[0:03] [music]
[0:08] [music]
[0:18] the strength here and to listen and
understand. Lord always, please forgive
[0:24] us for all the times we fail. Jesus
Christ's Lord name I pray. Amen.
[0:37] I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic
[0:43] for it stands one nation
indivisible
[0:51] for all.
[0:56] Thank you, sir.
[1:01] I hereby approve the minutes from the
July 16th, 2026 county meeting and the
[1:06] August 6, 2026 call meeting as they are
presented. You have all been provided a
[1:13] copy of these minutes with the
[snorts] first on the list is the
[1:18] presentation. The first item again this
morning will be Sheriff Shawn Dy. John
[1:24] Dy will be receiving lifesaving
rewards to some of our local public
[1:29] safety employees. Mr. D.
[1:38] [clears throat] First off, I'd like to
thank everybody for coming today and uh
[1:42] everybody that's here that don't know.
It's uh great to to live in any county
[1:46] and have some of the best first
responders anywhere in the state in my
[1:51] opinion. And this one you're going to
get to hear a few stories of how good
[1:54] they really are. And at this time, I'd
like for uh Deputy Ber, please come up
[2:02] and join me up here. And
I'll tell you a little story that that
[2:07] happened. Um
back in let's see it was May
[2:14] um Saturday morning we get a phone call
that uh Mr. over was at home having
[2:22] chest pains and thank goodness his wife
talked him into calling 911 and the uh
[2:31] EMS and uh fire department responded to
his residence and made the scene what
[2:36] they were having. They uh transported
him to uh fire station 13 on Murphy
[2:44] Highway
where they began doing test and during
[2:48] that Mr. went into full cardiac arrest.
their quick actions and experience, they
[2:57] were able to
start CPR so they could get uh the
[3:03] proper life saving equipment on him uh
and shocked him back and got him back.
[3:08] And without their without that station
being there where they were able to do
[3:13] this and without the honest
professionals, Mr. Shoulder wouldn't be
[3:18] here today. And I'm I'm real proud of
that. At this time I'd like for me
[3:26] Travis Nixon
I think is not here now he's on vacation
[3:33] and y'all please come up
[3:43] » folks. This is the people
that save Mr. public life and when
[3:48] they're working you can you can and
anybody else that works in fires you can
[3:55] you can be assured they're going to do
everything they can do to keep you alive
[3:59] and I'm I'm really proud of that this
time we're going to be presenting them
[4:02] with awards
[4:18] » [applause]
[4:24] [applause]
[4:27] » How are
>> [applause]
[4:37] [snorts]
[4:39] [applause]
[4:46] [applause]
[4:55] » Well, there's not a whole lot I remember
Actually,
[5:03] I want to understand they had to shot me
twice before I went on a helicopter.
[5:07] Once on the helicopter and one more time
in Northeast, Georgia. So, that's four
[5:14] times that they brought me back to life.
So, I will be
[5:21] [applause]
[5:27] I've got uh one more here or two more
that I want to recognize. Still my
[5:32] deputies responded to a cardiac arrest
on track off road and when they got
[5:39] there they found a female that was in
full cardiac arrest or anything like
[5:44] that.
Uh, Deputy CJ Towns and Michael Karns
[5:50] started life saving technique with CPR.
Deputy started CPR before right before
[5:56] Deputy Townson got there. And uh Deputy
Townson was also a volunteer fire
[6:03] and in his patrol vehicle drop down in
his patrol vehicle. He carries an AED
[6:11] and uh he retrieved that got it in got
it on the female and delivered the shop
[6:17] and got her part back and she's alive
today because of the the life saving
[6:24] efforts of these two right here. One
thing that's that's put on my top
[6:29] priority for next year's budget is I
would like to have one of those machines
[6:34] in every patrol car I got because you
never know what we might need or
[6:38] somebody might need that life saving
equipment and uh one of my goals is to
[6:43] get that every card that we have and uh
and do what [groaning] we can. I really
[6:49] appreciate these guys on the uh present
certific.
