[0:00] Uh, you taping it far as Rick. James,
make sure I don't stumble through
[0:03] nothing.
>> Yes, sir. I got you, Mr. Back. I got you
[0:07] on taping. Oh, thank you. Thank you,
sir. Uh, I I don't see uh Pastor Terry
[0:14] Ryan, but James, [clears throat] I may
get you to do the invocation for us.
[0:18] » Yeah, Brother Gibbs here.
>> What do you want to let Roy, would you
[0:21] mind doing the invocation for us this
morning? Everybody standing in uh Mickey
[0:26] Dun releasing the pledge. Okay.
[0:31] Let's pray. Father, I thank you for your
loving mercy and amazing grace for the
[0:34] cleansing blood of the lamb and presence
of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for all
[0:37] these people gathered here today,
especially for our commissioners.
[0:40] Father, let your Holy Spirit rule and
reign, guide every decision that's made
[0:44] that we would do things and say things
would bring glory and honor and praise
[0:48] to you and bless the people of this
county in Christ's name. Amen.
[0:51] » Amen.
>> Amen. [clears throat] I pledge algiance
[0:54] to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
[0:59] stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
[1:05] for all.
>> Thank you. [clears throat]
[1:12] » Uh we'll begin this morning's uh agenda.
I need to uh have someone to uh give me
[1:19] a motion to adopt today's agenda.
>> Mr. Chairman, we had an opportunity to
[1:23] review the um agenda for today. I'm in
order to offer motion that we adopt
[1:27] agenda.
>> Got a second. Got a motion in a second.
[1:31] All in favor say I.
>> All opposed. Motion carries. Thank
[1:35] y'all. Okay, we got a a [clears throat]
couple of sets of minutes. We had the
[1:40] April, excuse me, the March 10th regular
meeting and then the 24th call meeting.
[1:45] I hope everyone's had an opportunity to
take a look at those. Hope it's find
[1:49] them in order. If they are in order, I'd
entertain a motion to approve.
[1:55] » Motion that we approve the regular
meeting minutes of March 10, 2026. Also
[2:01] to call meeting minutes March 24, 2026.
>> Have a motion. Need a second.
[2:06] » Second.
>> All in favor say I.
[2:08] » I.
>> And all opposed. Motion carried.
[2:14] Uh looks like we're going to move on to
our departments. Uh we'll ask uh Sheriff
[2:20] Hancock to come forward. Please report.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair and commissioners.
[2:25] We'll keep you long this morning. Um
reports in front of you there. You you
[2:30] recognize the subpoenas and the warrants
and papers served. Uh 283 court hours.
[2:35] We've had quite a bit of court going on.
It's moved smoothly through there. I was
[2:40] able to bring a check uh the last couple
of days to the county for 94,57424.
[2:46] Uh we told you last month that the feds
had shut down which made us a month
[2:50] behind and we'd be getting that and all
that's caught up now. So uh that was a
[2:54] nice look and it looks like our housing
last uh month about 661 Marshall days 21
[3:00] days cordial PD housing one for Willox
it's 126 um and then Arab one so it
[3:08] looks like we'll have about 48,000
generated uh in the month to come on
[3:12] that. The only other U standout that we
have, and you will recognize these
[3:18] ladies shortly, is a total of 6,478
calls through our 911 [clears throat]
[3:24] center last month. And they to pulled a
total of what we call computer aid
[3:29] dispatch cards, 3,755.
So, very busy month on that console. Uh,
[3:36] we had two concentrated patrols since
the last time I talked to you. One on a
[3:40] Friday night involving about 25
officers. Then the following Friday
[3:43] night before Easter, uh we brought about
60 officers together, both state,
[3:48] federal, uh and local, and uh
put in a good patrol that night, uh here
[3:54] in the county, recovered some weapons,
drugs, guns, 5.8 pounds of marijuana in
[4:00] conjunction with all the agencies
working together, some ecstasy. Uh the
[4:04] only um couple of things that have
happened over the weekend, the state
[4:07] patrol started a chase uh Saturday,
Sunday morning about 1:00 while
[4:12] everybody else was asleep. Uh the deputy
was assisting in it. The guy uh was
[4:17] pitted by the trooper, came to a stop
and then decided he didn't want to go to
[4:20] jail, so he rammed the front of one of
our patrol cars with the deputy still
[4:24] sitting inside it. Uh they got out, were
able to take him into custody. And then
[4:28] this morning about 3:00 we worked a
accident on the interstate and recovered
[4:32] two stolen guns out of uh the state of
Florida uh in it. So, you know, some
[4:37] taking down some pretty bad guys around
here, but we're proud to do it. We
[4:41] operated for 28 cent a mile last month.
We traveled and patrol 116,000 miles
[4:47] inside the county. Other than that, I'll
take any questions that you might have.
[4:51] I know you've got a busy agenda, so I
won't take up much of your time.
[4:56] So, uh,
[5:00] » the jail not full full now. We not full.
>> Oh, yeah. We full.
[5:03] » We full.
>> We full. We got about 200. We got about
[5:07] 214
in a 224 bed jail today.
[5:11] » Okay. So, all we look for is, you know,
is staff down there.
[5:15] » We're still short. Now, you talking, you
talking inmates or man? Oh, yeah.
[5:19] Inmates about 214. But the staff, we're
still down inside the defense facility.
[5:23] Uh we're we're probably running uh four
shifts, sometimes three, which really
[5:28] creates some problems. And we've got
some great supervisors. Uh the the jail
[5:33] administrator has come in uh several
days on Saturday and Sunday and worked
[5:38] extra just to make sure we have a
minimum number of people that we need
[5:42] down there. We're still we've got some
in the hiring process that we're looking
[5:46] at. The voice stress cuts a few out
every once in a while and then the
[5:50] packet we get cuts a few out. But we're
still trying to to get people hired each
[5:54] and every day. That's we we have an open
uh application process. Some places do
[5:59] it periodically, but we run an open
application process just because of the
[6:03] turnover rate we have.
>> How many people have you got?
[6:06] » I think now we're going to be down total
agencywise about uh 10 maybe 11. We were
[6:13] able to hire a couple of people uh in
that y'all, if you might remember, we
[6:17] talked about buying out a couple of
contracts. Those people have uh been
[6:21] there. They've been through their FTO
period, field training period, and
[6:25] they're on the street now. And so we've
we've been able to shore a couple of
[6:28] road people up. We've hired, I think,
maybe one or two jailers. We got one
[6:33] gentleman that just came out of the
military that's in anticipate him going
[6:36] to the next academy in for Scythe. He's
passed the physical. So, we're working
[6:40] each and every day. Still short two
school resource officers. Uh but what
[6:44] we've done with the school system is
we're going to uh put two people in
[6:49] those schools. It'll allow some opport
overtime opportunity for our deputies,
[6:53] but it'll fill those positions for the
school uh throughout now the rest of the
[6:57] year there. One at the high school, one
at the middle school.
[7:02] » I see Mlan got promoted Chris Pix.
>> Yes, sir. Uh that position's been open
[7:06] since uh um Burrows left and we just
kind of held off. We we try to make sure
[7:11] we got the right pick to go into those
positions and uh he he's been promoted
[7:16] to lieutenant yesterday for that there.
And then of course we we shored up the
[7:21] investigations position that uh when
Terresa Miller left last year left. We
[7:26] we moved up Cole who was number two
there to the captain and then we've uh
[7:31] promoted Michaela Middlebrook to the
lieutenant in the that division.
[7:37] » Yes, sir. Excuse me.
>> What are you doing with the uh boys
[7:42] ranch?
>> Uh sheriff boy ranch. We got two events
[7:45] coming up. Uh we're going to participate
with the Worth County Sheriff Don
[7:50] Whitaker May 2nd at uh on a on 300 at
the um um help me out. My mind went
[7:57] blank. The
>> Red Rock
[7:59] » Red Rock down there uh from 2 to 5 help.
2 most of the time that
[8:06] » 12 to 4. Thank you. That's why she goes.
Uh 12 to 4. Uh tickets are $50. They're
[8:12] going to have catfish, music, a lot of
items to auction off to try to raise
[8:16] money for the boys ranch. And then our
annual golf tournament will be May 29th.
[8:21] Uh we've uh putting together a good
group of people. Our business people are
[8:25] buying teams and sponsoring holes for
that. So there's a lot there's a couple
[8:28] of events coming up and all that money
100% will go to the boys ranch. do know
[8:33] one item that's up for auction at the
red oak is going to be a uh University
[8:39] of Georgia football and it was carried
by coach Donan who came through and
[8:43] picked it up for me when he had lunch
one Saturday with Vince Douly Donan Rick
[8:49] uh and all the last five coaches all
signed that ball. There was only two of
[8:53] them that that like that and it's one of
the championship footballs. So, and then
[8:58] of course, Coach Don brought it back to
me and I've decided to donate it to the
[9:02] Georgia Sheriff's Association for
auction for the youth homes in there.
[9:06] So, I know that item will be on on bid
that day. And then in our golf
[9:09] tournament on the 29th, Shyberg's Golf
Cart has helped us with a refurbished
[9:15] golf cart, new batteries, new charger,
and we're selling tickets for $10 a
[9:19] piece for that uh for somebody to win
that or 15 for $100. And all that money
[9:25] will go to the youth homes. uh those
those projects are 100% funded back into
[9:29] the youth homes.
[clears throat]
[9:31] » That's a good organization.
>> It it's done a lot of good for a lot of
[9:35] youth. Uh when you look at what's
happened over the years and where those
[9:38] people have turned out, Georgia Sheriff
Youth Homes does not only uh keep them
[9:42] to an age of high school and and put
them out. They carry them all the way
[9:46] through high school. They live in dorms
with house parents and they have to keep
[9:49] the grounds and keep the houses and then
they go to school. Uh some of them go to
[9:54] postsecary into college and as long as
they're enrolled in college they can
[9:57] they can stay at the and we've seen them
come out and be doctors and lawyers and
[10:02] law enforcement officers and really be
productive citizens uh coming from those
[10:07] five youth homes that the sheriff's in
Georgia sponsor.
[10:11] » I get that book and you can
>> Yes, sir.
[10:14] » That's good. you see what those kids do.
Uh when you when you get and you know
[10:19] everybody's eligible for that book, if
all you do is just put in a donation or
[10:22] something in somebody's memory or honor,
then you you'll be signed up for that
[10:26] book or each year you can buy um you
know into it and get a tag and those
[10:30] type things and still be a member of the
Georgia Sheriff's Association.
