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See everyone did get a a message from

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Commissioner Walden. They wouldn't be

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able to be here, but we're still praying

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for he and his recovery.

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» Michael, is it?

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>> Uhhuh. I need to move it closer.

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>> My monitor.

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>> That better?

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>> Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you.

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All right. At this time, we ask Mr.

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Moses to come lead us in our

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uh prayer. Has the meeting been properly

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advertised, sir?

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> I think I see evidence there. Will you

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please stand now for the prayer and

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pledge of allegiance?

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Let us pray. [clears throat] Kind

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benevolent father, we thank you for all

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that you do for us on a daily basis. We

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thank you for the sunshine as well as

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the rain. We pray that you be this

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August bodies to liberate the business

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of this community. And father God, we

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lift up our commissioner, Commissioner

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um Walden. Father God, pray that you be

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with him and strengthen him. Pray

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tonight that you continue to be with us.

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These all the blessings we ask in Jesus

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name. And everybody said, "Amen."

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>> Amen.

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>> To the flag of the United States of

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America and to the republic for which it

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stands, one nation under God,

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indivisible, with justice for all. I

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wonder what was that. What are you

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saying? [laughter]

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>> Hey,

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so [laughter] is that the right order?

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>> Nope.

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>> Let's change them right now then.

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>> Oh, I was looking.

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>> Let's change them right now.

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» The carpet carpet man. I know we all

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did. We all [laughter]

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>> mean

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[laughter]

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that. What's he doing?

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» Yeah, those carpet people.

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>> If you hadn't noticed, we had the carpet

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replace them. When they replace the

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carpet, they transpose the flags.

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Thank you, gentlemen. Uh, presentations

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and recognitions. Boys and Girls Club,

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Opioid and Date Fund Check presentation.

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Uh, Miss Edna Walthy and her team are

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here. Would you please come to the

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podium, Miss Walth? the um a few years

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ago through the opioid settlement,

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counties, maybe communities, maybe

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cities too, I'm not sure, or counties

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are are are given opioid funds from the

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settlement to give to the organization

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to help combat drug use and drug

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prevention. And so our local Boys and

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Girls Club has uh applied and had been

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awarded. I'll hold the amount to just a

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minute. uh as well as the date funds.

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Those funds come from fines and

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forfeertures uh once again that can only

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be used for preventive measures uh drug

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and alcohol abuse. So we thank you all

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for for working that ministry if you

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will, you know, and with our young

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people especially. So who will who will

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greet us and then we'll have Mr. Let's

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see. I got it back here. Okay. Okay. Who

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will speak for the organization?

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>> Chairman speaks.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Merry,

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>> you just lost the chairman of y'all.

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Good evening everybody.

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>> We want to thank you for [snorts] um

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this funding. We want to thank you for

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supporting us on behalf of the Boys and

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Girls Club and everything that's going

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forth. U for the continuous support is

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what I want to say because we recognize

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that you're always behind us of the

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years as we're coming through the ranks.

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So, we thank you and um

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please continue to support us and look

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out for us and pray for us as we go

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through these years and gather the youth

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in this county and keep them in a safe

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place and a safe environment.

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>> Thank you. You all will come up for your

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photo op. We have the check up here.

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» And we have with us none other than the

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club director.

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>> What's her name?

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>> Smile.

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>> Bridget Kelly.

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We can lower if you want somebody to

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come in the middle.

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» Oh no, he's raise it up.

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Yes. Appreciate it.

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>> Thank you. Thank you.

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>> And y'all pray for us that we'll get a

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national championship in the region that

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we in football again.

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>> All right.

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>> No, no. I'll take this.

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>> I'll take that.

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Thank you. Appreciate you.

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>> All right,

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Chief Derby, please come forward.

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National firefighters month. We're going

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to roll right through these um rec

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proclamation and recognitions. Okay.

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>> Good evening, chairman and

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commissioners. September is firefighter

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appreciation month. Time to recognize

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the courage, dedication, and sacrifice

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of our firefighters who serve and

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protect community each day. On behalf of

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Liberty County Fire Rescue, I would like

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to extend my sincere appreciation to our

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firefighters and their families for

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their commitment, professionalism,

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and the service that they give Liberty

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County each day. We, as Liberty County,

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are proud to honor those who answer the

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call when the community needs them most.

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In celebration, Liberty County Fire

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Rescue will host a firefighter

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appreciation cookout on September 26th

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from 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Miller Park

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Fire Station for our staff. We invite

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you as the commission and county

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administration to join us as we

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celebrate to show our appreciation for

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our men and women and their families who

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serve our community.

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>> September 26. Yes, ma'am.

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>> Send us an invite.

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>> I will. Yes, ma'am.

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>> One of Thank you,

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>> Mr. Uh we're going to read all the

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resolutions tonight in short form.

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Proclamations September is firefighter

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appreciation month. Whereas the Liberty

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County Fire Services recognize the

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benefits derived from the hard work,

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sacrifices, and unwavering dedication

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that the fire service members have

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contributed throughout this country,

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including the communities of Liberty

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County. And whereas the role of

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firefighter today is one of dedication,

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commitment, sacrifice, and willingness

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to put their lives on the line. And now

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therefore, I, Donna El Love, and the

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Liberty County Board of Commissioners,

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do hereby proclaim September 2026 as

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Firefighter Appreciation Month, so

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declared on this 20th day of August,

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2026, and urge all community members to

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honor the firefighters who paid the

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ultimate sacrifice for those they serve.

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>> All right. Do you have a team, sir? Are

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>> I'm here by myself.

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>> Come on up, sir.

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>> Thank you.

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>> Bring that with you, if you will.

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>> Uh, Dr. Bear, you and your team are

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lining up. We're going to do three for

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one just as it's listed here. St.

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Catherine's Beach Sweep, Great Southeast

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Pollinator Census Proclamation, and

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Georgia Coast is not an astray

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proclamation.

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>> Come all together.

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>> All right,

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do it now.

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Congratulations,

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sir. Thank you for what you do.

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» Is Miss Willa Lewis behaving down there?

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>> All right, Dr. Bill to introduce those.

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>> Yes, sir. Good evening.

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>> Good evening. Afternoon.

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>> We're here to talk about um water,

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pollinators, and um cigarette butts. So,

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they all three um proclamations kind of

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go hand in hand.

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The beuite is what we do on St.

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Catherine's. And um unfortunately what

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we do on the mainland end up on our

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water in our waterways and on our

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beaches. So that's a cleanup that we get

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to do sometimes twice a year to help

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keep our waterways clean. And we look

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forward to doing that. We use this year

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we had about 40 um volunteers sign up

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and we look forward to actually doing

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that at a um a beach

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sweep on St. Catherine's soon. for the

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pollinator um census that's coming up.

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We um passed out some pollinator kits

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and you have some on your table. And

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what this is is actually making sure

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that we have pollinators around because

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we need them. They help us with our food

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and keep us alive. So you have some wild

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flowers that attract butterflies. So we

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hope you plant them. This weekend at the

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recycler fair, you'll be able to do a um

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pollinator census where you get to look

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at a plant for 15 minutes and count all

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the lovely friendly little uh flies or

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butterflies or any other insects that

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comes to that um plant. And we turn that

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information into the um University of

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Georgia um and it's five states, not

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just Georgia. It has expanded to all the

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way from North Carolina down to Florida.

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So, we're excited that Liberty County

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could be a part of that study. And then

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Georgia Coast is not ashtray. Um, you

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have a coaster in front of you or that

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was handed to you.

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And this just lets you know that

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cigarette butts is littered, too. I know

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that it's a small item, but it's one of

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the most dangerous and littered item in

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the world. Not just here in Liberty

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County, not just in the United States,

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in the world. And we here um keep Li

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beautiful, keep America beautiful with

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trios um tricycle. They terracycle. We

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actually recycle the cigarette

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[clears throat] butts and they make it

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into a um plastic form either what we

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can put on the ground for playgrounds or

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hard plastic like tables and chairs or

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ashtrays. um they recycled the cigarette

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butts. So we have that program here in

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Liberty County. We also offer free

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cigarette receptacle standalone or on

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the pole wall. You just let us know, we

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give you [clears throat] one for free.

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And we are now taking our volunteers are

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going around to the different

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restaurants or uh car dealership bars

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that these are located and collecting

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them for them. So the companies don't

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have to do it if they do not want to.

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Our volunteers are taking it upon

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themselves to collect them and mail them

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off. That's all three in a nutshell.

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>> You did a good job, Miss Moses. Seeing

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you do a good job.

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>> Okay. Precious. Proclamation St.

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Catherine's Beach Suite. Whereas

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adequate debris chokes aquatic debris

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chokes our waterways and oceans,

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threatening the lives of thousands of

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animals and birds and putting human

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health and safety at risk. And whereas

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as part of the keep Georgia Beautiful

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Foundation, St. Katherine's Beach Sweep

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Day is the largest one-day cleanup of

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Georgia beaches. And whereas for each of

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the past 13 years, volunteers have

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collected an average of 50 tons of

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debris while raising awareness of the

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importance of being good stewards of our

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environment. And now therefore, I Donald

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Levit and the Liberty [clears throat]

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County Board of Commissioners do hereby

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proclaim August 15th, 2026 as St.

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Catherine's beet sweet day throughout

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Liberty County. so declared on this 20th

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day of August 2026 and encourage all

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Georgians to work together to clean our

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beaches.

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Proclamation great southeast

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pollinator census. Whereas pollinator

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species such as birds and insects are

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essential partners of farmers and

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ranchers in producing much of our food

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supply. And whereas pollinator species

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provide significant environmental

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benefits that are necessary for

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maintaining healthy biodiverse echo

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ecosystems. And whereas the Libby County

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Board of Commissioners provide producers

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with conservation assistance to promote

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wise conservation stewardship including

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the protection and maintenance of

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pollinators and their habitats on

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working lands and wildlands. And now

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therefore, I Donald L. Belove it and the

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Liberty County Board of Commissioners do

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hereby proclaim August 21st and 22nd,

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2026 as the great southeast pollinator

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census. So declare this 20th day of

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August 2026 and urge all citizens to

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recognize this observance.

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Proclamation Georgia coast is not an

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estrade. Whereas keep America beautiful,

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the nation's leading community

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improvement nonprofit organization that has taken aim at aggressively uh

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reducing cigarette litter and

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beautifying communities through its

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cigarette litter prevention program

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which launched in 2002. And whereas keep

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liberty beautiful was formed in 1983 and

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coordinates with other groups here in

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Liberty County and with Georgia's six

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coastal counties participating in the

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Georgia coast is not an astray outreach

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program and whereas keep liberty

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beautiful mission is to engage

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[clears throat] individuals businesses

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and governments to participate in this

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joint educational and outreach program

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which started June 1st 2024 and declare

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August 28 2026 the day for the Georgia

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coast is not estray [clears throat]

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message drink coasters to educate locals

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and visitors about cigarette litter

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being used throughout Liberty County.

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And now therefore, I, Donald L. Love it,

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and the Liberty County Board of

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Commissioners do hereby proclaim August

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28th, 2026 as Georgia Coast is not

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astray awareness day in Liberty County.

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So declared on this 20th day of August

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2026, I urge all organizations,

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businesses, and citizens to find ways to

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keep Liberty County beautiful. Um sir,

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can I um also say to help with the

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businesses and our citizens that go out

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on August 28th, if you take a picture

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with a coaster coastal that you um use

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at the restaurant, that restaurant would

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be put in for a um a prize tag and the

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um citizen would um be put in for a keep

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their beautiful [clears throat] swag. So

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we're trying to help the business that

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advertise and the go out and take the

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picture. Thank you. If you all will come

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on up for your photo op,

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[clears throat]

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Oh man, I should all sign.

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» She want to see the baby.

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>> One, two, three.

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Are

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>> we going to do them all?

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» Do them all.

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[laughter]

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» I guess I could have gave each one of

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them one to hold up, huh?

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All right.

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>> I think it was a different crowd,

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>> right?

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>> Come on.

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>> I should

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[crying]

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[applause]

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Thank you. All right.

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[clears throat]

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>> Thank you all. Spirit of volunteering is

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alive and well in Liberty County,

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Georgia.

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>> I thought Dr. Bell was going to brag

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about

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our local our boat captain here, but she

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didn't talk about it today.

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>> We had to postpone that particular day.

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>> I think I was the only captain.

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>> Really?

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>> Couldn't hold 40 people,

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>> dude.

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Thank you. Uh Keith Le a beautiful

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family. Uh item five, acknowledgement of

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the proclamation honor Senator Tunis

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camel senior and representative William

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Golden. Two of Georgia's original 33

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black legislators.

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Uh Representative Carl Gard from

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Savannah asked that we do this. We were

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up at the Liberty County Day Liberty

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County Fort Day. There was a celebration

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on the floor of the capital to recognize

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these people. is as America still

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celebrates it 250th birthday. This is a

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part of American history and we're proud

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that you know we always brag or announce

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that two people from Liberty County

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signed the declaration. So also two

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people from Liberty County serve as one

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as in the original uh legislators too

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from Liberty County. One being Tunis

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Campbell senior may not recognize that

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name but the other one is William A.

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Golden. And that's where Snelson Golden

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get his name from. actually hyphenated

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snelson- golden but they kind of over

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the years lost the hyphen in there but

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the golden and and um snelson golden's

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name come from represented uh honoring

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way he made golden for his work in Ly

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County all right thank you so much for

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that uh item C state judge annual

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presentation Judge Ginstead

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» afternoon [clears throat] everyone I

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don't know if I've met everyone but my

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name is Leonard Ginstead I'm the state

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court judge probably better known as

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Bubba Gren instead because I practice

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law here in Hinesville for 35 years. I

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see on here it says it's the annual

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judge presentation, but my

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administrative assistant said it was the

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first one. So, I guess it's the

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[laughter] first it is the first annual

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[clears throat] presentation by the

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state court. So, I wasn't really sure

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exactly what you wanted. So, I talk a

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little bit about what really state court

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is. State Court of Liberty County like

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all state courts in the state of Georgia

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were established by local legislation

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that was introduced into the general

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assembly to establish the state courts.

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Uh the difference between state courts

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and superior courts like the five

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superior court judges we have in the

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circuit over these six counties is that

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the state court only exercises

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jurisdiction in Liberty County, Georgia.

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Only things that occur in Liberty

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County. Uh statewide there are only 72

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state courts out of the 159 counties. So

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every county does not have a state

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court. In some counties like the larger

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ones, Fulton, Dicab, Bib, Chattam have

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multiple state court judges, but they

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all still only exercise jurisdiction

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over their county. Now, uh either the

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state court judges are either elected or

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appointed. If an uh by the governor

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depending on what needs to be done.

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Qualifications for state court judges

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are you have to be at least 30 years

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old, a resident of Georgia for three

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years, a licensed attorney for seven.

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That's it. That's all you have to be to

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run for state court judge if anybody's

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interested. [laughter] So

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we're elected for four-year terms and

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it's all nonpartisan elections. So, it's

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not Democrats, Republicans, because a

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judgeship is a nonpartisan

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uh position.

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I was elected in 2024, and I'm in my

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19th month of being a state court judge.

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I took over for Judge Ostein. After

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Judge Ostein decided to retire from the

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position, now state courts uh handle

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both criminal and civil actions. I guess

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uh you have there

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>> what is a state court uh the traffic

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what we handle from a criminal side are

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misdemeanor cases that can be either

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traffic simple batteries assaults

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anything that's a misdemeanor in nature

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misdemeanor is defined as something that

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can be punished by no more than 12

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months in jail and andor no more than a

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$1,000 fine if it falls within that

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range then it can be handled in the

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state Court of Liberty County from a

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civil side. We handle civil disputes

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also as long as it's a civil dispute

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that does not uh it's not preserved for

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the exclusive jurisdiction of the

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superior courts. Superior courts have

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jurisdiction over domestic matters like

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divorces, child custody, child support,

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things of any domestic nature, real

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estate disputes, and anything that deals

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with giving an injunctive belief for

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something. Uh we handle things like

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personal injuries. We handle a lot of

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personal injuries in the state court of

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Liberty County. Things like slip and

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falls, car wrecks, things where

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someone's hurt by someone else's

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negligence. Uh we are also probably

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known as the medical malpractice court

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in this county. We handle a lot of

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medical malpractice cases where

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somebody's injured as a result of the

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alleged malpractice of a person or a

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organization. We handle a lot of

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contract disputes. with a lot of cases

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involving property damage. A lot of debt

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disputes where people uh especially

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collection agencies are filing actions

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trying to collect money that was lent

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and never repaid uh or either on

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contract or as a result of financing

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vehicles just where it wasn't paid back.

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Uh we also handle appeals from the

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magistrate court. people that have heard

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actions in the magistrate court where

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one of the parties didn't like the

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00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:56,960
resolution that occurred in magistrate

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court

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>> hear the appeal

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>> they have the automatic appeal they come

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to the state court they also could come

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to the superior court but they seem to

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come to the state court so we hear the

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appeals from the state courts we issue

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bench warrants [clears throat] we set

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bonds we can revoke probation when we

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set them and we can set people on

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probation

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uh and things that we rule on can be

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directly appeal to the superior [snorts]

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court. I mean the Supreme Court of

547
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,839
Georgia or the Georgia Court of Appeals

548
00:37:25,839 --> 00:37:28,240
depending on what kind of case it is.

549
00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:31,040
And like the Superior Courts here, uh we

550
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:34,160
are a court of record, which means all

551
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,160
the we follow the Georgia rules of

552
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:37,920
evidence, the Georgia rules of civil

553
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,720
procedure, uh and the Georgia rules of

554
00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:43,440
criminal procedure.

