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Uh, you taping it far as Rick. James,
make sure I don't stumble through

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nothing.
>> Yes, sir. I got you, Mr. Back. I got you

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on taping. Oh, thank you. Thank you,
sir. Uh, I I don't see uh Pastor Terry

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Ryan, but James, [clears throat] I may
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» Yeah, Brother Gibbs here.
>> What do you want to let Roy, would you

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mind doing the invocation for us this
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Dun releasing the pledge. Okay.

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Let's pray. Father, I thank you for your
loving mercy and amazing grace for the

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cleansing blood of the lamb and presence
of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for all

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these people gathered here today,
especially for our commissioners.

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Father, let your Holy Spirit rule and
reign, guide every decision that's made

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that we would do things and say things
would bring glory and honor and praise

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to you and bless the people of this
county in Christ's name. Amen.

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» Amen.
>> Amen. [clears throat] I pledge algiance

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to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it

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stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.
>> Thank you. [clears throat]

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» Uh we'll begin this morning's uh agenda.
I need to uh have someone to uh give me

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a motion to adopt today's agenda.
>> Mr. Chairman, we had an opportunity to

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review the um agenda for today. I'm in
order to offer motion that we adopt

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agenda.
>> Got a second. Got a motion in a second.

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All in favor say I.
>> All opposed. Motion carries. Thank

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y'all. Okay, we got a a [clears throat]
couple of sets of minutes. We had the

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April, excuse me, the March 10th regular
meeting and then the 24th call meeting.

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I hope everyone's had an opportunity to
take a look at those. Hope it's find

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them in order. If they are in order, I'd
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» Motion that we approve the regular
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to call meeting minutes March 24, 2026.
>> Have a motion. Need a second.

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» Second.
>> All in favor say I.

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» I.
>> And all opposed. Motion carried.

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Uh looks like we're going to move on to
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Hancock to come forward. Please report.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair and commissioners.

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We'll keep you long this morning. Um
reports in front of you there. You you

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recognize the subpoenas and the warrants
and papers served. Uh 283 court hours.

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We've had quite a bit of court going on.
It's moved smoothly through there. I was

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able to bring a check uh the last couple
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Uh we told you last month that the feds
had shut down which made us a month

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behind and we'd be getting that and all
that's caught up now. So uh that was a

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nice look and it looks like our housing
last uh month about 661 Marshall days 21

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days cordial PD housing one for Willox
it's 126 um and then Arab one so it

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looks like we'll have about 48,000
generated uh in the month to come on

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that. The only other U standout that we
have, and you will recognize these

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ladies shortly, is a total of 6,478
calls through our 911 [clears throat]

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center last month. And they to pulled a
total of what we call computer aid

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dispatch cards, 3,755.
So, very busy month on that console. Uh,

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we had two concentrated patrols since
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Friday night involving about 25
officers. Then the following Friday

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night before Easter, uh we brought about
60 officers together, both state,

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federal, uh and local, and uh
put in a good patrol that night, uh here

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in the county, recovered some weapons,
drugs, guns, 5.8 pounds of marijuana in

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conjunction with all the agencies
working together, some ecstasy. Uh the

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only um couple of things that have
happened over the weekend, the state

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patrol started a chase uh Saturday,
Sunday morning about 1:00 while

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everybody else was asleep. Uh the deputy
was assisting in it. The guy uh was

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pitted by the trooper, came to a stop
and then decided he didn't want to go to

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jail, so he rammed the front of one of
our patrol cars with the deputy still

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sitting inside it. Uh they got out, were
able to take him into custody. And then

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this morning about 3:00 we worked a
accident on the interstate and recovered

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two stolen guns out of uh the state of
Florida uh in it. So, you know, some

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taking down some pretty bad guys around
here, but we're proud to do it. We

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operated for 28 cent a mile last month.
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inside the county. Other than that, I'll
take any questions that you might have.

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I know you've got a busy agenda, so I
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» the jail not full full now. We not full.
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» We full.
>> We full. We got about 200. We got about

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214
in a 224 bed jail today.

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» Okay. So, all we look for is, you know,
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» We're still short. Now, you talking, you
talking inmates or man? Oh, yeah.

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Inmates about 214. But the staff, we're
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Uh we're we're probably running uh four
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creates some problems. And we've got
some great supervisors. Uh the the jail

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administrator has come in uh several
days on Saturday and Sunday and worked

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extra just to make sure we have a
minimum number of people that we need

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down there. We're still we've got some
in the hiring process that we're looking

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at. The voice stress cuts a few out
every once in a while and then the

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packet we get cuts a few out. But we're
still trying to to get people hired each

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and every day. That's we we have an open
uh application process. Some places do

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it periodically, but we run an open
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turnover rate we have.
>> How many people have you got?

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» I think now we're going to be down total
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able to hire a couple of people uh in
that y'all, if you might remember, we

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talked about buying out a couple of
contracts. Those people have uh been

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there. They've been through their FTO
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they're on the street now. And so we've
we've been able to shore a couple of

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road people up. We've hired, I think,
maybe one or two jailers. We got one

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gentleman that just came out of the
military that's in anticipate him going

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to the next academy in for Scythe. He's
passed the physical. So, we're working

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each and every day. Still short two
school resource officers. Uh but what

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we've done with the school system is
we're going to uh put two people in

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those schools. It'll allow some opport
overtime opportunity for our deputies,

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but it'll fill those positions for the
school uh throughout now the rest of the

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year there. One at the high school, one
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» I see Mlan got promoted Chris Pix.
>> Yes, sir. Uh that position's been open

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since uh um Burrows left and we just
kind of held off. We we try to make sure

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we got the right pick to go into those
positions and uh he he's been promoted

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to lieutenant yesterday for that there.
And then of course we we shored up the

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investigations position that uh when
Terresa Miller left last year left. We

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we moved up Cole who was number two
there to the captain and then we've uh

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promoted Michaela Middlebrook to the
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» Yes, sir. Excuse me.
>> What are you doing with the uh boys

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ranch?
>> Uh sheriff boy ranch. We got two events

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coming up. Uh we're going to participate
with the Worth County Sheriff Don

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Whitaker May 2nd at uh on a on 300 at
the um um help me out. My mind went

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blank. The
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» Red Rock down there uh from 2 to 5 help.
2 most of the time that

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» 12 to 4. Thank you. That's why she goes.
Uh 12 to 4. Uh tickets are $50. They're

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going to have catfish, music, a lot of
items to auction off to try to raise

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money for the boys ranch. And then our
annual golf tournament will be May 29th.

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Uh we've uh putting together a good
group of people. Our business people are

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buying teams and sponsoring holes for
that. So there's a lot there's a couple

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of events coming up and all that money
100% will go to the boys ranch. do know

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one item that's up for auction at the
red oak is going to be a uh University

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of Georgia football and it was carried
by coach Donan who came through and

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picked it up for me when he had lunch
one Saturday with Vince Douly Donan Rick

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uh and all the last five coaches all
signed that ball. There was only two of

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them that that like that and it's one of
the championship footballs. So, and then

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of course, Coach Don brought it back to
me and I've decided to donate it to the

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Georgia Sheriff's Association for
auction for the youth homes in there.

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So, I know that item will be on on bid
that day. And then in our golf

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tournament on the 29th, Shyberg's Golf
Cart has helped us with a refurbished

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golf cart, new batteries, new charger,
and we're selling tickets for $10 a

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piece for that uh for somebody to win
that or 15 for $100. And all that money

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will go to the youth homes. uh those
those projects are 100% funded back into

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the youth homes.
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» That's a good organization.
>> It it's done a lot of good for a lot of

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youth. Uh when you look at what's
happened over the years and where those

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people have turned out, Georgia Sheriff
Youth Homes does not only uh keep them

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to an age of high school and and put
them out. They carry them all the way

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through high school. They live in dorms
with house parents and they have to keep

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the grounds and keep the houses and then
they go to school. Uh some of them go to

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postsecary into college and as long as
they're enrolled in college they can

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they can stay at the and we've seen them
come out and be doctors and lawyers and

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law enforcement officers and really be
productive citizens uh coming from those

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five youth homes that the sheriff's in
Georgia sponsor.

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» I get that book and you can
>> Yes, sir.

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» That's good. you see what those kids do.
Uh when you when you get and you know

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everybody's eligible for that book, if
all you do is just put in a donation or

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something in somebody's memory or honor,
then you you'll be signed up for that

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book or each year you can buy um you
know into it and get a tag and those

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type things and still be a member of the
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» Chev, I I have one more question for
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uh [clears throat] the young lady that
that's missing and uh maybe you can

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answer it. But anyway, a lot of people
uh the community is is wonder uh we

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haven't heard anything about had the
case went the air went cold and we

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haven't heard I guess the police
department charge TV.

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» Yes, sir. That's that's a uh by chart by
by pecking order. That's a uh a city

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case and and I I'll certainly refer to
our DA. He's involved in that. He and I

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talked about it last week. We we don't
want to say too much, but um the GBI are

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still interviewing. Uh we went and
searched a place just last week that we

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were conversation was about that. We
didn't find anything, but we went. Um so

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it's not dead uh like some people think.
It's just that case is hard and it takes

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a lot of time and a lot of effort to get
it right because we don't want to do

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anything that would when we do get it to
trial to be thrown out on a technicality

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uh or anything. So, it it's it's very
much on everybody's mind. Uh that

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mother's uh posted note is still on my
refrigerator that I look at every day.

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appreciate it.

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» This is just this just a scary situation
when you think about your kids.

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» Absolutely.
>> Absolutely.

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» They can go out and something like that
just happen. It's just it's just

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frightening.
>> Yes, sir.

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» We do appreciate um the work that you're
doing. This turns off involved in

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investigating the case. We understand
you can't say everything out publicly

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because you want to compromise your
investigation, but uh we do appreciate a

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lot of what goes on behind the scene we
don't even know about. That's right.

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» Yes. So there there's a lot goes on. I
described it um not long ago like this.

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If you were fixing to play a
professional sports team, you would not

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give them your playbook before you
played them.

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» Uh and we have to be very careful. We
can't even defend ourselves sometimes in

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social media when we're attacked and
we're told we're not doing this or this

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happened because we cannot give our
playbook away.

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» That's correct.
>> Uh we we need to know things that we

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know that nobody else will know except
for the people that were involved. So it

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may look like on the outside that
nobody's doing anything, but I assure

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you there's somebody talks about that
case every day.

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» Every day.
>> Appreciate that.

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Thank y'all. Thank you for your support.