[10:35] » Chev, I I have one more question for
you. uh
[10:38] uh [clears throat] the young lady that
that's missing and uh maybe you can
[10:44] answer it. But anyway, a lot of people
uh the community is is wonder uh we
[10:50] haven't heard anything about had the
case went the air went cold and we
[10:55] haven't heard I guess the police
department charge TV.
[10:58] » Yes, sir. That's that's a uh by chart by
by pecking order. That's a uh a city
[11:04] case and and I I'll certainly refer to
our DA. He's involved in that. He and I
[11:08] talked about it last week. We we don't
want to say too much, but um the GBI are
[11:14] still interviewing. Uh we went and
searched a place just last week that we
[11:19] were conversation was about that. We
didn't find anything, but we went. Um so
[11:25] it's not dead uh like some people think.
It's just that case is hard and it takes
[11:32] a lot of time and a lot of effort to get
it right because we don't want to do
[11:37] anything that would when we do get it to
trial to be thrown out on a technicality
[11:43] uh or anything. So, it it's it's very
much on everybody's mind. Uh that
[11:48] mother's uh posted note is still on my
refrigerator that I look at every day.
[11:59] appreciate it.
[12:03] » This is just this just a scary situation
when you think about your kids.
[12:08] » Absolutely.
>> Absolutely.
[12:10] » They can go out and something like that
just happen. It's just it's just
[12:13] frightening.
>> Yes, sir.
[12:15] » We do appreciate um the work that you're
doing. This turns off involved in
[12:20] investigating the case. We understand
you can't say everything out publicly
[12:24] because you want to compromise your
investigation, but uh we do appreciate a
[12:29] lot of what goes on behind the scene we
don't even know about. That's right.
[12:32] » Yes. So there there's a lot goes on. I
described it um not long ago like this.
[12:37] If you were fixing to play a
professional sports team, you would not
[12:42] give them your playbook before you
played them.
[12:45] » Uh and we have to be very careful. We
can't even defend ourselves sometimes in
[12:50] social media when we're attacked and
we're told we're not doing this or this
[12:54] happened because we cannot give our
playbook away.
[12:58] » That's correct.
>> Uh we we need to know things that we
[13:00] know that nobody else will know except
for the people that were involved. So it
[13:05] may look like on the outside that
nobody's doing anything, but I assure
[13:09] you there's somebody talks about that
case every day.
[13:14] » Every day.
>> Appreciate that.
[13:17] Thank y'all. Thank you for your support.
[13:27] » Good morning, Mr. Chairman. We've got a
couple of proclamations to take care of
[13:32] this morning. U one of the first
proclamation is proclamation 2026-010
[13:41] and it's National Donate Life Month. And
we have Mr. Tim Powers and a whole host
[13:47] of folks from Chris Regional here. If
y'all would come up and if and I sure
[13:53] appreciate you give us a few words about
what Life Link does, how many families
[13:57] it help
[14:13] you?
>> [laughter]
[14:20] » Mr. Danny, I' I'd invite you up to the
podium, your Lifelink representative, if
[14:24] you want to talk with the commissioners
and tell us how many lives this actually
[14:30] touches, what y'all say with this. We
just appreciate the opportunity to be
[14:34] here and share some information with
everybody. And we just so proud of our
[14:37] hospital partners here at Chris Regional
here in Cordial and all the efforts they
[14:41] do. Organ donation and tissue donation
is such an important thing and it's the
[14:45] worst time in the world to talk to
families when they find themselves at
[14:49] the hospital with their loved one in the
ICU or in the emergency department. So
[14:54] the work that the hospital does and
promoting awareness where folks can take
[14:58] a moment to think about this thing and
make their decisions and then make their
[15:02] decisions known or their wishes known if
you will to their family before they end
[15:07] up in the hospital making those
decisions. And that's kind of what April
[15:11] is all about with the donate life
awareness month. Um, in the state of
[15:16] Georgia, we did a little over 440 organ
donors last year and that translated to
[15:22] over,00 organs that got transplanted.
And if you're looking at that number by
[15:26] itself, that's impressive. That sounds
like a lot. But then unfortunately at
[15:31] the first of the month, we got the
national statistics and there's over
[15:34] 108,000 people on the waiting list
needing organs. So now that does not
[15:39] sound like such an impressive number. So
every opportunity is a key opportunity
[15:44] for those individuals that may be
matched up. And Paige, I'm going to turn
[15:48] it over to you and let's talk
[clears throat] about all the important
[15:50] work that you guys at Chris Regional are
doing.
[15:54] » Thank you.
>> Miss Paige,
[15:59] » um good morning. Um yes, as Danny was
talking about, we just um our organ
[16:07] donation committee is fairly new at the
hospital that we put together last year.
[16:12] And um we just strive um all year long,
not just the month of April, but all
[16:18] year long to try and uh bring awareness
to the communities
[16:23] um and to people even outside of our
community. uh make them aware of organ
[16:29] donation and how important it is, how
important it could be um to others. It's
[16:36] truly uh it is truly the ultimate gift
that one could give someone else. So
[16:44] that's what we're doing at the at the
hospital and that's what we strive to do
[16:49] all year long.
>> Thank you,
[16:55] » Mr. Chairman. With that, I'll read your
2026-010
[17:00] National Donate Life Month Proclamation.
Whereas one of the most meaningful gifts
[17:06] that a human being can bestow upon
another is the gift of life. And whereas
[17:11] more than 100,000 men, women, and
children await life-saving or
[17:16] lifeenhancing organ transplants, of
which nearly three thousand
[17:22] reside in Georgia. And whereas 49,64,
a record number of transplants occurred
[17:29] in the calendar year 2025,
thanks to the generosity of 23,789
[17:37] deceased and living donors, of which
1,676
[17:43] transplant patients and 679
deceased and living donors, also a
[17:49] record number, were from Georgia. And
whereas more than 2.5 million people
[17:55] throughout the country and in Georgia
benefit annually from tissue
[17:59] transplantations
thanks to the thousands of tissue
[18:02] donors. And whereas the need for organ,
eye, and tissue donation remains
[18:08] critical as a new patient is added to
the national waiting list for an organ
[18:13] transplant every 8 minutes. and millions
more could experience improved quality
[18:19] of life through tissue transplantation.
And whereas the critical donor shortage
[18:24] remains a public health crisis as an
average of 13 people die daily due to
[18:29] the lack of available organs. And
whereas organ, eye, and tissue donation
[18:35] can provide families the comfort of
knowing the gift of donated organs and
[18:39] tissue endows another person with
renewed hope for a healthy life. And
[18:45] whereas donating life through organ eye
and tissue donation is the ultimate act
[18:50] of generosity and kindness Chris County
citizens can perform. And whereas nearly
[18:57] 3.8 million Georgians have already
registered their decision to give the
[19:02] gift of life at ww.donatelifejah.org
[19:07] or when getting or renewing their
driver's license or state identification
[19:12] card at a driver's license office or
when getting a hunting or fishing
[19:17] license through the Department of
Natural Resources. And whereas LifeLink
[19:21] of Georgia, the nonprofit organization
dedicated to the recovery of organs and
[19:26] tissue transplantation therapy in
Georgia with a vision to maximize the
[19:31] gift of life given while giving hope to
donor families and transplant patients
[19:37] and missions to honor donors and save
lives through organ and tissue donation.
[19:43] And whereas Chris County supports the
life-saving mission of LifeLink of
[19:47] Georgia. And now therefore, be it known,
Chris County Board of Commissioners, in
[19:52] recognition of this event, do hereby
proclaim the month of April 2026 as
[19:57] Donate Life Month in Crisp County to
honor all those who made the decision to
[20:03] give the gift of life, to focus
attention on the extreme need for organ,
[20:07] eye, and tissue donation, to encourage
all residents to take action and sign up
[20:13] on Georgia's donor registry at
ww.donate. donatelifejah.org
[20:20] to discuss the miracle of
transplantation as a family and to make
[20:24] a family commitment to organ, eye, and
tissue donation on this 14th day of
[20:29] April, 2026.
[20:33] [clears throat]
>> Board, you've heard this reading of uh
[20:36] this proclamation 2026-010.
[20:41] Uh I would ask uh for a motion to adopt
>> motion. Mr. Chairman, I second that
[20:48] motion and I have some comments.
>> Okay.
[20:52] » Go ahead. [clears throat]
>> You said something. Every opportunity is
[20:57] a key opportunity to get a match up. Now
I had mixed feelings about Lightling um
[21:05] as a funeral director for 28 years now.
We serve over about three do about 300
[21:10] calls a year and u
it's it's a lot of hard work in the
[21:17] inbombing room. Um but I really
appreciate um the work that LifeLink
[21:24] does in that preparation and and and
thinking about the people who going to
[21:29] have to come behind them and do the
work. And in fact, I was working till
[21:32] about 11 o'clock last night dealing with
the life le patient and um the
[21:38] preparation and the work that they done
was superb. And so I want to say that
[21:43] you know these numbers are astounding.
We appreciate talking about 23,789
[21:49] 1672 transplant. You know that's that's
these these things that you're doing
[21:54] help save people lives. And um so I just
want to just personally have an
[21:59] opportunity to kind of work with not
life link and deal with these type
[22:03] situations. I just want to applaud you
know you all for the work you do and um
[22:08] making sure that everything is
professionally done and when we come
[22:11] behind you makes our job really much
easier. So I I appreciate what you do.
[22:16] » Thank you. Thank you Jane. We have a
motion and a second. Uh any further
[22:21] discussion?
>> We'll call for the question. All in
[22:25] favor say I. I.
>> All opposed. Motion carried. Thank you
[22:29] for the work you do.
>> I sure appreciate it.
[22:34] » They need a picture. Do they want to get
>> a picture?
[22:38] Get a picture. Y'all y'all save life.
Come on.
[22:41] Y'all certainly need to make a picture.
>> They need to make the front page.
[22:45] » Yeah.
[22:50] » So, if I need a kidney, how long I wait?
I want to help you. I don't know why I
[22:57] take the picture.
>> Got to do it very very quick.
[22:58] » Yes, ma'am. Come on.
[23:15] We don't seem like we together. Hold a
minute.
[23:19] [laughter]
This side turn.
[23:24] [laughter]
Come get in. We look. Yeah. Let's look
[23:27] together here.
[23:33] » That better 10.
>> Yes.
[23:35] » Countdown or nothing. [laughter]
[23:39] stepping down.