555
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,119
Here

556
00:37:45,119 --> 00:37:48,640
is the three-year case load uh that

557
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:51,359
we've had so far in the last three years

558
00:37:51,359 --> 00:37:54,960
in 24, 25, and 26. You see where you

559
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:56,880
have the the criminal in blue, the

560
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,040
civil, we have many, many more criminal

561
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,040
cases that are filed rather than civil

562
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:04,400
cases because all misdemeanors, traffic

563
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,960
violations, things of that nature. All

564
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,320
if you do not pay ahead of time, you

565
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,000
come to our court. If it's not in the

566
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,280
city limits of Hinesville, uh where the

567
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:16,960
city of Hinesville writes it, it goes to

568
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,720
the city of Hinesville and those can be

569
00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:21,440
appealed or if they demand a jury trial

570
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,520
on the issues even in municipal court,

571
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,359
they come up to my court, the civil

572
00:38:25,359 --> 00:38:28,079
court uh to the state court of Liberty

573
00:38:28,079 --> 00:38:31,680
County. And you see the difference in in

574
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,920
26 what's been filed so far. But if

575
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:35,680
you'll flip to the next one, you'll see

576
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,640
the difference right now. It's projected

577
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:41,280
now from 26

578
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:44,560
in 26 that we're going to have about a

579
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,040
60% increase of the civil cases that

580
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,400
were filed the year before and a roughly

581
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:54,400
a 60% increase in the criminal cases

582
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,760
that were filed in 2025. I don't know if

583
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,320
people have got more fragile or people

584
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,560
get more irritated easily, but it

585
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:04,480
appears that

586
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,960
many many more criminal and civil cases

587
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:11,760
are being filed at this time. Uh we have

588
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,320
in the state court of Liberty County

589
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:16,000
arraignments a [clears throat] couple of

590
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,240
times a week to take care of the

591
00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:20,960
criminal cases that are filed. Uh we

592
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,440
have trial terms and civil cases a

593
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:25,040
couple times a [clears throat] year.

594
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:26,960
Criminal trials

595
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:31,440
uh terms a couple times a year. We also

596
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:34,640
have uh criminal non-jury tri trials

597
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,720
monthly for people that do not want a

598
00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:39,040
jury trial but want a bench trial which

599
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:40,640
is a trial just in front of the judge

600
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,160
making the determination of their guilt

601
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,680
or innocence. We have those every month

602
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,812
and sometimes like next week we have two

603
00:39:48,812 --> 00:39:50,240
[clears throat] days worth of bench

604
00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:52,560
trials for people that have been charged

605
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,200
with criminal acts that wanted a trial

606
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,359
on their case rather than work something

607
00:39:57,359 --> 00:40:00,640
out and plead to something. Uh and we

608
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,040
have again criminal and civil trials

609
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:06,960
trial uh jury terms two separate times a

610
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:10,720
month I mean a year. Uh the uh civil

611
00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:15,440
trial terms are usually January

612
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,040
and

613
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:20,560
September I believe. Yeah. Now January

614
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:23,200
and July. And the criminal trial terms

615
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,000
that we said are in April and October.

616
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,200
And depending on the uh volume that we

617
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,720
have, we can increase and put additional

618
00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:36,000
trial terms in different areas and

619
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,760
different months also and increase what

620
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:39,359
we need to do to try to keep the case

621
00:40:39,359 --> 00:40:41,680
load down.

622
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,839
That's all I can think to tell you right

623
00:40:43,839 --> 00:40:46,560
now about the state court. That might be

624
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:48,720
more than you wanted to know, but I

625
00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:51,280
didn't know how much you wanted to know.

626
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:53,440
Ask you answer any questions if you have

627
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:54,320
any.

628
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:55,839
>> Good briefing. Any questions for Judge

629
00:40:55,839 --> 00:40:59,430
Greenstead?

630
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:00,400
» Thank you for your service.

631
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:00,960
>> Thank you, sir.

632
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:01,599
>> We appreciate.

633
00:41:01,599 --> 00:41:02,640
>> Appreciate you.

634
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:05,599
>> Have a good day.

635
00:41:05,599 --> 00:41:11,190
>> Someone for the program, Miss James.

636
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:34,913
She's been busy.

637
00:41:34,923 --> 00:41:37,510
» [clears throat]

638
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:39,520
» Good evening everyone.

639
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,400
>> I'm here to give a recap of the summer

640
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:46,880
food program for year 2026. It has been

641
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:48,640
a busy one.

642
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,000
Okay. To start off, we um we operated

643
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,119
out of 15 sites this year. Um and the

644
00:41:55,119 --> 00:41:59,280
program ran from June 1st to July 31st.

645
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:03,200
During those days, we served 17,918

646
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:07,440
meals throughout the county.

647
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,599
Next slide. Okay.

648
00:42:09,599 --> 00:42:12,160
Summer program staff consists of the

649
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,480
program coordinator, two program

650
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:17,440
monitors, one being right here, site

651
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,920
supervisors for each site. We have a few

652
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:23,040
here, kitchen workers and delivery

653
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:27,280
drivers for a total of 29 staff.

654
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,599
Next slide shows

655
00:42:29,599 --> 00:42:32,480
um the count for each each site that was

656
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:38,470
served. How many meals for each site?

657
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:41,599
Next slide. Highlights for this year was

658
00:42:41,599 --> 00:42:43,760
our state inspection. There was no

659
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,640
findings. They came and they um did a

660
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:50,160
pop-up inspection on two sites um in the

661
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,800
kitchen. They there was zero findings.

662
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,040
Now, they still have to order to do the

663
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,280
um paperwork, but they'll schedule an

664
00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,640
appointment to come back and do that

665
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:05,119
going forward for um next year

666
00:43:05,119 --> 00:43:07,760
to implement hot meals. We will need

667
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,160
additional freezers and um we'll meet

668
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:13,760
with the uh the health department to to

669
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:17,760
get the kitchens situated for that.

670
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:21,040
>> So I excuse me. So our enhancement of

671
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:23,920
the kitchen at the complex

672
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:25,680
still leave them short of freezer space.

673
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:27,280
Is that what I'm hearing you say?

674
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:30,560
>> Yes, the freezer space and um the health

675
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:32,720
department has to do one final walk

676
00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:34,640
through for like piping and stuff. They

677
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:36,319
said there may be some minor issues

678
00:43:36,319 --> 00:43:41,030
there.

679
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:43,760
Some more goals is to try and minimize

680
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:46,240
staff shortages. We'll plan early and

681
00:43:46,240 --> 00:43:48,480
recruit strate strategically to ensure

682
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,839
every area is fully staffed.

683
00:43:51,839 --> 00:43:54,560
some ways to do that for to keep staff

684
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,405
retention

685
00:43:56,405 --> 00:43:57,680
[clears throat] things like this to

686
00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:00,480
recognize the workers that are here that

687
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:03,599
give so much of their time and effort to

688
00:44:03,599 --> 00:44:07,910
make this this possible.

689
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:09,599
As I mentioned, we plan to fully

690
00:44:09,599 --> 00:44:13,119
implement hot meals next year

691
00:44:13,119 --> 00:44:14,560
and [clears throat] hopefully we can add

692
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,880
more student activities. We had a couple

693
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:20,319
of guests come in um to do to visit

694
00:44:20,319 --> 00:44:23,200
certain sites. We had some people do

695
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:25,680
financial literacy. We had some come and

696
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:27,920
do activities with the um with the

697
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:31,520
students and the children there. So uh

698
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,000
we we plan to increase that activity and

699
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:37,520
that'll boost uh boost participation at

700
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:41,990
certain sites.

701
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,359
» Any questions?

702
00:44:43,359 --> 00:44:46,160
>> What was your your average age?

703
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:47,680
Well, that was you.

704
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:51,280
>> The average age was between um five and

705
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:55,356
maybe 12. Those were our our regulars.

706
00:44:55,356 --> 00:44:55,680
[clears throat]

707
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,280
>> I'm thinking if you're going to

708
00:44:57,280 --> 00:44:59,040
interject, Miss Hunter.

709
00:44:59,040 --> 00:44:59,839
>> Yeah, we had

710
00:44:59,839 --> 00:45:03,280
>> educational piece. Then you

711
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:04,800
don't say the same spill to your

712
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,760
5-year-old that you do to your 12y olds.

713
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:09,520
maybe a little bit of a challenge unless

714
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:10,560
somebody's

715
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:13,200
>> we have like worksheets and things of

716
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:17,920
that nature to um that kind of can age

717
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:21,030
yes

718
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:22,319
» those things

719
00:45:22,319 --> 00:45:24,319
>> Mr. Chairman, I just I I don't really

720
00:45:24,319 --> 00:45:25,839
have a question, but I have a comment.

721
00:45:25,839 --> 00:45:28,000
And you can see by the meals that were

722
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,720
served, Gum Gum Branch had really

723
00:45:30,720 --> 00:45:32,720
>> um stepped up or increased the number,

724
00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:34,400
and I appreciate I'm not sure which

725
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:36,240
worker you had out there, but she did a

726
00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:37,920
phenomenal job.

727
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:41,040
>> She was out there early and staying late

728
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:43,839
>> and um I appreciate that. Also, one

729
00:45:43,839 --> 00:45:45,359
thing I did notice, if we could get some

730
00:45:45,359 --> 00:45:48,560
bigger signs, maybe a little bit bigger

731
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:49,040
sign.

732
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,920
>> Bigger. Okay. or either banner to put on

733
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:54,560
the fence, but I know a banner,

734
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:56,079
>> you know, if we rent the park then it

735
00:45:56,079 --> 00:45:58,640
might get destroyed. But, you know,

736
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:00,960
>> a bigger sign maybe out by the road, but

737
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:05,280
otherwise I think Gum Branch did really good this year as [snorts] far as

738
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,200
participants.

739
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:08,880
>> And that worker bring her back out

740
00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:10,240
there. [laughter]

741
00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:12,480
>> Had to Yep. We I'm trying to get her

742
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:12,960
back.

743
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:15,599
>> They were they were there early.

744
00:46:15,599 --> 00:46:17,680
when I when I see the recommendation

745
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:21,200
about uh recruitment and sustaining this

746
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:23,359
is a program where where we pay up front

747
00:46:23,359 --> 00:46:28,079
then we reimburse from state. Um

748
00:46:28,079 --> 00:46:30,720
how how would you work in a pay increase

749
00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:34,000
for for staff based on that kind of

750
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:43,829
formula? How would you work that in?

751
00:46:43,839 --> 00:46:47,599
Yeah, right. Sh.

752
00:46:47,599 --> 00:46:50,000
>> The reimbursement is for the food.

753
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:51,280
>> Okay.

754
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,400
>> So, that's county. Okay. All right. All

755
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:58,240
right. Make a note. Okay. All right.

756
00:46:58,240 --> 00:46:59,359
Thank you all. Appreciate

757
00:46:59,359 --> 00:46:59,920
what you've done.

758
00:46:59,920 --> 00:47:02,560
>> You're welcome.

759
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:04,480
>> Of course.

760
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:06,000
>> Oh,

761
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:07,680
well. Yeah. Come right on.

762
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:08,880
>> Is that okay?

763
00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:17,670
>> Absolutely.

764
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:19,040
That's kind of a bus driver. They don't

765
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:20,720
work a lot of hours, but she gonna pay

766
00:47:20,720 --> 00:47:25,349
me decent average.

767
00:47:25,359 --> 00:47:30,582
» Yeah.

768
00:47:30,592 --> 00:47:42,630
[clears throat]

769
00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:44,880
» Yes, ma'am.

770
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:49,510
Hello. How are you?

771
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:53,910
Come on.

772
00:47:53,920 --> 00:48:01,368
» So nice.

773
00:48:01,378 --> 00:48:16,470
[clears throat]

774
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:17,440
Patrick.

775
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,359
>> Thank y'all.

776
00:48:19,359 --> 00:48:30,470
>> Thank you. How you doing?

777
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:32,800
» Is Miss M Miss Hunter is is serving the

778
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:34,160
hot meals going to produce any

779
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:36,640
challenges next year doing that as

780
00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:38,079
versus the way we're doing it that

781
00:48:38,079 --> 00:48:38,400
going?

782
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:41,333
>> No, sir. Actually,

783
00:48:41,333 --> 00:48:42,640
[clears throat and cough]

784
00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:44,240
>> actually, we think we do have the

785
00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:46,000
freezer space. It's just about preparing

786
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:48,880
it in time, but um we could have

787
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:51,359
implemented the hot meals this year,

788
00:48:51,359 --> 00:48:54,000
>> but in terms of getting the employees

789
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:55,599
adjusted and making that change, we

790
00:48:55,599 --> 00:48:57,119
thought it would be too much for them.

791
00:48:57,119 --> 00:48:58,400
So, that's why we said we would just

792
00:48:58,400 --> 00:48:59,440
start fresh next year.

793
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:05,430
>> Okay. All right. Thank you.

794
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:12,150
All right. Uh, Miss Leopool,

795
00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:19,030
CVB update.

796
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:20,960
Mr. Chairman, how are you?

797
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:23,119
>> Miss Jasmine is passing out some swag

798
00:49:23,119 --> 00:49:23,680
for you.

799
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:24,640
>> We love swag.

800
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:29,910
>> Yes.

801
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,079
» You weren't given my PowerPoint.

802
00:49:32,079 --> 00:49:33,200
>> Okay. It's going to be a [clears throat]

803
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:35,440
really short update then.

804
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:37,359
>> U Miss Maria had it. Yes, sir.

805
00:49:37,359 --> 00:49:38,880
>> I'll help you out. How about that? Oh,

806
00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:41,359
>> it's okay. So, we are before you today

807
00:49:41,359 --> 00:49:43,440
to do our by annual update. So, January

808
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:45,440
through July, we have accomplished a lot

809
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:47,200
of things. I will make sure that you get

810
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:48,800
the PowerPoint. I'll get it to Miss

811
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:51,599
Lamisha. Um it was sent ahead of time,

812
00:49:51,599 --> 00:49:54,160
but that's fine. I know she's been ill.

813
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:56,240
Um so we've accomplished a lot of things

814
00:49:56,240 --> 00:49:58,240
during that time frame, including

815
00:49:58,240 --> 00:50:00,640
several spouse tours. We are also

816
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:03,040
attending the newcomers fair still, so

817
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:04,559
those welcome all of the new soldiers

818
00:50:04,559 --> 00:50:07,280
and families to Liberty County. Jasmine

819
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,280
is usually out there. And we have some

820
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:11,280
very dedicated volunteers that also help

821
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:16,160
with that. So today we welcomed 56 new

822
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,480
soldiers which is a lower number for us.

823
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:23,680
Usually it's 100 or 200. They had some snafuss on base today but we had

824
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:26,079
Mr. Alan Volskay with Georgia Power. We

825
00:50:26,079 --> 00:50:28,559
had Miss Ursula with Interstate Credit

826
00:50:28,559 --> 00:50:30,640
Union and Miss Charm, Miss Susie

827
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:33,680
Sunshine herself out there welcoming new

828
00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:35,520
soldiers and families. Those are always

829
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:37,680
interesting to me to hear, especially

830
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:39,440
our young soldiers. A lot of them, they

831
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:40,960
know they live in Georgia now, but

832
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:42,559
that's about all they got.

833
00:50:42,559 --> 00:50:44,559
>> Um, so having those conversations and

834
00:50:44,559 --> 00:50:45,680
telling them about what the

835
00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:48,000
opportunities are here in Liberty County

836
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:50,480
for them is always interesting to do.

837
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:52,640
Um, we have also participated in the

838
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:54,400
Susie King Taylor Ruben cutting. We

839
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:56,319
hosted an evening under the stars before

840
00:50:56,319 --> 00:50:58,480
that and I'm also actively participating

841
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:00,640
in the planning committee for that. So,

842
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:02,480
we're happy to be involved. Um, we

843
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:04,800
appreciate um, Mr. Mosley and Miss

844
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:06,400
Hunter for involving us in all the

845
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,240
things and making sure that we feel like

846
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:10,720
we're part of all the planning. So, we

847
00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:13,119
we're happy to be there. Um we continue

848
00:51:13,119 --> 00:51:15,440
to pack lots of bags. Um we've packed

849
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:17,920
some for Commissioner Gillard recently.

850
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:20,640
Um and it feels like a million of them

851
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:25,040
starting with Martin Luther King Day to now. Um we're always packing bags. We

852
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:26,720
did have the honor of packing bags for

853
00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:28,240
the Atlanta Falcons when they visited

854
00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:30,160
Fort Stewart to do the touch or flag

855
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:31,359
football game. Did you?

856
00:51:31,359 --> 00:51:33,680
>> We were asked to pack for those. um

857
00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:35,440
gentlemen. Uh we didn't get to meet

858
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:36,720
them, but we did get to give them

859
00:51:36,720 --> 00:51:38,400
Liberty County swag, so that's good.

860
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:40,160
They have hats and all the things. So

861
00:51:40,160 --> 00:51:42,240
hopefully we'll see photos um of them

862
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:44,000
wearing them. Other than that, we

863
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:45,760
continue to push forward with all the

864
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:48,079
normal things that we do. And I'm happy

865
00:51:48,079 --> 00:51:49,440
to answer any questions if you have

866
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:51,119
them.

867
00:51:51,119 --> 00:51:56,160
>> Any questions from the food truck festival? That's chamber,

868
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:57,520
not CVB.

869
00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:59,680
>> It's both, sir. It's September 19th. We

870
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:01,760
have 27 food trucks signed up. We're

871
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:03,760
trying to get to 30. Um, so I think

872
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:05,280
we'll get there. We have a petting zoo,

873
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:07,359
bouncy houses, live music all day long.