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» Good morning, Mr. Chairman. We've got a
couple of proclamations to take care of

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this morning. U one of the first
proclamation is proclamation 2026-010

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and it's National Donate Life Month. And
we have Mr. Tim Powers and a whole host

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of folks from Chris Regional here. If
y'all would come up and if and I sure

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appreciate you give us a few words about
what Life Link does, how many families

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it help

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you?
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» Mr. Danny, I' I'd invite you up to the
podium, your Lifelink representative, if

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you want to talk with the commissioners
and tell us how many lives this actually

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touches, what y'all say with this. We
just appreciate the opportunity to be

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here and share some information with
everybody. And we just so proud of our

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hospital partners here at Chris Regional
here in Cordial and all the efforts they

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do. Organ donation and tissue donation
is such an important thing and it's the

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worst time in the world to talk to
families when they find themselves at

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the hospital with their loved one in the
ICU or in the emergency department. So

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the work that the hospital does and
promoting awareness where folks can take

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a moment to think about this thing and
make their decisions and then make their

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decisions known or their wishes known if
you will to their family before they end

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up in the hospital making those
decisions. And that's kind of what April

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is all about with the donate life
awareness month. Um, in the state of

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Georgia, we did a little over 440 organ
donors last year and that translated to

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over,00 organs that got transplanted.
And if you're looking at that number by

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itself, that's impressive. That sounds
like a lot. But then unfortunately at

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the first of the month, we got the
national statistics and there's over

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108,000 people on the waiting list
needing organs. So now that does not

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sound like such an impressive number. So
every opportunity is a key opportunity

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for those individuals that may be
matched up. And Paige, I'm going to turn

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it over to you and let's talk
[clears throat] about all the important

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work that you guys at Chris Regional are
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» Thank you.
>> Miss Paige,

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» um good morning. Um yes, as Danny was
talking about, we just um our organ

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donation committee is fairly new at the
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And um we just strive um all year long,
not just the month of April, but all

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year long to try and uh bring awareness
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um and to people even outside of our
community. uh make them aware of organ

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donation and how important it is, how
important it could be um to others. It's

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truly uh it is truly the ultimate gift
that one could give someone else. So

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that's what we're doing at the at the
hospital and that's what we strive to do

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all year long.
>> Thank you,

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» Mr. Chairman. With that, I'll read your
2026-010

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National Donate Life Month Proclamation.
Whereas one of the most meaningful gifts

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that a human being can bestow upon
another is the gift of life. And whereas

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more than 100,000 men, women, and
children await life-saving or

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lifeenhancing organ transplants, of
which nearly three thousand

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reside in Georgia. And whereas 49,64,
a record number of transplants occurred

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in the calendar year 2025,
thanks to the generosity of 23,789

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deceased and living donors, of which
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transplant patients and 679
deceased and living donors, also a

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record number, were from Georgia. And
whereas more than 2.5 million people

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throughout the country and in Georgia
benefit annually from tissue

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transplantations
thanks to the thousands of tissue

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donors. And whereas the need for organ,
eye, and tissue donation remains

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critical as a new patient is added to
the national waiting list for an organ

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transplant every 8 minutes. and millions
more could experience improved quality

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of life through tissue transplantation.
And whereas the critical donor shortage

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remains a public health crisis as an
average of 13 people die daily due to

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the lack of available organs. And
whereas organ, eye, and tissue donation

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can provide families the comfort of
knowing the gift of donated organs and

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tissue endows another person with
renewed hope for a healthy life. And

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whereas donating life through organ eye
and tissue donation is the ultimate act

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of generosity and kindness Chris County
citizens can perform. And whereas nearly

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3.8 million Georgians have already
registered their decision to give the

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gift of life at ww.donatelifejah.org

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or when getting or renewing their
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card at a driver's license office or
when getting a hunting or fishing

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license through the Department of
Natural Resources. And whereas LifeLink

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of Georgia, the nonprofit organization
dedicated to the recovery of organs and

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tissue transplantation therapy in
Georgia with a vision to maximize the

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gift of life given while giving hope to
donor families and transplant patients

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and missions to honor donors and save
lives through organ and tissue donation.

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And whereas Chris County supports the
life-saving mission of LifeLink of

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Georgia. And now therefore, be it known,
Chris County Board of Commissioners, in

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recognition of this event, do hereby
proclaim the month of April 2026 as

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Donate Life Month in Crisp County to
honor all those who made the decision to

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give the gift of life, to focus
attention on the extreme need for organ,

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eye, and tissue donation, to encourage
all residents to take action and sign up

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on Georgia's donor registry at
ww.donate. donatelifejah.org

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to discuss the miracle of
transplantation as a family and to make

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a family commitment to organ, eye, and
tissue donation on this 14th day of

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April, 2026.

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[clears throat]
>> Board, you've heard this reading of uh

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this proclamation 2026-010.

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Uh I would ask uh for a motion to adopt
>> motion. Mr. Chairman, I second that

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motion and I have some comments.
>> Okay.

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» Go ahead. [clears throat]
>> You said something. Every opportunity is

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a key opportunity to get a match up. Now
I had mixed feelings about Lightling um

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as a funeral director for 28 years now.
We serve over about three do about 300

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calls a year and u
it's it's a lot of hard work in the

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inbombing room. Um but I really
appreciate um the work that LifeLink

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does in that preparation and and and
thinking about the people who going to

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have to come behind them and do the
work. And in fact, I was working till

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about 11 o'clock last night dealing with
the life le patient and um the

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preparation and the work that they done
was superb. And so I want to say that

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you know these numbers are astounding.
We appreciate talking about 23,789

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1672 transplant. You know that's that's
these these things that you're doing

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help save people lives. And um so I just
want to just personally have an

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opportunity to kind of work with not
life link and deal with these type

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situations. I just want to applaud you
know you all for the work you do and um

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making sure that everything is
professionally done and when we come

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behind you makes our job really much
easier. So I I appreciate what you do.

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» Thank you. Thank you Jane. We have a
motion and a second. Uh any further

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discussion?
>> We'll call for the question. All in

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favor say I. I.
>> All opposed. Motion carried. Thank you

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for the work you do.
>> I sure appreciate it.

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» They need a picture. Do they want to get
>> a picture?

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Get a picture. Y'all y'all save life.
Come on.

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Y'all certainly need to make a picture.
>> They need to make the front page.

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» Yeah.

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» So, if I need a kidney, how long I wait?
I want to help you. I don't know why I

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take the picture.
>> Got to do it very very quick.

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» Yes, ma'am. Come on.

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We don't seem like we together. Hold a
minute.

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[laughter]
This side turn.

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[laughter]
Come get in. We look. Yeah. Let's look

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together here.

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» That better 10.
>> Yes.

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» Countdown or nothing. [laughter]

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stepping down.
>> I didn't hear nobody say good Mr.

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Chairman Page Paige is too humble to
tell you this, but her committee was

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recognized by the Georgia Hospital
Association as the most outstanding

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committee in the state of Georgia last
year. So they exceeded Emery,

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St. Mary's out of Athens, all of these
huge hospitals in the in the state, we

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were recognized. Chris Region was
recognized

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» first and foremost for their work.
[applause]

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» Thank you for

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Okay,
>> got another proclamation.

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» We sure do. And these ladies are near
and dear to my heart. Probably the last

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thing they've two of them ever told me
when I try to help in the radio room is

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don't touch nothing, just answer the
phone. That's I know what up to you is.

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[laughter]

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» Sheriff Hancock is here with him. We've
got 911 director, Miss Linda Herman.

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Probably the longest serving 911
dispatcher we have, Miss Kim Shirley.

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And a brand new young lady who has
stepped into it, Miss Pamorum.

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» Takora.
>> Takora.

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» Takar Tora.
>> Takara.

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We absolutely appreciate them. Miss
Linda, if you y'all want to come up. We

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do have a resolution this whole week is
to recognize our communication officers

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throughout the state of Georgia. They
they absolutely do a thankless job. I

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don't think they get enough recognition,
but but this proclamation is for them.

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Every year we do recognize these young
ladies.

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Gentlemen, Proclamation 2026-011,

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National Public Safety Telecommunicators
Week, April 12th through the 18th.

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Whereas emergencies that require law
enforcement, fire or emergency medical

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services can occur at any time. And
whereas when an emergency occurs, the

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prompt response of law enforcement
officers, firefighters, and paramedics

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is critical to the protection of life
and preservation of property. And

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whereas the safety of our law
enforcement officers, firefighters, and

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paramedics is dependent upon the quality
and accuracy of information obtained

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from citizens who contact the Crisp
County E911 Emergency Communication

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Center. And whereas public safety
telecommunicators are the first and most

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critical contact our citizens have with
emergency services. And whereas public

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safety telecommunicators are the single
vital link for our law enforcement

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officers, firefighters, and paramedics
by monitoring their activities by radio,

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providing them information and ensuring
their safety. And whereas public safety

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telecommunicators of the Chris County
E911

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have contributed substantially to the
apprehension of criminals, suppression

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of fires, and treatment of patients.
And whereas each communication officer

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has exhibited compassion, understanding,
and professionalism during the

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performance of their job in the past
year. Now therefore, let it be

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proclaimed that the Chris County Board
of Commissioners declares the week of

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April 12th through 18th, 2026 to be
National Public Safety Telecommunicators

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Week in Chris County in honor of the men
and women whose diligence and

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professionalism keep our community and
citizens safe. and witness thereof,

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Board of Commissioners, Chris County,
here unto set our hands and cause the

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seal of Chris County to be affixed this
14th day of April, 2026.

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» Board, you've heard the reading of
Proclamation 2026-011.

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Uh, what's the pleasure,
>> Mr. Chairman? I have a motion that we

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adopt Proclamation 2026-00001.

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» Second.
>> Got a motion. Uh second, any discussion?

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» Yes, sir. I I just want to say uh I I
consider you people a frontline people.

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Uh you're not the only out there
carrying a gun and dealing with, you

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know, a lot of situations that's
lifethreatening, but you play a very

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vital role in making sure um the right
people get to the right place at the

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right time. Um I experienced that when I
lost my mother. Um, I was in one of

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Robbins, but I got the call and uh you
all took the call and make sure that the

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the emergency personnel got there and
and and care for her. And I appreciate

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the hard work that you do because you
never know what kind of call you're

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going to get. You never when you come to
work at every morning, you never know

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what situation you have to deal with,
whether you have to talk somebody down

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or or what type of emergency that you
may face. But when we call 911, we have

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an emergency. And so it's a very serious
um situation. You got to be pay

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attention to what your people are
saying. Um you got to send people the

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right place cuz that can make them be
very critical in um saving someone's

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life. So I do want you to know that I
appreciate, you know, everything that

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you do and we we we acknowledge you.
>> Thank you. Thank you.

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» Thank you.
>> Well, I just want you to know I've been

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down there seeing y'all operate.
I couldn't do it, but I sat back and I

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watched. I mean, I think we got the best
911 in the state of Georgia. Y'all are

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great. Great.
>> Thank you.

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» Appreciate everything you do.
>> And we appreciate making that easier to

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do.
>> We want to support you.

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» So, we doing this proclamation. I've got
a motion in the second. All in favor say

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I.
>> All opposed.

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» Motion carried and adopted that
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Y'all come away. We going to certainly
get

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» Oh, we going to roll him over with these
pictures.

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» Let you get away.
>> I call 911. Don't y'all be on top of me.

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[laughter]
>> I want you to come down there so I can

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do it.
>> I know you can do it.

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Thank you. Thank you so much.
in anybody's room.

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» No,
we're sliding down.

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» All right, one more.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you,
>> Mr. Chairman. while they're while

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they're coming down. I might and
traveling across the country and

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speaking and talking about 911 and what
to do. I tell people a lot of times that

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you never know, you can be sitting on
Sunday afternoon or Saturday afternoon,

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you might get a call that an airplane
has crashed into Wait a minute. That's

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happened in Chris County. Uh well, maybe
maybe you're you're thinking about a a

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family going up underneath of a propane
truck. Well, wait a minute. that's

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happened in Chris County. Uh I know a
plane misses the airport that gosh

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that's happened here too. There is
nothing that you can think of that

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hadn't happened and these ladies haven't
addressed. And 911 has carried so much

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further now with the passage of the new
House bill where in the fall we're going

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to vote on nextg 911 and the things that
it can do and automatically map and put

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a picture of the home and those type
things for you. uh to the point now

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we've got to map where all the AEDs are
in public locations and these ladies are

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going to have to know where that's at so
that if somebody calls in uh with a

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cardiac emergency date to say there's an
AED located in X spot of the building

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that you're in or in the recreation
department or in the hospital that law

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is is coming to is going to happen when
the governor signs it. And then now

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they're required to do CPR over the
phone with you. If your family has a

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cardiac arrest emergency, they go step
by step to give you CPR.

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And what a lot of us forget
is there's still a traffic stop going

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on. There's still somebody calling a
theft. There's still somebody calling in

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an assault. And all that still has to be
done at the same time that those things

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are taken on. So when you talk about
stress levels,

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that's the that we need to be proud of
and think about each and every day those

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those me that answer that radio. You saw
what we talked about earlier how many

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calls like just in a month that ran out.
We're very proud of very proud of y'all

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for building the facility they're in
that you you saw that years ago

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participating to change that. Thank you.
>> Let's give them a hand also.

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[applause]

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So, they are the the definition of grace
under pressure. And I promise you, if

412
00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:26,720
you were to go out there and watch how
that building functions, it's it's

413
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:30,880
mindblowing. Um, I had the opportunity,
was it two weeks ago, Sheriff, we took

414
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:35,840
Commissioner Wright and Commissioner
Singleary out there, and until you've

415
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:40,559
seen how that place works, you you can't
describe it. Um, and they are they are

416
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:45,279
professional multitaskers. How how they
do it, they do, I don't know. I couldn't

417
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:49,519
do it. And I just told y'all what they
would tell me. Just answer the phone.