>> I didn't hear nobody say good Mr.
[23:45] Chairman Page Paige is too humble to
tell you this, but her committee was
[23:51] recognized by the Georgia Hospital
Association as the most outstanding
[23:56] committee in the state of Georgia last
year. So they exceeded Emery,
[24:03] St. Mary's out of Athens, all of these
huge hospitals in the in the state, we
[24:08] were recognized. Chris Region was
recognized
[24:11] » first and foremost for their work.
[applause]
[24:19] » Thank you for
[24:42] Okay,
>> got another proclamation.
[24:46] » We sure do. And these ladies are near
and dear to my heart. Probably the last
[24:52] thing they've two of them ever told me
when I try to help in the radio room is
[24:56] don't touch nothing, just answer the
phone. That's I know what up to you is.
[25:01] [laughter]
[25:03] » Sheriff Hancock is here with him. We've
got 911 director, Miss Linda Herman.
[25:10] Probably the longest serving 911
dispatcher we have, Miss Kim Shirley.
[25:16] And a brand new young lady who has
stepped into it, Miss Pamorum.
[25:21] » Takora.
>> Takora.
[25:23] » Takar Tora.
>> Takara.
[25:28] We absolutely appreciate them. Miss
Linda, if you y'all want to come up. We
[25:33] do have a resolution this whole week is
to recognize our communication officers
[25:38] throughout the state of Georgia. They
they absolutely do a thankless job. I
[25:43] don't think they get enough recognition,
but but this proclamation is for them.
[25:49] Every year we do recognize these young
ladies.
[25:54] Gentlemen, Proclamation 2026-011,
[25:59] National Public Safety Telecommunicators
Week, April 12th through the 18th.
[26:04] Whereas emergencies that require law
enforcement, fire or emergency medical
[26:09] services can occur at any time. And
whereas when an emergency occurs, the
[26:14] prompt response of law enforcement
officers, firefighters, and paramedics
[26:18] is critical to the protection of life
and preservation of property. And
[26:24] whereas the safety of our law
enforcement officers, firefighters, and
[26:28] paramedics is dependent upon the quality
and accuracy of information obtained
[26:33] from citizens who contact the Crisp
County E911 Emergency Communication
[26:38] Center. And whereas public safety
telecommunicators are the first and most
[26:43] critical contact our citizens have with
emergency services. And whereas public
[26:49] safety telecommunicators are the single
vital link for our law enforcement
[26:53] officers, firefighters, and paramedics
by monitoring their activities by radio,
[26:59] providing them information and ensuring
their safety. And whereas public safety
[27:04] telecommunicators of the Chris County
E911
[27:07] have contributed substantially to the
apprehension of criminals, suppression
[27:11] of fires, and treatment of patients.
And whereas each communication officer
[27:17] has exhibited compassion, understanding,
and professionalism during the
[27:22] performance of their job in the past
year. Now therefore, let it be
[27:27] proclaimed that the Chris County Board
of Commissioners declares the week of
[27:31] April 12th through 18th, 2026 to be
National Public Safety Telecommunicators
[27:37] Week in Chris County in honor of the men
and women whose diligence and
[27:42] professionalism keep our community and
citizens safe. and witness thereof,
[27:48] Board of Commissioners, Chris County,
here unto set our hands and cause the
[27:52] seal of Chris County to be affixed this
14th day of April, 2026.
[28:00] » Board, you've heard the reading of
Proclamation 2026-011.
[28:06] Uh, what's the pleasure,
>> Mr. Chairman? I have a motion that we
[28:10] adopt Proclamation 2026-00001.
[28:14] » Second.
>> Got a motion. Uh second, any discussion?
[28:17] » Yes, sir. I I just want to say uh I I
consider you people a frontline people.
[28:23] Uh you're not the only out there
carrying a gun and dealing with, you
[28:26] know, a lot of situations that's
lifethreatening, but you play a very
[28:30] vital role in making sure um the right
people get to the right place at the
[28:36] right time. Um I experienced that when I
lost my mother. Um, I was in one of
[28:42] Robbins, but I got the call and uh you
all took the call and make sure that the
[28:48] the emergency personnel got there and
and and care for her. And I appreciate
[28:53] the hard work that you do because you
never know what kind of call you're
[28:57] going to get. You never when you come to
work at every morning, you never know
[29:01] what situation you have to deal with,
whether you have to talk somebody down
[29:04] or or what type of emergency that you
may face. But when we call 911, we have
[29:10] an emergency. And so it's a very serious
um situation. You got to be pay
[29:15] attention to what your people are
saying. Um you got to send people the
[29:19] right place cuz that can make them be
very critical in um saving someone's
[29:23] life. So I do want you to know that I
appreciate, you know, everything that
[29:27] you do and we we we acknowledge you.
>> Thank you. Thank you.
[29:31] » Thank you.
>> Well, I just want you to know I've been
[29:33] down there seeing y'all operate.
I couldn't do it, but I sat back and I
[29:40] watched. I mean, I think we got the best
911 in the state of Georgia. Y'all are
[29:45] great. Great.
>> Thank you.
[29:47] » Appreciate everything you do.
>> And we appreciate making that easier to
[29:52] do.
>> We want to support you.
[29:55] » So, we doing this proclamation. I've got
a motion in the second. All in favor say
[30:00] I.
>> All opposed.
[30:02] » Motion carried and adopted that
proclamation.
[30:06] Y'all come away. We going to certainly
get
[30:08] » Oh, we going to roll him over with these
pictures.
[30:12] » Let you get away.
>> I call 911. Don't y'all be on top of me.
[30:17] [laughter]
>> I want you to come down there so I can
[30:23] do it.
>> I know you can do it.
[30:28] Thank you. Thank you so much.
in anybody's room.
[30:34] » No,
we're sliding down.
[30:49] » All right, one more.
>> Thank you.
[30:54] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[30:55] » Thank you,
>> Mr. Chairman. while they're while
[30:59] they're coming down. I might and
traveling across the country and
[31:03] speaking and talking about 911 and what
to do. I tell people a lot of times that
[31:08] you never know, you can be sitting on
Sunday afternoon or Saturday afternoon,
[31:14] you might get a call that an airplane
has crashed into Wait a minute. That's
[31:18] happened in Chris County. Uh well, maybe
maybe you're you're thinking about a a
[31:23] family going up underneath of a propane
truck. Well, wait a minute. that's
[31:28] happened in Chris County. Uh I know a
plane misses the airport that gosh
[31:33] that's happened here too. There is
nothing that you can think of that
[31:37] hadn't happened and these ladies haven't
addressed. And 911 has carried so much
[31:44] further now with the passage of the new
House bill where in the fall we're going
[31:48] to vote on nextg 911 and the things that
it can do and automatically map and put
[31:54] a picture of the home and those type
things for you. uh to the point now
[31:59] we've got to map where all the AEDs are
in public locations and these ladies are
[32:03] going to have to know where that's at so
that if somebody calls in uh with a
[32:07] cardiac emergency date to say there's an
AED located in X spot of the building
[32:11] that you're in or in the recreation
department or in the hospital that law
[32:15] is is coming to is going to happen when
the governor signs it. And then now
[32:21] they're required to do CPR over the
phone with you. If your family has a
[32:26] cardiac arrest emergency, they go step
by step to give you CPR.
[32:31] And what a lot of us forget
is there's still a traffic stop going
[32:36] on. There's still somebody calling a
theft. There's still somebody calling in
[32:40] an assault. And all that still has to be
done at the same time that those things
[32:44] are taken on. So when you talk about
stress levels,
[32:48] that's the that we need to be proud of
and think about each and every day those
[32:52] those me that answer that radio. You saw
what we talked about earlier how many
[32:57] calls like just in a month that ran out.
We're very proud of very proud of y'all
[33:02] for building the facility they're in
that you you saw that years ago
[33:07] participating to change that. Thank you.
>> Let's give them a hand also.
[33:12] [applause]
[33:15] So, they are the the definition of grace
under pressure. And I promise you, if
[33:20] you were to go out there and watch how
that building functions, it's it's
[33:24] mindblowing. Um, I had the opportunity,
was it two weeks ago, Sheriff, we took
[33:29] Commissioner Wright and Commissioner
Singleary out there, and until you've
[33:32] seen how that place works, you you can't
describe it. Um, and they are they are
[33:38] professional multitaskers. How how they
do it, they do, I don't know. I couldn't
[33:43] do it. And I just told y'all what they
would tell me. Just answer the phone.
[33:46] Don't touch nothing else. We're good to
go. But we do appreciate them. We do. We
[33:52] have the best in the country sitting
right here in Chris County.
[33:57] With that, Mr. Chairman, I'd uh we have
a public request. Our DA is here to
[34:03] handle a proclamation itself. Mr. Brown.
[34:13] Good morning.
>> Good morning.
[34:15] » Thank you'all for letting me be here
today. Um it is um National Crime
[34:19] Victim's Rights Week is April the 19th
through the 25th of this year. We have
[34:24] our [clears throat] V victim's
candlelight uh victim's rights
[34:27] candlelight vigil scheduled for
Thursday, April the 23rd. uh here at the
[34:31] community clubhouse in Cordial begins at
uh 6 pm where we honor uh the rights of
[34:36] victims as well as victims who have uh
been uh have crimes committed against
[34:41] them, their families, and their family
members. And that will be done um at the
[34:44] community clubhouse here at 6:00 on
Thursday, April the 23rd. Uh what I have
[34:48] for the commissioners this morning is
the uh proclamation for National Crime
[34:52] Victim's Rights Week, which uh is April
19th uh through 25th at 2026. And if if
[34:58] um y'all would be so gracious, I would
read that proclamation to you.
[35:04] » It says, "Whereas in 1982, the
President's Task Force on Victims of
[35:07] Crime envisioned a national commitment
to a more equitable and supportive
[35:10] response to victims. Whereas the
commemorative week celebrates the
[35:14] energy, perseverance, and commitment
that launched the victim's rights
[35:17] movement, inspired its progress, and
continues to advance the cause of
[35:20] justice for the victims of crime.
Whereas crime can leave a lasting impact
[35:24] on any person regardless of age,
national origin, race, creed, religion,
[35:28] gender, sexual orientation, immigration,
or economic status. Whereas
[35:32] incorporating communities, existing
experts, and trusted sources of support
[35:35] into efforts to fully serve survivors
will develop a criminal justice system
[35:39] response that is truly accessible and
appropriate for all victims of crime.