874
00:52:07,359 --> 00:52:09,200
So that's from 11:00 to 4:00. Um,

875
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:10,480
that'll be right here in downtown

876
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:12,559
Hinesville. So we're excited about that.

877
00:52:12,559 --> 00:52:14,800
We're also in September participating in

878
00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:17,520
the Liberty County 250 committee that's

879
00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:20,480
formed. Um, so our first meeting is in

880
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:23,040
se forming [laughter] is in September.

881
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:26,319
So we're excited to get started.

882
00:52:26,319 --> 00:52:28,000
We have set the date for Fort Stewart

883
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:29,599
Liberty County Day at the Capitol as

884
00:52:29,599 --> 00:52:32,800
well. Um, that's on February 24th, but

885
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:34,800
you should plan to be there the 23rd and

886
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:37,440
the 24th. So, in Atlanta the 23rd and

887
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:39,280
the 24th. I sent the save the date out

888
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:40,319
already.

889
00:52:40,319 --> 00:52:41,839
>> I may have missed it. The the theme for

890
00:52:41,839 --> 00:52:43,440
this year's Christmas

891
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:45,040
>> Christmas parade is cowboy Christmas.

892
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:45,760
>> Cowboy Christmas.

893
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:46,480
>> Yep.

894
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:48,800
>> So, your best cowboy boots and cowboy

895
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:50,880
hat and all the duds.

896
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:51,920
>> Boots on the ground.

897
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:54,800
[laughter]

898
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:56,720
>> Mr. Chair, I I just have a a quick

899
00:52:56,720 --> 00:52:58,480
question. Miss P. I appreciate

900
00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:01,280
everything you do. I know you have to s

901
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:03,119
hold two hats at simultaneously

902
00:53:03,119 --> 00:53:07,520
sometimes, but uh you were saying uh

903
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:09,520
with going out to for meeting the new

904
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:11,920
soldiers that's on a monthly basis.

905
00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:13,280
>> No, it's every week.

906
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:14,079
>> Every week.

907
00:53:14,079 --> 00:53:15,920
>> Um we don't do it every single week, but

908
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:17,680
we try really hard.

909
00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:18,480
>> Oh, is that microphone?

910
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:19,680
>> I know these mics are

911
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:22,480
>> we have to pay to be out there. I'll

912
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:24,160
back up just a little bit more. U

913
00:53:24,160 --> 00:53:26,240
because I am loud. We do have to pay for

914
00:53:26,240 --> 00:53:28,720
the opportunity to sponsor that to have

915
00:53:28,720 --> 00:53:31,520
a table. Um, so we get 51 opportunities

916
00:53:31,520 --> 00:53:33,119
in the year and if I'm paying for it,

917
00:53:33,119 --> 00:53:34,160
I'm trying to do it, sir.

918
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:34,800
>> Right.

919
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:36,000
>> I'm not going to waste those.

920
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,480
>> Understood. I I guess uh with that being

921
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:40,240
said and and when you were talking about

922
00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:43,280
the soldiers because you know I think

923
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:44,720
sometimes when we talk about Liberty

924
00:53:44,720 --> 00:53:46,400
County and we talk about this being

925
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:48,400
retirement community, I think people

926
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:51,599
fail to realize most most soldiers are

927
00:53:51,599 --> 00:53:54,720
going into the military at 18.

928
00:53:54,720 --> 00:53:56,880
So even if they do 20 years, they're

929
00:53:56,880 --> 00:54:00,000
still 38. So and and I know dealing with

930
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:02,720
active soldiers, the average age is what

931
00:54:02,720 --> 00:54:04,160
around what 21.

932
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:05,680
>> We usually have more single soldiers

933
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:07,280
that are young than we do have married

934
00:54:07,280 --> 00:54:08,720
soldiers. They rotate them through in

935
00:54:08,720 --> 00:54:10,400
two groups. Single soldiers and then the

936
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:11,119
married.

937
00:54:11,119 --> 00:54:13,280
>> Okay. So I I guess the question I have

938
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:15,200
is uh whenever you have communication

939
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:17,839
with them, what what are they asking

940
00:54:17,839 --> 00:54:20,000
about our community? What are are some

941
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:21,119
of the main questions that

942
00:54:21,119 --> 00:54:22,640
>> a lot of them want? Well, they complain

943
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:24,240
about traffic, which we all complain

944
00:54:24,240 --> 00:54:25,040
about traffic,

945
00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:26,800
>> but they also want to know about outdoor

946
00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:29,680
opportunities and recreation. So, we are

947
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:31,520
we have all of those materials with us

948
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:34,240
to be able to have those conversations.

949
00:54:34,240 --> 00:54:35,920
So, where they can go fishing, where

950
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:37,200
they can go hunting, where they can

951
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:40,000
kayak, um all of those they do like the

952
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,559
idea of festivals and outdoor events. Um

953
00:54:42,559 --> 00:54:44,000
and of course, young soldiers are going

954
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:46,079
to like younger person activities. So,

955
00:54:46,079 --> 00:54:47,680
that might be a bar, it might be a

956
00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:49,760
brewery, it might be those, um which we

957
00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:51,040
have some of those here. We do have

958
00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:52,800
Brewery and Midway that we can direct

959
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:53,680
them to. Of course, not our

960
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:56,079
18-year-olds, um, but the ones that are

961
00:54:56,079 --> 00:54:58,640
of age, um, Fort Stewart, I cannot speak

962
00:54:58,640 --> 00:54:59,920
for them, but they would certainly

963
00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:01,440
rather keep them here in our local

964
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:03,920
community versus having them go far a

965
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:05,839
field and potentially drink and drive.

966
00:55:05,839 --> 00:55:09,119
>> Absolutely. Okay. All right. Just just

967
00:55:09,119 --> 00:55:10,720
was trying to gauge

968
00:55:10,720 --> 00:55:11,839
>> a lot of outdoor.

969
00:55:11,839 --> 00:55:12,880
>> That's kind of what I hear Colonel

970
00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:14,720
Weaver say, too, just what you've said,

971
00:55:14,720 --> 00:55:14,960
right?

972
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:16,960
>> Yeah. They're looking for outdoor.

973
00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:18,800
That's why we got to lean more toward

974
00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:20,319
the trails and the bike path and all

975
00:55:20,319 --> 00:55:22,079
that kind of stuff cuz cuz people look

976
00:55:22,079 --> 00:55:25,359
for that. Um and and you're right, they

977
00:55:25,359 --> 00:55:27,119
want to keep them off the road going to

978
00:55:27,119 --> 00:55:28,559
Savannah for some of these

979
00:55:28,559 --> 00:55:29,920
>> wherever they go. They would like to

980
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:30,800
keep them here.

981
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:33,520
>> Yeah. Yeah. Keep them safe and it helps

982
00:55:33,520 --> 00:55:35,200
towards our sales tax.

983
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:37,280
>> It does if we can keep them here,

984
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:38,400
>> right?

985
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:39,599
>> All right. Thank you, ma'am. Appreciate

986
00:55:39,599 --> 00:55:39,839
it.

987
00:55:39,839 --> 00:55:41,440
>> Appreciate it.

988
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:44,319
>> Yes. I I think this is might be the

989
00:55:44,319 --> 00:55:46,720
shortest presentation you've done in

990
00:55:46,720 --> 00:55:51,990
history. [laughter]

991
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:54,480
» Um chairman, board of commissioners, um

992
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:56,319
this year we wanted to do something a

993
00:55:56,319 --> 00:55:59,520
little bit different with our um summer

994
00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:01,599
enrichment program. And when

995
00:56:01,599 --> 00:56:03,839
brainstorming with u Miss Leah in a

996
00:56:03,839 --> 00:56:07,200
meeting, she offered to plan a um tour

997
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,839
of Liberty County of Liberty County

998
00:56:09,839 --> 00:56:12,880
history. um she and her team planned the

999
00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:16,079
trip and even um showed the students how

1000
00:56:16,079 --> 00:56:17,873
to cast out a net and took

1001
00:56:17,873 --> 00:56:19,440
[clears throat] care of lunch and we

1002
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:21,520
just want to thank um Miss Leah for the

1003
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:23,760
work and the partnership not only on

1004
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:26,319
that event but all events um that in

1005
00:56:26,319 --> 00:56:29,359
which we worked together

1006
00:56:29,359 --> 00:56:31,599
please get a picture I want you to open

1007
00:56:31,599 --> 00:56:34,079
it up and see what we got [laughter] is

1008
00:56:34,079 --> 00:56:36,720
it a cast

1009
00:56:36,720 --> 00:56:37,680
>> we'll turn around and let her get a

1010
00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:38,000
picture

1011
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:45,670
>> choose open it slowly

1012
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:47,920
Oh, diet Dr. Pepper and lots of sour

1013
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:49,200
patch kids. I'm not [laughter] sure,

1014
00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:52,000
sir. I'm not sure. He always takes all

1015
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:53,119
my sour kids.

1016
00:56:53,119 --> 00:56:53,599
>> Leah,

1017
00:56:53,599 --> 00:56:56,079
>> thank you. [laughter]

1018
00:56:56,079 --> 00:57:00,309
They're not coming back.

1019
00:57:00,319 --> 00:57:02,000
» Thank you. Let me go and say this

1020
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,640
publicly, Leah. Uh,

1021
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:06,240
you do a lot, Commissioner Fraser,

1022
00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:06,344
right?

1023
00:57:06,344 --> 00:57:06,480
>> [clears throat]

1024
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:08,799
>> wear so many hats and we car do a lot of

1025
00:57:08,799 --> 00:57:09,920
things especially when it comes to

1026
00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:12,000
greeting and treating people who visit

1027
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:13,760
our community. So, thank you for what

1028
00:57:13,760 --> 00:57:17,119
you do. Your um your your footprint is

1029
00:57:17,119 --> 00:57:20,079
well entrenched in the fiber soil of

1030
00:57:20,079 --> 00:57:21,200
Liberty County, Georgia. Thank you so

1031
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:21,599
much.

1032
00:57:21,599 --> 00:57:22,880
>> Working on the National Association of

1033
00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:23,680
County Commissioners.

1034
00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:24,880
>> We're working on that.

1035
00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:27,440
>> Yeah. And and then on top of that, uh

1036
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:30,640
you know, she's my classmate. She she's a Liberty County High School

1037
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:32,720
Panther, by the way.

1038
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:34,079
>> Just just let y'all know.

1039
00:57:34,079 --> 00:57:36,400
>> Yes. Yeah, not Bradwell Liberty.

1040
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:40,150
>> No comment. [laughter]

1041
00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:42,000
» Thank you, Leo. Your team again. All

1042
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:48,710
right, Mr. Trent Long.

1043
00:57:48,720 --> 00:57:51,119
» All right. How's everyone tonight?

1044
00:57:51,119 --> 00:57:52,319
>> We're well.

1045
00:57:52,319 --> 00:57:53,599
>> Um, [clears throat] I'll just kind of

1046
00:57:53,599 --> 00:57:55,520
jump right in. Um, one of the things I

1047
00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:57,440
want to talk about, um, a little bit are

1048
00:57:57,440 --> 00:57:59,599
the sidewalk projects we have going for,

1049
00:57:59,599 --> 00:58:01,599
uh, Commissioner Frasier. We are working

1050
00:58:01,599 --> 00:58:04,240
on the uh Paul Castle Street sidewalks.

1051
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:05,760
Got that going and working on those,

1052
00:58:05,760 --> 00:58:07,920
getting those ready to go. Do want to uh

1053
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:09,920
meet with you sometime next week or two

1054
00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:11,760
to talk about Varnad Street and see what

1055
00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:13,359
we want to do with it because those

1056
00:58:13,359 --> 00:58:15,140
costs are going to be pretty high and

1057
00:58:15,140 --> 00:58:16,400
[snorts] we'll make sure we're

1058
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:18,160
proceeding the right way.

1059
00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:21,599
>> Yeah, we we just matter of fact, we'll

1060
00:58:21,599 --> 00:58:24,240
meet and then we'll meet with uh get a

1061
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:26,000
meeting with hopefully with one of our

1062
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:28,000
administrators and and try to partner

1063
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:29,599
with the city of Hindsville as well.

1064
00:58:29,599 --> 00:58:30,960
Okay, that's perfect.

1065
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:33,119
>> Sidewalks in.

1066
00:58:33,119 --> 00:58:33,680
>> Okay.

1067
00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:37,040
>> You have not because you asked not.

1068
00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:39,920
>> Um, Commissioner Stevens has us working

1069
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:41,920
on the main trail roadway improvements.

1070
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:43,040
Um, [snorts] as we're building that

1071
00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:45,520
roadway and getting that done, um, we're

1072
00:58:45,520 --> 00:58:47,200
seeing that we're going to have to go

1073
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:49,440
when we're redoing, we have to we're

1074
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:51,359
raising the road a good bit. So, I've

1075
00:58:51,359 --> 00:58:53,119
got to redo several people's driveways

1076
00:58:53,119 --> 00:58:54,400
and I'm going to need to go into their

1077
00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:57,280
yards to make the transition uh, good.

1078
00:58:57,280 --> 00:58:58,400
So, I'm going to need some easements

1079
00:58:58,400 --> 00:59:00,960
from folks. Uh, what I'd like to do is

1080
00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:02,960
if we could within the next couple of

1081
00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:04,480
weeks, let's try to have a town hall

1082
00:59:04,480 --> 00:59:06,480
meeting out there [snorts] and meet

1083
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:08,880
somewhere on the site. Uh, and let

1084
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:10,559
residents come have it, you know, one

1085
00:59:10,559 --> 00:59:13,119
afternoon after 5. That way we can talk

1086
00:59:13,119 --> 00:59:16,240
to people what what we want to do and,

1087
00:59:16,240 --> 00:59:18,000
you know, hopefully go ahead and and

1088
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:19,920
tackle that

1089
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:20,960
up [clears throat] front so we can get

1090
00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:21,599
that one going.

1091
00:59:21,599 --> 00:59:23,760
>> I'll have you a good date by Monday.

1092
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:26,079
>> Okay, that works good.

1093
00:59:26,079 --> 00:59:28,400
Uh likewise on Butterblunt Road, we just

1094
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:30,559
have that one that we need to probably

1095
00:59:30,559 --> 00:59:31,920
sit down and talk about which way we

1096
00:59:31,920 --> 00:59:34,319
want to go with. Um because you know,

1097
00:59:34,319 --> 00:59:36,400
she's kind of harder to get a hold of.

1098
00:59:36,400 --> 00:59:38,640
So if we spend some time in the next

1099
00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:40,480
week or two looking at what we need to

1100
00:59:40,480 --> 00:59:42,720
do to accomplish that, then we can get

1101
00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:43,680
that project on.

1102
00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:46,079
>> Yeah. Whatever it takes to get this

1103
00:59:46,079 --> 00:59:49,200
project out and on the bid for December

1104
00:59:49,200 --> 00:59:52,160
31, that's looking forward for

1105
00:59:52,160 --> 00:59:54,240
>> I I really want to do that.

1106
00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:58,400
>> Thank you. So, um

1107
00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:01,680
I uh gave you a package. Uh we kind of

1108
01:00:01,680 --> 01:00:03,680
have a updated layout of the roundabout

1109
01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:06,400
that we're looking at crossroads at

1110
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:08,799
State Route 119 and Bington Ferry and

1111
01:00:08,799 --> 01:00:11,440
Riceboro. Uh encourage you to take a

1112
01:00:11,440 --> 01:00:13,280
look at it. We had a good meeting uh

1113
01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:15,920
with some of the churches and the uh res

1114
01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:18,720
you the owners of the four corners. Uh

1115
01:00:18,720 --> 01:00:20,640
so I think we're in good shape to kind

1116
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:23,520
of start moving forward on that. uh

1117
01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:25,119
after the meeting that we had the other

1118
01:00:25,119 --> 01:00:27,119
day uh brought to [clears throat] my

1119
01:00:27,119 --> 01:00:29,040
attention several of them now it was

1120
01:00:29,040 --> 01:00:32,640
it's okay to look at the drawing but

1121
01:00:32,640 --> 01:00:34,160
before we have another one we would like

1122
01:00:34,160 --> 01:00:35,599
to see some they would like to see some

1123
01:00:35,599 --> 01:00:39,680
flags out to show exactly they can look

1124
01:00:39,680 --> 01:00:41,280
at it themselves

1125
01:00:41,280 --> 01:00:41,599
>> okay

1126
01:00:41,599 --> 01:00:43,280
>> what's going to go what trees going to

1127
01:00:43,280 --> 01:00:44,640
go away

1128
01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:46,000
>> and everything

1129
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:47,680
>> yeah we can do that we can actually

1130
01:00:47,680 --> 01:00:50,000
paint some lines on the road so they can

1131
01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:51,520
see where things are right

1132
01:00:51,520 --> 01:00:53,440
>> and and try to do that. So, I I'd be

1133
01:00:53,440 --> 01:00:54,559
more than happy to do that.

1134
01:00:54,559 --> 01:00:56,319
>> So, as soon as you can get the closer

1135
01:00:56,319 --> 01:00:57,920
you get to that, let me know and then

1136
01:00:57,920 --> 01:00:59,680
I'll go ahead and have them

1137
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:00,000
>> okay,

1138
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:01,520
>> set up so go back.

1139
01:01:01,520 --> 01:01:03,520
>> Um,

1140
01:01:03,520 --> 01:01:05,119
let me get it on the calendar to get

1141
01:01:05,119 --> 01:01:06,559
survey guys out there to paint some

1142
01:01:06,559 --> 01:01:07,200
things up,

1143
01:01:07,200 --> 01:01:07,520
>> right?