418
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:54,799
Don't touch nothing else. We're good to
go. But we do appreciate them. We do. We

419
00:33:52,640 --> 00:34:00,159
have the best in the country sitting
right here in Chris County.

420
00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:08,760
With that, Mr. Chairman, I'd uh we have
a public request. Our DA is here to

421
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:08,760
handle a proclamation itself. Mr. Brown.

422
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,320
Good morning.
>> Good morning.

423
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:21,440
» Thank you'all for letting me be here
today. Um it is um National Crime

424
00:34:19,359 --> 00:34:25,599
Victim's Rights Week is April the 19th
through the 25th of this year. We have

425
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:28,879
our [clears throat] V victim's
candlelight uh victim's rights

426
00:34:27,119 --> 00:34:33,359
candlelight vigil scheduled for
Thursday, April the 23rd. uh here at the

427
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:38,560
community clubhouse in Cordial begins at
uh 6 pm where we honor uh the rights of

428
00:34:36,399 --> 00:34:42,720
victims as well as victims who have uh
been uh have crimes committed against

429
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:46,320
them, their families, and their family
members. And that will be done um at the

430
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:50,480
community clubhouse here at 6:00 on
Thursday, April the 23rd. Uh what I have

431
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:55,119
for the commissioners this morning is
the uh proclamation for National Crime

432
00:34:52,560 --> 00:35:00,960
Victim's Rights Week, which uh is April
19th uh through 25th at 2026. And if if

433
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:05,920
um y'all would be so gracious, I would
read that proclamation to you.

434
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:09,440
» It says, "Whereas in 1982, the
President's Task Force on Victims of

435
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:12,960
Crime envisioned a national commitment
to a more equitable and supportive

436
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:15,839
response to victims. Whereas the
commemorative week celebrates the

437
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:18,880
energy, perseverance, and commitment
that launched the victim's rights

438
00:35:17,119 --> 00:35:22,240
movement, inspired its progress, and
continues to advance the cause of

439
00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:26,079
justice for the victims of crime.
Whereas crime can leave a lasting impact

440
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:29,920
on any person regardless of age,
national origin, race, creed, religion,

441
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:33,839
gender, sexual orientation, immigration,
or economic status. Whereas

442
00:35:32,079 --> 00:35:37,680
incorporating communities, existing
experts, and trusted sources of support

443
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:41,359
into efforts to fully serve survivors
will develop a criminal justice system

444
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:45,280
response that is truly accessible and
appropriate for all victims of crime.

445
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:48,560
Whereas with unwavering support of their
communities and victim service providers

446
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:52,800
behind them, survivors will be empowered
to face their grief, loss, fear, anger,

447
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:56,800
and hope without fear of judgment and
will feel understood, heard, and

448
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:59,839
respected. Whereas serving victims and
rebuilding their trust restores hope to

449
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:03,920
victims and survivors as well as
supports thriving communities. Whereas

450
00:36:02,079 --> 00:36:07,440
engaging a broader array of health care
providers, community leaders, faith

451
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:11,200
organizations, educators, and businesses
can provide new links between victims

452
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:14,720
and services that improve their safety,
healing, and access to justice. Whereas,

453
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:17,920
honoring the rights of victims,
including the rights to be heard, and to

454
00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:21,440
be treated with fairness, dignity, and
respect, and working to meet their needs

455
00:36:19,599 --> 00:36:24,880
rebuilds their trust in the criminal
justice system and social service

456
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:27,760
systems. Whereas National Crime and
Victim's Rights Week provides an

457
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:30,960
opportunity to recommmit to ensuring
that all victims of crime, especially

458
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:34,079
those who are challenging to reach or
serve, are afforded culturally and

459
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:37,920
linguistically accessible and
appropriate services in the aftermath of

460
00:36:35,839 --> 00:36:40,960
crime. And whereas the Cordial Judicial
Circuit District Attorney's Office is

461
00:36:39,359 --> 00:36:44,640
dedicated to strengthening victims and
survivors in the aftermath of crime,

462
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:48,320
building resilience in our communities
and our victim responders, and working

463
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:51,920
for a better future for all victims and
survivors of crime. Now therefore, be it

464
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:56,640
proclaimed by the board of commissioners
of Cris County that the week of April

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00:36:54,079 --> 00:37:00,320
19th through 25th, 2026 is crime
victim's rights week in Chris County,

466
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:03,760
Georgia. And we ask that you reaffirm
the county's commitment to creating a

467
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:07,359
victim service and criminal justice
response that assists all victims of

468
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:10,640
crime during criminal crim crime
victim's rights week and throughout the

469
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:13,839
year. and to express our sincere
gratitude and appreciation for those

470
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:16,160
community members, victim service
providers, and criminal justice

471
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:19,839
professionals who are committed to
improving our response to all victims of

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00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:23,200
crime so that they may find relevant
assistance, support, justice, and peace.

473
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:28,320
And then it has a place for your
signatures for today, the April uh the

474
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:32,560
14th day of April of 2026.
Second,

475
00:37:29,839 --> 00:37:37,119
» Mr. Chairman, we offer a motion. Um I'm
not sure the resolution memory, but we

476
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:41,119
adopt the resolution as presented by
district attorney. Got a motion. Need a

477
00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:44,000
second.
>> Second.

478
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:47,599
» Motion and a second. Any further
discussion?

479
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:51,680
All in favor say I.
>> I. All opposed.

480
00:37:49,599 --> 00:37:55,200
» We get to turn up here and get us photo
as well. [clears throat]

481
00:37:53,119 --> 00:38:00,440
» We appreciate all that you do.
>> Mr. Rickley National

482
00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,440
» families and victims.

483
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:06,680
» We need to get a copy of that resolution
for the minutes. I would have question

484
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:14,040
the middle
>> in the middle. Okay. Good.

485
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:26,560
» Thank you. Got it. Thank you. Appreciate
it. Thank you.

486
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:30,119
» I make that part of my motion. The
resolution member

487
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:40,200
Sign it.
>> This is okay. Let me sign this right.

488
00:38:41,839 --> 00:38:45,800
» Sign this right.
>> Oh, okay.

489
00:38:48,079 --> 00:38:58,160
» Um,
thank y'all girls again for coming.

490
00:38:53,200 --> 00:39:02,320
Uh while we're on the uh uh some of our
guests, I I see that Jojo, we glad to

491
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:08,880
have you, buddy.
>> Appreciate you coming. I see our uh

492
00:39:05,119 --> 00:39:11,280
Chris County Power Manager, Chris Huitt.
Chris, would you like to see anything?

493
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:14,240
Everything all right?
>> Everything's going good. Just working

494
00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:18,720
around the community. So, you'll see the
guys out and about. We're changing poles

495
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:25,839
out, just making the system more
resilient. Uh we the city uh last

496
00:39:23,119 --> 00:39:31,040
meeting I do believe approved a proposal
that power commission sent out to them

497
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:37,200
about a street light initiative uh to
light up uh more crime uh ridden areas

498
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:40,960
of the city with some lighting. So we're
doing about 100 security lights

499
00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:46,240
throughout the city. Uh so we're
currently right now waiting on uh the

500
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:50,480
chief of police to kind of identify the
certain areas that we uh uh that they

501
00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:54,800
want to light up to kind of help crime
prevention there. Uh and they're just

502
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:58,560
meeting with our engineers to see how
that's going to work out and play out.

503
00:39:56,400 --> 00:40:03,440
And hopefully that we can light the you
know light those areas up and and you

504
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:07,760
know bring some crime prevention to
those areas to help make the city a

505
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:10,640
little bit safer.
Chris,

506
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:14,720
» one of those areas I had put sent Chris
an email about is right there

507
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:18,960
» on 10th Street.
>> Um, also in right there, the Rosewood

508
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:25,040
Estate subdivision. It's really very
very dark in that area and uh just once

509
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:30,560
we line it up, we always concerned about
I tell people all the time, uh, at a

510
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:36,640
certain time we didn't have any housing
in that area. So, you know, now we got

511
00:40:33,599 --> 00:40:41,200
people who walking down 41 at night and
and very very dark. That's before we

512
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:46,800
call we put a southern picture there.
So, it's it's it's it's it's

513
00:40:43,839 --> 00:40:50,320
very unsafe people walking there in the
dark. In fact, you know, I had a cousin

514
00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:56,880
that was killed, you know, right there
on 41 um and with fatality years ago and

515
00:40:54,640 --> 00:41:03,040
then they find out who actually ran over
him. But um I sent Chris the email about

516
00:41:00,319 --> 00:41:07,200
that about that area in the new town
area 10th Street and Rosewood

517
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:11,680
subdivision. Those are we want to try to
get get enough. So I appreciate I try to

518
00:41:09,599 --> 00:41:14,480
tell people we do have like like 100
lighting project that's going on

519
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:18,640
throughout the city.
>> So um you know it's it's something that

520
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:24,400
needed for safety.
>> Yeah. Uh Chris uh over in the Woodville

521
00:41:21,599 --> 00:41:29,839
area the elder people
>> uh

522
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:33,200
have they touch base with y'all yet like
>> they didn't but we went and looked

523
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:38,000
anyway based off of our phone
conversation that you had u and so we

524
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:41,440
we're looking into doing some light for
that too.

525
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:45,599
» Yes. Yes. That'll be ready for the other
people. I mean it's it's dark there. And

526
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:50,640
uh I was talking with one of the manager
yesterday and uh they were talking about

527
00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:55,359
they they probably upgrade some of their
lights because you know the old lights

528
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:59,440
that a lot of probably have they
probably be upgraded you know so so

529
00:41:57,839 --> 00:42:02,240
she'll get in touch with y'all on that
part that

530
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:05,839
» often times a lot of times what we have
or uh when you have a development such

531
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:11,200
as that yeah you know they have
contractors come in and put lights and

532
00:42:07,839 --> 00:42:15,680
everything in and often times years go
by uh and they just run out of the

533
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:19,839
resource to be able to to manage those
lights. So often times we will will take

534
00:42:17,839 --> 00:42:23,359
over those lights for them and and put
them on a rental program. Yes.

535
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:27,599
» Just like any other rental light that we
do and often times change them out

536
00:42:25,839 --> 00:42:30,240
» and just start charging them a monthly
rate for Yes.

537
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:35,599
» for the lights and that way we maintain
them and fix them and everything else.

538
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:39,440
» Yes. Because uh I know uh the Hilltop
project that y'all up there it it lit

539
00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:43,200
up.
>> It lit up. So, you know, uh that's

540
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,079
that's what they going to need, you
know.

541
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:49,680
» That's right.
>> Yeah. Now, the other thing is I called

542
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:53,200
the other day, uh your guys, your guys
are great. We have some great weapons.

543
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:57,119
» Thank you.
>> I saw him and actually, you know, there

544
00:42:55,119 --> 00:43:00,640
some great weapons. So, you know, I
thank you for a lot of young guys. You

545
00:42:59,359 --> 00:43:03,599
know what I'm saying? Young one guy from
high school I remember. Yes, sir.

546
00:43:02,079 --> 00:43:07,040
» Two or three years ago. Yes, sir.
>> I saw him going up in that bucket the

547
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:10,240
other day. I said, "Look at him." Yes,
sir.

548
00:43:07,839 --> 00:43:16,240
» That's good. I appreciate that.
And it's tough. I'm telling you, it's

549
00:43:11,839 --> 00:43:20,720
tough to find young guys that want to uh
stay in court and work and do that line

550
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:24,240
of work. Let's put it that way. I mean,
it's not a very

551
00:43:22,319 --> 00:43:27,440
» easy job. It's very demanding and it's
very stressful and it's and it's highly

552
00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:32,000
dangerous.
>> Um to find those type of kids that are

553
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:38,240
willing to do that, it's it's tough. But
we do have a young workforce and u the

554
00:43:36,319 --> 00:43:42,880
pros to that are you have a you know the
longevity of of the workforce the the

555
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:46,560
cons to that are sometimes it takes a
little bit longer to do the work

556
00:43:44,319 --> 00:43:49,920
although that's that's fine in my book
because I really knew it's safe to go

557
00:43:48,079 --> 00:43:53,119
home and it [clears throat] does you
know it was a balance there that we had

558
00:43:51,359 --> 00:43:55,440
to work out but it's a great group of
guys

559
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,040
» but that's good because he was straight
out of high school.