[35:43] Whereas with unwavering support of their
communities and victim service providers
[35:46] behind them, survivors will be empowered
to face their grief, loss, fear, anger,
[35:50] and hope without fear of judgment and
will feel understood, heard, and
[35:54] respected. Whereas serving victims and
rebuilding their trust restores hope to
[35:58] victims and survivors as well as
supports thriving communities. Whereas
[36:02] engaging a broader array of health care
providers, community leaders, faith
[36:05] organizations, educators, and businesses
can provide new links between victims
[36:09] and services that improve their safety,
healing, and access to justice. Whereas,
[36:13] honoring the rights of victims,
including the rights to be heard, and to
[36:16] be treated with fairness, dignity, and
respect, and working to meet their needs
[36:19] rebuilds their trust in the criminal
justice system and social service
[36:22] systems. Whereas National Crime and
Victim's Rights Week provides an
[36:26] opportunity to recommmit to ensuring
that all victims of crime, especially
[36:29] those who are challenging to reach or
serve, are afforded culturally and
[36:32] linguistically accessible and
appropriate services in the aftermath of
[36:35] crime. And whereas the Cordial Judicial
Circuit District Attorney's Office is
[36:39] dedicated to strengthening victims and
survivors in the aftermath of crime,
[36:43] building resilience in our communities
and our victim responders, and working
[36:46] for a better future for all victims and
survivors of crime. Now therefore, be it
[36:50] proclaimed by the board of commissioners
of Cris County that the week of April
[36:54] 19th through 25th, 2026 is crime
victim's rights week in Chris County,
[36:58] Georgia. And we ask that you reaffirm
the county's commitment to creating a
[37:02] victim service and criminal justice
response that assists all victims of
[37:05] crime during criminal crim crime
victim's rights week and throughout the
[37:08] year. and to express our sincere
gratitude and appreciation for those
[37:12] community members, victim service
providers, and criminal justice
[37:15] professionals who are committed to
improving our response to all victims of
[37:18] crime so that they may find relevant
assistance, support, justice, and peace.
[37:21] And then it has a place for your
signatures for today, the April uh the
[37:25] 14th day of April of 2026.
Second,
[37:29] » Mr. Chairman, we offer a motion. Um I'm
not sure the resolution memory, but we
[37:34] adopt the resolution as presented by
district attorney. Got a motion. Need a
[37:40] second.
>> Second.
[37:41] » Motion and a second. Any further
discussion?
[37:46] All in favor say I.
>> I. All opposed.
[37:49] » We get to turn up here and get us photo
as well. [clears throat]
[37:53] » We appreciate all that you do.
>> Mr. Rickley National
[37:56] » families and victims.
[38:00] » We need to get a copy of that resolution
for the minutes. I would have question
[38:08] the middle
>> in the middle. Okay. Good.
[38:22] » Thank you. Got it. Thank you. Appreciate
it. Thank you.
[38:24] » I make that part of my motion. The
resolution member
[38:35] Sign it.
>> This is okay. Let me sign this right.
[38:41] » Sign this right.
>> Oh, okay.
[38:48] » Um,
thank y'all girls again for coming.
[38:53] Uh while we're on the uh uh some of our
guests, I I see that Jojo, we glad to
[39:00] have you, buddy.
>> Appreciate you coming. I see our uh
[39:05] Chris County Power Manager, Chris Huitt.
Chris, would you like to see anything?
[39:10] Everything all right?
>> Everything's going good. Just working
[39:12] around the community. So, you'll see the
guys out and about. We're changing poles
[39:16] out, just making the system more
resilient. Uh we the city uh last
[39:23] meeting I do believe approved a proposal
that power commission sent out to them
[39:27] about a street light initiative uh to
light up uh more crime uh ridden areas
[39:35] of the city with some lighting. So we're
doing about 100 security lights
[39:38] throughout the city. Uh so we're
currently right now waiting on uh the
[39:43] chief of police to kind of identify the
certain areas that we uh uh that they
[39:48] want to light up to kind of help crime
prevention there. Uh and they're just
[39:52] meeting with our engineers to see how
that's going to work out and play out.
[39:56] And hopefully that we can light the you
know light those areas up and and you
[40:01] know bring some crime prevention to
those areas to help make the city a
[40:05] little bit safer.
Chris,
[40:08] » one of those areas I had put sent Chris
an email about is right there
[40:13] » on 10th Street.
>> Um, also in right there, the Rosewood
[40:17] Estate subdivision. It's really very
very dark in that area and uh just once
[40:22] we line it up, we always concerned about
I tell people all the time, uh, at a
[40:28] certain time we didn't have any housing
in that area. So, you know, now we got
[40:33] people who walking down 41 at night and
and very very dark. That's before we
[40:38] call we put a southern picture there.
So, it's it's it's it's it's
[40:43] very unsafe people walking there in the
dark. In fact, you know, I had a cousin
[40:48] that was killed, you know, right there
on 41 um and with fatality years ago and
[40:54] then they find out who actually ran over
him. But um I sent Chris the email about
[41:00] that about that area in the new town
area 10th Street and Rosewood
[41:05] subdivision. Those are we want to try to
get get enough. So I appreciate I try to
[41:09] tell people we do have like like 100
lighting project that's going on
[41:13] throughout the city.
>> So um you know it's it's something that
[41:17] needed for safety.
>> Yeah. Uh Chris uh over in the Woodville
[41:21] area the elder people
>> uh
[41:26] have they touch base with y'all yet like
>> they didn't but we went and looked
[41:31] anyway based off of our phone
conversation that you had u and so we
[41:36] we're looking into doing some light for
that too.
[41:38] » Yes. Yes. That'll be ready for the other
people. I mean it's it's dark there. And
[41:43] uh I was talking with one of the manager
yesterday and uh they were talking about
[41:48] they they probably upgrade some of their
lights because you know the old lights
[41:52] that a lot of probably have they
probably be upgraded you know so so
[41:57] she'll get in touch with y'all on that
part that
[42:00] » often times a lot of times what we have
or uh when you have a development such
[42:04] as that yeah you know they have
contractors come in and put lights and
[42:07] everything in and often times years go
by uh and they just run out of the
[42:13] resource to be able to to manage those
lights. So often times we will will take
[42:17] over those lights for them and and put
them on a rental program. Yes.
[42:21] » Just like any other rental light that we
do and often times change them out
[42:25] » and just start charging them a monthly
rate for Yes.
[42:28] » for the lights and that way we maintain
them and fix them and everything else.
[42:32] » Yes. Because uh I know uh the Hilltop
project that y'all up there it it lit
[42:38] up.
>> It lit up. So, you know, uh that's
[42:41] that's what they going to need, you
know.
[42:43] » That's right.
>> Yeah. Now, the other thing is I called
[42:46] the other day, uh your guys, your guys
are great. We have some great weapons.
[42:52] » Thank you.
>> I saw him and actually, you know, there
[42:55] some great weapons. So, you know, I
thank you for a lot of young guys. You
[42:59] know what I'm saying? Young one guy from
high school I remember. Yes, sir.
[43:02] » Two or three years ago. Yes, sir.
>> I saw him going up in that bucket the
[43:04] other day. I said, "Look at him." Yes,
sir.
[43:07] » That's good. I appreciate that.
And it's tough. I'm telling you, it's
[43:11] tough to find young guys that want to uh
stay in court and work and do that line
[43:18] of work. Let's put it that way. I mean,
it's not a very
[43:22] » easy job. It's very demanding and it's
very stressful and it's and it's highly
[43:26] dangerous.
>> Um to find those type of kids that are
[43:29] willing to do that, it's it's tough. But
we do have a young workforce and u the
[43:36] pros to that are you have a you know the
longevity of of the workforce the the
[43:40] cons to that are sometimes it takes a
little bit longer to do the work
[43:44] although that's that's fine in my book
because I really knew it's safe to go
[43:48] home and it [clears throat] does you
know it was a balance there that we had
[43:51] to work out but it's a great group of
guys
[43:54] » but that's good because he was straight
out of high school.
[43:56] » That's right
>> in high school. That's good. That's
[43:58] right.
One other quick thing just quickly. U
[44:02] and I know this a headache. This is a
headache. um Booker Park,
[44:08] you know, the lights are out
[clears throat] at night and um I know
[44:11] somebody probably shot the lights out in
there and um but I was, you know, by
[44:16] there and I was talking to some of the
kids and they were like, you know, we
[44:19] need some lights, you know, and you
know, I know they're supposed to be out
[44:22] of there playing a certain time, but
these kids are trying to stay off the
[44:26] street and they out there playing
basketball. I grew up playing basketball
[44:30] down there in the middle middle of all
over town. So, I appreciate that them
[44:35] them trying to stay out of trouble
trying to play basketball. Now, we may
[44:38] put some lights in there and some
knucklehead may come out and do it
[44:42] again. I I don't know. We can I don't
know how to resolve that issue. But
[44:46] still, we hate to penalize, you know,
the kids for not having that. That's
[44:49] just something we need to look at. I
don't know if can we put some type of
[44:52] prote
issue at at some of our parks sometime
[44:57] people doing that shooting lights
>> a lot of times. U
[45:00] some of the newer LEDs are a little bit
more difficult to shoot out. Um not
[45:05] saying they cannot be shot.
>> Um but some of the older lights, you
[45:10] know, it didn't take much to shoot the
light, the bulb or whatever it may be uh
[45:14] to knock the picture out, but we can
definitely look into that. And it's it's
[45:17] possible that we can look at doing uh
you know, the county has put a timer on
[45:21] like Turner Park, right?
>> Um those lights come on at a certain
[45:25] time and they go off at 10, I do
believe. I'm not quite sure,
[45:29] » right?
>> But there's, you know, that stays on and
[45:31] that's time for them to go home. You
know what I'm saying? So,
[45:34] » I'm pretty sure I know what other reason
why they shooting the lights out.
[45:36] [clears throat]
But,
[45:38] » right, but yes, we can, we can
definitely look at some solutions for
[45:41] that.
>> Well, I know uh a lot of the parks uh I
[45:45] got a friend of mine up in Bville
Commissioner when I went to visit him. A
[45:48] lot of that part they have cameras
around that park and so whatever go on
[45:54] sh they able to see whatever go. So
maybe we can think about put some
[45:59] cameras over the park and maybe that'll
help.
[46:03] » Uh, you know, I don't know. I don't know
who the county has.