1144
01:01:07,520 --> 01:01:08,880
>> And then, uh, we'll get it set up,

1145
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:10,799
>> put some flags out or whatever, too.

1146
01:01:10,799 --> 01:01:11,440
>> Perfect.

1147
01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:11,920
>> Yeah.

1148
01:01:11,920 --> 01:01:13,920
>> Okay. I I I'll make sure I get that on

1149
01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:15,359
our calendar for the guys to go out

1150
01:01:15,359 --> 01:01:16,240
there and do that.

1151
01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:18,522
>> Okay. All right.

1152
01:01:18,522 --> 01:01:21,200
[clears throat] um

1153
01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:24,000
Macintosh Lake Road. Uh this is uh one

1154
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:26,240
of Eddie's projects.

1155
01:01:26,240 --> 01:01:29,440
We took proposals on this one today. Uh

1156
01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:33,119
the lowest bid was JW Oliver uh for

1157
01:01:33,119 --> 01:01:36,309
$391,471.50,

1158
01:01:36,319 --> 01:01:39,119
which gives us a deceleration lane and a

1159
01:01:39,119 --> 01:01:42,160
right turn lane. Uh which is a good

1160
01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:46,240
price uh for the amount of work that is. So, um, we will be bringing

1161
01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:48,000
that back to you at the regular meeting

1162
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:50,160
for action. Uh, we haven't gone through

1163
01:01:50,160 --> 01:01:51,839
and done the bid tabulations and made

1164
01:01:51,839 --> 01:01:53,920
sure everybody did all the math right

1165
01:01:53,920 --> 01:01:56,400
and and did everything, but

1166
01:01:56,400 --> 01:01:57,920
preliminarily that's kind of where we

1167
01:01:57,920 --> 01:02:01,119
where we're standing. Um, Freeman Grove

1168
01:02:01,119 --> 01:02:03,280
Road is finished. Um, so I'll be taking

1169
01:02:03,280 --> 01:02:05,680
that off of my report for the next

1170
01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:08,160
couple times. Sunshine Lake Road. There

1171
01:02:08,160 --> 01:02:10,480
are some erosion control issues that,

1172
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:12,319
you know, the rain water we had last

1173
01:02:12,319 --> 01:02:14,480
couple months really kind of took a toll

1174
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:17,200
on some of the uh dirt on the shoulders

1175
01:02:17,200 --> 01:02:18,880
and he we've called him back several

1176
01:02:18,880 --> 01:02:20,880
times and he's supposed to go back out

1177
01:02:20,880 --> 01:02:23,359
there next week to fix the erosion

1178
01:02:23,359 --> 01:02:25,599
again. He's been fairly [clears throat]

1179
01:02:25,599 --> 01:02:27,680
responsive. He's a little slow this last

1180
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:30,000
time to come, but um we're trying to get

1181
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:31,680
him back out there.

1182
01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:34,160
>> That's a question, Trent. Uh is this a

1183
01:02:34,160 --> 01:02:37,359
good time? You mentioned the good bid

1184
01:02:37,359 --> 01:02:38,880
price that came in. So, is this a good

1185
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:41,040
time to maximize the use of our Tesplas

1186
01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:42,960
dollars?

1187
01:02:42,960 --> 01:02:45,119
>> Well, I'm thinking we need to go ahead

1188
01:02:45,119 --> 01:02:47,280
and get butter blown on out the road

1189
01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:48,160
now.

1190
01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:49,839
>> And anything else that I got that's

1191
01:02:49,839 --> 01:02:52,000
close, get on out the door

1192
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:52,799
>> if we [clears throat] get in good

1193
01:02:52,799 --> 01:02:53,920
prices. That's what

1194
01:02:53,920 --> 01:02:56,640
>> Yes, sir. So, we have on both of these

1195
01:02:56,640 --> 01:02:59,280
this St. John's Road that opened today

1196
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:01,839
as well for Allenhurst and Macintosh

1197
01:03:01,839 --> 01:03:04,880
Lake Road. We both had eight contractors

1198
01:03:04,880 --> 01:03:08,960
picked up bids and we had four proposals

1199
01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:10,000
on each.

1200
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:10,559
>> Yeah.

1201
01:03:10,559 --> 01:03:13,040
>> So, I thought that was fairly good. And

1202
01:03:13,040 --> 01:03:15,440
uh likewise on Canyine Road, we had

1203
01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:17,920
eight proposals.

1204
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:21,839
So, I I felt like we're getting some

1205
01:03:21,839 --> 01:03:24,720
they're not as hungry. Let me back up.

1206
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:27,200
They're more hungry than they were just

1207
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:29,520
a couple months ago. The the level of

1208
01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:32,079
work I think on the horizon is less. And

1209
01:03:32,079 --> 01:03:33,839
so they're bidding more of these things.

1210
01:03:33,839 --> 01:03:35,440
>> You think you see the same for the um

1211
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:37,280
sidewalk?

1212
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:38,000
>> Yes, sir.

1213
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:38,640
>> Okay.

1214
01:03:38,640 --> 01:03:40,240
>> Sidewalks are so expensive now.

1215
01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:41,520
>> Yeah.

1216
01:03:41,520 --> 01:03:44,240
>> It's it's it's unbelievable. You know,

1217
01:03:44,240 --> 01:03:47,440
uh I remember sidewalk projects, you

1218
01:03:47,440 --> 01:03:49,039
know, when I first got up here compared

1219
01:03:49,039 --> 01:03:50,079
to now. And

1220
01:03:50,079 --> 01:03:51,200
>> Oh, you're not kidding.

1221
01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:53,119
>> It's it's

1222
01:03:53,119 --> 01:03:54,720
I don't I don't get it. But

1223
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:56,880
>> I'm hoping cows Paul Caswell is going to

1224
01:03:56,880 --> 01:03:59,520
be a lot less because we we already have

1225
01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:00,480
curb and gutter,

1226
01:04:00,480 --> 01:04:02,319
>> right? It's going to be a lot easier to

1227
01:04:02,319 --> 01:04:03,920
get down.

1228
01:04:03,920 --> 01:04:05,520
>> The issue is, you know, the older

1229
01:04:05,520 --> 01:04:07,440
subdivisions like

1230
01:04:07,440 --> 01:04:12,754
>> Yeah. that have the old ditches.

1231
01:04:12,754 --> 01:04:12,960
[clears throat]

1232
01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:14,799
>> Like my neighborhood.

1233
01:04:14,799 --> 01:04:16,799
>> Your your neighborhood has some really

1234
01:04:16,799 --> 01:04:18,880
expensive sidewalks.

1235
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:21,359
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's why we

1236
01:04:21,359 --> 01:04:24,880
didn't never finish.

1237
01:04:24,880 --> 01:04:26,880
>> Yes, sir. Um, I was also asked to talk

1238
01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:29,359
about Jones Creek and dredging. Um, I

1239
01:04:29,359 --> 01:04:30,480
think there have been some questions

1240
01:04:30,480 --> 01:04:33,440
about why we don't dredge uh the Jones

1241
01:04:33,440 --> 01:04:37,599
Creek Lagoon and that was an old uh

1242
01:04:37,599 --> 01:04:39,200
dredge area that was done when they

1243
01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:45,760
built I95 and um it was used as a um

1244
01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:48,480
a launch so to speak for boat ramp and

1245
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:51,119
over the years and it does fill up

1246
01:04:51,119 --> 01:04:53,280
really quickly. So we have a lot of

1247
01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:56,160
sediment that comes from the river that

1248
01:04:56,160 --> 01:04:58,079
just goes in there and then water sits

1249
01:04:58,079 --> 01:05:00,880
still and it drops out. So it just over

1250
01:05:00,880 --> 01:05:03,520
time it really really

1251
01:05:03,520 --> 01:05:06,079
the sediment builds up very quickly. Um

1252
01:05:06,079 --> 01:05:08,400
we did we have looked at it several

1253
01:05:08,400 --> 01:05:11,839
times over the last 20 years of what it

1254
01:05:11,839 --> 01:05:14,799
would take to uh dredge it and the cost

1255
01:05:14,799 --> 01:05:18,240
to dredge it is pretty extreme. I think

1256
01:05:18,240 --> 01:05:20,960
last time we looked seven or eight years

1257
01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:23,839
ago, it was more than $500,000 to drench

1258
01:05:23,839 --> 01:05:27,760
it. And if you cut it down to just a

1259
01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:31,680
like a channel to get in and out, uh,

1260
01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:33,280
you know, everything kind of sloughs

1261
01:05:33,280 --> 01:05:36,240
back down. And so it it becomes where do

1262
01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:38,640
you stop because of all the sediment

1263
01:05:38,640 --> 01:05:41,119
that is in there. And to make matters

1264
01:05:41,119 --> 01:05:44,880
worse is um very much like JC Landing

1265
01:05:44,880 --> 01:05:47,039
over in Jessa

1266
01:05:47,039 --> 01:05:48,559
they dredge that out and they have to

1267
01:05:48,559 --> 01:05:50,799
dredge it out every

1268
01:05:50,799 --> 01:05:54,240
seven 10 years or something like that

1269
01:05:54,240 --> 01:05:57,440
and it's very small you about twice the

1270
01:05:57,440 --> 01:06:00,000
size of this room and it's

1271
01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:03,280
$100,000 plus every time they do it out

1272
01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:06,480
there it's huge and would be half

1273
01:06:06,480 --> 01:06:10,319
million to a million dollars every

1274
01:06:10,319 --> 01:06:12,240
five to seven years [clears throat] just

1275
01:06:12,240 --> 01:06:14,240
to keep up with it. So it just becomes a

1276
01:06:14,240 --> 01:06:17,760
an e economically unfeasible area to try

1277
01:06:17,760 --> 01:06:20,640
to maintain on a regular basis.

1278
01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:21,760
>> Trent, [clears throat]

1279
01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:24,720
just curious, where would you take that

1280
01:06:24,720 --> 01:06:26,480
what you dredge out?

1281
01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:29,119
>> Well, that is that's a real real problem

1282
01:06:29,119 --> 01:06:30,720
you because you have to find a place to

1283
01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:33,039
take that material as well. And [snorts]

1284
01:06:33,039 --> 01:06:34,799
then you know and once you start doing

1285
01:06:34,799 --> 01:06:37,200
it on a regular basis, you've got to

1286
01:06:37,200 --> 01:06:39,520
take it. And the process is not just

1287
01:06:39,520 --> 01:06:42,640
that easy either because you've got to

1288
01:06:42,640 --> 01:06:44,640
>> pump it. And for us, we got to pump it

1289
01:06:44,640 --> 01:06:46,559
into bags and dewater it so we can get

1290
01:06:46,559 --> 01:06:49,680
it loose enough or dry enough to haul

1291
01:06:49,680 --> 01:06:50,559
off.

1292
01:06:50,559 --> 01:06:52,799
>> So it it it just becomes quite an

1293
01:06:52,799 --> 01:06:54,160
ordeal, right?

1294
01:06:54,160 --> 01:06:58,799
>> So yeah, it just it's a great idea. It's

1295
01:06:58,799 --> 01:07:02,640
just economically not really

1296
01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:04,319
not recommended, I guess, is the best

1297
01:07:04,319 --> 01:07:06,079
way to do it.

1298
01:07:06,079 --> 01:07:11,359
While you on Junk Street, talk about the turning radius to get the boats in

1299
01:07:11,359 --> 01:07:12,319
both sides.

1300
01:07:12,319 --> 01:07:14,319
>> Yes, sir. Um, and that boat ramp is

1301
01:07:14,319 --> 01:07:16,400
fairly small. So, we have it set up for

1302
01:07:16,400 --> 01:07:19,280
small boats, not big tandem axle boats

1303
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:22,400
or anything like that. And so, we have a

1304
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:25,200
small turning radius to promote the

1305
01:07:25,200 --> 01:07:27,280
smaller boats and not the larger boats

1306
01:07:27,280 --> 01:07:30,240
coming in and out. So,

1307
01:07:30,240 --> 01:07:32,880
>> and you can only use it

1308
01:07:32,880 --> 01:07:36,079
couple hours each tide.

1309
01:07:36,079 --> 01:07:37,680
Where might the larger votes put in,

1310
01:07:37,680 --> 01:07:40,559
sir?

1311
01:07:40,559 --> 01:07:43,200
>> So, there's couple places in Liberty

1312
01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:45,200
County. Half moon is one of them. You

1313
01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:48,319
can also do interstate paper. It's uh

1314
01:07:48,319 --> 01:07:50,319
got a enough that you can get a little

1315
01:07:50,319 --> 01:07:52,640
bit larger boat in there. Um you can go

1316
01:07:52,640 --> 01:07:54,480
to Sunberry boat ramp.

1317
01:07:54,480 --> 01:07:56,720
>> Um

1318
01:07:56,720 --> 01:07:59,200
>> still got the boat ramp down

1319
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:00,880
Liberty County line down there. that I

1320
01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:02,799
was about to say that's I drive by that

1321
01:08:02,799 --> 01:08:04,559
one every day and and people are there

1322
01:08:04,559 --> 01:08:07,760
all the time. Um it's that's just a long

1323
01:08:07,760 --> 01:08:08,480
way out,

1324
01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:09,039
>> right? But

1325
01:08:09,039 --> 01:08:10,880
>> you know, when you put in that one, it's

1326
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:12,487
I've taken my boat up to it before

1327
01:08:12,487 --> 01:08:13,920
[clears throat] and you're like, am I

1328
01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:15,359
ever going to get there?

1329
01:08:15,359 --> 01:08:17,520
>> What's it what's it a good 15 minutes

1330
01:08:17,520 --> 01:08:20,480
drive from uh if you live on White to

1331
01:08:20,480 --> 01:08:21,520
the Sunberry?

1332
01:08:21,520 --> 01:08:22,239
>> Yeah, it is.

1333
01:08:22,239 --> 01:08:24,159
>> 15 minutes. Yeah. From White down to

1334
01:08:24,159 --> 01:08:25,920
Sunberry.

1335
01:08:25,920 --> 01:08:26,640
>> Yes, sir.

1336
01:08:26,640 --> 01:08:30,309
>> It's not crazy.

1337
01:08:30,319 --> 01:08:32,799
If you're coming from Minesville, I will

1338
01:08:32,799 --> 01:08:34,719
>> longer any of you need to keep going

1339
01:08:34,719 --> 01:08:38,000
anyway. [laughter] Try

1340
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:41,359
>> can handle some good large boats,

1341
01:08:41,359 --> 01:08:44,159
>> right? You know, we we have the the

1342
01:08:44,159 --> 01:08:45,839
cattle hammock property that we got the

1343
01:08:45,839 --> 01:08:48,560
marina set up for. And you know, I I

1344
01:08:48,560 --> 01:08:51,040
think if we get start finding some money

1345
01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:54,880
for that, um that'll be another good

1346
01:08:54,880 --> 01:08:56,480
place. And then, you know, eventually

1347
01:08:56,480 --> 01:08:58,960
we'll we'll find a technology or a way

1348
01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:03,199
to get a boat launched there as well,

1349
01:09:03,199 --> 01:09:06,960
you know, but you right now it's just

1350
01:09:06,960 --> 01:09:10,000
you can get about two boats in an hour

1351
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:12,560
and you spend well over a million

1352
01:09:12,560 --> 01:09:15,199
dollars. It's just, you know, a lot of

1353
01:09:15,199 --> 01:09:17,839
money for a lot of very little output.

1354
01:09:17,839 --> 01:09:19,040
think I want you to explain that because

1355
01:09:19,040 --> 01:09:21,199
we've been hearing that from people and

1356
01:09:21,199 --> 01:09:24,239
I know ever since I've been here uh

1357
01:09:24,239 --> 01:09:25,520
occasionally that's been mentioned that

1358
01:09:25,520 --> 01:09:28,560
it would just not be uh it' be a costly

1359
01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:30,480
measure to do that and and it's not

1360
01:09:30,480 --> 01:09:32,400
lasting it's not lasting so why would

1361
01:09:32,400 --> 01:09:33,679
you

1362
01:09:33,679 --> 01:09:35,920
>> if it were to stay a long time it would

1363
01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:37,679
be great and if we had enough boat

1364
01:09:37,679 --> 01:09:38,799
traffic

1365
01:09:38,799 --> 01:09:41,199
>> and just the location of it is not going

1366
01:09:41,199 --> 01:09:42,799
to generate the boat traffic that you

1367
01:09:42,799 --> 01:09:43,600
need to

1368
01:09:43,600 --> 01:09:48,480
>> to keep it turned up you know So, it's

1369
01:09:48,480 --> 01:09:50,080
just

1370
01:09:50,080 --> 01:09:52,239
e it's an economical thing.

1371
01:09:52,239 --> 01:09:53,679
>> All right. Thank you, sir.

1372
01:09:53,679 --> 01:09:57,840
>> Yes, sir. Um,

1373
01:09:57,840 --> 01:10:00,159
live oak uh roadway improvements. We

1374
01:10:00,159 --> 01:10:01,520
talked to the contractor. He's supposed

1375
01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:04,000
to show up Wednesday or Thursday and

1376
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:06,239
start milling. So, you'll see some

1377
01:10:06,239 --> 01:10:08,159
action happen out there next week.

1378
01:10:08,159 --> 01:10:10,880
>> Thank you. I appreciate it.

1379
01:10:10,880 --> 01:10:13,199
I think the weather this summer. Uh he

1380
01:10:13,199 --> 01:10:16,480
had taken a couple of school jobs and

1381
01:10:16,480 --> 01:10:18,560
then he was behind on school jobs

1382
01:10:18,560 --> 01:10:21,440
because of the weather and we got behind

1383
01:10:21,440 --> 01:10:23,760
the school jobs and so it just took a

1384
01:10:23,760 --> 01:10:25,840
while to get done but I think we'll be

1385
01:10:25,840 --> 01:10:28,320
there and get it done good.