560
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,839
» That's right
>> in high school. That's good. That's

561
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:04,400
right.
One other quick thing just quickly. U

562
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:09,505
and I know this a headache. This is a
headache. um Booker Park,

563
00:44:08,319 --> 00:44:13,520
you know, the lights are out
[clears throat] at night and um I know

564
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:17,520
somebody probably shot the lights out in
there and um but I was, you know, by

565
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:21,520
there and I was talking to some of the
kids and they were like, you know, we

566
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:24,640
need some lights, you know, and you
know, I know they're supposed to be out

567
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:28,400
of there playing a certain time, but
these kids are trying to stay off the

568
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:32,079
street and they out there playing
basketball. I grew up playing basketball

569
00:44:30,079 --> 00:44:36,400
down there in the middle middle of all
over town. So, I appreciate that them

570
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:41,040
them trying to stay out of trouble
trying to play basketball. Now, we may

571
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:44,000
put some lights in there and some
knucklehead may come out and do it

572
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:47,599
again. I I don't know. We can I don't
know how to resolve that issue. But

573
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:50,720
still, we hate to penalize, you know,
the kids for not having that. That's

574
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:54,560
just something we need to look at. I
don't know if can we put some type of

575
00:44:52,319 --> 00:44:58,480
prote
issue at at some of our parks sometime

576
00:44:57,119 --> 00:45:03,040
people doing that shooting lights
>> a lot of times. U

577
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:08,000
some of the newer LEDs are a little bit
more difficult to shoot out. Um not

578
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:11,520
saying they cannot be shot.
>> Um but some of the older lights, you

579
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:15,920
know, it didn't take much to shoot the
light, the bulb or whatever it may be uh

580
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:20,160
to knock the picture out, but we can
definitely look into that. And it's it's

581
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:23,200
possible that we can look at doing uh
you know, the county has put a timer on

582
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:27,760
like Turner Park, right?
>> Um those lights come on at a certain

583
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:29,680
time and they go off at 10, I do
believe. I'm not quite sure,

584
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:33,200
» right?
>> But there's, you know, that stays on and

585
00:45:31,359 --> 00:45:35,520
that's time for them to go home. You
know what I'm saying? So,

586
00:45:34,319 --> 00:45:37,440
» I'm pretty sure I know what other reason
why they shooting the lights out.

587
00:45:36,621 --> 00:45:40,079
[clears throat]
But,

588
00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:42,000
» right, but yes, we can, we can
definitely look at some solutions for

589
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:47,040
that.
>> Well, I know uh a lot of the parks uh I

590
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:51,280
got a friend of mine up in Bville
Commissioner when I went to visit him. A

591
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:57,440
lot of that part they have cameras
around that park and so whatever go on

592
00:45:54,480 --> 00:46:01,599
sh they able to see whatever go. So
maybe we can think about put some

593
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:06,720
cameras over the park and maybe that'll
help.

594
00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:08,560
» Uh, you know, I don't know. I don't know
who the county has.

595
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:10,319
» Not y'all. What I'm saying, but I'm
talking about us,

596
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:13,920
» right? No, I mean I don't know who the
county has as a provider, but I mean

597
00:46:12,079 --> 00:46:17,280
there's fiber optic throughout the, you
know, throughout everywhere. So I

598
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:20,560
wouldn't be anything for the power
commissioner runs the fiber optic for

599
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,599
the county to put their security
cameras.

600
00:46:21,119 --> 00:46:23,440
» Yeah.
>> All right. Appreciate you, Chris.

601
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:26,400
» Thank you.
>> Thank you, Chris.

602
00:46:24,437 --> 00:46:31,040
[clears throat and cough]
All right.

603
00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:35,280
» And and I do do want to mention
Commission Commissioner Nance, some of

604
00:46:33,359 --> 00:46:39,760
the areas you asked us to look at last
year with the lighting.

605
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:44,480
Carl did get some of those lights
placed, but what I've what I've been

606
00:46:43,119 --> 00:46:49,760
told, and I don't know if this is a
right or if this is just courtesy, Carl

607
00:46:47,119 --> 00:46:53,839
goes to the residents before we look at
placing a security light there on the

608
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:56,960
corner and basically ask them, "Do you
want this light?"

609
00:46:55,040 --> 00:47:00,800
» Some folks, you know, I don't have any
at my home because they it's just like

610
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:06,160
daylight outside as bright as they can
be. And he does have folks that tell him

611
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:09,920
that they they'd rather not. Um, but he
did get those areas taken care of last

612
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:14,319
year. That [snorts] that was of concern
to you.

613
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:18,240
» Uh, I'll get with Carl and get with Mr.
Chris. Definitely we'll we'll look at

614
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:25,240
Booker Park. I think there is a curfew
there, but but like I said, it there is

615
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:25,240
there is a need for light in there. So,

616
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:35,119
gentlemen, we've got um a few orders of
new business. I I do have on your agenda

617
00:47:31,599 --> 00:47:41,040
where we are ratifying the revised USDA
FSA lease agreement and what we're

618
00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:45,440
having to revise in that is the cost for
construction. We had agreed um to do a

619
00:47:44,079 --> 00:47:49,760
little construction over there in the
building to bring it more up to date.

620
00:47:47,599 --> 00:47:55,760
The first price that we had was a little
over 22,000 and with the economy and

621
00:47:53,200 --> 00:48:02,359
with the cost of materials, we've we've
had a slight increase on that. So that's

622
00:47:58,319 --> 00:48:02,359
that's going to $34,825.

623
00:48:03,119 --> 00:48:06,800
Um Toby,
>> both of them.

624
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:11,760
» Both of them.
>> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. And that's uh it's

625
00:48:09,359 --> 00:48:17,280
basically flooring, putting new flooring
throughout because it's got um 15y old

626
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:22,720
carpet over there and painting the walls
and then closing an office up. Miss

627
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:27,440
Becky is in her side. It it'll pretty
much mirror what you saw in the the new

628
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:31,920
elections office over there in FSA
building, but there was an increase in

629
00:48:29,599 --> 00:48:37,200
material and we wanted to reach out and
see if we could get that covered and and

630
00:48:34,319 --> 00:48:42,640
the feds agreed to it. So, and that
contract's in effect now. Uh Toby will

631
00:48:40,319 --> 00:48:47,960
get that put out for bid to get that
work done and and get moving from there.

632
00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:55,119
And I I just guess what I need on that
is for y'all to ratify that revision.

633
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:56,800
» Ratify the revision.
>> Yes, sir.

634
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:59,440
» So move, Mr. Chairman.
>> Second.

635
00:48:57,440 --> 00:49:04,839
» Motion and second. All in favor say I.
>> I. Opposed. Motion [clears throat] car.

636
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:18,480
Your second order of new business, Mr.
Chairman, is the uh service delivery

637
00:49:14,559 --> 00:49:25,760
contract. Well, SDR contract and what
this is is an extension agreement. U

638
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:30,480
FEMA requires counties to have debris
monitors and debris contractors. So,

639
00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:34,480
whenever you have a storm, you've got
one entity that is looking at what the

640
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:38,960
contractor is bringing in to make sure
it's legal stuff, somebody's not trying

641
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:44,000
to clean out their house. We have to
have both in place to be able to get

642
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:49,599
» reimbursement. Reimbursement.
Sheriff Hancock and has uh sent this to

643
00:49:47,599 --> 00:49:54,319
us. This is only extending this for one
more year,

644
00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:59,599
» and we would need a a vote and ratify
that to extend this contract.

645
00:49:57,839 --> 00:50:02,319
» And this is a contract that's been in
place, but we just need to extend it for

646
00:50:01,599 --> 00:50:05,520
» Yes, sir.
>> Yeah. If you don't if you don't have

647
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:08,160
that contract in place, storm comes, you
can't even get any type of federal

648
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:12,880
assistance. That's exactly right.
>> You forget FEMA.

649
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:16,960
» That's right. So I need a motion. I
offer motion that we u ratify the

650
00:50:15,359 --> 00:50:20,000
contract SDR contract.
>> Okay. Need a Okay. Motion in a second.

651
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:25,880
All in favor say I.
>> I.

652
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:25,880
» All opposed. Motion carried.

653
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:35,119
» Next order of business. Mr. Chairman, I
would uh I would like to invite Mr. Nick

654
00:50:31,119 --> 00:50:39,520
Edwards up to the podium. Mr. Edwards is
representing a group of folks. They're

655
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:45,440
off of Highway 90 on Lake View.
>> Yes. that that have requested be

656
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:52,000
deanexed from the city and to come back
into the fold at the county. And I'll

657
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:54,720
let Mr. Nick talk to you'all about that.
>> Good morning.

658
00:50:52,720 --> 00:50:58,559
» Good morning. Good morning, council.
>> Like Mr. Mickey told you, I I rep I'm an

659
00:50:57,119 --> 00:51:04,960
attorney. I'm also a resident Chris
County. I actually live on this street.

660
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:10,960
Um the from my house back to 90 um I'm
representing myself, Jack and Geraldine

661
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:18,240
Chromemer, um Tina Welchel, Wendell and
Patricia Story and Jeremy and Jeannie

662
00:51:13,839 --> 00:51:23,520
Hamilton. Um Lake View Drive is off of
90 and the the first five houses on the

663
00:51:21,839 --> 00:51:29,680
north side of the road are part of the
city for whatever reason. Every other

664
00:51:26,240 --> 00:51:36,000
house on the south side and on the north
side past my house is in the county. Um

665
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:41,520
we're exploring trying to get deanex
from the city of Cordial so that we're

666
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:47,599
not paying city cordial property taxes
anymore. Um

667
00:51:45,119 --> 00:51:52,480
the first step of this process is we
have to have the permission from the or

668
00:51:50,720 --> 00:51:57,760
consent from the county commission
saying that they are allowing this

669
00:51:55,280 --> 00:52:03,040
proceed mostly because y'all would be
responsible for providing services to us

670
00:51:59,839 --> 00:52:07,440
if the city isn't. Um at this time the
city doesn't provide any services to us.

671
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:14,640
Um when we've called 911 in the past,
the sheriff comes out, the sheriff

672
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:18,960
patrols that road. Um the
the

673
00:52:16,720 --> 00:52:23,839
all the of course trash pickup's all the
same for everybody anyway. Um county

674
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:28,400
maintains that road. So so there
wouldn't be any additional expense to

675
00:52:25,599 --> 00:52:32,240
the county if we were not part of the
city.

676
00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:36,319
Um
so

677
00:52:34,559 --> 00:52:41,119
we also don't have street lights or
anything from the city out there. The

678
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:44,800
only thing that the city does provide is
there are water services off of 90, but

679
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:48,480
if you you have to pay for the
infrastructure yourself to get it to

680
00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:53,599
your house, but they'll also run it to
nine city members out there as well. Um,

681
00:52:51,839 --> 00:53:01,680
so I think I think total, you know,
we're paying about $7,000 in city taxes

682
00:52:57,920 --> 00:53:06,800
per year between the five houses. Um,
and basically not receiving anything

683
00:53:04,319 --> 00:53:11,119
from it.
But what we need from you is just the

684
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:14,319
consent. Like I said, we it won't cost
the county anything additional to

685
00:53:13,359 --> 00:53:17,839
provide that.
>> Are y'all set the tanks?

686
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:20,240
» Yes, sir.
>> All of them.

687
00:53:18,559 --> 00:53:22,800
» Yes, sir.
>> So, you don't have no service from the

688
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:26,640
city?
>> No, sir. Not not to my knowledge.

689
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:28,960
» Yeah. You're way over.
>> Yes, sir.

690
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:32,720
» Yeah.
>> Well, I don't see no problem call me up.