[46:07] » Not y'all. What I'm saying, but I'm
talking about us,
[46:09] » right? No, I mean I don't know who the
county has as a provider, but I mean
[46:12] there's fiber optic throughout the, you
know, throughout everywhere. So I
[46:15] wouldn't be anything for the power
commissioner runs the fiber optic for
[46:18] the county to put their security
cameras.
[46:21] » Yeah.
>> All right. Appreciate you, Chris.
[46:22] » Thank you.
>> Thank you, Chris.
[46:24] [clears throat and cough]
All right.
[46:28] » And and I do do want to mention
Commission Commissioner Nance, some of
[46:33] the areas you asked us to look at last
year with the lighting.
[46:37] Carl did get some of those lights
placed, but what I've what I've been
[46:43] told, and I don't know if this is a
right or if this is just courtesy, Carl
[46:47] goes to the residents before we look at
placing a security light there on the
[46:51] corner and basically ask them, "Do you
want this light?"
[46:55] » Some folks, you know, I don't have any
at my home because they it's just like
[46:58] daylight outside as bright as they can
be. And he does have folks that tell him
[47:02] that they they'd rather not. Um, but he
did get those areas taken care of last
[47:07] year. That [snorts] that was of concern
to you.
[47:10] » Uh, I'll get with Carl and get with Mr.
Chris. Definitely we'll we'll look at
[47:16] Booker Park. I think there is a curfew
there, but but like I said, it there is
[47:20] there is a need for light in there. So,
[47:25] gentlemen, we've got um a few orders of
new business. I I do have on your agenda
[47:31] where we are ratifying the revised USDA
FSA lease agreement and what we're
[47:38] having to revise in that is the cost for
construction. We had agreed um to do a
[47:44] little construction over there in the
building to bring it more up to date.
[47:47] The first price that we had was a little
over 22,000 and with the economy and
[47:53] with the cost of materials, we've we've
had a slight increase on that. So that's
[47:58] that's going to $34,825.
[48:03] Um Toby,
>> both of them.
[48:05] » Both of them.
>> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. And that's uh it's
[48:09] basically flooring, putting new flooring
throughout because it's got um 15y old
[48:14] carpet over there and painting the walls
and then closing an office up. Miss
[48:20] Becky is in her side. It it'll pretty
much mirror what you saw in the the new
[48:25] elections office over there in FSA
building, but there was an increase in
[48:29] material and we wanted to reach out and
see if we could get that covered and and
[48:34] the feds agreed to it. So, and that
contract's in effect now. Uh Toby will
[48:40] get that put out for bid to get that
work done and and get moving from there.
[48:48] And I I just guess what I need on that
is for y'all to ratify that revision.
[48:53] » Ratify the revision.
>> Yes, sir.
[48:55] » So move, Mr. Chairman.
>> Second.
[48:57] » Motion and second. All in favor say I.
>> I. Opposed. Motion [clears throat] car.
[49:09] Your second order of new business, Mr.
Chairman, is the uh service delivery
[49:14] contract. Well, SDR contract and what
this is is an extension agreement. U
[49:21] FEMA requires counties to have debris
monitors and debris contractors. So,
[49:28] whenever you have a storm, you've got
one entity that is looking at what the
[49:33] contractor is bringing in to make sure
it's legal stuff, somebody's not trying
[49:36] to clean out their house. We have to
have both in place to be able to get
[49:40] » reimbursement. Reimbursement.
Sheriff Hancock and has uh sent this to
[49:47] us. This is only extending this for one
more year,
[49:51] » and we would need a a vote and ratify
that to extend this contract.
[49:57] » And this is a contract that's been in
place, but we just need to extend it for
[50:01] » Yes, sir.
>> Yeah. If you don't if you don't have
[50:03] that contract in place, storm comes, you
can't even get any type of federal
[50:06] assistance. That's exactly right.
>> You forget FEMA.
[50:09] » That's right. So I need a motion. I
offer motion that we u ratify the
[50:15] contract SDR contract.
>> Okay. Need a Okay. Motion in a second.
[50:18] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[50:21] » All opposed. Motion carried.
[50:26] » Next order of business. Mr. Chairman, I
would uh I would like to invite Mr. Nick
[50:31] Edwards up to the podium. Mr. Edwards is
representing a group of folks. They're
[50:37] off of Highway 90 on Lake View.
>> Yes. that that have requested be
[50:42] deanexed from the city and to come back
into the fold at the county. And I'll
[50:47] let Mr. Nick talk to you'all about that.
>> Good morning.
[50:52] » Good morning. Good morning, council.
>> Like Mr. Mickey told you, I I rep I'm an
[50:57] attorney. I'm also a resident Chris
County. I actually live on this street.
[51:00] Um the from my house back to 90 um I'm
representing myself, Jack and Geraldine
[51:07] Chromemer, um Tina Welchel, Wendell and
Patricia Story and Jeremy and Jeannie
[51:13] Hamilton. Um Lake View Drive is off of
90 and the the first five houses on the
[51:21] north side of the road are part of the
city for whatever reason. Every other
[51:26] house on the south side and on the north
side past my house is in the county. Um
[51:33] we're exploring trying to get deanex
from the city of Cordial so that we're
[51:38] not paying city cordial property taxes
anymore. Um
[51:45] the first step of this process is we
have to have the permission from the or
[51:50] consent from the county commission
saying that they are allowing this
[51:55] proceed mostly because y'all would be
responsible for providing services to us
[51:59] if the city isn't. Um at this time the
city doesn't provide any services to us.
[52:05] Um when we've called 911 in the past,
the sheriff comes out, the sheriff
[52:09] patrols that road. Um the
the
[52:16] all the of course trash pickup's all the
same for everybody anyway. Um county
[52:22] maintains that road. So so there
wouldn't be any additional expense to
[52:25] the county if we were not part of the
city.
[52:30] Um
so
[52:34] we also don't have street lights or
anything from the city out there. The
[52:39] only thing that the city does provide is
there are water services off of 90, but
[52:43] if you you have to pay for the
infrastructure yourself to get it to
[52:46] your house, but they'll also run it to
nine city members out there as well. Um,
[52:51] so I think I think total, you know,
we're paying about $7,000 in city taxes
[52:57] per year between the five houses. Um,
and basically not receiving anything
[53:04] from it.
But what we need from you is just the
[53:08] consent. Like I said, we it won't cost
the county anything additional to
[53:13] provide that.
>> Are y'all set the tanks?
[53:16] » Yes, sir.
>> All of them.
[53:18] » Yes, sir.
>> So, you don't have no service from the
[53:21] city?
>> No, sir. Not not to my knowledge.
[53:24] » Yeah. You're way over.
>> Yes, sir.
[53:27] » Yeah.
>> Well, I don't see no problem call me up.
[53:30] If there ain't no service, me myself
personally, I won't pay no tax. We get
[53:34] no service.
>> Yes, sir. And and this is, you know,
[53:37] like I said, this is just the first step
of this. We have to get your consent,
[53:40] then we can go to the city and and apply
for the dean annexation,
[53:44] » which I'm I'm sure Mr. Wright will be
hearing from us after this.
[53:50] » Water is available out there, Mr.
Chairman. Um, but it like Mr. Nick said,
[53:55] you do have to pay for that
infrastructure to be run to your
[53:58] property. Um,
and coming back into the county, I think
[54:03] there's two properties that that are
getting city water now.
[54:07] » Yes, there's one in the county that's
getting city water and one in the city.
[54:11] » So, the the city has a rate specifically
for folks that that live in
[54:16] unincorporated. So, that they would have
a rate change with their
[54:22] » I don't see a problem with it. I don't
have a problem with Mr.
[54:27] I off the motion that we adopt
resolution 2026 012.
[54:31] » Second.
>> Got a motion in a second for the DNX
[54:36] name resolution. All in favor say I. I.
>> All oppose.
[54:42] Hearing none. Motion carried. Thank you
for coming.
[54:46] » Thank you.
>> This is the beginning of your process.
[54:48] » Yes, sir. That's correct. Thank you.
>> Thank you'all very much.
[55:04] Thank you,
>> Wendle.
[55:07] [laughter]
When they gone a window out of here,
[55:12] » sunshine.
>> The last order of new business that we
[55:17] have, Mr. Chairman, is to approve a new
beer and wine license for Super
[55:22] Petroleum 20, Inc. That's the uh new
truck stop that's building out at the
[55:27] old Burles truck stop. They're pretty
close to uh to finishing that. I was
[55:32] speaking with our building inspector and
codes enforcement Jimmy Munford
[55:36] yesterday. Um currently they're putting
a Starbucks in there.
[55:41] » Yes,
>> they're putting a Sabaros in there. And
[55:43] I I think everybody remembers Sabaros
from Albany Mall. The calazones and the
[55:48] pepperoni pizzas. And there is a KFC
that is going in there. So, u we'll have
[55:55] two locations for those. There's a
fourth small restaurant going in there,
[55:59] but I think Jimmy said that they're
still ironing out the contracts for
[56:02] that. But they are to the point to where
they're wanting to apply for their their
[56:07] beer and wine license here. Um it's just
a new location and it's something that
[56:12] y'all would have to approve for them to
be able to do these sales.
[56:17] » Would that cover everybody?
They cover all of them.
[56:22] » Like the other restaurants and stuff,
they
[56:25] » Oh, no. Two fried chicken. No bill.
>> Yeah.
[56:28] Won't be set enough.
>> Yeah. Those they don't sell
[56:32] » alcohol, but but it would just strictly
be for the super patrolling. Those
[56:36] entities would have to come in and apply
for their own license.
[56:39] » I was out there yesterday and I visit
you around looking. But it's nice. Very
[56:43] nice.
>> That's a lot.
[56:45] » Nice building.
>> There going to be a lot of jobs that
[56:47] come here, but That's a nice place. That
Starbucks real nice. Yes, sir.
[56:52] » I was out there Sunday. Look at looking
really really
[56:57] my daughter, she the manager of
Starbucks here in T.
[57:01] » So I knew about that coming.
>> So what we need is a motion to allow for
[57:08] uh Super Petroleum uh grant them a
license to sell here and wine. Is that
[57:12] correct?
>> That's correct.
[57:14] » Mo could I get a motion,
>> Mr. Chairman? Second. Motion a second.
[57:19] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[57:21] » All opposed. Motion carried. Motion.
[57:28] Remind you some of those old Curtis
truck stop days back
[57:34] college high school and stuff like that
for the summer.
[57:37] » That's going to be good for our
community.