[6:59] [applause]
[7:07] [applause]
[7:18] I'd like to thank all and uh I
appreciate everything you all do. I
[7:23] think the paper said they'd like to get
a group before we all slip out. I want
[7:29] to thank everybody here that's that's
come here today. Also, thank you
[7:34] [applause]
[7:55] We had
over Ready.
[8:17] One, two, three.
[8:32] » [snorts]
[applause]
[8:42] » I knew that.
>> Uh the next on the list is maven.
[8:50] Emergencies and disasters can occur
unexpectedly both missing threats of
[8:55] life and property and private
and the community of community services,
[9:01] local emergency managers, public safety
agencies, community partners,
[9:06] volunteers, private sector
organizations, state agencies, and the
[9:10] federal emergency management agency
dedicate countless hours to developing
[9:16] and supporting preparedness, response,
recovery, and mitigation programs that
[9:22] protect the residents and community of
Union County. The Union County Emergency
[9:27] Management Agency is charged
[9:32] with coordinating capabilities,
resources, plans, and partnerships
[9:37] necessary to prepare for, respond to,
recover from, and mitigate emergency
[9:44] disasters affecting the county.
Emergency management professionals serve
[9:49] the public with commitment, compassion,
and profession. Often working behind the
[9:55] scenes before, during, and after
emergencies to protect lives, property,
[10:01] and essential services, the efforts of
emergency management and their partners
[10:07] at residents, businesses, local
governments, and community organizations
[10:11] prepare, recover, rebuild, and become
more that resilient can face adversity.
[10:19] I have a proclamation here
for that.
[10:28] Uh
if
[10:33] this
feedback
[10:59] I just want to talk a little bit about
emergency management just for a second.
[11:02] This is the main crew staff of the
emergency management fire department.
[11:06] Fire department and emergency management
are together in this county. Uh which is
[11:10] pretty common throughout fire in the
United States. But emergency management
[11:14] is something that ever really thinks
about until of course there's an
[11:17] emergency and we handle everything
everything from hurricanes that may
[11:21] happen here, winter storms, ice storms,
uh flooding, any kind of things like
[11:27] that that would affect the whole entire
county. So, it's a very important
[11:30] there's a lot of hard work that goes in
involved in that. There's a lot of
[11:33] planning that goes in that that people
really never see or know anything about,
[11:37] but there's a lot of plans that have to
be put together so when a disaster
[11:41] happens, we are able to respond and we
are able to recover, which is a big huge
[11:46] deal for our economy and for our county
as a whole. And not only do we take care
[11:51] of any kind of disasters, but also
things like the last big surge we had,
[11:55] the harsh surge, which happened last
November. Everybody heard about all
[11:59] that. That's something emergency
management takes care of. So sort of an
[12:03] unsung hero and you don't really see
emergency management up front, a lot of
[12:07] things, but they're behind the scenes. I
always working with something. So keep
[12:11] that in mind. Also want to while I'm up
here though, we do think about the new
[12:15] emergency response um notification
system that we have called RA. If you
[12:20] want to go website, you can see that and
encourage everybody to sign up for that
[12:25] to get emergency alerts for each type of
session that we have. Thank y'all very
[12:30] much. Say thank you to the staff. Also,
I'll have an opportunity to thank you to
[12:34] the sheriff for recognizing our
firefighters during a couple of calls.
[12:39] Thank you.
[applause]
[12:46] Thank you.
[12:50] The next proclamation,
this next proclamation is very important
[12:55] to our community. John Harkings is going
to come up and read the proclamation for
[13:01] national month.
Before M comes up here, before reading
[13:07] the prom, I would like to talk a little
about volunteering.
[13:13] I would like to point out that this lady
here should have her picture next to
[13:17] volunteer in dictionary. I have gotten
to know her since taking office last
[13:22] year and I am so impressed by her
dedication and commitment to the
[13:27] recovery community.
