[0:06] Everyone please rise. Thank you. You
[0:08] know uh today uh I guess most of you
[0:11] heard that Dolly Parton passed away and
[0:15] my wife was big fan and she was kind of
[0:18] taken back
[0:20] about it. Uh but you know uh the main
[0:23] thing is
[0:25] you know it's going to happen to all of
[0:26] us one day or another but uh the main
[0:30] thing is to be ready and so uh let's
[0:33] just bow our head
[0:35] say a prayer for the family and then
[0:37] we'll go from there. Thank you. Gracious
[0:40] heavenly father, we want to come to you
[0:43] knowing that you are the lord of all,
[0:45] that you control all things, Lord. And
[0:49] we know
[0:51] things will happen for all of us if you
[0:53] don't come back before then. And we just
[0:55] ask the Lord to help us to remember the
[0:58] main thing is to know you. And Lord, we
[1:02] just pray that you just be with this
[1:04] meeting. Thank you for these uh
[1:06] commissioners that I have the privilege
[1:08] to serve with, Lord, and to discuss the
[1:12] important matters of Fanning County and
[1:14] [snorts] help us to uh to remember that
[1:16] that is so important, Lord. And you put
[1:19] us here for a purpose and to take it
[1:24] very seriously.
[1:26] And Lord, give us wisdom, Lord. Each and
[1:28] everyone here, Lord, you know their
[1:30] problems. Thank you for them coming
[1:33] being concerned with Fannon County Lord
[1:36] and be with each one individually as you
[1:38] can only be. And we now ask these things
[1:42] in Christ's holy name. Amen. Amen.
[1:50] To the flag of the United States of
[1:53] America and to the
[1:56] stands one nation
[1:59] indivisible
[2:00] and justice for all.
[2:02] » Thank you.
[2:11] All right. Number one on the agenda
[2:15] unfinished visit is approval of the
[2:16] minutes of their August 11, 2026 regular
[2:21] schedule board meeting. Commissioner
[2:23] Cersei any of those minutes.
[2:26] » Didn't say any, Mr. Chair.
[2:28] » Mr. P.
[2:29] » I have n chairman. Thank you so much.
[2:31] » I'll make a motion to approve those
[2:33] minutes and I'll ask for a second.
[2:35] » Second.
[2:35] » All in favor?
[3:21] All right. So, number two on our
[3:23] unfinished business, we have a varian
[3:24] request from Virginia Karen Ellen
[3:29] Highland.
[3:29] » Highland I'm sorry
[3:32] to build 12 ft from start drive them. As
[3:36] you know, this was tabled uh from our
[3:39] last August 11. Um there was some
[3:43] concerns that we had uh had talked about
[3:46] and uh I do believe that Miss Highland
[3:50] has uh went back and got some an
[3:54] engineer to help with those plans. Um
[3:58] and
[4:01] according to
[4:04] taking a look at it. I think both plans
[4:06] are good as far as that goes. But I'll
[4:10] bring that up for discussion. You got
[4:11] any discussion on this?
[4:14] » They just moved it to where it would fit
[4:16] better on the propert.
[4:20] » Yeah, I think the main thing was the
[4:22] » They're not backing out the road.
[4:24] Backing straight out the road. I think
[4:25] that was one of the concerns.
[4:28] Okay.
[4:30] I'm good.
[4:32] » I'm good. I'll make motion to approve
[4:35] this request. I'll ask for a second.
[4:38] » I second it.
[4:38] » All in favor?
[5:05] All right. Under new business, we have a
[5:09] request from KW Enterprises Incorporated
[5:12] to build a new home 33 ft from the
[5:15] center of Long View Lane. Is there
[5:17] anyone here that opposes this request
[5:21] or is in favor of it?
[5:26] And we made
[5:30] we took a look at this one as well. Um
[5:36] didn't really see any issues on this
[5:39] one. Once again spoke with Nicholson on
[5:43] this. They didn't have any as well. So
[5:46] I'll open it up for any discussion that
[5:48] you may have.