[57:39] » That's going to be a one onetop shop. I
mean that really that's
[57:45] » generators.
Good.
[57:48] » Very nice. Um, Mr. Chairman, I would ask
this morning um if if we could forego
[57:54] the finance department report. Uh, Miss
Sherry had some appointments and is
[57:58] unable to to attend with us today. So, I
would ask if we could forego that and
[58:03] let's move into my report.
>> Okay, sir. Go ahead.
[58:07] » We had a busy month last month. I've
I've told y'all that the construction is
[58:12] complete at the new elections office.
Miss Becky is over there and she's she's
[58:17] really excited about what y'all've done
for her and the uh the area that she
[58:21] has. Now, the next stage of this is we
will start getting the old elections
[58:27] office in order, getting it cleaned up,
um getting it to come in and see what we
[58:32] need to where we can move family
connections from the Dowy Center down
[58:38] here to us. That's going to put Miss
Monica a lot closer to the folks that
[58:41] she serves. And I I think she she'll see
a lot more foot traffic being closer
[58:46] into town. And after that, then we'll
we'll go into the center and get it
[58:52] brought back up and get 4 moved out to
the Dowy Center.
[58:57] » I think that's a good move for the 4
kids. They'll be right there at the
[59:01] ready department with all the kids, you
know.
[59:03] » So, I think that's a good move.
>> Yes, sir. You're right. Um Mr. Ry's got
[59:06] a little over 200 kids that participate
in 4 and uh
[59:10] » Eric uh the recreation department
director he is already trying to plan a
[59:15] day of pool for the 4 kids. So one day
out of the week it'll be just strictly 4
[59:20] there. So
>> he's excited about having that many kids
[59:24] up there in that area now.
>> So I see it been being beneficial
[59:28] everywhere.
We did get the um new LRA money
[59:35] uh figure this past week is 823,36981.
[59:41] This additional LRA money does not
require a match. So, we're going to be
[59:47] uh well ahead on that. Now, I've spoke
with Carl about this, and Carl would
[59:52] would like to use this money to finish
the phase two there on Finn Road, and
[59:59] that's that's coming from the railroad
track going east back to Highway 41. And
[1:00:04] that that'll complete that whole strip
as to being a brand new road. We do have
[1:00:10] roughly 500,000 in LRA funds that we do
have to use. we have to try and start
[1:00:17] using it this year because it's starting
to meet that that time limit. We got
[1:00:22] three years to get it used and this
500,000 was already earmarked for that
[1:00:27] phase out of Finn Road. So that that's
the request that Carl is putting in
[1:00:33] » and that's that recovery money we got.
>> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. It sure is. Um
[1:00:39] » where Finn Road
>> Helena Chemical Helena
[1:00:42] » Chemical Somebody asked me are we gonna
finish all the way to Colon?
[1:00:46] » Yes sir.
>> That's the plans. And matter of fact,
[1:00:49] the state uh sent letters two months ago
where they are starting to do their work
[1:00:55] coming down county because do project.
>> Yeah. Uh Finn Road, you don't realize
[1:01:02] how much that road has traveled.
>> Truck track.
[1:01:06] » That's right. But that's your only
connection over to Coney Road through
[1:01:10] that side of the county.
>> So the state going to finish up Coney
[1:01:13] Road.
>> They're they're preparing it.
[1:01:16] » So they're going all the way up to Duly
County
[1:01:19] » from Duly to Highway 300.
>> Yeah. Okay.
[1:01:21] » They're not doing F road. They just
>> just con.
[1:01:29] Yeah. Yes.
>> And we've already completed the middle
[1:01:31] phase of that middle section in front of
house.
[1:01:33] » There's three.
>> There you go. And then we're going to
[1:01:36] bring it out to 280, excuse me, 41 and
then and use that other money to go out
[1:01:42] to con. And then that'll get that
that'll get that route complete. And I
[1:01:46] think this 800,000 this this is
additional this from the surplus.
[1:01:50] » That's right.
>> This is the governor surplus money that
[1:01:52] he let us have and no matches required.
>> That's right.
[1:01:56] » 82 823,000.
>> Yeah. This is money that Representative
[1:02:00] Williams and Senator Summers
>> There you go.
[1:02:03] » put in and got us and gas lines.
>> Yes, sir, they did. They had quite a bit
[1:02:07] of construction, um, rightway
construction they had to do out there
[1:02:11] before they could do that first section.
U power commission, they had power lines
[1:02:16] that they had to get moved over. You had
gas lines that had to be moved around.
[1:02:20] But if you have not been out there, it's
it's really a nice road. The complaint
[1:02:25] that that Grant and I got two weeks ago
is that now folks are starting to drag
[1:02:29] race out there. It's a nice flat top. So
they not that anybody would do that
[1:02:35] Chris County, but it it is a really nice
road.
[1:02:40] [laughter]
>> Well, we hope the community will get a
[1:02:43] chance to see this and see what um our
Senator Senator Senator Summers and
[1:02:48] Representative Weeden are doing for us
to help this community.
[1:02:51] » Yes, sir.
>> Senator Summer, he wore quite
[1:02:52] interesting jacket there u in the last
day of that session.
[1:02:55] » Yes, he did. there.
>> But uh but we appreciate the work they
[1:02:59] do to try to help with stuff like this.
A lot of people don't know what goes on.
[1:03:02] They're not, you know, aware, but we
appreciate this giving us the
[1:03:07] » and that completion of Coney
and Chris County. That's that T money.
[1:03:13] So that they they're going to do that.
And uh and I think we've already sort of
[1:03:19] planned on finishing Willford from
Hatley with some of our
[1:03:23] » That's correct.
>> Money. So we'll have our we'll have a
[1:03:27] good balance north and south.
>> That's correct. Carl sets these things
[1:03:32] up to where they just it just falls in
place because you do have so many years
[1:03:37] that you have to to spend that and he at
times it kind of close but it gets us
[1:03:43] where we need to be.
>> But I think they used to classify them
[1:03:46] uh connecting route you that's what and
this is going to help us.
[1:03:50] » Yes sir. Yes sir. I think it runs uh
between 125 and 150 a mile to repave the
[1:03:56] road. So
>> it's fairly expensive and
[1:03:59] » $200,000.
>> Yeah, very expensive.
[1:04:02] » Yeah.
[1:04:05] » Carl and M have finished the inind work
there at the pickle ball courts out at
[1:04:09] the state park. They have turned that
area over to the contractor the state is
[1:04:14] using to start building those six pickle
ball courts. They did they did a real
[1:04:20] good job out there. It kind of got a
little more involved than what he had
[1:04:23] bargained for. The water table, I don't
think folks realize how close that water
[1:04:27] table is to the surface. Um Carl's third
scoop, they put them about four feet
[1:04:34] down, started filling up with water. So,
they had to go back and there's they put
[1:04:38] some field in there and they've got the
area stabilized. So, it it'll be a real
[1:04:42] good investment for the county and I
hope that it draws a lot of people out
[1:04:46] there.
I did tell y'all earlier that Sheriff
[1:04:49] Hancock and I was able to give
Commissioner Wright, Commissioner
[1:04:52] Singleary a tour of the E91 building and
discuss the operations there and and
[1:04:58] they were a little busy that day and and
if you haven't been by there, I strongly
[1:05:02] encourage you to go and watch them. They
have a viewing window outside of the
[1:05:06] room where you can stand stand there and
watch what goes on. But there it's just
[1:05:11] never a dull moment over there. It's
never a dull moment.
[1:05:15] I am still working with Congressman
Scott's office. Uh, Commissioner
[1:05:20] Krenshaw has been after me about getting
the post office dropbox replaced. For
[1:05:26] whatever reason, the postmaster here
doesn't want to replace that box. There
[1:05:30] is a federal law that says if you if the
box is vandalized or if it's damaged in
[1:05:35] any way, they have the option to or to
not to replace it. Postmaster here has
[1:05:40] chose not to replace it. Now, we we've
got some issues with that because we
[1:05:44] have folks that can't get out and come
to our dropbox that's here. You've got
[1:05:49] one at Walmart and I think there's a
third one.
[1:05:52] A lot of folks use that dropbox and and
I've reached out to Congressman Scott's
[1:05:57] office. They are working on it. Mr.
Charles White is who we're working with
[1:06:01] through that. But I did I did want to
let you know that
[1:06:05] » that ain't on the back burner. We just
got another party that we're having to
[1:06:09] depend on right now to help us. Why
would the pole master have a problem
[1:06:13] with that? He the post master. He not
the people in the community. You have
[1:06:18] elderly people that can't get out the
car and they now the post office don't
[1:06:22] have a handicap wrapped no way up there.
Okay.
[1:06:24] » That's right.
>> So you ought to be glad to put that
[1:06:26] mailbox back.
>> Now the one the thing that they are
[1:06:30] doing though, commissioner, is he they
do come out and take that mail from you.
[1:06:33] If you pull up that box and and ring in
there, they they'll come out there and
[1:06:37] get it. It might not be right away. I
understand what you're saying. But
[1:06:40] again, they come out, get the mail, like
when you go in the post office, you got
[1:06:43] to wait 30 minute in line, you got to
take the 30 minute to come outside. So
[1:06:47] that's still one way.
>> That's right. You
[1:06:49] » So I don't understand why the postmaster
want somebody
[1:06:53] can say what they what she don't want or
he don't want. She'll be asking what the
[1:06:58] people want.
>> That's right.
[1:06:59] » What the community want. You know what I
mean? So I think we need that box
[1:07:02] because you got a lot of elder people
that drop their bill in the box. They
[1:07:05] can't go upstairs.
I agree with you 100%.
[1:07:10] » Can't handle call Gator.
Take care.
[1:07:13] » Yeah. Yeah. Call Gator.
>> I didn't think about calling Gator, but
[1:07:16] you're exactly [laughter] right. You
know, they wouldn't have to go out
[1:07:19] there, but one time collecting mail if
they need the box out there rather than
[1:07:23] running back and forth out there.
Somebody's ringing the bell.
[1:07:25] » There you go.
>> Now, does the does the postmaster is he
[1:07:28] the one that has the final say, or are
they going to put political pressure on
[1:07:32] him to get it changed? Is that
>> right now? He is the one with the final
[1:07:36] say. And that's why we've Commissioner
Crrenshaw suggested that I call Charles
[1:07:40] White with Congressman Scott's office
and we we've done that and and now
[1:07:44] they're
they're going to handle it on their end
[1:07:48] there. Okay.