If there is a recovery event she is not
[13:34] only attending but helping organize plan
set up and plan. If there is an
[13:41] individual that needs help starting
their recovery journey, gaining mental
[13:47] health services, getting access to
services and food from one place to
[13:52] stay,
not just there, she is helping with her
[13:57] whole heart any time of the day or
night, weekday or weekend, volunteering
[14:02] hours upon hours to help those in the
recovery community in any way she can.
[14:08] Our rec recovery community would not be
what it is without her. In addition to
[14:15] all her volunteering activities, she
worked more than a full-time job and
[14:20] additionally volunteered her three times
serving on the Union County Development
[14:25] Board. She asked for no recognition for
her volunteer commitments and shied away
[14:32] from recognition for all that she gives
to our community. If you all could join
[14:39] me in recognizing Sean for all he does
for our community.
[14:44] [applause]
[14:51] » I was expecting that, so I appreciate
that. But um hello, I am Sean Hkins and
[14:57] I do a lot of different things in our
community, but it's because I love my
[15:02] community. Um I have two volunteers here
from positive pathways and they're
[15:08] really what makes all the work happen.
Um but this is the proclamation for
[15:13] national recovery month. It is September
2026 in which we will be having a free
[15:20] um recovery month event called the
mountains. This is our sixth year
[15:26] putting this on and it's just a bunch of
peers in our community, different
[15:31] organizations
for treatment, just peers telling their
[15:35] stories and we'll have free food, all
kinds of everything is free. It will be
[15:41] at park on September 12th from 4 to 7 4
to 8 and the recovery tour bus will be
[15:50] there. So I encourage you all to come
out and just see what we have to offer.
[15:55] Um I'll go ahead and read this
proclamation. Whereas behavioral health
[16:00] is an essential part of one's overall
health and wellbeing. And whereas
[16:04] recovery from addiction occurs every day
through a variety of recovery support
[16:08] services and treatment options. Whereas
[snorts] prevention of substance use
[16:12] disorders work, treatment is effective
and people recover across Georgia and
[16:17] around the nation. and whereas millions
of people across the United States are
[16:22] living happy, joyous, and free in
long-term recovery. And as whereas the
[16:28] 2026 Georgia Recovers and Communities
Bus Tour celebrates that recovery is
[16:33] real and recognizes that we are never
alone on this journey through recovery.
[16:38] And whereas the Georgia Recovers and
Communities Bus Tour will deliver 100
[16:43] overdose aid kits to communities across
Georgia to be accessible in local
[16:48] government buildings. And whereas
education throughout our communities
[16:52] about recovery and addiction is
essential to combating the stigma and
[16:56] discrimination faced by young people in
recovery and whereas to help more people
[17:02] experience and sustain long-term
recovery, the Georgia Department of
[17:06] Behavioral Health and Developmental
Disabilities, the Georgia Council for
[17:10] Recovery, Serb RX, and the Georgia
General Assembly working group on
[17:15] addiction and recovery invite all
residents of the state of Georgia to
[17:19] participate in National Recovery Month.
Now, therefore, Collins Union County
[17:24] Sole Commissioner does hereby proclaim
the month of September 2026 as National
[17:30] Recovery Month in Union County, Georgia.
[17:36] doesn't work hard. But uh in this era, I
have here untieed up my hand in causing
[17:41] the seal of the county of Union to be
fixed this 20th day of August, 2026.
[17:47] Once again, I'd like to say that
recovery isn't a one-stop shop. It's
[17:54] continuous about life. It is a journey.
and everyone walking in recovery, no
[17:59] matter what it may be. A lot of people,
you know, the stigma says she with
[18:04] recovery just means address. But it's if
you think of anything like breaking your
[18:10] leg or having medical emergency, you're
still recovering. All of us can recover
[18:14] in some form or fashion. And overall
well being of a person is the utmost cuz
[18:20] truly none of us really know what a
person is going through. So I appreciate
[18:25] you all. Thank you. [applause]
[18:34] » Thank you, Sean.