[5:50] » I have none. It's what 33 feet from the
[5:54] I'm good.
[5:57] » I'm also fine with
[6:01] I'll make a motion to approve this
[6:03] question. I'll ask for a second. Second.
[6:06] » All in favor?
[6:32] So number three,
[6:34] number two, I'm sorry. Business, we have
[6:36] a resolution adopting the fiscal year
[6:39] 2026 mill
[6:43] and I can read this resolution right
[6:46] quick. I think
[6:49] um as approved by the constitution of
[6:51] the state of Georgia county board of
[6:53] commissioners resolves the following
[6:54] millig set for can county purposes.
[6:58] It is considered ordered and adjusted by
[7:00] the county that 8.918
[7:05] on each $1,000 taxable property return
[7:09] county is hereby assessed against each
[7:10] taxpayer and upon the value of all
[7:13] property in S County is hereby subject
[7:15] to taxation and add tax commissioner of
[7:18] F County hereby authorized to issue a
[7:20] levy for the year 2026 and said the same
[7:23] to be assessed and collected for the
[7:26] following purposes. County
[7:28] will be reduced to 2.401.
[7:31] The board of education I think is also a
[7:33] reduction at 6.517
[7:36] and the total total me county would be
[7:39] 8.918.
[7:42] Let the foregoing be entered upon the
[7:43] minutes of the board of commissioners of
[7:45] F County George pursuant to
[7:48] say commission held such purposes on the
[7:50] 25th day of August.
[7:53] Gentlemen, do you have discussion on
[7:55] this? Happy glory.
[7:58] » Thankful to be able. [clears throat]
[8:00] » Yes, sir.
[8:03] » I'll make a motion to adopt the military
[8:06] and ask for a second.
[8:08] » Second.
[8:08] » All in favor?
[8:10] » I
[8:34] All right. So number three,
[8:37] we have a resolution of resolution
[8:40] resolution
[8:43] consenting to the deanexation of
[8:45] property identified as tax parcel ID
[8:48] 0053
[8:50] B 001.
[8:53] 66. This is Mount Top Circle, Blue
[8:56] Ridge, Georgia. The applicant is Colin
[9:00] Michael Fergus. Is anyone here that
[9:03] would oppose a deanexation?
[9:09] So,
[9:14] Mab
[9:16] on this annexation for us, please. This
[9:18] particular parcel land is located
[9:21] partially in the county and partially in
[9:23] the city. Um
[9:26] the house is on the city side. The
[9:30] taxation
[9:31] is such that it didn't have a parial
[9:35] number and was not readily identified as
[9:38] being a city. It was
[9:42] purchased. There is rental properties
[9:45] all around it that were
[9:48] under
[9:50] the city is not willing or has thus far
[9:52] not been willing to grant these people
[9:54] this owner a
[9:58] short-term rental policy rule. So the
[10:01] owner is asking to part in the county to
[10:06] come back into the deanexation rules are
[10:09] such county has to approve it but the
[10:12] city would approve it also. So your vote
[10:16] is not Am
[10:19] I understand that the city has already
[10:22] voted to do that?
[10:24] » No. So after this, I will then go to the
[10:27] city and try to
[10:32] » Basically we're giving you permission to
[10:33] do this.
[10:34] » Yes. And then it's up to them whe they
[10:36] allow you to
[10:39] » This comes into play in areas. One, it
[10:42] can only come back into the
[10:43] unincorporated area of county which is
[10:45] what you
[10:47] But in areas that have zoning, you want
[10:50] to make sure that something is coming
[10:51] from a compatible zone to a compatible
[10:54] zone. That doesn't apply here.
[10:57] » So, is he coming in or out?
[11:02] » Request to come out of the city fully
[11:04] into the county.
[11:06] » You're welcome, brother.