1386
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:32,640
>> Um Mary Todd Road um we've been meeting

1387
01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:35,760
with a lot of the uh [clears throat]

1388
01:10:35,760 --> 01:10:38,239
property owners on the roadway. I've

1389
01:10:38,239 --> 01:10:39,520
talked a little bit with Commissioner

1390
01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:44,080
Thrift. Um, right now we have 72% that

1391
01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:47,440
have either agreed or are willing to

1392
01:10:47,440 --> 01:10:50,719
sign. Um, and what we'd like to do is

1393
01:10:50,719 --> 01:10:52,880
we've presented all these folks with the

1394
01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:54,800
appraisal that we did on the project,

1395
01:10:54,800 --> 01:10:57,040
talk to them about it. Um, what we'd

1396
01:10:57,040 --> 01:10:58,880
like to do is go ahead and release

1397
01:10:58,880 --> 01:11:02,480
$37,000 and go ahead and purchase and

1398
01:11:02,480 --> 01:11:05,679
record the 72% of the rightway that we

1399
01:11:05,679 --> 01:11:08,320
do have. I want to make sure that we

1400
01:11:08,320 --> 01:11:10,159
don't have people move or change

1401
01:11:10,159 --> 01:11:15,440
ownerships while this is going on and delay the the the project any

1402
01:11:15,440 --> 01:11:19,840
further. Um so if if we could get that

1403
01:11:19,840 --> 01:11:21,520
money released to do that, that would be

1404
01:11:21,520 --> 01:11:22,000
great.

1405
01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:23,360
>> Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman, I've been

1406
01:11:23,360 --> 01:11:24,800
speaking with Trent and some of the

1407
01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:29,600
property owners on Mary Todd and um

1408
01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:31,520
like he said, we we've come a long way

1409
01:11:31,520 --> 01:11:35,280
since we hired and got the appraisals

1410
01:11:35,280 --> 01:11:39,520
from the um consultant. And while these

1411
01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:42,640
folks are willing to uh sign it, sign

1412
01:11:42,640 --> 01:11:44,320
the agreement, then I would make a

1413
01:11:44,320 --> 01:11:46,159
motion that we release the funds to go

1414
01:11:46,159 --> 01:11:47,840
ahead and pay these property owners for

1415
01:11:47,840 --> 01:11:50,480
the property. It will be coming out my

1416
01:11:50,480 --> 01:11:58,550
spl

1417
01:11:58,560 --> 01:12:01,440
uh commission made a motion that we uh

1418
01:12:01,440 --> 01:12:03,920
accept the the bid price of am I reading

1419
01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:06,640
right Mr. Loan 957.

1420
01:12:06,640 --> 01:12:07,920
>> No, no, we're not there yet.

1421
01:12:07,920 --> 01:12:08,640
>> Not there yet.

1422
01:12:08,640 --> 01:12:11,600
>> No, no. We're on Mary Todd Road7

1423
01:12:11,600 --> 01:12:12,480
line.

1424
01:12:12,480 --> 01:12:16,150
>> This is 30 county line.

1425
01:12:16,150 --> 01:12:16,640
[laughter]

1426
01:12:16,640 --> 01:12:17,600
>> Spend all your money.

1427
01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:18,719
>> Yeah.

1428
01:12:18,719 --> 01:12:21,360
>> he's spending more of the money.

1429
01:12:21,360 --> 01:12:23,280
>> Second motion that

1430
01:12:23,280 --> 01:12:24,960
>> 37,000

1431
01:12:24,960 --> 01:12:27,120
up to 37,000.

1432
01:12:27,120 --> 01:12:28,560
>> 37,000.

1433
01:12:28,560 --> 01:12:28,800
>> Second.

1434
01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:31,679
>> I thought you said 36, but 37

1435
01:12:31,679 --> 01:12:32,560
in a second.

1436
01:12:32,560 --> 01:12:33,760
>> Second.

1437
01:12:33,760 --> 01:12:34,960
>> What's the number for the matter of

1438
01:12:34,960 --> 01:12:35,920
record?

1439
01:12:35,920 --> 01:12:36,719
>> 37,000.

1440
01:12:36,719 --> 01:12:39,760
Any further discussion? I I do

1441
01:12:39,760 --> 01:12:42,880
uh because I'm I'm just looking and it

1442
01:12:42,880 --> 01:12:46,560
says that uh with a non-responsive

1443
01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:48,800
14 of the 21 certified receipts were

1444
01:12:48,800 --> 01:12:52,080
received. So I I guess what I'm are or

1445
01:12:52,080 --> 01:12:53,199
you don't have to just do some

1446
01:12:53,199 --> 01:12:56,560
additional uh engineering if they

1447
01:12:56,560 --> 01:12:58,400
>> So what we're going to we we've kind of

1448
01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:01,440
set this up so that we can take other

1449
01:13:01,440 --> 01:13:03,520
steps as far as trying to contact folks

1450
01:13:03,520 --> 01:13:05,760
and moving through the process to obtain

1451
01:13:05,760 --> 01:13:06,960
the rightway. Mhm.

1452
01:13:06,960 --> 01:13:08,800
>> Uh so we're trying to follow the the

1453
01:13:08,800 --> 01:13:11,520
federal process for obtaining rights

1454
01:13:11,520 --> 01:13:14,480
away. Um our what we're going to have to

1455
01:13:14,480 --> 01:13:16,960
do on these others that are in red is

1456
01:13:16,960 --> 01:13:18,480
just going to have to go knock on doors

1457
01:13:18,480 --> 01:13:20,719
and hopefully find people at night or

1458
01:13:20,719 --> 01:13:22,719
weekends or something,

1459
01:13:22,719 --> 01:13:23,360
>> right?

1460
01:13:23,360 --> 01:13:25,120
>> But but what I'm saying in the case of

1461
01:13:25,120 --> 01:13:28,719
you not getting you know the whole 100%

1462
01:13:28,719 --> 01:13:32,960
what would be the next step? So um what

1463
01:13:32,960 --> 01:13:35,120
we have to do is you know prove our

1464
01:13:35,120 --> 01:13:37,520
efforts to get in touch with everyone

1465
01:13:37,520 --> 01:13:39,199
and once we've proved our effort like

1466
01:13:39,199 --> 01:13:40,400
imminent domain or something

1467
01:13:40,400 --> 01:13:41,920
>> we start moving toward imminent domain

1468
01:13:41,920 --> 01:13:43,679
>> okay right

1469
01:13:43,679 --> 01:13:44,480
>> you could say

1470
01:13:44,480 --> 01:13:45,760
>> that's kind of that's kind of the

1471
01:13:45,760 --> 01:13:46,880
process [laughter] we're going through

1472
01:13:46,880 --> 01:13:47,760
so we

1473
01:13:47,760 --> 01:13:50,800
>> that is that is the that is the end

1474
01:13:50,800 --> 01:13:52,400
>> that is the end

1475
01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:54,159
>> result if I can't do it

1476
01:13:54,159 --> 01:13:56,080
>> right okay

1477
01:13:56,080 --> 01:13:57,280
>> all right

1478
01:13:57,280 --> 01:13:59,360
>> okay we have a motion second discussion

1479
01:13:59,360 --> 01:14:00,800
everybody ready all in favor Favor, show

1480
01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:03,440
of hands, please. 37,000. Okay. All

1481
01:14:03,440 --> 01:14:05,840
right. I apologize for jumping ahead. I

1482
01:14:05,840 --> 01:14:07,840
was looking at the

1483
01:14:07,840 --> 01:14:09,840
No, no worries. I'm trying to save

1484
01:14:09,840 --> 01:14:11,360
County Line Road to the last because it

1485
01:14:11,360 --> 01:14:12,719
is a line item by itself from the

1486
01:14:12,719 --> 01:14:13,120
agenda.

1487
01:14:13,120 --> 01:14:14,320
>> I see it is. Yeah.

1488
01:14:14,320 --> 01:14:16,480
>> Okay. Um I've talked to Miss Julie

1489
01:14:16,480 --> 01:14:18,000
Martin a little bit about the Alawite

1490
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:20,000
Convenience Center. I'm going to need to

1491
01:14:20,000 --> 01:14:21,199
get in touch [clears throat] Mr. Van

1492
01:14:21,199 --> 01:14:22,480
Martin and talk to him a little bit

1493
01:14:22,480 --> 01:14:25,520
about that. Um, so I'm in the process of

1494
01:14:25,520 --> 01:14:27,760
trying to make those contacts to start

1495
01:14:27,760 --> 01:14:29,600
working on getting that one done because

1496
01:14:29,600 --> 01:14:32,000
that is next on our capital improvements

1497
01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:34,960
list for solid waste and uh part of that

1498
01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:38,719
is relocating uh quarter drive so it

1499
01:14:38,719 --> 01:14:41,600
doesn't intersect so close to Highway

1500
01:14:41,600 --> 01:14:45,679
84. Um, so we just got to have the the

1501
01:14:45,679 --> 01:14:47,199
rightway in the property to be able to

1502
01:14:47,199 --> 01:14:48,400
do it.

1503
01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:50,880
>> So that's next on our list to be able to

1504
01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:51,920
try to acquire.

1505
01:14:51,920 --> 01:14:55,750
>> All right. Um,

1506
01:14:55,760 --> 01:14:58,320
County Line Road. That's okay for me to

1507
01:14:58,320 --> 01:15:00,800
go ahead and move to county line.

1508
01:15:00,800 --> 01:15:04,400
>> Um, oh, I did not I skipped it. Um,

1509
01:15:04,400 --> 01:15:06,239
Commissioner Gillard did ask me to talk

1510
01:15:06,239 --> 01:15:08,000
a little bit about make sure I had on my

1511
01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:12,320
list the the St. John's Drew and and the

1512
01:15:12,320 --> 01:15:14,719
proposals came in today for 600 no

1513
01:15:14,719 --> 01:15:16,640
$790,000

1514
01:15:16,640 --> 01:15:20,719
for uh St. John, but I'll try to let him

1515
01:15:20,719 --> 01:15:24,159
know that as well. County Line Road. Um

1516
01:15:24,159 --> 01:15:29,360
we did receive eight eight bids. Um the

1517
01:15:29,360 --> 01:15:31,440
lowest responsible builder was McClendon

1518
01:15:31,440 --> 01:15:34,719
Enterprises and uh we have a job going

1519
01:15:34,719 --> 01:15:36,640
on with them now in Jessup and I have

1520
01:15:36,640 --> 01:15:39,360
done uh several projects with Mlendon

1521
01:15:39,360 --> 01:15:41,920
Enterprises over my career and all of

1522
01:15:41,920 --> 01:15:45,600
them have turned out well. Um and their

1523
01:15:45,600 --> 01:15:51,189
price was $957,960.

1524
01:15:51,199 --> 01:15:54,000
Um, we recommend and Commissioner Thrift

1525
01:15:54,000 --> 01:15:55,520
does have the money to do this plus a

1526
01:15:55,520 --> 01:15:58,159
10% contingency and it also leaves

1527
01:15:58,159 --> 01:16:01,440
enough money as the proceeds come in for

1528
01:16:01,440 --> 01:16:03,280
Mary Todd Road that she'll be able to

1529
01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:05,920
build Mary Todd Road once we get the

1530
01:16:05,920 --> 01:16:08,239
rightway. Um, so we're not just

1531
01:16:08,239 --> 01:16:09,760
depleting your funds.

1532
01:16:09,760 --> 01:16:11,440
>> That's right. I've been very good

1533
01:16:11,440 --> 01:16:14,800
steward of my money.

1534
01:16:14,800 --> 01:16:17,600
>> That's right. So I recommend that we

1535
01:16:17,600 --> 01:16:19,679
enter in a contract Mlennon Enterprises

1536
01:16:19,679 --> 01:16:22,159
for $957,

1537
01:16:22,159 --> 01:16:23,920
>> $960

1538
01:16:23,920 --> 01:16:27,840
13 cents plus a 10% contingency.

1539
01:16:27,840 --> 01:16:28,239
>> Yes, sir.

1540
01:16:28,239 --> 01:16:29,120
>> You want to make that statement again,

1541
01:16:29,120 --> 01:16:30,320
but it came in what?

1542
01:16:30,320 --> 01:16:33,520
>> It came in really under under what we

1543
01:16:33,520 --> 01:16:35,679
had originally estimated. I think it was

1544
01:16:35,679 --> 01:16:37,440
a little over [clears throat] 1.1

1545
01:16:37,440 --> 01:16:39,840
something like that. And it came in at

1546
01:16:39,840 --> 01:16:43,840
957. So, um I would make a motion that

1547
01:16:43,840 --> 01:16:45,920
we go ahead and approve McClendon

1548
01:16:45,920 --> 01:16:48,400
Enterprises

1549
01:16:48,400 --> 01:16:51,440
for the um

1550
01:16:51,440 --> 01:16:53,920
repaving of County Line Road

1551
01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:55,920
>> in the amount of second that

1552
01:16:55,920 --> 01:16:57,040
>> 957

1553
01:16:57,040 --> 01:16:58,400
>> sorry

1554
01:16:58,400 --> 01:17:00,320
>> $957

1555
01:17:00,320 --> 01:17:05,360
960 and 13 plus the 10% contingency fund

1556
01:17:05,360 --> 01:17:08,960
>> and this project is to start

1557
01:17:08,960 --> 01:17:10,719
>> we have to give them what we'll do is if

1558
01:17:10,719 --> 01:17:12,239
once you approve it,

1559
01:17:12,239 --> 01:17:14,400
>> um we will have to issue contracts and

1560
01:17:14,400 --> 01:17:16,480
it'll be about 45 days before we give

1561
01:17:16,480 --> 01:17:17,920
them notice to proceed.

1562
01:17:17,920 --> 01:17:20,239
>> Okay. By the time we get through this,

1563
01:17:20,239 --> 01:17:21,920
it's going to be a little bit.

1564
01:17:21,920 --> 01:17:22,400
>> Okay.

1565
01:17:22,400 --> 01:17:25,360
>> And and how long is this the length of

1566
01:17:25,360 --> 01:17:27,440
>> that road there is?

1567
01:17:27,440 --> 01:17:28,080
>> Two, three miles.

1568
01:17:28,080 --> 01:17:29,600
>> We're doing a little over two miles.

1569
01:17:29,600 --> 01:17:32,080
>> I saw all the way through. We're going

1570
01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:33,280
to

1571
01:17:33,280 --> 01:17:35,600
>> uh long long road.

1572
01:17:35,600 --> 01:17:37,199
>> And that's resurfacing.

1573
01:17:37,199 --> 01:17:38,239
>> Yes, it's resurfacing.

1574
01:17:38,239 --> 01:17:40,560
>> Okay. Now resurfacing and deep patching.

1575
01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:42,560
>> Deep patch. There's some bad right bad.

1576
01:17:42,560 --> 01:17:44,560
>> You're starting at r patch.

1577
01:17:44,560 --> 01:17:45,760
>> Starting right patch going the other

1578
01:17:45,760 --> 01:17:47,040
way. Yes ma'am. [snorts]

1579
01:17:47,040 --> 01:17:49,520
>> Then we're also doing OGI course which

1580
01:17:49,520 --> 01:17:52,000
is open graded interface which should

1581
01:17:52,000 --> 01:17:54,400
help the reflective cracking. There's a

1582
01:17:54,400 --> 01:17:57,199
lot of cracks in it and the OGI helps

1583
01:17:57,199 --> 01:17:59,600
keep the cracks from coming through.

1584
01:17:59,600 --> 01:18:06,470
I'm not trying to get in the weeds, but

1585
01:18:06,480 --> 01:18:08,719
» I can get a road,

1586
01:18:08,719 --> 01:18:11,360
>> right? She she's getting two miles of

1587
01:18:11,360 --> 01:18:12,320
roads

1588
01:18:12,320 --> 01:18:13,760
>> compared to his sidewalks.

1589
01:18:13,760 --> 01:18:15,600
>> And my sidewalks and and I understand

1590
01:18:15,600 --> 01:18:18,000
him piping and and all of that, but

1591
01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:21,360
that's not Ronaldo. That That's not even

1592
01:18:21,360 --> 01:18:23,679
What is that a half a mile? Two miles?

1593
01:18:23,679 --> 01:18:25,360
>> No,

1594
01:18:25,360 --> 01:18:26,640
I don't know. But it goes

1595
01:18:26,640 --> 01:18:28,320
>> It's a little It's a little more than a

1596
01:18:28,320 --> 01:18:29,840
half mile. Yeah.

1597
01:18:29,840 --> 01:18:31,760
>> Right. It's It's not a mile. I I know

1598
01:18:31,760 --> 01:18:33,440
it's not a mile. I've I've walked that

1599
01:18:33,440 --> 01:18:35,760
street as a kid forever.

1600
01:18:35,760 --> 01:18:37,440
>> Yeah. It's And and it's, you know, the

1601
01:18:37,440 --> 01:18:39,600
difference is just the intensity of

1602
01:18:39,600 --> 01:18:40,239
work.

1603
01:18:40,239 --> 01:18:40,560
>> Yeah.

1604
01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:42,719
>> On Live Oak Drive versus

1605
01:18:42,719 --> 01:18:45,679
>> Man, I'm in business.

1606
01:18:45,679 --> 01:18:47,844
I need to just be in sidewalks.

1607
01:18:47,844 --> 01:18:48,719
[laughter]

1608
01:18:48,719 --> 01:18:52,560
>> That is unbelievable.

1609
01:18:52,560 --> 01:18:54,640
U Clinton, where they where are they

1610
01:18:54,640 --> 01:18:56,880
from?

