you for those who stay with us.

1539
01:53:23,880 --> 01:53:25,140
It was not a short meeting.

1540
01:53:25,240 --> 01:53:28,700
Sorry about the planning commission having to wait almost an hour.

1541
01:53:29,660 --> 01:53:30,160
Is that fine?

1542
01:53:30,200 --> 01:53:31,260
Thank you being with us tonight.

1543
01:53:31,840 --> 01:53:32,380
Anything else?

1544
01:53:32,380 --> 01:53:35,820
So if not, emotions with John would be in order.

1545
01:53:36,220 --> 01:53:37,060
Motion to adjourn.

1546
01:53:37,140 --> 01:53:39,500
Motion by Commissioner Ragzdale to adjourn.

1547
01:53:39,900 --> 01:53:40,980
Second, Second, by Commissioner Carter.

1548
01:53:41,400 --> 01:53:42,700
All in favor of that motion to adjourn.

1549
01:53:42,900 --> 01:53:43,460
Please say aye.

1550
01:53:43,720 --> 01:53:44,120
Aye...

1551
01:53:44,260 --> 01:53:45,060
Any opposed, nay?

1552
01:53:45,540 --> 01:53:46,440
Motion carries unanimously.

1553
01:53:46,960 --> 01:53:48,400
We are adjourned.

1554
01:53:50,480 --> 01:53:50,940
Planning, Commissioner.