[11:10] » Welcome home. Any
[11:15] discussion on this, gentlemen?
[11:19] » I'll make a motion to approve the
[11:21] annexation and I'll ask for a second. I
[11:25] second.
[11:25] » All in favor?
[12:03] I'm
[12:04] » Don't fall.
[12:11] All
[12:23] right. number four and recctor Eddie on
[12:27] the purchase.
[12:36] » Yeah, we uh have rebuilt the uh top
[12:40] pavilion at Fanny County Park, the most
[12:43] rented pavilion at the top of the
[12:45] entrance. So, what I'd like to do is
[12:48] purchase new aluminum picnic tables to
[12:51] put back in there. The are old wooden
[12:55] tables and they're rotting pretty bad.
[12:57] So lot to purchase five perforated
[13:00] aluminum tables 8 foot and one 8 foot
[13:03] ADA crafted table. So it would be
[13:06] handicap accessible and that total would
[13:09] be 11,748
[13:13] from Bliss Vis.
[13:42] Do you have any discussion on this?
[13:47] We put a lot of work into getting those
[13:49] up today.
[13:53] » That one was
[13:56] all
[14:00] » Well, I'll make a motion to approve this
[14:02] purchase of $11,748.
[14:05] And I'll ask for a second.
[14:07] » I second.
[14:08] » All in favor?
[14:09] » I
[14:11] Thank you. Number
[14:14] five, we have MA director fac
[14:48] Thank you for having us tonight.
[14:55] » Anyway, I'm here tonight.
[15:07] Can you hear it better now?
[15:09] » Sorry about that. I just got
[15:12] paying attention. Uh 26 sets of turnout
[15:16] here and each set $3,829.
[15:20] So we're looking at $99,554
[15:24] that would get everybody up to speed as
[15:27] far as updated gear for the new class
[15:30] that's coming in the that are running
[15:34] out of time right now.
[15:36] » How many you got? How many?
[15:39] » Oh, there was 26
[15:42] add
[15:47] » 99,554.
[15:50] » Where did that money come from?
[15:54] » We ain't going to
[15:56] » I was going to say I don't have it in my
[15:59] line.
[16:00] » How many is in that class? 26.
[16:17] » What do you do with the old stuff?
[16:22] [clears throat]
[16:26] » When you say suits, what all is that
[16:28] included? That's a coat, pants, and
[16:31] suspenders.
[16:35] » Pants and jackets.
[16:38] » Jacket suspenders.
[16:39] » No boots or helmet.
[16:40] » No ma'am. Volunteers actually chose to
[16:44] use the donations that we've been buy.
[16:55] [clears throat]
[16:56] » How many fire people do we have? We have
[17:01] » Probably 124 to 135.
[17:09] » Wow.
[17:13] » Yeah.
[17:16] » We have that in
[17:17] » Sp
[17:22] that that'll get you fixed up
[17:25] » This year. This year.
[17:26] » This year.
[17:28] Do they get new every year?
[17:31] » Not every year. No.
[17:32] » Just depends on how they do it.
[17:34] » Well, that the year is good for 10 years
[17:37] depending on how it's take care of it.
[17:40] They do take care of it,
[17:42] » Right?
[17:53] » 10 years.
[17:54] » Yeah.
[17:56] Good. Any
[18:02] discussion on this?
[18:05] » I have none.
[18:06] » All right.
[18:08] I'll make a motion to approve the
[18:09] purchase of $99,554
[18:13] for turnout gear from public safety
[18:16] split.
[18:45] We'd like to make a request for a
[18:46] purchase a 2014 Ram 3500 flatbed truck.
[18:52] This become
[18:57] we purchased one last year
[19:00] to a maintenance vehicle which
[19:05] buy
[19:06] which is much more expensive. So to
[19:08] replace that one,000
[19:16] $34,000.
[19:28] » And this will be a brush truck.
[19:30] » This will be a brush.
[19:32] » Where's this going to be stationed?