691
00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:35,119
If there ain't no service, me myself
personally, I won't pay no tax. We get

692
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:38,559
no service.
>> Yes, sir. And and this is, you know,

693
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:42,880
like I said, this is just the first step
of this. We have to get your consent,

694
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:46,880
then we can go to the city and and apply
for the dean annexation,

695
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:52,400
» which I'm I'm sure Mr. Wright will be
hearing from us after this.

696
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:56,480
» Water is available out there, Mr.
Chairman. Um, but it like Mr. Nick said,

697
00:53:55,359 --> 00:54:01,200
you do have to pay for that
infrastructure to be run to your

698
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:05,599
property. Um,
and coming back into the county, I think

699
00:54:03,920 --> 00:54:09,200
there's two properties that that are
getting city water now.

700
00:54:07,599 --> 00:54:15,119
» Yes, there's one in the county that's
getting city water and one in the city.

701
00:54:11,839 --> 00:54:18,960
» So, the the city has a rate specifically
for folks that that live in

702
00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:24,960
unincorporated. So, that they would have
a rate change with their

703
00:54:22,559 --> 00:54:28,800
» I don't see a problem with it. I don't
have a problem with Mr.

704
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:32,720
I off the motion that we adopt
resolution 2026 012.

705
00:54:31,440 --> 00:54:40,880
» Second.
>> Got a motion in a second for the DNX

706
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:45,599
name resolution. All in favor say I. I.
>> All oppose.

707
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:46,960
Hearing none. Motion carried. Thank you
for coming.

708
00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:51,280
» Thank you.
>> This is the beginning of your process.

709
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:54,920
» Yes, sir. That's correct. Thank you.
>> Thank you'all very much.

710
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:08,800
Thank you,
>> Wendle.

711
00:55:07,133 --> 00:55:15,440
[laughter]
When they gone a window out of here,

712
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:19,440
» sunshine.
>> The last order of new business that we

713
00:55:17,119 --> 00:55:24,960
have, Mr. Chairman, is to approve a new
beer and wine license for Super

714
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:29,920
Petroleum 20, Inc. That's the uh new
truck stop that's building out at the

715
00:55:27,119 --> 00:55:34,880
old Burles truck stop. They're pretty
close to uh to finishing that. I was

716
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:40,240
speaking with our building inspector and
codes enforcement Jimmy Munford

717
00:55:36,559 --> 00:55:42,000
yesterday. Um currently they're putting
a Starbucks in there.

718
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:46,000
» Yes,
>> they're putting a Sabaros in there. And

719
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:52,480
I I think everybody remembers Sabaros
from Albany Mall. The calazones and the

720
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:57,599
pepperoni pizzas. And there is a KFC
that is going in there. So, u we'll have

721
00:55:55,440 --> 00:56:00,799
two locations for those. There's a
fourth small restaurant going in there,

722
00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:05,359
but I think Jimmy said that they're
still ironing out the contracts for

723
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:11,200
that. But they are to the point to where
they're wanting to apply for their their

724
00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:14,559
beer and wine license here. Um it's just
a new location and it's something that

725
00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:19,599
y'all would have to approve for them to
be able to do these sales.

726
00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:24,640
» Would that cover everybody?
They cover all of them.

727
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:27,280
» Like the other restaurants and stuff,
they

728
00:56:25,359 --> 00:56:29,839
» Oh, no. Two fried chicken. No bill.
>> Yeah.

729
00:56:28,880 --> 00:56:34,000
Won't be set enough.
>> Yeah. Those they don't sell

730
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:38,079
» alcohol, but but it would just strictly
be for the super patrolling. Those

731
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:41,359
entities would have to come in and apply
for their own license.

732
00:56:39,359 --> 00:56:44,400
» I was out there yesterday and I visit
you around looking. But it's nice. Very

733
00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:46,000
nice.
>> That's a lot.

734
00:56:45,119 --> 00:56:49,839
» Nice building.
>> There going to be a lot of jobs that

735
00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:54,880
come here, but That's a nice place. That
Starbucks real nice. Yes, sir.

736
00:56:52,559 --> 00:56:59,440
» I was out there Sunday. Look at looking
really really

737
00:56:57,839 --> 00:57:04,079
my daughter, she the manager of
Starbucks here in T.

738
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:11,119
» So I knew about that coming.
>> So what we need is a motion to allow for

739
00:57:08,079 --> 00:57:13,359
uh Super Petroleum uh grant them a
license to sell here and wine. Is that

740
00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:17,119
correct?
>> That's correct.

741
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:20,480
» Mo could I get a motion,
>> Mr. Chairman? Second. Motion a second.

742
00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:26,599
All in favor say I.
>> I.

743
00:57:21,280 --> 00:57:26,599
» All opposed. Motion carried. Motion.

744
00:57:28,799 --> 00:57:36,400
Remind you some of those old Curtis
truck stop days back

745
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:38,880
college high school and stuff like that
for the summer.

746
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:42,640
» That's going to be good for our
community.

747
00:57:39,599 --> 00:57:47,359
» That's going to be a one onetop shop. I
mean that really that's

748
00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:51,599
» generators.
Good.

749
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:56,960
» Very nice. Um, Mr. Chairman, I would ask
this morning um if if we could forego

750
00:57:54,319 --> 00:58:01,359
the finance department report. Uh, Miss
Sherry had some appointments and is

751
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:05,359
unable to to attend with us today. So, I
would ask if we could forego that and

752
00:58:03,599 --> 00:58:10,480
let's move into my report.
>> Okay, sir. Go ahead.

753
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:14,799
» We had a busy month last month. I've
I've told y'all that the construction is

754
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:19,359
complete at the new elections office.
Miss Becky is over there and she's she's

755
00:58:17,359 --> 00:58:24,960
really excited about what y'all've done
for her and the uh the area that she

756
00:58:21,599 --> 00:58:29,680
has. Now, the next stage of this is we
will start getting the old elections

757
00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:34,559
office in order, getting it cleaned up,
um getting it to come in and see what we

758
00:58:32,319 --> 00:58:39,839
need to where we can move family
connections from the Dowy Center down

759
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:44,640
here to us. That's going to put Miss
Monica a lot closer to the folks that

760
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:50,240
she serves. And I I think she she'll see
a lot more foot traffic being closer

761
00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:56,000
into town. And after that, then we'll
we'll go into the center and get it

762
00:58:52,720 --> 00:58:58,880
brought back up and get 4 moved out to
the Dowy Center.

763
00:58:57,040 --> 00:59:02,720
» I think that's a good move for the 4
kids. They'll be right there at the

764
00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:04,799
ready department with all the kids, you
know.

765
00:59:03,359 --> 00:59:09,040
» So, I think that's a good move.
>> Yes, sir. You're right. Um Mr. Ry's got

766
00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:12,880
a little over 200 kids that participate
in 4 and uh

767
00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:18,319
» Eric uh the recreation department
director he is already trying to plan a

768
00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:21,920
day of pool for the 4 kids. So one day
out of the week it'll be just strictly 4

769
00:59:20,799 --> 00:59:26,079
there. So
>> he's excited about having that many kids

770
00:59:24,160 --> 00:59:30,319
up there in that area now.
>> So I see it been being beneficial

771
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:40,040
everywhere.
We did get the um new LRA money

772
00:59:35,040 --> 00:59:40,040
uh figure this past week is 823,36981.

773
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:49,760
This additional LRA money does not
require a match. So, we're going to be

774
00:59:47,119 --> 00:59:55,760
uh well ahead on that. Now, I've spoke
with Carl about this, and Carl would

775
00:59:52,880 --> 01:00:01,200
would like to use this money to finish
the phase two there on Finn Road, and

776
00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:07,119
that's that's coming from the railroad
track going east back to Highway 41. And

777
01:00:04,559 --> 01:00:15,119
that that'll complete that whole strip
as to being a brand new road. We do have

778
01:00:10,799 --> 01:00:20,000
roughly 500,000 in LRA funds that we do
have to use. we have to try and start

779
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:24,319
using it this year because it's starting
to meet that that time limit. We got

780
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:30,880
three years to get it used and this
500,000 was already earmarked for that

781
01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:35,760
phase out of Finn Road. So that that's
the request that Carl is putting in

782
01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:40,880
» and that's that recovery money we got.
>> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. It sure is. Um

783
01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:44,240
» where Finn Road
>> Helena Chemical Helena

784
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:47,839
» Chemical Somebody asked me are we gonna
finish all the way to Colon?

785
01:00:46,480 --> 01:00:52,400
» Yes sir.
>> That's the plans. And matter of fact,

786
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:59,280
the state uh sent letters two months ago
where they are starting to do their work

787
01:00:55,119 --> 01:01:05,119
coming down county because do project.
>> Yeah. Uh Finn Road, you don't realize

788
01:01:02,480 --> 01:01:08,000
how much that road has traveled.
>> Truck track.

789
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:12,079
» That's right. But that's your only
connection over to Coney Road through

790
01:01:10,079 --> 01:01:15,040
that side of the county.
>> So the state going to finish up Coney

791
01:01:13,839 --> 01:01:18,319
Road.
>> They're they're preparing it.

792
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:20,799
» So they're going all the way up to Duly
County

793
01:01:19,200 --> 01:01:24,000
» from Duly to Highway 300.
>> Yeah. Okay.

794
01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:27,160
» They're not doing F road. They just
>> just con.

795
01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:33,520
Yeah. Yes.
>> And we've already completed the middle

796
01:01:31,599 --> 01:01:34,400
phase of that middle section in front of
house.

797
01:01:33,839 --> 01:01:40,079
» There's three.
>> There you go. And then we're going to

798
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:44,240
bring it out to 280, excuse me, 41 and
then and use that other money to go out

799
01:01:42,480 --> 01:01:48,240
to con. And then that'll get that
that'll get that route complete. And I

800
01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:50,720
think this 800,000 this this is
additional this from the surplus.

801
01:01:50,319 --> 01:01:55,040
» That's right.
>> This is the governor surplus money that

802
01:01:52,559 --> 01:01:58,640
he let us have and no matches required.
>> That's right.

803
01:01:56,960 --> 01:02:02,240
» 82 823,000.
>> Yeah. This is money that Representative

804
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:06,319
Williams and Senator Summers
>> There you go.

805
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:09,839
» put in and got us and gas lines.
>> Yes, sir, they did. They had quite a bit

806
01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:13,839
of construction, um, rightway
construction they had to do out there

807
01:02:11,520 --> 01:02:18,079
before they could do that first section.
U power commission, they had power lines

808
01:02:16,319 --> 01:02:22,480
that they had to get moved over. You had
gas lines that had to be moved around.

809
01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:28,079
But if you have not been out there, it's
it's really a nice road. The complaint

810
01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:32,480
that that Grant and I got two weeks ago
is that now folks are starting to drag

811
01:02:29,760 --> 01:02:38,799
race out there. It's a nice flat top. So
they not that anybody would do that

812
01:02:35,359 --> 01:02:41,440
Chris County, but it it is a really nice
road.

813
01:02:40,398 --> 01:02:45,599
[laughter]
>> Well, we hope the community will get a

814
01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:49,920
chance to see this and see what um our
Senator Senator Senator Summers and

815
01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:51,680
Representative Weeden are doing for us
to help this community.

816
01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:54,880
» Yes, sir.
>> Senator Summer, he wore quite

817
01:02:52,799 --> 01:02:57,440
interesting jacket there u in the last
day of that session.

818
01:02:55,760 --> 01:03:00,799
» Yes, he did. there.
>> But uh but we appreciate the work they

819
01:02:59,359 --> 01:03:04,319
do to try to help with stuff like this.
A lot of people don't know what goes on.

820
01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:10,640
They're not, you know, aware, but we
appreciate this giving us the

821
01:03:07,040 --> 01:03:15,839
» and that completion of Coney
and Chris County. That's that T money.

822
01:03:13,359 --> 01:03:21,520
So that they they're going to do that.
And uh and I think we've already sort of

823
01:03:19,680 --> 01:03:24,799
planned on finishing Willford from
Hatley with some of our

824
01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:30,319
» That's correct.
>> Money. So we'll have our we'll have a

825
01:03:27,520 --> 01:03:35,359
good balance north and south.
>> That's correct. Carl sets these things

826
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:40,160
up to where they just it just falls in
place because you do have so many years

827
01:03:37,359 --> 01:03:44,000
that you have to to spend that and he at
times it kind of close but it gets us

828
01:03:43,119 --> 01:03:49,119
where we need to be.
>> But I think they used to classify them

829
01:03:46,240 --> 01:03:53,599
uh connecting route you that's what and
this is going to help us.