And a little more on that. Uh [sighs]
[18:39] she also tried to race car
through that.
[18:45] Thank you again, John.
[18:49] Uh number five is adoption.
I hereby adopt the revised personal
[18:55] policies and procedure of Union County
employees.
[18:59] This provision adds a comp time policy
to the Union County employee handbook
[19:05] and go into effect on August 30th, 2026
to align with the start of the next full
[19:13] pay period.
Number six is agreement. I hereby accept
[19:19] this agreement between Carter
Engineering Consultant and Union County,
[19:22] Georgia for operatical surveys,
construction drawings and specification
[19:30] and structural design related to creek
road
[19:35] repair. The total cost of this agreement
is not to exceed $18,000
[19:41] with an effective date of July 23rd,
2026.
[19:46] Number seven is agreement. I hereby
accept this agreement between Glenn
[19:51] Power LLC and Union County, Georgia for
architectural and structural engineering
[19:57] design services for the canopy edition
in the Union County Library. The total
[20:03] cost of this agreement is $8,500
with an effective date of August 6,
[20:09] 2026.
We are adding a 26 by8 covered canopy to
[20:15] the existing library building. The
canopy will connect and blend with
[20:20] existing reading and provide more
coverage on the outside of the building
[20:25] to allow more usable space.
Number eight is agreement.
[20:32] I hereby accept this agreement between
UT Solutions and Union County, Georgia
[20:37] to amend the original agreement
effective October 1st, 2025
[20:42] to change the provider of the driver of
the new 911 center from AT&T
[20:51] Solutions. There's no charge in the cost
of this agreement. There's no change in
[20:57] this agreement with it remaining at 6
$699.95.
[21:07] Number nine is business license.
I hereby approve all business license
[21:12] issued in Union County from July 14th,
2026 to August 14th, 2026
[21:18] for the purpose of operating a
short-term rental in Union County. A
[21:22] list of events license issued and
attached in your package and will be
[21:27] made a part of the minutes.
Number 10 is notice award. I hereby
[21:33] check this notice award to custom truck
and body work incorporated dated August
[21:38] 20th, 2026
for the Union County Fire Department
[21:42] Rescue Quick Attack Fire Apparatus in
the amount of $282,715.
[21:50] If you die with
elaborate on that a little bit more.
[22:03] » We're very happy for this award. This is
for a new rescue truck for station 13.
[22:08] We just talked about station 13 in
response to uh Mr. Silver's medical
[22:13] emergency. This is the rescue truck that
would be in that same area. replacing
[22:18] the rescue truck that we currently have,
which is older and is kind of breaking
[22:22] down. So, we're very happy with this.
We're going to be probably 12 months out
[22:26] before this thing actually gets built,
but we're very happy we got this. Thank
[22:31] you.
[22:34] [applause]
[22:37] I need
[22:45] a war.
I hereby accept this notice award of
[22:49] contracting truck dated August 20th,
2026
[22:55] for asphalt research through the York
Department of Transportation local
[22:59] maintenance and improvement grant in the
amount of 1,18,740
[23:08] for the 2026
Lwig grant
[23:13] haven of the city of Fortune
If you were presented at the May and
[23:19] June meeting county meeting, you might
remember that we accepted a notice award
[23:25] contract and then the contract October.
We performed the LED paving for Union
[23:33] County Roads. The bid process included
both the county and the city a paving
[23:40] project. The city need to wait and
revisit their portion of the bid. They
[23:45] have completed
that process
[23:50] and we are now accepting the notice of
award of contract and the contractor
[23:55] code incorporated for the portion of
roadway that are being paid in the city
[24:00] of L and the city will reimburse any
cost of their payment.
[24:07] Uh under that act, companies cannot
contract with
[24:13] certain military companies from China.