[19:34] » The plan for the original
[19:45] And this is going in
[19:46] » Min
[19:53] station now. They'll be fully equipped
[19:56] their needs now.
[20:07] And I assume this will come out
[20:11] » Public.
[20:24] Yeah.
[20:30] » Any more discussion on this?
[20:32] » Did you drive this thing?
[20:34] » Yes. Jason checked it out.
[20:37] » Is that the one?
[20:38] » That's the one we talked about.
[20:40] » You checked it out.
[20:48] » That is that gasoline or diesel? Any
[21:03] [snorts]
[21:04] other discussions?
[21:05] » No sir.
[21:08] » We'll make a motion to approve the
[21:09] purchase of this truck.
[21:10] » We've got a question back there.
[21:12] » How much was that? We missed it back
[21:13] there.
[21:14] » It's $34,000.
[21:16] » Thank you.
[21:21] While we're on that, what's the average
[21:23] price these trucks run
[21:25] » For a new truck fully equipped to go
[21:28] about
[21:30] » And a truck similar to this one? I just
[21:33] feel that this was in today's time not a
[21:36] bad deal at all.
[21:37] » Yeah. If you bought one used similar to
[21:39] this one,000
[21:43] » Probably more bad.
[21:47] But let me ask you something on that.
[21:50] That's got 61. So that's still got
[22:11] » That one you showed me.
[22:19] Appreciate you. [clears throat]
[22:23] » All right.
[22:25] That being said, I'll make a motion to
[22:26] approve this truck. $34,000
[22:29] use as a brush truck.
[22:32] » I'll ask for a second.
[22:33] » I second.
[22:34] » All in favor?
[22:41] Can I be the first to say thank you for
[22:43] that purchase on both those items?
[22:45] » You'll be the first to say goodbye.
[22:47] » I do two announcements. If you don't
[22:51] care,
[22:52] » Uh, we had our state audit this morning
[22:56] and I can say and rest assure that
[22:59] everything was great. In fact, we're
[23:01] ranking pretty high right now and that's
[23:03] a good thing. and it was our paperwork,
[23:07] our reporting process and all like that.
[23:10] I know we've got a little downfall here
[23:12] and there, but we're straightening them
[23:13] out as we go and we're staying on top of
[23:16] it. Another
[23:18] thing I just wanted to bring up too, if
[23:20] you haven't seen it, I do know Jamie had
[23:22] sent it out, but we're going to do a 911
[23:26] memorial service on Friday, September
[23:30] the 11th
[23:33] and it'll be at the building and uh
[23:36] we'll have a couple of guest speakers.
[23:39] Uh well, guest speaker de our special
[23:41] guest speaker will be our deputy
[23:43] commissioner from the state fire
[23:45] marshall's office
[23:47] county chairman Jamie Hensley
[23:50] uh Georgia Johnny
[23:54] I'm sorry Johnny
[24:02] chief Lee Holland in fact he come to us
[24:06] actually from Florida but he also
[24:09] in New York as well.
[24:12] » So, there will be a lot of stuff going
[24:13] on that day. And then we've got Shannon
[24:16] York that's going to attend and sing the
[24:19] Stars, of course. Uh, with that being
[24:22] said, we're going to have it at 43
[24:24] Station Ridge, which is at the building
[24:26] down behind us, and we'll be serving the
[24:29] hot dog lunch after that.
[24:34] All flags according to President Donald
[24:37] Trump. go to mass at 6:00 tonight and
[24:42] stay down for a full week
[24:45] for Dolly Parton passing away. And I'm
[24:48] glad you brought that up to begin with
[24:50] because
[24:52] she was one I always like to listen to
[24:53] when I was running.
[24:56] She was a good
[25:01] » Yes, she did.
[25:06] » Thank you.
[25:06] » Thank you.