830
01:03:50,640 --> 01:03:58,000
» Yes sir. Yes sir. I think it runs uh
between 125 and 150 a mile to repave the

831
01:03:56,640 --> 01:04:01,200
road. So
>> it's fairly expensive and

832
01:03:59,760 --> 01:04:05,400
» $200,000.
>> Yeah, very expensive.

833
01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:05,400
» Yeah.

834
01:04:05,760 --> 01:04:11,599
» Carl and M have finished the inind work
there at the pickle ball courts out at

835
01:04:09,599 --> 01:04:16,960
the state park. They have turned that
area over to the contractor the state is

836
01:04:14,079 --> 01:04:21,839
using to start building those six pickle
ball courts. They did they did a real

837
01:04:20,240 --> 01:04:25,680
good job out there. It kind of got a
little more involved than what he had

838
01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:31,839
bargained for. The water table, I don't
think folks realize how close that water

839
01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:36,720
table is to the surface. Um Carl's third
scoop, they put them about four feet

840
01:04:34,160 --> 01:04:39,839
down, started filling up with water. So,
they had to go back and there's they put

841
01:04:38,400 --> 01:04:44,880
some field in there and they've got the
area stabilized. So, it it'll be a real

842
01:04:42,720 --> 01:04:47,839
good investment for the county and I
hope that it draws a lot of people out

843
01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:51,119
there.
I did tell y'all earlier that Sheriff

844
01:04:49,680 --> 01:04:55,599
Hancock and I was able to give
Commissioner Wright, Commissioner

845
01:04:52,319 --> 01:05:00,319
Singleary a tour of the E91 building and
discuss the operations there and and

846
01:04:58,079 --> 01:05:04,720
they were a little busy that day and and
if you haven't been by there, I strongly

847
01:05:02,400 --> 01:05:08,400
encourage you to go and watch them. They
have a viewing window outside of the

848
01:05:06,559 --> 01:05:13,520
room where you can stand stand there and
watch what goes on. But there it's just

849
01:05:11,440 --> 01:05:18,480
never a dull moment over there. It's
never a dull moment.

850
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:23,200
I am still working with Congressman
Scott's office. Uh, Commissioner

851
01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:28,400
Krenshaw has been after me about getting
the post office dropbox replaced. For

852
01:05:26,559 --> 01:05:33,039
whatever reason, the postmaster here
doesn't want to replace that box. There

853
01:05:30,480 --> 01:05:37,680
is a federal law that says if you if the
box is vandalized or if it's damaged in

854
01:05:35,359 --> 01:05:43,200
any way, they have the option to or to
not to replace it. Postmaster here has

855
01:05:40,559 --> 01:05:46,640
chose not to replace it. Now, we we've
got some issues with that because we

856
01:05:44,720 --> 01:05:50,880
have folks that can't get out and come
to our dropbox that's here. You've got

857
01:05:49,200 --> 01:05:55,680
one at Walmart and I think there's a
third one.

858
01:05:52,720 --> 01:05:59,520
A lot of folks use that dropbox and and
I've reached out to Congressman Scott's

859
01:05:57,520 --> 01:06:04,319
office. They are working on it. Mr.
Charles White is who we're working with

860
01:06:01,920 --> 01:06:07,680
through that. But I did I did want to
let you know that

861
01:06:05,760 --> 01:06:11,039
» that ain't on the back burner. We just
got another party that we're having to

862
01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:16,799
depend on right now to help us. Why
would the pole master have a problem

863
01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:20,880
with that? He the post master. He not
the people in the community. You have

864
01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:24,319
elderly people that can't get out the
car and they now the post office don't

865
01:06:22,960 --> 01:06:25,280
have a handicap wrapped no way up there.
Okay.

866
01:06:24,640 --> 01:06:28,319
» That's right.
>> So you ought to be glad to put that

867
01:06:26,880 --> 01:06:32,079
mailbox back.
>> Now the one the thing that they are

868
01:06:30,079 --> 01:06:36,319
doing though, commissioner, is he they
do come out and take that mail from you.

869
01:06:33,839 --> 01:06:39,440
If you pull up that box and and ring in
there, they they'll come out there and

870
01:06:37,599 --> 01:06:42,960
get it. It might not be right away. I
understand what you're saying. But

871
01:06:40,960 --> 01:06:45,599
again, they come out, get the mail, like
when you go in the post office, you got

872
01:06:43,920 --> 01:06:48,640
to wait 30 minute in line, you got to
take the 30 minute to come outside. So

873
01:06:47,440 --> 01:06:52,000
that's still one way.
>> That's right. You

874
01:06:49,520 --> 01:06:55,520
» So I don't understand why the postmaster
want somebody

875
01:06:53,920 --> 01:06:58,640
can say what they what she don't want or
he don't want. She'll be asking what the

876
01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:00,480
people want.
>> That's right.

877
01:06:59,280 --> 01:07:03,520
» What the community want. You know what I
mean? So I think we need that box

878
01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:07,520
because you got a lot of elder people
that drop their bill in the box. They

879
01:07:05,839 --> 01:07:13,119
can't go upstairs.
I agree with you 100%.

880
01:07:10,160 --> 01:07:14,880
» Can't handle call Gator.
Take care.

881
01:07:13,599 --> 01:07:18,480
» Yeah. Yeah. Call Gator.
>> I didn't think about calling Gator, but

882
01:07:16,480 --> 01:07:21,359
you're exactly [laughter] right. You
know, they wouldn't have to go out

883
01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:24,640
there, but one time collecting mail if
they need the box out there rather than

884
01:07:23,119 --> 01:07:26,400
running back and forth out there.
Somebody's ringing the bell.

885
01:07:25,839 --> 01:07:30,960
» There you go.
>> Now, does the does the postmaster is he

886
01:07:28,640 --> 01:07:34,480
the one that has the final say, or are
they going to put political pressure on

887
01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:38,160
him to get it changed? Is that
>> right now? He is the one with the final

888
01:07:36,240 --> 01:07:42,240
say. And that's why we've Commissioner
Crrenshaw suggested that I call Charles

889
01:07:40,240 --> 01:07:46,400
White with Congressman Scott's office
and we we've done that and and now

890
01:07:44,640 --> 01:07:49,599
they're
they're going to handle it on their end

891
01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:52,000
there. Okay.
>> Okay. Well, this been going on for a

892
01:07:50,960 --> 01:07:55,200
minute.
>> I talked to Charles yesterday. It ain't

893
01:07:54,720 --> 01:08:00,480
going to happen.
>> No movement.

894
01:07:58,319 --> 01:08:06,319
» I don't know. We could probably fix that
thing for 150 bucks. [snorts]

895
01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:09,599
That's federal federal stuff.
>> I understand.

896
01:08:07,680 --> 01:08:12,880
» You don't have no autonomy, no authority
to do that.

897
01:08:10,559 --> 01:08:16,560
» I think part of it is is they begin to
worry about the integrity of securing

898
01:08:14,799 --> 01:08:21,440
that mail because, you know, folks go up
there and drop off bills, all all kinds

899
01:08:19,199 --> 01:08:26,400
of stuff. And if you got somebody that's
just continuously trying to break into

900
01:08:23,600 --> 01:08:30,000
that box, then then you you do have an
issue because one day they're going to

901
01:08:28,080 --> 01:08:35,920
get in it and you're just not going to
know what they did.

902
01:08:32,239 --> 01:08:40,239
Well, that thing went both way.
I thought pretty good. You know, what it

903
01:08:37,839 --> 01:08:43,520
used to be.
>> I don't know. But it it is an

904
01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:45,839
inconvenience to senior citizens.
>> It is, you know,

905
01:08:44,560 --> 01:08:48,640
» with health issues and stuff like that.
>> I saw on the news last week where they

906
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:52,400
arrested two or three people that were
in the post office for taking mail.

907
01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:55,960
» Mhm.
>> Okay. So,

908
01:08:59,040 --> 01:09:03,359
» we need that box.
>> So, outside and inside.

909
01:09:01,839 --> 01:09:07,562
» Inside. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
>> You call that an inside job? [laughter]

910
01:09:08,560 --> 01:09:11,440
» Inside job.
>> Okay. Okay.

911
01:09:10,640 --> 01:09:18,400
» All right, sir.
>> Okay. Yes, sir. Go ahead.

912
01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:23,040
» So, fortunately, legislative session
this year is over there in Atlanta. One

913
01:09:21,279 --> 01:09:27,679
of the things that that we were watching
closely was some of the property tax

914
01:09:25,279 --> 01:09:34,000
bills that were going through uh the
main bill or the main resolution

915
01:09:31,040 --> 01:09:39,759
1116 got voted down. They did not pass
that, but they did come back and kind of

916
01:09:36,880 --> 01:09:44,719
shor up the old House Bill 581 that
offered floss for everybody.

917
01:09:43,279 --> 01:09:50,239
One of the things they took out of it
was the option to opt out, which um

918
01:09:47,839 --> 01:09:55,280
thankfully um Commissioner Wright and
Commissioner Singleary and Commissioner

919
01:09:51,920 --> 01:09:59,040
Finn, the mayor and Commissioner Shepard
uh opted into 581 in January. Is that

920
01:09:58,400 --> 01:10:03,040
right, sir?
>> First meeting. First

921
01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:06,080
» meeting. They opted in.
We haven't really been able to move on

922
01:10:04,719 --> 01:10:09,440
it because we needed to see what was
going to happen with the legislature up

923
01:10:07,440 --> 01:10:15,679
in Atlanta. Now that that is over with,
we have we have two options as to an

924
01:10:12,880 --> 01:10:23,280
additional penny for us to add. One of
the options is called a LHOST and it

925
01:10:19,440 --> 01:10:30,000
local homestead option sales tax.
The the advantage of the LHOST is that

926
01:10:27,120 --> 01:10:35,520
that collection only applies to
homesteaded properties.

927
01:10:32,880 --> 01:10:41,760
If you get your tax bill, if if we
collect enough sales tax that county

928
01:10:37,840 --> 01:10:46,719
sale um property tax zeros out, then we
can take any additional collections.

929
01:10:45,199 --> 01:10:51,760
No, I'm sorry, I'm telling you wrong.
You cannot add you can't apply that tax

930
01:10:49,199 --> 01:10:57,760
to anything but homestead. It won't
apply to commercial and it won't apply

931
01:10:53,920 --> 01:11:03,120
to industrial. With the floss tax, that
tax covers all properties. It's not

932
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:08,719
designated for homestead. It it covers
homes, commercial, and industrial.

933
01:11:05,679 --> 01:11:10,800
That's a that's a fair tax spread across
everything.

934
01:11:09,199 --> 01:11:15,199
» And it's and it goes general fund and
it's roll back.

935
01:11:12,080 --> 01:11:18,640
» It is. Both both are roll back and both
are designed to try and get your tax

936
01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:25,040
down to nothing.
>> Yeah. But it was designed for homestead

937
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:28,880
» originally. Yes, sir. originally,
but now that that tax

938
01:11:26,719 --> 01:11:33,679
» what if what if
if your collection is more than your

939
01:11:30,880 --> 01:11:37,679
homestead,
>> what do you do with the excess money?

940
01:11:36,080 --> 01:11:42,800
» My understanding is that you could use
that money once you once you get

941
01:11:39,679 --> 01:11:46,320
everything roed back to zero, but I I
would not think

942
01:11:44,880 --> 01:11:53,239
» I wouldn't think with the penny sales
tax that we would ever ever hit zero

943
01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:53,239
here in our community.

944
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:58,880
I mean, we can basically look at our
supplies and they kind of mirror that

945
01:11:57,760 --> 01:12:00,400
and pretty much kind of give you an
idea.

946
01:11:59,679 --> 01:12:05,280
» Yeah.
>> What it's going to be.

947
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:12,080
» Yeah. Um, they're both good. They're
both good pennies. They're both fair.