Um so anyone in that chain, if they have
[24:20] a contract with certain military
companies from China, they're they're
[24:23] not allowed to have and that's backed up
by federal law. There you have a bar
[24:28] from
indirectly or directly being controlled
[24:33] by any company or associated with any
company in the department of defense
[24:38] section uh 1268
of that same act that that changes quite
[24:45] a bit. So there's a lot of companies
with any affiliation they can't be here.
[24:51] Um, also batteries cannot be sourced
from any Chinese company. And that's any
[24:58] part of the battery. That's the battery
itself. It's a component of the battery.
[25:02] That is all in section
154 of that National Defense Act. And so
[25:09] that gets put in there. Also in the same
sections, it goes down to computer
[25:15] parts. Computer parts made with certain
elements. Those helicops were mined or
[25:22] had anything to do with the countries
listed in that act. Obviously, they're
[25:26] barred from happening. This is a big
deal when we talk about computer servers
[25:30] because parts come from overseas all the
time. So, everything would have to
[25:35] comply with the National Defense
Authorization Act from 2024.
[25:40] Um and also anyone in the there's
certain countries and companies that are
[25:48] not allowed to have uh
intellectual property associated with
[25:54] the companies. So consultants uh people
that provide software things like that
[26:00] those are barred under the national
defense act in which we were we are also
[26:05] associating in this ordinance.
Um the
[26:11] setbacks
got from half a mile to a mile. The
[26:16] acres went from 500 to 1,000 acres
total.
[26:21] The setback from schools, farms, and
churches now has to be 5 miles.
[26:28] There is a full breakdown
before we have a have a action plan for
[26:35] spillages and recovery and anything of
hazardous materials. There's a full
[26:40] action plan listed that that's a minimum
of what they must comply with in this
[26:46] ordinance. Now, also we uh had several
evaluations that had to take place prior
[26:55] to the permitting process, which would
be your environmental uh evaluation,
[27:00] your cultural heritage evaluation. We
have outlined the minimum standards of
[27:06] what they have to show the county prior
to any permitting being in there.
[27:12] There's no tax abments of any kind
written in there. There also have
[27:19] written in there that when not only they
have no tax abments but any DHI club
[27:26] will be appraised on an income approach
year over year.
[27:32] Fulton County started this with their
data centers and I believe those data
[27:37] centers taxes for each year went from
somewhere to from like 2030 I can't
[27:44] remember it's like 20 $30 million to
buildings.
[27:47] So we're going to use their standard for
this if one decides to come here. Also,
[27:53] uh they will have to be appraised on
their personal property and inventory
[27:56] and contents inside the building on an
annual basis on their add taxes each
[28:01] year. Um
[28:06] I'm not going to go over all the
requirements of the environmental and
[28:12] cultural impacts, but you can read those
in the copies that we've provided.
[28:17] There's there's quite a few of them. And
again, that's a minimum standard they
[28:20] have to meet and improve.
Uh we did put in only closed loop
[28:25] cooling systems.
You will notice that while we're only
[28:29] allowing closed loop cooling systems,
there's still other water regulations in
[28:34] there. And you might look at it and go,
why? Well, if you have cold flu cooling
[28:39] system, you need all the other water
regulations cuz technology changes.
[28:43] That's exactly why technology changes
and something come out that could be
[28:47] technically called a cold loop a closed
loop cooling system and still have some
[28:51] sort of water for anything else. So
we're just covering all our bases. Um
[28:55] only permanent structures are allowed
beforehand. Uh we have different things
[29:00] for prefab structures, shipping
containers, things like that. We cut all
[29:05] that out. Only permanent structures are
allowed. 50% of the power that they use
[29:10] are going to be required to come from
solar power. So you would have to um
[29:16] they'd have to prove that 50% of their
power usage is going to come from solar
[29:20] power on their own property. If they
have to have 1,000 acres, they should
[29:24] have plenty of room for solar panels. Uh
[29:30] we did add to the vegetative buffers um
about native plants. What native plants
[29:37] if there's not a natural buffer already
there? and plant native plants and what
[29:41] kind of plants you have to plant, what
kind of plants you can't plant.