[25:09] audit will that have any effect on
[25:12] increasing fire
[25:16] » That is yeah it's keeping everything in
[25:19] line
[25:21] it would play a role on it if it was I'm
[25:23] sure somewhere down the line it would
[25:31] » Five
[25:36] are to dropping that another point.
[25:40] » Well, you know, it's like picking out
[25:42] the bucket uh when we go for our next
[25:47] audit when that comes down.
[25:49] We're so close as far as from what we're
[25:52] seeing now. But there's things that can
[25:54] change. So, I'd be afraid to say if I
[25:58] was a bet man, I wouldn't bet on it
[26:00] right now. But with the position I'm in,
[26:04] I'm [clears throat] putting a lot on it.
[26:06] So
[26:08] » Thanks.
[26:09] » Thanks, sir.
[26:12] » All right. Number seven, we have our
[26:14] public works.
[26:25] » Good afternoon, commissioners. Good
[26:27] afternoon.
[26:28] » I'm here to ask for a piece of equipment
[26:30] and I have it in my possession and have
[26:33] used it. So I know the condition of it
[26:36] and how
[26:38] vital part played in the clean up this
[26:42] looking. It's a John Deere grapple
[26:45] skitter
[26:46] and the guys got it asking 35,000 for
[26:50] it. We use it probably a couple weeks
[26:52] now and man it save a lot of manpower
[26:56] and it make the manpower safer to use
[26:59] around them.
[27:01] Prior to this we were having to
[27:03] [clears throat] wait in the river with
[27:05] the chainsaw. So with this thing with
[27:07] the grapple on we were able back out
[27:09] there with cable we can pull that stuff
[27:11] to the bank.
[27:16] I think a lot of part
[27:25] » Will that help up around that.
[27:28] Is that
[27:31] the is it the newly bridge?
[27:34] » This is the one we were using
[27:38] and
[27:40] that's the
[27:44] 60 ton winch on it and I've seen it in
[27:47] action and it's kind of scary when it's
[27:49] hooked to one of those big logs pulling
[27:51] the whole brush pile out.
[27:55] » And the man had to get down in the water
[27:58] before.
[27:58] » Yeah. Downream of the brush. That's not
[28:02] a good
[28:04] » No, that's danger.
[28:07] » Okay.
[28:08] And how much did you say?
[28:11] » 35,000.
[28:15] this piece of equipment.
[28:22] » Yes, sir.
[28:26] » Thank God.
[28:29] » We couldn't do none of that.
[28:32] » Any discussion on this?
[28:34] » I have none. Mr.
[28:35] » I have none.
[28:37] » Make a mot
[28:38] purchase of this for 35,000 be paid out
[28:41] of I ask for a second. Second all
[28:46] » Commissioners. I just got a quick
[28:47] question. I know you guys
[28:49] kept it.
[28:52] » Are we still the lowest
[28:55] rate in the state of Georgia right now?
[28:57] » I would say as far as
[28:59] » Not everyone has adopted yet,
[29:02] » But based on past we will again be the
[29:05] lowest in
[29:08] » You factor in that that I'm not
[29:10] personending this much. We all benefit
[29:13] from it. Also the only county in the
[29:15] state of Georgia with zero public
[29:18] indebtedness.
[29:21] [applause]
[29:25] [snorts and clears throat]
[29:27] » All right, that brings us to public
[29:28] commentary.
[29:30] Anything you want to say? Come on up.
[29:35] » Come on. Line up everybody.
[29:39] » No, you've already had your
[29:42] » [laughter]
[29:48] » All right, hearing none. We'll close
[29:50] that
[29:51] public commentary and bring us to
[29:53] executive session. Gentlemen, is there a
[29:55] need for executive session tonight?
[29:58] » I do not have anything chairman.
[30:03] I don't reckon.
[30:05] » Nor do I.
[30:08] » I'll ask I'll ask for a motion to
[30:10] adjourn.
[30:12] » I'll ask for a second. Second.
[30:14] » All in favor.
[30:15] » Good to see you. Thank you.