948
01:12:08,560 --> 01:12:16,719
Um, it just it's going to be up to the
board and to the city commissioners as

949
01:12:14,480 --> 01:12:19,920
to which tax you want to go after. if
you want to go after the LH host or if

950
01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:24,080
you want to go after the floss
>> and then you put it on the ballot

951
01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:28,640
» on the ballot and and we're kind of on
the clock with this. We have to have

952
01:12:25,920 --> 01:12:33,520
this thing advertised for 90 days. Miss
Becky has some deadlines that she has to

953
01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:39,280
meet. The first thing that we need to do
is we need to get with the city and have

954
01:12:35,760 --> 01:12:42,400
a work session um to figure out what how
we're going to split this and how we're

955
01:12:41,120 --> 01:12:48,000
going to put it on the ballot because
again um we may agree on everything but

956
01:12:45,440 --> 01:12:53,320
the people at the polls may may vote it
down. So both of them have to go on

957
01:12:50,320 --> 01:12:53,320
referendum

958
01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:05,360
and then I had u several several
meetings last month that we attended. I

959
01:13:03,520 --> 01:13:08,640
spent a lot of time with Representative
Williams and Senator Summers with some

960
01:13:07,199 --> 01:13:14,239
of the legislation that was going
through. I actually spent some time with

961
01:13:11,199 --> 01:13:19,440
Representative Blackman out of um Hston
County speaking on some of that. But I I

962
01:13:17,280 --> 01:13:23,280
I think overall we did have a good
session. There is one bill that I do

963
01:13:21,679 --> 01:13:26,400
want to make y'all aware of and I I
don't think the sheriff mentioned this

964
01:13:24,640 --> 01:13:32,080
today.
He did tell y'all that we buy contracts

965
01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:36,239
out. The state requires us to to buy a
contract. If the city of Cordel hire

966
01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:40,320
someone at the police department and
they send them to the academy and two

967
01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:44,400
months after they get out of the academy
they decide they want to come and work

968
01:13:41,679 --> 01:13:50,960
for a county then the county has to pay
that contract out. uh they're anywhere

969
01:13:47,040 --> 01:13:57,280
from 20 to $30,000 because the city will
have equipment, time, school, and have a

970
01:13:54,159 --> 01:14:02,640
big investment in employee.
The state did this um to where you had

971
01:13:59,840 --> 01:14:08,080
to do that for up to 15 months after
they graduated. They've extended that

972
01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:11,280
out now to 36 months
>> if I'm not mistaken.

973
01:14:10,320 --> 01:14:12,480
» So, three years.
>> Big difference.

974
01:14:11,760 --> 01:14:16,239
» Yeah. Three years.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Big difference. But it does

975
01:14:14,400 --> 01:14:21,760
help your community recoup money because
it it is a big investment uh to send

976
01:14:19,440 --> 01:14:26,320
send people through this this school.
>> Well, I know because we have lost some

977
01:14:23,679 --> 01:14:30,239
we have something school that we going
down the road.

978
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:35,040
» That's right.
>> That apply for firemen too.

979
01:14:33,440 --> 01:14:37,199
» No sir, I don't believe it does apply to
firemen.

980
01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:41,040
It was something that they did with
public safety because back in the day if

981
01:14:39,199 --> 01:14:44,960
you wanted to be in law enforcement and
you found a small community that was

982
01:14:43,199 --> 01:14:48,400
constantly hiring law enforcement and
they would send you to the academy and

983
01:14:46,400 --> 01:14:54,120
it's just a stepping stone. You go down
there and get your certification and

984
01:14:49,760 --> 01:14:54,120
then then move on

985
01:14:54,960 --> 01:15:03,760
» that and that is what I have for my
report Mr. Chairman. So, do you have

986
01:14:59,760 --> 01:15:08,080
anything on the uh rent department we
had talked about, Jim? We need to come

987
01:15:06,239 --> 01:15:11,840
back and revisit that later.
>> If we could we can come back and revisit

988
01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:16,000
that. Toby hasn't got back with me on
any numbers. Um he does have some

989
01:15:14,159 --> 01:15:20,159
options that he was looking at, but he
he hasn't got back with me.

990
01:15:17,600 --> 01:15:25,600
» Okay. And uh
our ball field last weekend we had oh

991
01:15:24,080 --> 01:15:28,480
man,
probably about 2,000 people. It was

992
01:15:27,760 --> 01:15:33,280
wrapped up.
>> Yeah. Wrapped up. And and and we had

993
01:15:30,640 --> 01:15:38,880
maybe little truck stop RV park were
full. Our little section over here was

994
01:15:35,679 --> 01:15:41,840
full. Maybe about 15 RVs. Then and that
was Friday night when I went through

995
01:15:39,840 --> 01:15:47,199
that. They were coming in. Then this
week coming up is going to be a big one.

996
01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:52,480
They say it going to be two days. So I'm
saying this because uh I think that we

997
01:15:49,520 --> 01:15:56,080
need to think about the live screen that
we had talked about you know for the

998
01:15:54,400 --> 01:16:00,719
parents that who can't come to the game
the grandparent stuff they can see the

999
01:15:57,920 --> 01:16:04,960
kids and uh my understand other part
have that

1000
01:16:02,480 --> 01:16:12,800
and I think it's something like $24,000
that you see probably cost but

1001
01:16:08,400 --> 01:16:14,560
the county we don't receive that money
that want to go to

1002
01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:20,320
» tourism
>> tourism

1003
01:16:16,159 --> 01:16:24,880
chamber in the city. Keep it real. So, I
don't see why

1004
01:16:22,400 --> 01:16:30,000
that chamber in the city can't come
together. Let's spend $24,000

1005
01:16:27,440 --> 01:16:34,640
and get this because it's very important
for our ball field. What I'm saying?

1006
01:16:32,560 --> 01:16:39,120
Because the county job is to keep the
ball field. We spend a lot of money. We

1007
01:16:36,480 --> 01:16:43,280
spend tons of money and our budget is
high in recreation and everything fall

1008
01:16:41,199 --> 01:16:47,600
on the county. We do everything that we
can to keep this place beautiful. You

1009
01:16:45,280 --> 01:16:51,520
come over 75 on Friday night when that
ball field light lit up like another

1010
01:16:49,440 --> 01:16:54,880
city here. But once you get on that
ball, when you pull in here, we got one

1011
01:16:53,520 --> 01:16:58,880
of the beautiful ball field I think in
South Georgia or the state of Georgia

1012
01:16:57,360 --> 01:17:02,239
because a lot of people come and a lot
of people bragging about it. It's

1013
01:17:00,320 --> 01:17:07,199
lovely. So we got one more thing we need
to do. We need to do that. So I don't

1014
01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:10,400
know how how we come with the chamber or
the city, but that's something that they

1015
01:17:09,120 --> 01:17:15,040
need to do.
>> What you talking about doing the live

1016
01:17:13,040 --> 01:17:19,520
stream? Um
camera at home.

1017
01:17:17,840 --> 01:17:22,719
That's what a lot of Rick is doing.
>> Would you put it behind home plate? Is

1018
01:17:21,840 --> 01:17:24,960
that what you're talking about?
>> Yes, sir.

1019
01:17:23,360 --> 01:17:28,400
» Yeah.
>> Yes, sir. It It's something that Eric

1020
01:17:26,400 --> 01:17:33,600
has been trying to get for a couple of
years now. Um I think it would be real

1021
01:17:31,040 --> 01:17:38,000
beneficial, but it does it's a camera
that's [clears throat] behind home plate

1022
01:17:35,600 --> 01:17:41,760
and it doesn't focus on any one child.
It just takes in the whole field.

1023
01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:46,480
» Um
>> and you do have some parks that use

1024
01:17:43,520 --> 01:17:52,159
them. They charge $10 to be able to log
in and watch it, but you you know you

1025
01:17:48,080 --> 01:17:56,800
you got a video of your kid playing.
>> It will pay for itself. It will pay for

1026
01:17:54,719 --> 01:18:01,199
itself. Now, it's not something that we
would charge our citizens. So, if it was

1027
01:17:59,360 --> 01:18:04,719
some something with our Chris County
kids out there playing, then the parents

1028
01:18:02,960 --> 01:18:08,159
be able to log in and do it. But we
we're looking at this because of the

1029
01:18:06,239 --> 01:18:12,960
travel ball. I mean, last year we had
38,000 people come through our

1030
01:18:10,960 --> 01:18:15,360
recreation department
>> and uh you know,

1031
01:18:14,320 --> 01:18:18,320
» there'll be more this year.
>> Yes, sir.

1032
01:18:16,159 --> 01:18:21,840
» Yes, sir. We we we do have a great
facility out there

1033
01:18:19,360 --> 01:18:24,880
» and these people
tags from Florida.

1034
01:18:24,080 --> 01:18:27,520
» Some from Florida.
>> They have tents everywhere out there. I

1035
01:18:27,040 --> 01:18:31,679
mean,
>> it was invitational last week.

1036
01:18:29,440 --> 01:18:34,880
» Yeah. Yes. And when you speak of tent,
you couldn't see the ball field cuz

1037
01:18:32,800 --> 01:18:38,080
there was everywhere out there. museum.
>> So that says something good about us,

1038
01:18:36,480 --> 01:18:42,640
you know. I love it. It just it's just
so beautiful.

1039
01:18:39,280 --> 01:18:47,040
» It is. And Toby and I and and and you
you you kind of mentioned this with the

1040
01:18:44,239 --> 01:18:52,719
Lo's truck stop. We we've identified an
area that that we're wanting to look and

1041
01:18:49,040 --> 01:18:56,960
see if we can provide RV parking to have
a small overnight charge because there

1042
01:18:54,640 --> 01:19:00,960
are a lot of RVs out there. I think I've
been towed and and maybe Commissioner

1043
01:18:58,880 --> 01:19:04,159
Wright can verify this. I think you have
upwards of 30 RVs every once in a while

1044
01:19:03,280 --> 01:19:07,600
that
>> that come out.

1045
01:19:05,760 --> 01:19:12,159
» Yeah, I'll be honest with you. I just
add something what y'all saying there

1046
01:19:09,280 --> 01:19:16,480
that um over the years I directed
tournaments in five different states,

1047
01:19:13,920 --> 01:19:23,840
100 different venues and there's not a
city or county our size our size in any

1048
01:19:21,679 --> 01:19:28,000
of those that's anywhere compared to
what we have out here. and especially

1049
01:19:26,320 --> 01:19:35,040
sitting
150 yards off of the interstate. Uh the

1050
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:40,000
potential to make money uh for the
community through the through the ball

1051
01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:45,520
field is really astronomical. And and
I'm just telling you that the RV park

1052
01:19:42,880 --> 01:19:50,080
and uh that live streaming that's really
just a drop in the bucket to other

1053
01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:55,840
things that can come. But the bigger
facilities say in Vasta, Freedom Park

1054
01:19:52,480 --> 01:19:59,600
and uh others, they they already have
those things. I was sitting here, the

1055
01:19:57,760 --> 01:20:05,360
president of GRPA was calling me. I told
him to call him back in a minute. But

1056
01:20:00,960 --> 01:20:10,080
I'm just saying about that that
folks, it's it's a money maker. It's

1057
01:20:07,520 --> 01:20:15,360
it's really a a no- lose situation for
you. And as far as getting some of the

1058
01:20:12,880 --> 01:20:18,320
money from tourism through the city, I I
really don't see that as a problem

1059
01:20:16,640 --> 01:20:22,560
because, you know, it's for the good of
everybody. It's part of strategic

1060
01:20:20,880 --> 01:20:28,159
resource initiative. I keep talking
about that that we we're just one small

1061
01:20:24,880 --> 01:20:31,679
community. We got to figure out a way to
uh get our funds together in some in

1062
01:20:29,920 --> 01:20:37,520
some aspects, not everything, but in
some things to to make it work. And that

1063
01:20:34,080 --> 01:20:42,080
right there is one of that is a key key
figure that I mean, you know, I work for

1064
01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:45,920
y'all. I I work for the county for the
record rec department. I ain't work yet

1065
01:20:43,920 --> 01:20:52,239
y'all. I'm go into one. So y'all get
excited. [laughter] But I'm just saying

1066
01:20:49,520 --> 01:20:59,360
that it's it's a key [clears throat]
thing uh for us as a community. That

1067
01:20:55,600 --> 01:21:03,360
ball field is it's it's huge. And uh I
wouldn't I wouldn't let this opportunity

1068
01:21:00,960 --> 01:21:07,199
pass. I really wouldn't. Uh I'm not
singing it for Eric's praises, but

1069
01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:14,080
that's exactly
right in this in this regard. I 100%

1070
01:21:09,280 --> 01:21:18,480
agree with that being said.
>> Yeah. I I don't think folks realize just

1071
01:21:16,080 --> 01:21:22,320
how great of a wreck department we we do
have out there down to the folks that

1072
01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:27,360
that keep it looking good or moaning
them, keep everything manicured.