[29:46] Also, any no trees should be removed
from 100 ft of any structure that is
[29:51] outside of that barrier that's already
there. Meaning, if a building's there
[29:57] and a road's there, they just don't
clear cut all the way to the barrier.
[30:01] They have to keep the natural vegetation
there at least 100 foot out from any
[30:06] building.
Uh then while we already had um the
[30:11] majority of dark sky skies major already
in there, we just made a little more
[30:17] clear that it shall meet or exceed dark
side sky standards with no more than 32
[30:23] to 4K and light. So those were the
additions.
[30:30] Yes sir.
>> Point of clarification. You said,
[30:33] confused acres, but here it says
hundreds.
[30:38] Which section are you looking at?
>> Page 11 of 15.
[30:41] » Page you bring me one of the copies that
you
[30:59] » That's a Thank you for catching that.
That should be a th000.
[31:03] » Oh, okay.
Any
[31:08] other questions? Yes, sir.
[31:20] I can
[31:28] see
that
[31:34] » uh it should be Another
[31:55] 15.
[32:00] If you look at page 11 of 15 under
section O2,
[32:07] the facility will only use closed loop
waterproof.
[32:13] That's on page 11
section two.
[32:20] [snorts]
Anything else?
[32:24] All right. Thank you.
[32:39] Uh I start out on the road department.
Uh all these pop up storms that we've
[32:45] been ahead of
they stay busy. road work maintains
[32:55] road cutting through trees down. They
they hide it all day. Uh do a lot of
[33:00] work.
Uh we've got pavement down road to
[33:05] finish it up this week. Got starting up
the medicine circle next week. Uh
[33:10] trucking been down back down on
Colorado road finishing up down there.
[33:16] Uh I do want to touch touch on that just
a little bit on that. How well uh
[33:22] Columbus is doing that as we talked
earlier calling the LD
[33:27] what we do every year uh we reach out
apply for a grant grant and what that
[33:35] grant's based off of is population of
the county and my lecture grows and they
[33:40] they determine the amount of money that
you receive through that through that
[33:44] elig grant and uh the county has to
match 30% of
[33:49] Basically what it's been doing the past
couple of years if we get say about 7
[33:54] and 12 mile of road uh
on on our cost roughly $350,000
[34:02] and with LP includes which is lower than
a million dollar. So we're getting 700
[34:07] miles a road basically $350,000
on a normal basis on a mile of road two
[34:12] lane road it cost about $200 $210,000 a
mile. So, uh, with the LED grant, it was
[34:18] great. Uh,
helps county out tremendously on cars on
[34:24] roads and, uh, on that from last year.
I've it brought to my attention that,
[34:31] uh, felt like the county was wasting
some money on that hollow. Uh, but
[34:37] that's not the case. what took place
last year. We had three in the road
[34:43] and I think two back paperwork two and a
half mile on Patwell
[34:50] where I was gas over such and down
through road. What happened there is
[34:56] when got finished on Pat Hallwell road
down to the stopping point to stop they
[35:01] had a certain amount of time as left
over rather than just throw it to the
[35:06] wind. They let it go on down the road.
We actually went down the road had
[35:09] safety the road that was starting to get
bad and they went in life cap over get
[35:14] us through the winter until this big
money come in this year and finish the
[35:18] road. That's where that took place at
not no repayment just they kept that one
[35:23] little bad section to get us through the
winter.
[35:26] Uh
but the transportation office we're
[35:30] waiting on framing to come in on
that. So we get that in make decisions
[35:34] here. Take a few weeks we get started on
the transportation office. Uh new dog
[35:39] park made a lot of progress in the past
month. All the rain plumbing has been
[35:45] inspected on concrete for the floor.
Uh we're actually uh out senior center.