1611
01:18:56,880 --> 01:19:00,320
Just out of curiosity,

1612
01:19:00,320 --> 01:19:01,280
>> you say you work with

1613
01:19:01,280 --> 01:19:04,080
>> more Southwest Georgia, but they do a

1614
01:19:04,080 --> 01:19:04,719
lot of stuff.

1615
01:19:04,719 --> 01:19:05,280
>> Okay.

1616
01:19:05,280 --> 01:19:07,199
>> They're the primary contractors doing

1617
01:19:07,199 --> 01:19:09,520
all you see all the Evans contractors

1618
01:19:09,520 --> 01:19:11,120
>> building the building. They do a lot of

1619
01:19:11,120 --> 01:19:12,560
the site work stuff.

1620
01:19:12,560 --> 01:19:13,679
>> Oh, you're comfortable with them. Okay.

1621
01:19:13,679 --> 01:19:16,560
>> Okay. They're they're they're topnotch.

1622
01:19:16,560 --> 01:19:18,239
All right. All in favor, show your

1623
01:19:18,239 --> 01:19:20,400
hands, please, so commissioners can get

1624
01:19:20,400 --> 01:19:22,960
the work started on County Land Road.

1625
01:19:22,960 --> 01:19:25,199
>> Talking about that for a while. And Mr.

1626
01:19:25,199 --> 01:19:28,000
Chair, we we do have it in our ordinance

1627
01:19:28,000 --> 01:19:31,280
in for Liberty County that all new

1628
01:19:31,280 --> 01:19:33,199
developers have to do curb and gutter.

1629
01:19:33,199 --> 01:19:33,679
Right.

1630
01:19:33,679 --> 01:19:34,320
>> We do.

1631
01:19:34,320 --> 01:19:37,040
>> Okay. I just want to verify that because

1632
01:19:37,040 --> 01:19:39,280
I I don't want the next commissioner

1633
01:19:39,280 --> 01:19:40,719
that might be sitting in my chair, one

1634
01:19:40,719 --> 01:19:41,920
of y'all chairs

1635
01:19:41,920 --> 01:19:44,239
>> to want to put some sidewalks and it

1636
01:19:44,239 --> 01:19:46,159
cost him an arm and a leg to be able to

1637
01:19:46,159 --> 01:19:48,080
do it.

1638
01:19:48,080 --> 01:19:49,360
>> Unless we give them appearance

1639
01:19:49,360 --> 01:19:51,600
>> cuz cuz this him to be put in the email.

1640
01:19:51,600 --> 01:19:53,600
So he'd come over there to the city.

1641
01:19:53,600 --> 01:19:55,280
He'll walk over there with me

1642
01:19:55,280 --> 01:19:56,159
>> with us.

1643
01:19:56,159 --> 01:19:57,120
>> We'll

1644
01:19:57,120 --> 01:19:57,679
>> please.

1645
01:19:57,679 --> 01:19:59,679
>> We'll do it.

1646
01:19:59,679 --> 01:20:02,239
>> You know, you know, remember to see it

1647
01:20:02,239 --> 01:20:03,520
over here.

1648
01:20:03,520 --> 01:20:04,080
>> Yeah.

1649
01:20:04,080 --> 01:20:04,560
>> So,

1650
01:20:04,560 --> 01:20:05,280
>> yes, sir,

1651
01:20:05,280 --> 01:20:05,840
>> man.

1652
01:20:05,840 --> 01:20:06,640
>> All right.

1653
01:20:06,640 --> 01:20:07,520
>> That's all I have.

1654
01:20:07,520 --> 01:20:08,239
>> Thank you, sir.

1655
01:20:08,239 --> 01:20:09,760
>> Thank you,

1656
01:20:09,760 --> 01:20:11,920
>> just want to say thank you for the signs

1657
01:20:11,920 --> 01:20:13,679
on Highway 84.

1658
01:20:13,679 --> 01:20:15,360
>> Yes, sir.

1659
01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:16,719
>> They got it in. They got them in.

1660
01:20:16,719 --> 01:20:17,760
>> Oh, you didn't know? I'm sorry.

1661
01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:19,440
>> I didn't notice.

1662
01:20:19,440 --> 01:20:20,000
>> You're welcome.

1663
01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:20,640
>> Yeah.

1664
01:20:20,640 --> 01:20:21,600
>> I'm glad they got there.

1665
01:20:21,600 --> 01:20:23,840
>> Yeah. So, well, thank you very much.

1666
01:20:23,840 --> 01:20:25,679
Y'all have a great evening.

1667
01:20:25,679 --> 01:20:28,960
>> Uh, did we vote? We voted. Did we? We

1668
01:20:28,960 --> 01:20:30,880
did.

1669
01:20:30,880 --> 01:20:35,040
>> Uh, Mr. Wales

1670
01:20:35,040 --> 01:20:39,189
to John Deere Tractors.

1671
01:20:39,199 --> 01:20:40,960
» I told you I'd be back.

1672
01:20:40,960 --> 01:20:42,640
>> You did.

1673
01:20:42,640 --> 01:20:43,840
>> We're not going to keep you long

1674
01:20:43,840 --> 01:20:44,960
tonight. Hey.

1675
01:20:44,960 --> 01:20:45,360
>> No.

1676
01:20:45,360 --> 01:20:47,679
>> Make it home in time for dinner.

1677
01:20:47,679 --> 01:20:48,159
>> Yeah.

1678
01:20:48,159 --> 01:20:50,719
>> Or see them boys play ball.

1679
01:20:50,719 --> 01:20:53,760
>> Yeah. Yeah, we sent out some bids to try

1680
01:20:53,760 --> 01:20:55,920
to replace a couple tractors. Um,

1681
01:20:55,920 --> 01:20:57,600
unfortunately, we didn't get one bid

1682
01:20:57,600 --> 01:20:59,440
back. I sent out bids to three different

1683
01:20:59,440 --> 01:21:01,520
companies. And when I questioned that,

1684
01:21:01,520 --> 01:21:03,920
the uh they simply could not provide the

1685
01:21:03,920 --> 01:21:06,000
tractor, so they didn't bid on it.

1686
01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:10,080
>> We got a bid back from AP Pro uh for 200

1687
01:21:10,080 --> 01:21:18,709
horse tractors after trade is 16393.

1688
01:21:18,719 --> 01:21:20,719
» You said they couldn't get the didn't

1689
01:21:20,719 --> 01:21:22,400
get the tractors. They didn't know when

1690
01:21:22,400 --> 01:21:23,600
they would be able to get them, so they

1691
01:21:23,600 --> 01:21:24,560
didn't bid on it.

1692
01:21:24,560 --> 01:21:26,800
>> Coming from overseas. Are they coming

1693
01:21:26,800 --> 01:21:28,080
from overseas? I'm just asking.

1694
01:21:28,080 --> 01:21:30,080
>> No. Well, I'm not sure where the

1695
01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:31,840
tractors coming from, but the guy I've

1696
01:21:31,840 --> 01:21:33,360
been working with, he's got them. He's

1697
01:21:33,360 --> 01:21:35,040
got one in Brunswick and got one in

1698
01:21:35,040 --> 01:21:35,760
Augusta.

1699
01:21:35,760 --> 01:21:36,080
>> Yeah,

1700
01:21:36,080 --> 01:21:38,800
>> they can get

1701
01:21:38,800 --> 01:21:40,880
>> I'm not sure. I reckon it's just high

1702
01:21:40,880 --> 01:21:42,960
demand for the tractors. They just don't

1703
01:21:42,960 --> 01:21:43,360
have them.

1704
01:21:43,360 --> 01:21:45,280
>> Sounds like you getting into the Where's

1705
01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:49,280
Crystal? the the same

1706
01:21:49,280 --> 01:21:51,920
concerns that getting EMS's and getting

1707
01:21:51,920 --> 01:21:53,440
fire trucks and stuff. Now it's hard to

1708
01:21:53,440 --> 01:21:53,920
get

1709
01:21:53,920 --> 01:21:56,480
>> Yeah. any equipment is it's it's gotten

1710
01:21:56,480 --> 01:22:01,120
better actually, but it's still hard to get equipment

1711
01:22:01,120 --> 01:22:02,560
>> coming from the straighter or moves

1712
01:22:02,560 --> 01:22:03,600
>> two wheel drive

1713
01:22:03,600 --> 01:22:08,149
>> four-wheel drive.

1714
01:22:08,159 --> 01:22:11,360
You look into that lawsuit

1715
01:22:11,360 --> 01:22:15,350
with the fire trucks and

1716
01:22:15,360 --> 01:22:17,280
Thank you.

1717
01:22:17,280 --> 01:22:21,040
Out outside of um

1718
01:22:21,040 --> 01:22:23,040
the availability, you comfortable with

1719
01:22:23,040 --> 01:22:24,880
the uh with the price, sir?

1720
01:22:24,880 --> 01:22:26,719
>> I have. We we actually, you know, back

1721
01:22:26,719 --> 01:22:28,320
when a couple months ago when I bid them

1722
01:22:28,320 --> 01:22:30,719
out, the other dealers had tractors and

1723
01:22:30,719 --> 01:22:32,480
they bid. It's all right there in line

1724
01:22:32,480 --> 01:22:33,280
from what it was.

1725
01:22:33,280 --> 01:22:34,080
>> Okay. Okay.

1726
01:22:34,080 --> 01:22:36,080
>> So, I I know what other dealers prices

1727
01:22:36,080 --> 01:22:36,560
is.

1728
01:22:36,560 --> 01:22:37,199
>> All right. Okay.

1729
01:22:37,199 --> 01:22:38,719
>> But they they just didn't have the

1730
01:22:38,719 --> 01:22:39,920
tractors now. Didn't know when

1731
01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:41,040
>> And you're comfortable with with the

1732
01:22:41,040 --> 01:22:42,480
durability?

1733
01:22:42,480 --> 01:22:43,679
>> I I hope so.

1734
01:22:43,679 --> 01:22:45,679
>> Yeah. I've looked at them and talked to

1735
01:22:45,679 --> 01:22:47,920
people and

1736
01:22:47,920 --> 01:22:49,440
I'm hope I'm hopeful.

1737
01:22:49,440 --> 01:22:51,040
>> No one gives you a bad uh

1738
01:22:51,040 --> 01:22:53,360
>> No, I haven't got any bad anything bad

1739
01:22:53,360 --> 01:22:54,080
on

1740
01:22:54,080 --> 01:22:57,199
>> Okay. Okay. All right. Commissioners.

1741
01:22:57,199 --> 01:23:02,629
>> Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman,

1742
01:23:02,639 --> 01:23:07,040
» sir, I make a motion that we

1743
01:23:07,040 --> 01:23:08,000
work.

1744
01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:12,239
>> Second in the amount of 1639103.

1745
01:23:12,239 --> 01:23:14,000
All right. And the shelf life on these

1746
01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:15,280
are

1747
01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:18,880
>> sir the shelf life. You think they're

1748
01:23:18,880 --> 01:23:20,880
going to last for how long?

1749
01:23:20,880 --> 01:23:22,480
>> Two summers. [laughter]

1750
01:23:22,480 --> 01:23:24,159
>> You know, it's funny thing. I've got

1751
01:23:24,159 --> 01:23:26,960
tractors from 2008. I'm still running,

1752
01:23:26,960 --> 01:23:27,440
>> right?

1753
01:23:27,440 --> 01:23:29,199
>> Some of them, you know, these I'm

1754
01:23:29,199 --> 01:23:32,560
replacing from 2020. I

1755
01:23:32,560 --> 01:23:34,159
>> I hope I hope

1756
01:23:34,159 --> 01:23:37,679
>> if it helps. Uh in the area I work in, I

1757
01:23:37,679 --> 01:23:40,800
have six John Deere tractors. They're

1758
01:23:40,800 --> 01:23:44,000
2009 models. It's still going strong.

1759
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:46,159
>> Oh, I I have a O8 at the house.

1760
01:23:46,159 --> 01:23:48,560
>> Yeah, but it's not most most of you.

1761
01:23:48,560 --> 01:23:49,600
>> Yeah, I don't use it like that.

1762
01:23:49,600 --> 01:23:51,040
>> County department and state and

1763
01:23:51,040 --> 01:23:52,719
everybody's going to John Deere.

1764
01:23:52,719 --> 01:23:55,120
>> I'm not on it every day.

1765
01:23:55,120 --> 01:23:58,239
>> All right. All in favor? Show hands. All

1766
01:23:58,239 --> 01:23:58,960
right, sir.

1767
01:23:58,960 --> 01:24:00,000
>> Thank you.

1768
01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:02,400
Hey, John Deere is forever,

1769
01:24:02,400 --> 01:24:03,840
though.

1770
01:24:03,840 --> 01:24:06,560
>> Timber tax resolution. Mr.

1771
01:24:06,560 --> 01:24:09,453
>> Mr. Chair, he's getting mess.

1772
01:24:09,453 --> 01:24:11,360
[laughter]

1773
01:24:11,360 --> 01:24:13,280
I'm okay with

1774
01:24:13,280 --> 01:24:20,790
>> you making a commercial.

1775
01:24:20,800 --> 01:24:23,920
» Mr. Chair, uh what we have before you is

1776
01:24:23,920 --> 01:24:25,679
information from the state of Georgia.

1777
01:24:25,679 --> 01:24:27,760
We talked about this on last year and at

1778
01:24:27,760 --> 01:24:29,760
the time we thought that we had to have

1779
01:24:29,760 --> 01:24:35,280
damage and um couple in July chairman

1780
01:24:35,280 --> 01:24:36,880
received a notification from department

1781
01:24:36,880 --> 01:24:38,480
of revenue and I received information

1782
01:24:38,480 --> 01:24:42,239
from ACCG saying guys y'all got money uh

1783
01:24:42,239 --> 01:24:43,840
in this bill and y'all need to take

1784
01:24:43,840 --> 01:24:46,080
advantage of it. Uh it's part of House

1785
01:24:46,080 --> 01:24:48,239
Bill 223, which is the Timberland's

1786
01:24:48,239 --> 01:24:50,639
Recovery Exemption Earnings Stability

1787
01:24:50,639 --> 01:24:52,480
Act, otherwise known as the Tree Act.

1788
01:24:52,480 --> 01:24:53,920
And basically has to do with all the

1789
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:55,520
local governments that were involved

1790
01:24:55,520 --> 01:24:57,840
with when Hurricane Harlem came in and

1791
01:24:57,840 --> 01:25:00,639
damaged, uh properties and trees during

1792
01:25:00,639 --> 01:25:03,120
that time period. And so, uh, in order

1793
01:25:03,120 --> 01:25:04,719
to apply for the funds, we have to pass

1794
01:25:04,719 --> 01:25:06,400
a resolution, which is in your packet.

1795
01:25:06,400 --> 01:25:10,560
And then we apply for a res, um, we, um,

1796
01:25:10,560 --> 01:25:14,000
uh, complete an application. And what we

1797
01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:15,520
are what we look at is they looking at

1798
01:25:15,520 --> 01:25:17,520
the average and our average that they

1799
01:25:17,520 --> 01:25:21,199
had of timber was $97,000.

1800
01:25:21,199 --> 01:25:24,800
So uh uh Miss uh Richardson has prepared

1801
01:25:24,800 --> 01:25:26,719
application that's ready to go. So

1802
01:25:26,719 --> 01:25:28,719
tonight that depends on you guys passing

1803
01:25:28,719 --> 01:25:31,840
the resolution. Now for any property

1804
01:25:31,840 --> 01:25:33,199
owner that's affected, what they would

1805
01:25:33,199 --> 01:25:35,600
do is go to the department of revenues

1806
01:25:35,600 --> 01:25:38,960
website and they would complete a uh

1807
01:25:38,960 --> 01:25:41,440
application. uh department of revenue

1808
01:25:41,440 --> 01:25:42,719
would vet it and then they would send it

1809
01:25:42,719 --> 01:25:44,719
to us and the tax commissioner would cut

1810
01:25:44,719 --> 01:25:46,719
of a check for whatever amount that

1811
01:25:46,719 --> 01:25:50,080
their property was damaged.

1812
01:25:50,080 --> 01:25:52,320
Commissioner Bl, but we we talked to the

1813
01:25:52,320 --> 01:25:54,400
people few people few people few people few in your area

1814
01:25:54,400 --> 01:25:56,000
>> they didn't feel they had enough

1815
01:25:56,000 --> 01:25:57,520
>> they had some damage but didn't feel

1816
01:25:57,520 --> 01:25:59,040
like they had enough to qualify for any

1817
01:25:59,040 --> 01:26:00,400
help

1818
01:26:00,400 --> 01:26:03,679
>> but but you were saying any damage

1819
01:26:03,679 --> 01:26:05,520
>> well trees for trees

1820
01:26:05,520 --> 01:26:06,239
>> trees trees

1821
01:26:06,239 --> 01:26:08,880
>> so if a tree fell in your yard

1822
01:26:08,880 --> 01:26:13,270
>> well no [laughter]

1823
01:26:13,280 --> 01:26:14,639
» so the tree will have to fall in your

1824
01:26:14,639 --> 01:26:15,360
yard

1825
01:26:15,360 --> 01:26:19,120
>> then hit half the building or

1826
01:26:19,120 --> 01:26:20,239
It's for timber though.

1827
01:26:20,239 --> 01:26:21,679
>> You have to have a timber. It probably

1828
01:26:21,679 --> 01:26:23,280
has to be in conservation.

1829
01:26:23,280 --> 01:26:24,880
>> Don't have to be in conservation.

1830
01:26:24,880 --> 01:26:28,639
>> I would think planted pine trees

1831
01:26:28,639 --> 01:26:29,600
>> like a tree farm.

