[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.

Crisp County Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting on April 14, 2026

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