1073
01:21:25,120 --> 01:21:31,600
It looks professional. How they do it, I
I don't know. Um but they do it and they

1074
01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:34,400
pull it off. And we get a lot of
comments about way our rec department

1075
01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:37,760
is.
>> We all we also have some great employees

1076
01:21:36,480 --> 01:21:43,360
over there. You better believe
>> they do a great job.

1077
01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:47,679
» They do a great job.
>> But that's what we've that's what we're

1078
01:21:45,360 --> 01:21:52,159
looking at over there. Um Toby has
started trying to figure out how to map

1079
01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:55,600
out some areas to to do that for RVs.
And that way we can they won't just be

1080
01:21:54,000 --> 01:22:00,400
scattered all over the park. They'll
they'll have a defined area and and I'll

1081
01:21:58,639 --> 01:22:05,920
get with Monica and we'll talk about
this camera system again to see what we

1082
01:22:02,880 --> 01:22:10,000
can do with it. That's that's all I have
for my report. Mr. Chairman,

1083
01:22:08,880 --> 01:22:13,520
» any questions for
>> Mr. Chair? Famous Rick Smart again. We

1084
01:22:12,400 --> 01:22:18,080
seen a long time.
>> I know. I'm so glad to see Ray again.

1085
01:22:16,239 --> 01:22:24,652
» And I hope he didn't storm too bad. I'm
going look straight at you.

1086
01:22:22,080 --> 01:22:29,360
» Glad to have
[clears throat]

1087
01:22:25,600 --> 01:22:32,800
» uh I do. We don't we have to get in go
executive session after a while?

1088
01:22:30,800 --> 01:22:37,520
» We we do have an executive session. Yes,
sir. And that'll be um litigation and

1089
01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:43,280
property
have. But can I bring something else

1090
01:22:39,199 --> 01:22:47,920
back up? I I'm not sure if I've told
y'all this at the last meeting, but we

1091
01:22:45,040 --> 01:22:51,040
have submitted the CDBG money.
>> Correct. Correct.

1092
01:22:48,719 --> 01:22:55,280
» For the new town um Payville Road
project. And and I just I wanted to give

1093
01:22:53,120 --> 01:22:59,840
y'all a little history of that. And I
want to talk about how how this project

1094
01:22:57,199 --> 01:23:04,159
got started, which it it was around
August of last year. Um, Commissioner

1095
01:23:02,560 --> 01:23:08,880
Nance
sent me to see Mr. Ruby Lee Barrett who

1096
01:23:07,120 --> 01:23:13,760
lives there on Pateville Road. Mr. Ruby
Lee had a problem with with the drainage

1097
01:23:11,679 --> 01:23:19,199
coming down Pateville. It was just
eating his his driveway out.

1098
01:23:17,360 --> 01:23:23,920
I went and met with him last year around
August and that's that's when we started

1099
01:23:21,760 --> 01:23:32,560
on this project. We've we've identified
some areas. We got a consultant to come

1100
01:23:28,239 --> 01:23:37,520
in and help us with this grant and it
culminated it being submitted last week.

1101
01:23:35,360 --> 01:23:42,400
Um, these things are competitive.
They're very competitive. Uh, we got

1102
01:23:39,760 --> 01:23:46,719
about 40 folks that that this particular
problem over there with the storm water

1103
01:23:44,080 --> 01:23:51,520
drainage effects. So, I'm hoping that
that we're going to meet that threshold

1104
01:23:48,560 --> 01:23:55,520
where we need to be. The grants for $1
million.

1105
01:23:53,040 --> 01:24:01,760
the cost to do the project, which will
run the length of Pville from um Jo

1106
01:23:59,440 --> 01:24:07,760
Drive down to 13th and then go back
north 13th. It's going to run about $1.3

1107
01:24:05,040 --> 01:24:14,320
million.
Yeah, $1.3 million. Our our half our

1108
01:24:11,199 --> 01:24:20,000
match would be a little over $300,000.
But what that's going to do, if we're

1109
01:24:17,040 --> 01:24:24,000
able to get this grant,
it's going to widen that road out some

1110
01:24:21,840 --> 01:24:28,560
because it's 20 feet wide. There's no
sidewalks. Um you just have to choose

1111
01:24:26,639 --> 01:24:30,560
which side you want to dive to.
>> Yeah.

1112
01:24:29,040 --> 01:24:34,400
» Um
it was somewhat adequate enough to serve

1113
01:24:32,880 --> 01:24:37,920
the neighborhood traffic that come
through there, but you got to remember

1114
01:24:35,920 --> 01:24:42,480
at the other end of Pay Road, we now
have an industrial park

1115
01:24:39,920 --> 01:24:45,679
» that is getting very active. Grant's
done a real good job of getting people

1116
01:24:44,080 --> 01:24:51,040
out there and starting to fill that
place up. So now folks have to contend

1117
01:24:48,320 --> 01:24:54,000
contend with cement trucks, asphalt
trucks, heavy machinery coming up and

1118
01:24:53,120 --> 01:25:00,320
down that road.
>> You also got Hunts Pizza and the other

1119
01:24:57,600 --> 01:25:04,800
two companies back there. So be and you
didn't have also the um apartment

1120
01:25:02,719 --> 01:25:10,080
complex back there years ago.
>> So the whole area, you know, has has an

1121
01:25:07,199 --> 01:25:15,440
influx of of of traffic and population.
>> Yeah. So, it it's it it's now a little

1122
01:25:13,120 --> 01:25:19,520
inadequate to handle what we have coming
up through there. Now, we do have no big

1123
01:25:17,199 --> 01:25:23,600
truck through signs posted down through
there, but it's it's just a sign.

1124
01:25:21,760 --> 01:25:28,159
» It's only as good as the person that
sees it.

1125
01:25:24,960 --> 01:25:32,800
» And stops. But I I am hoping this grant
I'm hoping that we get this grant, it it

1126
01:25:30,960 --> 01:25:38,159
did come out of those talks that that
you and I had along with the the light

1127
01:25:35,600 --> 01:25:42,560
issue. All this kind of come together.
Carl and them have done a great job.

1128
01:25:40,560 --> 01:25:48,400
They they went door todoor out there
talking with folks trying to get letters

1129
01:25:44,480 --> 01:25:52,400
of support to get this grant going and
along with the lights that he does. I

1130
01:25:50,400 --> 01:25:56,400
and I didn't realize that about lights.
I I thought if you just wanted a light

1131
01:25:54,719 --> 01:26:00,639
somewhere, we'd go pop a light up, but
it that's just not how it works. We we

1132
01:25:58,400 --> 01:26:05,280
have to ask the folks permission.
>> You ought to try paving a road that some

1133
01:26:03,520 --> 01:26:08,719
folk want to pave and some folk don't
want to pave.

1134
01:26:07,840 --> 01:26:11,339
Yeah,
>> right away. [laughter]

1135
01:26:11,600 --> 01:26:15,679
» That's fun.
>> I think we've had one of those in the

1136
01:26:14,559 --> 01:26:20,239
[laughter] past,
>> but but I did want to tell y'all that

1137
01:26:17,520 --> 01:26:24,159
grant has been submitted. I'm I'm not
sure of the timeline of when we'll hear

1138
01:26:22,560 --> 01:26:29,280
anything back from that. And I don't
know other communities that may have

1139
01:26:26,320 --> 01:26:32,960
applied for this stuff, but um
>> we appreciate that. and uh commission

1140
01:26:30,960 --> 01:26:38,719
felt and I we kind of worked together on
this and we both went out to visit with

1141
01:26:35,679 --> 01:26:44,080
um uh Mr. Ly Barry kind of talk about
this I think when when we got a a big

1142
01:26:41,360 --> 01:26:49,040
rain and he called both of us and I
think he went out there and I also went

1143
01:26:46,159 --> 01:26:53,280
by to actually see the flow that water
runs across the road then run down in

1144
01:26:51,600 --> 01:26:58,480
the ditch and then run back you know
over other side and kind of just eat all

1145
01:26:55,600 --> 01:27:01,120
up on the road. So, it's kind of
compromised the integrity of the road.

1146
01:27:00,639 --> 01:27:06,320
» Yeah.
>> But, uh, but this if we if we're

1147
01:27:03,280 --> 01:27:09,520
successful at getting this uh what 1.3
million grant, it'll be good for the

1148
01:27:08,480 --> 01:27:12,159
entire area.
>> Yes, sir.

1149
01:27:10,000 --> 01:27:17,040
» And, uh, and maybe we can, you know, if
we can get it. Maybe we can have around

1150
01:27:14,880 --> 01:27:20,159
two phase two or phase three that
improve the entire area.

1151
01:27:18,480 --> 01:27:23,760
» Yes, sir. is something that we
appreciate, you know, the hard work that

1152
01:27:21,600 --> 01:27:27,760
you've done and and the community who
participated in the surveys um to try to

1153
01:27:26,480 --> 01:27:30,800
help us get this right.
>> Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

1154
01:27:28,960 --> 01:27:35,480
» Thank you.
>> That's all I have, Mr. Chairman.

1155
01:27:31,920 --> 01:27:35,480
» We also want to thank

1156
01:27:39,055 --> 01:27:45,199
[laughter]
you

1157
01:27:42,560 --> 01:27:48,719
all that [laughter]
>> y'all want to put your head. It's going

1158
01:27:47,040 --> 01:27:51,600
to be a big old It's going to be a big
old page, ain't it?

1159
01:27:50,719 --> 01:27:54,960
» You [clears throat] can watch it all
again in a little while.

1160
01:27:52,560 --> 01:27:58,400
» Thank Roy and Nancy for coming.
>> Thank you.

1161
01:27:56,320 --> 01:28:02,320
» The city has agreed to let Mr. Ricky
come and start recording our meetings

1162
01:28:00,400 --> 01:28:06,159
now. We've had a lot of folks calling
asking why we stopped doing that, which

1163
01:28:04,639 --> 01:28:10,800
it
wasn't our choice, but thankfully Mr.

1164
01:28:08,080 --> 01:28:15,360
Ricky is here and doing it. We're We'll
have that posted on our website later on

1165
01:28:13,440 --> 01:28:18,080
this afternoon for folks to go and
watch.

1166
01:28:17,120 --> 01:28:20,000
Thank you.
>> All right.

1167
01:28:18,639 --> 01:28:24,560
» Appreciate it.
>> If uh

1168
01:28:22,080 --> 01:28:29,040
I I think you mentioned litigation, we
need session. So, if I could get a

1169
01:28:27,120 --> 01:28:33,440
motion that we go into executive session
for the purpose of litigation.

1170
01:28:31,120 --> 01:28:40,320
» Mr. Chairman, may I off a motion that we
uh go into executive session to discuss

1171
01:28:36,639 --> 01:28:43,520
potential litigation and property?
>> Second.

1172
01:28:41,280 --> 01:28:49,040
» Motion and second. All in favor say I.
Raise your hand.

1173
01:28:45,440 --> 01:28:51,600
Okay. Could we take a just a brief uh
intermission? Yes.

1174
01:28:50,400 --> 01:28:56,000
» Make that a part of the motion, Mr.
Chairman. To do that, I'll make it part

1175
01:28:53,760 --> 01:29:01,239
of the motion. Okay. [laughter]
Good deal. Thank Thank everyone for

1176
01:28:58,239 --> 01:29:01,239
coming.