1832
01:26:29,600 --> 01:26:32,480
[snorts]

1833
01:26:32,480 --> 01:26:36,880
>> Forest or have tree farms. Tree farms.

1834
01:26:36,880 --> 01:26:39,199
>> Was it that in science class when when

1835
01:26:39,199 --> 01:26:40,080
they asked about

1836
01:26:40,080 --> 01:26:43,760
>> you? If if if a tree falls

1837
01:26:43,760 --> 01:26:45,600
>> in in the middle of the forest and no

1838
01:26:45,600 --> 01:26:46,639
one hears it,

1839
01:26:46,639 --> 01:26:48,480
>> is it still a sound? Y'all don't

1840
01:26:48,480 --> 01:26:49,840
remember that.

1841
01:26:49,840 --> 01:26:50,560
>> I I do.

1842
01:26:50,560 --> 01:26:52,080
>> Oh, my bad.

1843
01:26:52,080 --> 01:26:55,280
>> Graduated in the eighth. [laughter]

1844
01:26:55,280 --> 01:26:58,239
>> So, so it's Hey, let's not leave on the

1845
01:26:58,239 --> 01:27:00,239
table. Chair entertain a motion. So,

1846
01:27:00,239 --> 01:27:01,360
move second.

1847
01:27:01,360 --> 01:27:01,760
>> Second.

1848
01:27:01,760 --> 01:27:03,280
further discussion. All in favor?

1849
01:27:03,280 --> 01:27:06,320
Show of hands, please. Let's do our part

1850
01:27:06,320 --> 01:27:09,360
to bring in

1851
01:27:09,360 --> 01:27:13,040
uh whatever those funds you quoted 97.

1852
01:27:13,040 --> 01:27:14,719
>> They they said we were eligible up to

1853
01:27:14,719 --> 01:27:17,120
130, but they I was reading again today.

1854
01:27:17,120 --> 01:27:18,960
It said uh whatever your three-year

1855
01:27:18,960 --> 01:27:21,040
average is and they provided that was

1856
01:27:21,040 --> 01:27:22,880
97,000 and some change.

1857
01:27:22,880 --> 01:27:25,440
>> We'll take it.

1858
01:27:25,440 --> 01:27:28,000
>> All right. Thank you, sir. You between

1859
01:27:28,000 --> 01:27:30,400
Liberty County Sheriff and Liberty

1860
01:27:30,400 --> 01:27:33,040
Regional Attorney Kelly Davis.

1861
01:27:33,040 --> 01:27:33,920
>> How are you, sir?

1862
01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:34,239
>> Good.

1863
01:27:34,239 --> 01:27:36,400
evening. I think everyone is

1864
01:27:36,400 --> 01:27:38,080
familiar with the security concerns at

1865
01:27:38,080 --> 01:27:39,679
the hospital and the agreement that's

1866
01:27:39,679 --> 01:27:41,120
proposed between the hospital and the

1867
01:27:41,120 --> 01:27:43,199
sheriff's department. Uh the hospital

1868
01:27:43,199 --> 01:27:44,560
would like to contract with the

1869
01:27:44,560 --> 01:27:46,639
sheriff's department to provide uh

1870
01:27:46,639 --> 01:27:48,719
exclusive full-time deputies at the

1871
01:27:48,719 --> 01:27:51,040
hospital. That'd be four deputies as

1872
01:27:51,040 --> 01:27:53,040
well as provide necessary equipment in

1873
01:27:53,040 --> 01:27:55,520
one vehicle. Um and the hospitals

1874
01:27:55,520 --> 01:27:57,600
assumed full responsibility for payment

1875
01:27:57,600 --> 01:27:59,520
of these deputies as well as all

1876
01:27:59,520 --> 01:28:02,560
benefits and training related equipment,

1877
01:28:02,560 --> 01:28:04,159
personal equipment they may need in

1878
01:28:04,159 --> 01:28:06,960
connection with the their job. And the

1879
01:28:06,960 --> 01:28:08,480
agreement that's before you tonight has

1880
01:28:08,480 --> 01:28:10,000
not yet been finally approved by the

1881
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:11,920
hospital authority, but I think everyone

1882
01:28:11,920 --> 01:28:13,760
is asking the board approve it now

1883
01:28:13,760 --> 01:28:15,760
subject to approval of the the chairman

1884
01:28:15,760 --> 01:28:16,960
and whatever changes might be

1885
01:28:16,960 --> 01:28:19,840
recommended by me. Um just to advance

1886
01:28:19,840 --> 01:28:22,080
the the process. Uh and I think I

1887
01:28:22,080 --> 01:28:23,440
mentioned at your last meeting or

1888
01:28:23,440 --> 01:28:25,679
meeting before the the board really has

1889
01:28:25,679 --> 01:28:28,000
no active role in this arrangement. Your

1890
01:28:28,000 --> 01:28:30,320
only rule role is to budget the funds

1891
01:28:30,320 --> 01:28:32,080
and collect reimbursement from the

1892
01:28:32,080 --> 01:28:34,080
hospital authority. And so there will no

1893
01:28:34,080 --> 01:28:35,760
be out-of- pocket costs paid by the

1894
01:28:35,760 --> 01:28:37,600
board of commissioners. Uh the hospital

1895
01:28:37,600 --> 01:28:39,520
agreed to pay all costs associated with

1896
01:28:39,520 --> 01:28:42,000
the security. So if it's uh the pleasure

1897
01:28:42,000 --> 01:28:43,840
of the board, I just ask that you

1898
01:28:43,840 --> 01:28:46,239
authorize the chairman to sign theou

1899
01:28:46,239 --> 01:28:47,840
between the county, the sheriff, and the

1900
01:28:47,840 --> 01:28:49,760
hospital authority to allow security to

1901
01:28:49,760 --> 01:28:52,239
be put in place as soon as possible. If

1902
01:28:52,239 --> 01:28:53,440
you have any questions, I'll be happy to

1903
01:28:53,440 --> 01:28:54,880
answer them, but Commissioner Thrift

1904
01:28:54,880 --> 01:28:56,560
might be able to answer the security

1905
01:28:56,560 --> 01:28:58,080
concerns better than better than I

1906
01:28:58,080 --> 01:28:58,960
could.

1907
01:28:58,960 --> 01:29:01,199
>> Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman, like I I spoke

1908
01:29:01,199 --> 01:29:03,440
at the last meeting, there's definitely

1909
01:29:03,440 --> 01:29:08,159
a need for security at the hospital.

1910
01:29:08,159 --> 01:29:10,880
Uh they currently have

1911
01:29:10,880 --> 01:29:13,920
um a contract with the

1912
01:29:13,920 --> 01:29:19,920
sheriff's department, but it's not as um

1913
01:29:19,920 --> 01:29:21,600
stringent, I guess, as this one would

1914
01:29:21,600 --> 01:29:23,280
be. And this is kind of in line with

1915
01:29:23,280 --> 01:29:24,960
like the one that commissioners have

1916
01:29:24,960 --> 01:29:26,480
with the board of education.

1917
01:29:26,480 --> 01:29:29,520
>> Yes, ma'am. U and so and I know the

1918
01:29:29,520 --> 01:29:32,800
first year of it of the uh like he said

1919
01:29:32,800 --> 01:29:35,520
it's going to be

1920
01:29:35,520 --> 01:29:37,840
a wash really because the hospital is

1921
01:29:37,840 --> 01:29:39,679
going to reimburse the county back but

1922
01:29:39,679 --> 01:29:41,840
anyway the first year set up and

1923
01:29:41,840 --> 01:29:43,360
everything is a little bit higher then

1924
01:29:43,360 --> 01:29:45,280
they'll negotiate

1925
01:29:45,280 --> 01:29:47,920
uh or I believe that they have a price

1926
01:29:47,920 --> 01:29:49,679
in there for the following year which is

1927
01:29:49,679 --> 01:29:52,639
a little less but we are having some

1928
01:29:52,639 --> 01:29:54,560
issues or they are having some issues

1929
01:29:54,560 --> 01:29:57,440
over there with uh patients that need to

1930
01:29:57,440 --> 01:30:00,239
be addressed. And uh

1931
01:30:00,239 --> 01:30:02,159
I make a motion we go ahead and approve

1932
01:30:02,159 --> 01:30:05,120
this intergovernment or this agreement

1933
01:30:05,120 --> 01:30:07,199
with the sheriff and the Liberty

1934
01:30:07,199 --> 01:30:09,120
Regional Medical Center Hospital

1935
01:30:09,120 --> 01:30:10,320
Authority.

1936
01:30:10,320 --> 01:30:13,520
>> A second. My one comment is that

1937
01:30:13,520 --> 01:30:14,960
one of the retirees who's a friend of

1938
01:30:14,960 --> 01:30:16,719
mine and

1939
01:30:16,719 --> 01:30:19,360
Mr. Stevens very well was injured at the

1940
01:30:19,360 --> 01:30:20,400
hospital.

1941
01:30:20,400 --> 01:30:22,880
>> They've had several employees injured

1942
01:30:22,880 --> 01:30:26,560
and had to go out on medical on U

1943
01:30:26,560 --> 01:30:27,440
FMLA

1944
01:30:27,440 --> 01:30:31,199
>> FMLA or you know and it's just

1945
01:30:31,199 --> 01:30:32,560
>> needs to be done

1946
01:30:32,560 --> 01:30:34,239
>> and that is one specific concern the

1947
01:30:34,239 --> 01:30:36,560
agreement address is not only emergency

1948
01:30:36,560 --> 01:30:38,639
department security but security for

1949
01:30:38,639 --> 01:30:40,320
parking areas as well.

1950
01:30:40,320 --> 01:30:47,830
Yes.

1951
01:30:47,840 --> 01:30:50,239
» Not the county commissioners making the

1952
01:30:50,239 --> 01:30:53,520
choosing who works sheriff.

1953
01:30:53,520 --> 01:30:54,880
>> That is right. They'll make up the

1954
01:30:54,880 --> 01:30:55,280
schedule.

1955
01:30:55,280 --> 01:30:57,840
>> I hope that they will consider that the

1956
01:30:57,840 --> 01:31:00,480
law enforcement that they choose that

1957
01:31:00,480 --> 01:31:03,199
they are capable of handling mental

1958
01:31:03,199 --> 01:31:06,390
patient

1959
01:31:06,400 --> 01:31:08,639
» and I hope so too.

1960
01:31:08,639 --> 01:31:10,800
>> Right. because most of those patients

1961
01:31:10,800 --> 01:31:13,040
that are causing

1962
01:31:13,040 --> 01:31:14,880
uh the harm over there are mental

1963
01:31:14,880 --> 01:31:16,880
patients and they need they need a

1964
01:31:16,880 --> 01:31:19,120
special type of assistance over there

1965
01:31:19,120 --> 01:31:20,080
for those patients.

1966
01:31:20,080 --> 01:31:21,280
>> That's a good point and that will be the

1967
01:31:21,280 --> 01:31:22,719
focus of a lot of the training of the

1968
01:31:22,719 --> 01:31:24,239
personnel assigned there.

1969
01:31:24,239 --> 01:31:25,040
>> Yes sir.

1970
01:31:25,040 --> 01:31:27,440
>> I was listening to NPR and they did a a

1971
01:31:27,440 --> 01:31:29,360
story on this how prevalent it is

1972
01:31:29,360 --> 01:31:30,639
country nationwide.

1973
01:31:30,639 --> 01:31:31,040
>> Yes.

1974
01:31:31,040 --> 01:31:34,159
>> Injuries in hospitals. Uh nurses are

1975
01:31:34,159 --> 01:31:36,080
getting very concerned about their

1976
01:31:36,080 --> 01:31:38,960
security. I say nurses, hospital staff

1977
01:31:38,960 --> 01:31:40,639
in general.

1978
01:31:40,639 --> 01:31:42,800
All right. Further discussion. All in

1979
01:31:42,800 --> 01:31:45,520
favor? Show of hands, please. All right.

1980
01:31:45,520 --> 01:31:46,320
>> Thank you.

1981
01:31:46,320 --> 01:31:49,120
>> Execute that contract, sir.

1982
01:31:49,120 --> 01:31:53,360
Mr. Dodd, Homeland Security Grant

1983
01:31:53,360 --> 01:31:56,239
and the weather report.

1984
01:31:56,239 --> 01:31:58,480
>> Good evening, Mr. Chairman, [laughter]

1985
01:31:58,480 --> 01:31:59,120
commissioners.

1986
01:31:59,120 --> 01:32:03,040
>> Hi, I'm raining. Last year around

1987
01:32:03,040 --> 01:32:04,639
August, September, we approached Miss

1988
01:32:04,639 --> 01:32:06,719
Rhonda with a voter registration about a

1989
01:32:06,719 --> 01:32:09,520
Homeland Security grant um if she wanted

1990
01:32:09,520 --> 01:32:11,199
to apply for it. Well, she gave us the

1991
01:32:11,199 --> 01:32:13,360
paperwork and she did apply for it and

1992
01:32:13,360 --> 01:32:15,600
then we just found out last week that

1993
01:32:15,600 --> 01:32:20,080
she did get approved for 66,600.

1994
01:32:20,080 --> 01:32:22,000
>> Sir, I thought you said something.

1995
01:32:22,000 --> 01:32:23,120
>> I said, "Wow."

1996
01:32:23,120 --> 01:32:27,110
>> $66,676.65.

1997
01:32:27,120 --> 01:32:29,520
What I'm here for tonight is just to get

1998
01:32:29,520 --> 01:32:33,360
the approval with the the Mr. Chairman's

1999
01:32:33,360 --> 01:32:35,199
signature that we go into that agreement

2000
01:32:35,199 --> 01:32:36,560
with it. And what she's going to use

2001
01:32:36,560 --> 01:32:41,920
that money for is uh she's buying

2002
01:32:41,920 --> 01:32:44,400
40,000 of it around ballpark figure is

2003
01:32:44,400 --> 01:32:46,639
for security purposes and then the other

2004
01:32:46,639 --> 01:32:51,360
20,000 she's buying u like a emergency

2005
01:32:51,360 --> 01:32:54,080
panic button for her uh pole workers.

2006
01:32:54,080 --> 01:32:55,840
Then that's what she's going to do. And

2007
01:32:55,840 --> 01:32:58,320
right now we have to sign the paperwork

2008
01:32:58,320 --> 01:33:00,880
to get into the agreement with the the

2009
01:33:00,880 --> 01:33:03,840
GEMA and then she can purchase the stuff

2010
01:33:03,840 --> 01:33:06,400
once they approve it.

2011
01:33:06,400 --> 01:33:08,880
Questions for Mr. Dodd.

2012
01:33:08,880 --> 01:33:10,159
It's amazing what we have to do for

2013
01:33:10,159 --> 01:33:12,719
security nowadays.

2014
01:33:12,719 --> 01:33:15,760
>> That's where we are. All right. Let's

2015
01:33:15,760 --> 01:33:18,719
please allow uh our board of elections

2016
01:33:18,719 --> 01:33:20,800
to receive a granted amount of

2017
01:33:20,800 --> 01:33:22,880
$66,676.65

2018
01:33:22,880 --> 01:33:26,320
65 cents for secure security purposes as

2019
01:33:26,320 --> 01:33:28,480
stated by Mr. D. Chain a motion.

2020
01:33:28,480 --> 01:33:29,199
>> So move Mr. Chair.

2021
01:33:29,199 --> 01:33:30,560
>> Is there a second that motion? Motion

2022
01:33:30,560 --> 01:33:32,159
and second we approve. Present any

2023
01:33:32,159 --> 01:33:34,080
further question. All in favor? Show

2024
01:33:34,080 --> 01:33:37,520
hands please. All right. We may miss

2025
01:33:37,520 --> 01:33:40,000
>> that is a Hey, sir. One thing that is a

2026
01:33:40,000 --> 01:33:42,080
100%. We don't have to match nothing.

2027
01:33:42,080 --> 01:33:45,840
It's not a 7525. It's straight 100%.

2028
01:33:45,840 --> 01:33:47,840
>> All right, sir. Getting better and

2029
01:33:47,840 --> 01:33:54,790
better.

2030
01:33:54,800 --> 01:33:55,760
weather.

2031
01:33:55,760 --> 01:33:56,639
>> You got one

2032
01:33:56,639 --> 01:33:58,480
>> weather is going to be hot. [laughter]

2033
01:33:58,480 --> 01:34:02,239
>> I can promise you it's gonna be hot. Um

2034
01:34:02,239 --> 01:34:04,080
>> Oh, you got you got it on paper.

2035
01:34:04,080 --> 01:34:05,280
>> Yes,

2036
01:34:05,280 --> 01:34:07,040
>> I knew I knew Mr. Chairman was going to

2037
01:34:07,040 --> 01:34:08,639
ask me, so I brought it. [laughter] I

2038
01:34:08,639 --> 01:34:10,080
know we're going to have a heat advisory

2039
01:34:10,080 --> 01:34:12,960
probably to u possibly tomorrow. They're

2040
01:34:12,960 --> 01:34:14,960
expecting some rain to come in tomorrow

2041
01:34:14,960 --> 01:34:17,760
evening, but the heat heat index

2042
01:34:17,760 --> 01:34:21,679
tomorrow, we're looking at 106, 105.