>> Okay. Well, this been going on for a
[1:07:50] minute.
>> I talked to Charles yesterday. It ain't
[1:07:54] going to happen.
>> No movement.
[1:07:58] » I don't know. We could probably fix that
thing for 150 bucks. [snorts]
[1:08:04] That's federal federal stuff.
>> I understand.
[1:08:07] » You don't have no autonomy, no authority
to do that.
[1:08:10] » I think part of it is is they begin to
worry about the integrity of securing
[1:08:14] that mail because, you know, folks go up
there and drop off bills, all all kinds
[1:08:19] of stuff. And if you got somebody that's
just continuously trying to break into
[1:08:23] that box, then then you you do have an
issue because one day they're going to
[1:08:28] get in it and you're just not going to
know what they did.
[1:08:32] Well, that thing went both way.
I thought pretty good. You know, what it
[1:08:37] used to be.
>> I don't know. But it it is an
[1:08:41] inconvenience to senior citizens.
>> It is, you know,
[1:08:44] » with health issues and stuff like that.
>> I saw on the news last week where they
[1:08:47] arrested two or three people that were
in the post office for taking mail.
[1:08:50] » Mhm.
>> Okay. So,
[1:08:59] » we need that box.
>> So, outside and inside.
[1:09:01] » Inside. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
>> You call that an inside job? [laughter]
[1:09:08] » Inside job.
>> Okay. Okay.
[1:09:10] » All right, sir.
>> Okay. Yes, sir. Go ahead.
[1:09:15] » So, fortunately, legislative session
this year is over there in Atlanta. One
[1:09:21] of the things that that we were watching
closely was some of the property tax
[1:09:25] bills that were going through uh the
main bill or the main resolution
[1:09:31] 1116 got voted down. They did not pass
that, but they did come back and kind of
[1:09:36] shor up the old House Bill 581 that
offered floss for everybody.
[1:09:43] One of the things they took out of it
was the option to opt out, which um
[1:09:47] thankfully um Commissioner Wright and
Commissioner Singleary and Commissioner
[1:09:51] Finn, the mayor and Commissioner Shepard
uh opted into 581 in January. Is that
[1:09:58] right, sir?
>> First meeting. First
[1:10:00] » meeting. They opted in.
We haven't really been able to move on
[1:10:04] it because we needed to see what was
going to happen with the legislature up
[1:10:07] in Atlanta. Now that that is over with,
we have we have two options as to an
[1:10:12] additional penny for us to add. One of
the options is called a LHOST and it
[1:10:19] local homestead option sales tax.
The the advantage of the LHOST is that
[1:10:27] that collection only applies to
homesteaded properties.
[1:10:32] If you get your tax bill, if if we
collect enough sales tax that county
[1:10:37] sale um property tax zeros out, then we
can take any additional collections.
[1:10:45] No, I'm sorry, I'm telling you wrong.
You cannot add you can't apply that tax
[1:10:49] to anything but homestead. It won't
apply to commercial and it won't apply
[1:10:53] to industrial. With the floss tax, that
tax covers all properties. It's not
[1:11:00] designated for homestead. It it covers
homes, commercial, and industrial.
[1:11:05] That's a that's a fair tax spread across
everything.
[1:11:09] » And it's and it goes general fund and
it's roll back.
[1:11:12] » It is. Both both are roll back and both
are designed to try and get your tax
[1:11:17] down to nothing.
>> Yeah. But it was designed for homestead
[1:11:21] » originally. Yes, sir. originally,
but now that that tax
[1:11:26] » what if what if
if your collection is more than your
[1:11:30] homestead,
>> what do you do with the excess money?
[1:11:36] » My understanding is that you could use
that money once you once you get
[1:11:39] everything roed back to zero, but I I
would not think
[1:11:44] » I wouldn't think with the penny sales
tax that we would ever ever hit zero
[1:11:49] here in our community.
[1:11:54] I mean, we can basically look at our
supplies and they kind of mirror that
[1:11:57] and pretty much kind of give you an
idea.
[1:11:59] » Yeah.
>> What it's going to be.
[1:12:02] » Yeah. Um, they're both good. They're
both good pennies. They're both fair.
[1:12:08] Um, it just it's going to be up to the
board and to the city commissioners as
[1:12:14] to which tax you want to go after. if
you want to go after the LH host or if
[1:12:18] you want to go after the floss
>> and then you put it on the ballot
[1:12:21] » on the ballot and and we're kind of on
the clock with this. We have to have
[1:12:25] this thing advertised for 90 days. Miss
Becky has some deadlines that she has to
[1:12:30] meet. The first thing that we need to do
is we need to get with the city and have
[1:12:35] a work session um to figure out what how
we're going to split this and how we're
[1:12:41] going to put it on the ballot because
again um we may agree on everything but
[1:12:45] the people at the polls may may vote it
down. So both of them have to go on
[1:12:50] referendum
[1:12:58] and then I had u several several
meetings last month that we attended. I
[1:13:03] spent a lot of time with Representative
Williams and Senator Summers with some
[1:13:07] of the legislation that was going
through. I actually spent some time with
[1:13:11] Representative Blackman out of um Hston
County speaking on some of that. But I I
[1:13:17] I think overall we did have a good
session. There is one bill that I do
[1:13:21] want to make y'all aware of and I I
don't think the sheriff mentioned this
[1:13:24] today.
He did tell y'all that we buy contracts
[1:13:28] out. The state requires us to to buy a
contract. If the city of Cordel hire
[1:13:34] someone at the police department and
they send them to the academy and two
[1:13:38] months after they get out of the academy
they decide they want to come and work
[1:13:41] for a county then the county has to pay
that contract out. uh they're anywhere
[1:13:47] from 20 to $30,000 because the city will
have equipment, time, school, and have a
[1:13:54] big investment in employee.
The state did this um to where you had
[1:13:59] to do that for up to 15 months after
they graduated. They've extended that
[1:14:04] out now to 36 months
>> if I'm not mistaken.
[1:14:10] » So, three years.
>> Big difference.
[1:14:11] » Yeah. Three years.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Big difference. But it does
[1:14:14] help your community recoup money because
it it is a big investment uh to send
[1:14:19] send people through this this school.
>> Well, I know because we have lost some
[1:14:23] we have something school that we going
down the road.
[1:14:27] » That's right.
>> That apply for firemen too.
[1:14:33] » No sir, I don't believe it does apply to
firemen.
[1:14:36] It was something that they did with
public safety because back in the day if
[1:14:39] you wanted to be in law enforcement and
you found a small community that was
[1:14:43] constantly hiring law enforcement and
they would send you to the academy and
[1:14:46] it's just a stepping stone. You go down
there and get your certification and
[1:14:49] then then move on
[1:14:54] » that and that is what I have for my
report Mr. Chairman. So, do you have
[1:14:59] anything on the uh rent department we
had talked about, Jim? We need to come
[1:15:06] back and revisit that later.
>> If we could we can come back and revisit
[1:15:09] that. Toby hasn't got back with me on
any numbers. Um he does have some
[1:15:14] options that he was looking at, but he
he hasn't got back with me.
[1:15:17] » Okay. And uh
our ball field last weekend we had oh
[1:15:24] man,
probably about 2,000 people. It was
[1:15:27] wrapped up.
>> Yeah. Wrapped up. And and and we had
[1:15:30] maybe little truck stop RV park were
full. Our little section over here was
[1:15:35] full. Maybe about 15 RVs. Then and that
was Friday night when I went through
[1:15:39] that. They were coming in. Then this
week coming up is going to be a big one.
[1:15:44] They say it going to be two days. So I'm
saying this because uh I think that we
[1:15:49] need to think about the live screen that
we had talked about you know for the
[1:15:54] parents that who can't come to the game
the grandparent stuff they can see the
[1:15:57] kids and uh my understand other part
have that
[1:16:02] and I think it's something like $24,000
that you see probably cost but
[1:16:08] the county we don't receive that money
that want to go to
[1:16:14] » tourism
>> tourism
[1:16:16] chamber in the city. Keep it real. So, I
don't see why
[1:16:22] that chamber in the city can't come
together. Let's spend $24,000
[1:16:27] and get this because it's very important
for our ball field. What I'm saying?
[1:16:32] Because the county job is to keep the
ball field. We spend a lot of money. We
[1:16:36] spend tons of money and our budget is
high in recreation and everything fall
[1:16:41] on the county. We do everything that we
can to keep this place beautiful. You
[1:16:45] come over 75 on Friday night when that
ball field light lit up like another
[1:16:49] city here. But once you get on that
ball, when you pull in here, we got one
[1:16:53] of the beautiful ball field I think in
South Georgia or the state of Georgia
[1:16:57] because a lot of people come and a lot
of people bragging about it. It's
[1:17:00] lovely. So we got one more thing we need
to do. We need to do that. So I don't
[1:17:05] know how how we come with the chamber or
the city, but that's something that they
[1:17:09] need to do.
>> What you talking about doing the live
[1:17:13] stream? Um
camera at home.
[1:17:17] That's what a lot of Rick is doing.
>> Would you put it behind home plate? Is
[1:17:21] that what you're talking about?
>> Yes, sir.
[1:17:23] » Yeah.
>> Yes, sir. It It's something that Eric
[1:17:26] has been trying to get for a couple of
years now. Um I think it would be real
[1:17:31] beneficial, but it does it's a camera
that's [clears throat] behind home plate
[1:17:35] and it doesn't focus on any one child.
It just takes in the whole field.
[1:17:40] » Um
>> and you do have some parks that use
[1:17:43] them. They charge $10 to be able to log
in and watch it, but you you know you
[1:17:48] you got a video of your kid playing.
>> It will pay for itself. It will pay for
[1:17:54] itself. Now, it's not something that we
would charge our citizens. So, if it was
[1:17:59] some something with our Chris County
kids out there playing, then the parents
[1:18:02] be able to log in and do it. But we
we're looking at this because of the
[1:18:06] travel ball. I mean, last year we had
38,000 people come through our
[1:18:10] recreation department
>> and uh you know,
[1:18:14] » there'll be more this year.
>> Yes, sir.
[1:18:16] » Yes, sir. We we we do have a great
facility out there
[1:18:19] » and these people
tags from Florida.
[1:18:24] » Some from Florida.
>> They have tents everywhere out there. I
[1:18:27] mean,
>> it was invitational last week.
[1:18:29] » Yeah. Yes. And when you speak of tent,
you couldn't see the ball field cuz
[1:18:32] there was everywhere out there. museum.