2043
01:34:21,679 --> 01:34:23,760
Um,

2044
01:34:23,760 --> 01:34:25,840
and then possibly

2045
01:34:25,840 --> 01:34:28,960
cooling down a little bit on uh the

2046
01:34:28,960 --> 01:34:32,400
weekend, but rain, no, uh, tropical

2047
01:34:32,400 --> 01:34:33,920
weather. That's the good thing, but it's

2048
01:34:33,920 --> 01:34:35,440
just going to be heat,

2049
01:34:35,440 --> 01:34:37,679
>> right? And and I'm I'm glad you kind of

2050
01:34:37,679 --> 01:34:39,199
mentioned that. And I know in the past

2051
01:34:39,199 --> 01:34:41,040
we've had discussions about you know

2052
01:34:41,040 --> 01:34:47,280
having uh because of the weather either it's

2053
01:34:47,280 --> 01:34:49,840
super hot or super cold where we have

2054
01:34:49,840 --> 01:34:51,760
like warming stations in the winter time

2055
01:34:51,760 --> 01:34:54,880
and cooling stations and and I

2056
01:34:54,880 --> 01:34:56,960
understand the city of Hinesville has

2057
01:34:56,960 --> 01:34:58,719
done their part [clears throat] and I

2058
01:34:58,719 --> 01:35:00,960
know I represent I get elected in

2059
01:35:00,960 --> 01:35:02,719
Hinesville but I represent all Liberty

2060
01:35:02,719 --> 01:35:04,960
County. So, what I'm saying is we we

2061
01:35:04,960 --> 01:35:07,840
have citizens outside of Hinesville who

2062
01:35:07,840 --> 01:35:09,840
might need those those type of needs.

2063
01:35:09,840 --> 01:35:11,840
And I know Chattam County, you know,

2064
01:35:11,840 --> 01:35:14,000
they they have some things. I was

2065
01:35:14,000 --> 01:35:16,960
watching uh WTOC the other day. And I

2066
01:35:16,960 --> 01:35:19,040
know Chattam County even right now they

2067
01:35:19,040 --> 01:35:21,440
have cooling uh stations for for their

2068
01:35:21,440 --> 01:35:23,840
citizens. And Buford, they were just

2069
01:35:23,840 --> 01:35:27,199
talking about other communities that had them. And I just wanted to know

2070
01:35:27,199 --> 01:35:30,239
and I know that's your your area because

2071
01:35:30,239 --> 01:35:33,040
we're talking about weather. Do are we

2072
01:35:33,040 --> 01:35:34,719
in the future are going to start looking

2073
01:35:34,719 --> 01:35:37,920
at at expanding where we have some type

2074
01:35:37,920 --> 01:35:41,360
of facility for for our for our

2075
01:35:41,360 --> 01:35:44,800
citizens? Sorry, Mr. I put you on I mean

2076
01:35:44,800 --> 01:35:45,760
y'all talking about weather.

2077
01:35:45,760 --> 01:35:47,679
>> I know the city of Hinesville's got the

2078
01:35:47,679 --> 01:35:50,311
agreement with uh Bethl the the church

2079
01:35:50,311 --> 01:35:51,920
[clears throat] for the heating and

2080
01:35:51,920 --> 01:35:54,159
cooling and I know Trip always sends the

2081
01:35:54,159 --> 01:35:56,159
weather and we keep in contact with that

2082
01:35:56,159 --> 01:35:58,000
right there. I know some of the

2083
01:35:58,000 --> 01:35:59,440
municipalities and I can speak for

2084
01:35:59,440 --> 01:36:01,840
Watabil. I know Chief Maxwell has opened

2085
01:36:01,840 --> 01:36:04,239
up the the fire station if people is

2086
01:36:04,239 --> 01:36:07,199
cooling. Um and it's just we go back to

2087
01:36:07,199 --> 01:36:10,560
the same thing space and the the money

2088
01:36:10,560 --> 01:36:12,960
to fund something like that. Um that's

2089
01:36:12,960 --> 01:36:15,360
the the biggest thing I think everybody

2090
01:36:15,360 --> 01:36:17,600
in Liberty County is on the same sheet

2091
01:36:17,600 --> 01:36:20,080
as you. But when it comes down to the

2092
01:36:20,080 --> 01:36:23,760
space and the funds to man it to to

2093
01:36:23,760 --> 01:36:25,600
support that shelter,

2094
01:36:25,600 --> 01:36:26,800
>> understood.

2095
01:36:26,800 --> 01:36:28,320
>> Find a way to make one.

2096
01:36:28,320 --> 01:36:30,080
>> And generally they generally quote the

2097
01:36:30,080 --> 01:36:33,600
liability issue too. You know I

2098
01:36:33,600 --> 01:36:34,800
kind of like you said before I'm not

2099
01:36:34,800 --> 01:36:35,920
going to stir that too much because I

2100
01:36:35,920 --> 01:36:36,639
don't want

2101
01:36:36,639 --> 01:36:38,480
>> I mean I understand but I I think that's

2102
01:36:38,480 --> 01:36:39,760
I mean every every [clears throat]

2103
01:36:39,760 --> 01:36:42,080
season during the winter time is a

2104
01:36:42,080 --> 01:36:43,600
discussion, the summertime is a

2105
01:36:43,600 --> 01:36:45,920
discussion. So I I don't

2106
01:36:45,920 --> 01:36:49,600
>> I I think um

2107
01:36:49,600 --> 01:36:50,800
>> Yeah. Okay.

2108
01:36:50,800 --> 01:36:53,280
>> Right. Or or just just talk to some of

2109
01:36:53,280 --> 01:36:55,199
your peers, you know, from around this

2110
01:36:55,199 --> 01:36:56,000
particular area.

2111
01:36:56,000 --> 01:36:58,800
>> And uh well, I can speak for region uh

2112
01:36:58,800 --> 01:37:01,199
area of five with all the EMA directors.

2113
01:37:01,199 --> 01:37:03,040
There's 13 counties. We're all in the

2114
01:37:03,040 --> 01:37:06,159
same same position in Chattam County.

2115
01:37:06,159 --> 01:37:07,600
You know, they're they're involved in

2116
01:37:07,600 --> 01:37:08,639
that area, too,

2117
01:37:08,639 --> 01:37:12,800
>> right? Um all of us face the same same

2118
01:37:12,800 --> 01:37:15,119
things with but with them when we start

2119
01:37:15,119 --> 01:37:17,199
talking about that shelters

2120
01:37:17,199 --> 01:37:20,320
>> for for uh you know the heat or the

2121
01:37:20,320 --> 01:37:20,800
cold.

2122
01:37:20,800 --> 01:37:22,960
>> Right. Right. Right. All right. I I just

2123
01:37:22,960 --> 01:37:25,119
want to know if we are going to come

2124
01:37:25,119 --> 01:37:27,760
with some type of strategic plan for

2125
01:37:27,760 --> 01:37:30,480
that but or we just going to let

2126
01:37:30,480 --> 01:37:32,719
Hinesville handle every everything.

2127
01:37:32,719 --> 01:37:35,199
Either way I just wanted to mention it.

2128
01:37:35,199 --> 01:37:36,080
>> Thank you sir.

2129
01:37:36,080 --> 01:37:38,639
>> No problem. [clears throat] All right,

2130
01:37:38,639 --> 01:37:42,080
Mr. D. Yes.

2131
01:37:42,080 --> 01:37:46,719
>> So, last year um January January of

2132
01:37:46,719 --> 01:37:49,760
2025, this board uh approved us to

2133
01:37:49,760 --> 01:37:53,040
rewrite our um or update our hazard

2134
01:37:53,040 --> 01:37:55,600
mitigation plan for the the whole

2135
01:37:55,600 --> 01:37:58,320
county, the multi- jurisdictions. Um we

2136
01:37:58,320 --> 01:38:00,239
went through we had a kickoff meeting in

2137
01:38:00,239 --> 01:38:05,360
March of last year and we did all the briefings. I know my my staff we

2138
01:38:05,360 --> 01:38:07,679
worked a lot with uh AG with that's the

2139
01:38:07,679 --> 01:38:12,480
one that we we uh we we picked um right

2140
01:38:12,480 --> 01:38:15,760
now the plan has went through GEMA and

2141
01:38:15,760 --> 01:38:17,280
FEMA.

2142
01:38:17,280 --> 01:38:20,080
It's been approved on the uh exceptions

2143
01:38:20,080 --> 01:38:22,320
that we have to go through all the the

2144
01:38:22,320 --> 01:38:25,520
government agencies to get it adopted.

2145
01:38:25,520 --> 01:38:29,119
We've done um we've done four well this

2146
01:38:29,119 --> 01:38:31,040
is the fourth one and we got the other

2147
01:38:31,040 --> 01:38:33,760
municipalities scheduled to adopt this

2148
01:38:33,760 --> 01:38:35,840
plan. Only thing I'm asking tonight is

2149
01:38:35,840 --> 01:38:38,239
just to adopt a multi-jurisdiction plan.

2150
01:38:38,239 --> 01:38:40,320
That way we can send it up to FEMA. We

2151
01:38:40,320 --> 01:38:41,679
can get the plan back.

2152
01:38:41,679 --> 01:38:44,560
>> Is wavville on board?

2153
01:38:44,560 --> 01:38:46,480
>> Well Tuesday [laughter] we're presenting

2154
01:38:46,480 --> 01:38:48,800
Tuesday.

2155
01:38:48,800 --> 01:38:50,880
>> I mean you get it. Never mind.

2156
01:38:50,880 --> 01:38:51,360
>> I got it.

2157
01:38:51,360 --> 01:38:54,080
>> Never mind. Thank you. [laughter]

2158
01:38:54,080 --> 01:38:55,440
Chair entertain a motion.

2159
01:38:55,440 --> 01:38:57,280
>> A move, Mr. Chair.

2160
01:38:57,280 --> 01:38:59,608
>> Second. We approve.

2161
01:38:59,608 --> 01:39:00,000
[laughter]

2162
01:39:00,000 --> 01:39:00,719
>> Thank you.

2163
01:39:00,719 --> 01:39:01,440
>> No problem.

2164
01:39:01,440 --> 01:39:04,480
>> All in favor.

2165
01:39:04,480 --> 01:39:06,000
Miss Monica, you have that there.

2166
01:39:06,000 --> 01:39:08,480
>> Okay. All right. Administrative report.

2167
01:39:08,480 --> 01:39:10,880
Mr. Mosley,

2168
01:39:10,880 --> 01:39:12,320
>> chair and board of commissioners

2169
01:39:12,320 --> 01:39:15,600
briefly. Uh under human resources, we

2170
01:39:15,600 --> 01:39:18,080
have started the uh process for our

2171
01:39:18,080 --> 01:39:20,560
paying compensation study. uh on the

2172
01:39:20,560 --> 01:39:22,719
splash negotiations. we have start are

2173
01:39:22,719 --> 01:39:24,320
meeting with our cities to start that

2174
01:39:24,320 --> 01:39:26,400
process of negotiating projects and

2175
01:39:26,400 --> 01:39:30,480
we'll be bringing a list uh to the board

2176
01:39:30,480 --> 01:39:33,199
at our work session on Wednesday and our

2177
01:39:33,199 --> 01:39:35,119
upcoming events is a work session for

2178
01:39:35,119 --> 01:39:37,119
Wednesday of course and then the ribbon

2179
01:39:37,119 --> 01:39:39,520
cutting and dedication for the new MS on

2180
01:39:39,520 --> 01:39:43,280
September 3rd 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Uh in in

2181
01:39:43,280 --> 01:39:46,159
going back um we on yesterday we got a

2182
01:39:46,159 --> 01:39:48,560
chance to meet with uh Miss Brien Grant

2183
01:39:48,560 --> 01:39:51,520
and Miss Melissa McCay from the um uh

2184
01:39:51,520 --> 01:39:52,800
development authority and they talked

2185
01:39:52,800 --> 01:39:55,679
about the Georgia Tech study and what I

2186
01:39:55,679 --> 01:39:58,080
would love to do in the in one of next

2187
01:39:58,080 --> 01:40:00,639
upcoming uh sessions is have y'all get a

2188
01:40:00,639 --> 01:40:02,159
debriefing on that. I think it's some

2189
01:40:02,159 --> 01:40:04,480
great information in terms of what it

2190
01:40:04,480 --> 01:40:06,719
costs to provide services with dollars

2191
01:40:06,719 --> 01:40:10,239
with tax dollars. And on that note, I've

2192
01:40:10,239 --> 01:40:13,360
been asked to serve on a ACCG special ad

2193
01:40:13,360 --> 01:40:16,639
hoc committee dealing with the um tax

2194
01:40:16,639 --> 01:40:17,920
issues that will be coming before the

2195
01:40:17,920 --> 01:40:20,960
legislature. And on Tuesday at library

2196
01:40:20,960 --> 01:40:22,320
board meeting, I got a chance to talk

2197
01:40:22,320 --> 01:40:24,400
with Chattam County manager Michael

2198
01:40:24,400 --> 01:40:25,760
Keigler and he's going to assemble some

2199
01:40:25,760 --> 01:40:27,360
of the coastal county managers to talk

2200
01:40:27,360 --> 01:40:29,679
about it. Uh we know from our

2201
01:40:29,679 --> 01:40:31,679
consultant, Mr. McDonald, that the issue

2202
01:40:31,679 --> 01:40:34,320
will not go away. It will be back on the

2203
01:40:34,320 --> 01:40:37,040
uh 2027 Georgia General Assembly agenda.

2204
01:40:37,040 --> 01:40:39,440
So, uh, we need to have some strategies

2205
01:40:39,440 --> 01:40:40,639
in terms of how we're going to address

2206
01:40:40,639 --> 01:40:42,320
the issue. So, just want to give y'all

2207
01:40:42,320 --> 01:40:44,400
an update on that.

2208
01:40:44,400 --> 01:40:46,719
>> Yes, sir.

2209
01:40:46,719 --> 01:40:50,400
>> Where are we with the

2210
01:40:50,400 --> 01:40:51,360
vehicle?

2211
01:40:51,360 --> 01:40:53,199
>> Uh, if I remember correctly, I think

2212
01:40:53,199 --> 01:40:55,280
we're at about the 75% mark.

2213
01:40:55,280 --> 01:40:58,639
>> I've been seeing them.

2214
01:40:58,639 --> 01:41:00,960
>> Uh, it was it was paused and it's going

2215
01:41:00,960 --> 01:41:07,920
to it's started back.

2216
01:41:07,920 --> 01:41:10,960
>> No sir, but we'll we'll get it done.

2217
01:41:10,960 --> 01:41:12,880
>> I guess my question has all the decals

2218
01:41:12,880 --> 01:41:14,560
and paper.

2219
01:41:14,560 --> 01:41:15,600
>> Yes, sir.

2220
01:41:15,600 --> 01:41:16,960
>> They should go on the vehicle.

2221
01:41:16,960 --> 01:41:19,760
>> Yes, sir.

2222
01:41:19,760 --> 01:41:22,239
>> Shows up good when I'm passing them by

2223
01:41:22,239 --> 01:41:23,520
on the street. So,

2224
01:41:23,520 --> 01:41:24,080
>> yeah,

2225
01:41:24,080 --> 01:41:25,360
>> sir. Shows up good.

2226
01:41:25,360 --> 01:41:26,800
>> Yes, sir. It does. It does. It looks

2227
01:41:26,800 --> 01:41:27,199
good.

2228
01:41:27,199 --> 01:41:29,600
>> The numbers on them and all. I'm

2229
01:41:29,600 --> 01:41:31,440
tracking.

2230
01:41:31,440 --> 01:41:35,119
>> Thank you, sir. All right. Um, ladies

2231
01:41:35,119 --> 01:41:36,560
and gentlemen, we now need to go into

2232
01:41:36,560 --> 01:41:38,000
executive session for a real estate

2233
01:41:38,000 --> 01:41:39,920
matter. Chair and take a motion to

2234
01:41:39,920 --> 01:41:41,119
adjourn this session to go into

2235
01:41:41,119 --> 01:41:42,000
executive session.

2236
01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:43,040
>> I'll move, Mr. Chair.

2237
01:41:43,040 --> 01:41:44,239
>> Second of that.

2238
01:41:44,239 --> 01:41:45,600
>> All in favor, show of hands, please.

2239
01:41:45,600 --> 01:41:47,199
We'll now go into secret session for a

2240
01:41:47,199 --> 02:22:15,590
real estate matter.

2241
02:22:15,600 --> 02:22:19,840
Motion to come out executive session.

2242
02:22:19,840 --> 02:22:22,240
>> A motion to come out, sir. Recession.

2243
02:22:22,240 --> 02:22:23,040
>> Uhhuh.

2244
02:22:23,040 --> 02:22:23,680
>> Second.

2245
02:22:23,680 --> 02:22:26,560
All in favor?

2246
02:22:26,560 --> 02:22:28,000
Mot.

2247
02:22:28,000 --> 02:22:28,880
>> Second.

2248
02:22:28,880 --> 02:22:31,359
>> All in favor?

2249
02:22:31,359 --> 02:22:32,800
>> All right, sir.

2250
02:22:32,800 --> 02:22:34,640
>> Yes, sir.

2251
02:22:34,640 --> 02:22:37,439
>> Oh. Let me see.

2252
02:22:37,439 --> 02:22:40,640
>> Oh, by the way, y'all, I lost my keys.

2253
02:22:40,640 --> 02:22:41,920
>> You don't fit losing things,

2254
02:22:41,920 --> 02:22:43,920
>> man. Listen. No. No. I got smart this

2255
02:22:43,920 --> 02:22:46,479
time.

2256
02:22:46,479 --> 02:22:49,920
>> I know. Yeah, that was

2257
02:22:49,920 --> 02:22:51,920
>> cuz I had a violation.

2258
02:22:51,920 --> 02:22:55,760
>> No, listen. I lost for both my trucks.

2259
02:22:55,760 --> 02:23:01,190
>> So, I only was able to one,

2260
02:23:01,200 --> 02:23:03,520
$600.

2261
02:23:03,520 --> 02:23:05,760
Listen.