>> So that says something good about us,
[1:18:36] you know. I love it. It just it's just
so beautiful.
[1:18:39] » It is. And Toby and I and and and you
you you kind of mentioned this with the
[1:18:44] Lo's truck stop. We we've identified an
area that that we're wanting to look and
[1:18:49] see if we can provide RV parking to have
a small overnight charge because there
[1:18:54] are a lot of RVs out there. I think I've
been towed and and maybe Commissioner
[1:18:58] Wright can verify this. I think you have
upwards of 30 RVs every once in a while
[1:19:03] that
>> that come out.
[1:19:05] » Yeah, I'll be honest with you. I just
add something what y'all saying there
[1:19:09] that um over the years I directed
tournaments in five different states,
[1:19:13] 100 different venues and there's not a
city or county our size our size in any
[1:19:21] of those that's anywhere compared to
what we have out here. and especially
[1:19:26] sitting
150 yards off of the interstate. Uh the
[1:19:32] potential to make money uh for the
community through the through the ball
[1:19:36] field is really astronomical. And and
I'm just telling you that the RV park
[1:19:42] and uh that live streaming that's really
just a drop in the bucket to other
[1:19:47] things that can come. But the bigger
facilities say in Vasta, Freedom Park
[1:19:52] and uh others, they they already have
those things. I was sitting here, the
[1:19:57] president of GRPA was calling me. I told
him to call him back in a minute. But
[1:20:00] I'm just saying about that that
folks, it's it's a money maker. It's
[1:20:07] it's really a a no- lose situation for
you. And as far as getting some of the
[1:20:12] money from tourism through the city, I I
really don't see that as a problem
[1:20:16] because, you know, it's for the good of
everybody. It's part of strategic
[1:20:20] resource initiative. I keep talking
about that that we we're just one small
[1:20:24] community. We got to figure out a way to
uh get our funds together in some in
[1:20:29] some aspects, not everything, but in
some things to to make it work. And that
[1:20:34] right there is one of that is a key key
figure that I mean, you know, I work for
[1:20:40] y'all. I I work for the county for the
record rec department. I ain't work yet
[1:20:43] y'all. I'm go into one. So y'all get
excited. [laughter] But I'm just saying
[1:20:49] that it's it's a key [clears throat]
thing uh for us as a community. That
[1:20:55] ball field is it's it's huge. And uh I
wouldn't I wouldn't let this opportunity
[1:21:00] pass. I really wouldn't. Uh I'm not
singing it for Eric's praises, but
[1:21:05] that's exactly
right in this in this regard. I 100%
[1:21:09] agree with that being said.
>> Yeah. I I don't think folks realize just
[1:21:16] how great of a wreck department we we do
have out there down to the folks that
[1:21:20] that keep it looking good or moaning
them, keep everything manicured.
[1:21:25] It looks professional. How they do it, I
I don't know. Um but they do it and they
[1:21:30] pull it off. And we get a lot of
comments about way our rec department
[1:21:34] is.
>> We all we also have some great employees
[1:21:36] over there. You better believe
>> they do a great job.
[1:21:39] » They do a great job.
>> But that's what we've that's what we're
[1:21:45] looking at over there. Um Toby has
started trying to figure out how to map
[1:21:49] out some areas to to do that for RVs.
And that way we can they won't just be
[1:21:54] scattered all over the park. They'll
they'll have a defined area and and I'll
[1:21:58] get with Monica and we'll talk about
this camera system again to see what we
[1:22:02] can do with it. That's that's all I have
for my report. Mr. Chairman,
[1:22:08] » any questions for
>> Mr. Chair? Famous Rick Smart again. We
[1:22:12] seen a long time.
>> I know. I'm so glad to see Ray again.
[1:22:16] » And I hope he didn't storm too bad. I'm
going look straight at you.
[1:22:22] » Glad to have
[clears throat]
[1:22:25] » uh I do. We don't we have to get in go
executive session after a while?
[1:22:30] » We we do have an executive session. Yes,
sir. And that'll be um litigation and
[1:22:35] property
have. But can I bring something else
[1:22:39] back up? I I'm not sure if I've told
y'all this at the last meeting, but we
[1:22:45] have submitted the CDBG money.
>> Correct. Correct.
[1:22:48] » For the new town um Payville Road
project. And and I just I wanted to give
[1:22:53] y'all a little history of that. And I
want to talk about how how this project
[1:22:57] got started, which it it was around
August of last year. Um, Commissioner
[1:23:02] Nance
sent me to see Mr. Ruby Lee Barrett who
[1:23:07] lives there on Pateville Road. Mr. Ruby
Lee had a problem with with the drainage
[1:23:11] coming down Pateville. It was just
eating his his driveway out.
[1:23:17] I went and met with him last year around
August and that's that's when we started
[1:23:21] on this project. We've we've identified
some areas. We got a consultant to come
[1:23:28] in and help us with this grant and it
culminated it being submitted last week.
[1:23:35] Um, these things are competitive.
They're very competitive. Uh, we got
[1:23:39] about 40 folks that that this particular
problem over there with the storm water
[1:23:44] drainage effects. So, I'm hoping that
that we're going to meet that threshold
[1:23:48] where we need to be. The grants for $1
million.
[1:23:53] the cost to do the project, which will
run the length of Pville from um Jo
[1:23:59] Drive down to 13th and then go back
north 13th. It's going to run about $1.3
[1:24:05] million.
Yeah, $1.3 million. Our our half our
[1:24:11] match would be a little over $300,000.
But what that's going to do, if we're
[1:24:17] able to get this grant,
it's going to widen that road out some
[1:24:21] because it's 20 feet wide. There's no
sidewalks. Um you just have to choose
[1:24:26] which side you want to dive to.
>> Yeah.
[1:24:29] » Um
it was somewhat adequate enough to serve
[1:24:32] the neighborhood traffic that come
through there, but you got to remember
[1:24:35] at the other end of Pay Road, we now
have an industrial park
[1:24:39] » that is getting very active. Grant's
done a real good job of getting people
[1:24:44] out there and starting to fill that
place up. So now folks have to contend
[1:24:48] contend with cement trucks, asphalt
trucks, heavy machinery coming up and
[1:24:53] down that road.
>> You also got Hunts Pizza and the other
[1:24:57] two companies back there. So be and you
didn't have also the um apartment
[1:25:02] complex back there years ago.
>> So the whole area, you know, has has an
[1:25:07] influx of of of traffic and population.
>> Yeah. So, it it's it it's now a little
[1:25:13] inadequate to handle what we have coming
up through there. Now, we do have no big
[1:25:17] truck through signs posted down through
there, but it's it's just a sign.
[1:25:21] » It's only as good as the person that
sees it.
[1:25:24] » And stops. But I I am hoping this grant
I'm hoping that we get this grant, it it
[1:25:30] did come out of those talks that that
you and I had along with the the light
[1:25:35] issue. All this kind of come together.
Carl and them have done a great job.
[1:25:40] They they went door todoor out there
talking with folks trying to get letters
[1:25:44] of support to get this grant going and
along with the lights that he does. I
[1:25:50] and I didn't realize that about lights.
I I thought if you just wanted a light
[1:25:54] somewhere, we'd go pop a light up, but
it that's just not how it works. We we
[1:25:58] have to ask the folks permission.
>> You ought to try paving a road that some
[1:26:03] folk want to pave and some folk don't
want to pave.
[1:26:07] Yeah,
>> right away. [laughter]
[1:26:11] » That's fun.
>> I think we've had one of those in the
[1:26:14] [laughter] past,
>> but but I did want to tell y'all that
[1:26:17] grant has been submitted. I'm I'm not
sure of the timeline of when we'll hear
[1:26:22] anything back from that. And I don't
know other communities that may have
[1:26:26] applied for this stuff, but um
>> we appreciate that. and uh commission
[1:26:30] felt and I we kind of worked together on
this and we both went out to visit with
[1:26:35] um uh Mr. Ly Barry kind of talk about
this I think when when we got a a big
[1:26:41] rain and he called both of us and I
think he went out there and I also went
[1:26:46] by to actually see the flow that water
runs across the road then run down in
[1:26:51] the ditch and then run back you know
over other side and kind of just eat all
[1:26:55] up on the road. So, it's kind of
compromised the integrity of the road.
[1:27:00] » Yeah.
>> But, uh, but this if we if we're
[1:27:03] successful at getting this uh what 1.3
million grant, it'll be good for the
[1:27:08] entire area.
>> Yes, sir.
[1:27:10] » And, uh, and maybe we can, you know, if
we can get it. Maybe we can have around
[1:27:14] two phase two or phase three that
improve the entire area.
[1:27:18] » Yes, sir. is something that we
appreciate, you know, the hard work that
[1:27:21] you've done and and the community who
participated in the surveys um to try to
[1:27:26] help us get this right.
>> Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.
[1:27:28] » Thank you.
>> That's all I have, Mr. Chairman.
[1:27:31] » We also want to thank
[1:27:39] [laughter]
you
[1:27:42] all that [laughter]
>> y'all want to put your head. It's going
[1:27:47] to be a big old It's going to be a big
old page, ain't it?
[1:27:50] » You [clears throat] can watch it all
again in a little while.
[1:27:52] » Thank Roy and Nancy for coming.
>> Thank you.
[1:27:56] » The city has agreed to let Mr. Ricky
come and start recording our meetings
[1:28:00] now. We've had a lot of folks calling
asking why we stopped doing that, which
[1:28:04] it
wasn't our choice, but thankfully Mr.
[1:28:08] Ricky is here and doing it. We're We'll
have that posted on our website later on
[1:28:13] this afternoon for folks to go and
watch.
[1:28:17] Thank you.
>> All right.
[1:28:18] » Appreciate it.
>> If uh
[1:28:22] I I think you mentioned litigation, we
need session. So, if I could get a
[1:28:27] motion that we go into executive session
for the purpose of litigation.
[1:28:31] » Mr. Chairman, may I off a motion that we
uh go into executive session to discuss
[1:28:36] potential litigation and property?
>> Second.
[1:28:41] » Motion and second. All in favor say I.
Raise your hand.
[1:28:45] Okay. Could we take a just a brief uh
intermission? Yes.
[1:28:50] » Make that a part of the motion, Mr.
Chairman. To do that, I'll make it part
[1:28:53] of the motion. Okay. [laughter]
Good deal. Thank Thank everyone for
[1:28:58] coming.