[35:52] We are getting work fire department
building department and uh getting we're
[35:57] going to install hardwire fire smoke
detectors throughout the facility. We're
[36:03] looking at getting quotes on that. Also
looking at doing flooring upgrade be
[36:08] installing some new flooring out there
pretty soon. Uh farmers market trash
[36:12] treasures building department range golf
course creek camp ground fire groups
[36:19] center. Uh they're all staying busy. Uh
good to see that. Uh our maintenance
[36:25] department, they've been really busy. Uh
every idea they got on going with all
[36:29] the different facilities going in
changing out, having to do different
[36:32] things throughout our rec department as
always. Adult league softball's finished
[36:39] up. Uh we we have the following sports
going up now. Follow baseball, softball,
[36:44] cheerlead, football, and soccer. Uh
numbers that are real quick. All
[36:49] baseball we have 40, softball 23,
cheerleading 143, football 142, soccer
[36:55] 243 for a total of 591 children
activities right now. Uh wrestling
[37:04] uh boys girls basketball registration
now open. We should have some good solid
[37:08] numbers on that uh in the next meeting.
Also notified yesterday
[37:15] uh at big park pool uh the kind of our
lifeguards life our school children in
[37:22] high school and college use all going
back to school. We got two or three
[37:26] adults that are around able to help but
that being said they are short on life
[37:32] guards they're having to put a cap on
attendance on Saturday I think it's 75
[37:38] that's what I have for this week.
[37:50] Thank you.
Comment. Uh
[37:57] uh last meeting we uh I directed any
questions coming to the meeting would be
[38:04] answered in the newspaper and the
following week we made a twoe talk. That
[38:08] will be the same same way this morning.
We have a lot of good comments from a
[38:12] lot of people uh that work in media.
They like to hear what they've asked and
[38:18] how the question can be answered. So we
try to find out the best answer
[38:24] far as legally and everything. We
consult with our attorney if we need to
[38:30] uh every time he can't be here for some
question.
[38:34] We uh we look at all and try to give you
the honest and right answer to your
[38:39] questions. Uh we have one more
thing on the agenda. Mhoff will be doing
[38:47] this thing. Miss
[38:53] apologize. I didn't bring my reading
glasses. I'll do my best. Um, this is a
[38:58] resolution of the commissioner of Ludy
County, Georgia, authorizing the
[39:02] transmitt of an application to the State
Road and Tollway Authority, SRTA,
[39:08] requesting a grant from the Georgia
Transportation Infrastructure Bank, GTI,
[39:14] to construct a roundabout on Blueidge
Highway and committing to provide
[39:19] matching funds and committing to
construct roundabout with these GTIP
[39:24] funds expeditiously.
and for the purposes um the grant
[39:29] deadline for this GTI survey application
is tomorrow. That's why we want to make
[39:34] sure we get the resolution authorizing
the commissioner to sign this grant
[39:39] application. Um we have a just a small
concept design what could look like if
[39:47] we get the grant money. Um we're asking
for $2 million.
[39:52] um we don't know if we'll get the grant,
but if we do um we would commit uh
[39:57] 580,000 from SWAT to complete that
roundabout. So that's what the
[40:02] resolution has cleared.
[40:09] » I am so
>> I am so sorry
[40:14] this month. Um it's a lage highway at
the intersection of Multi Gap and Cali.
[40:21] Um that roundabout has been needed for a
long time. We looked at it several
[40:25] times. Um the GTIP funding was what we
used for the roundabout the patron
[40:32] road there at the hospital. So you know
if we get the funding we can look at
[40:36] putting roundabout there to make that
those intersections safer.
[40:43] » Thank you ma'am.
This time I'll adjourn the meeting and
[40:48] open the floor up to questions. Uh
[40:53] I'll ask anybody have we just start kind
of order. Uh anybody have any question
[40:58] for any merger
walk back
[41:03] any question for merger on anything.
[41:12] Um I can send you some like public um
the June meeting. I thought it would
[41:21] several people had asked that anyh
three miles from the nearest residence,
[41:27] not one.
No, at the June meeting it was a half a
[41:31] mile. It was it was 500 continuous acres
with a half a mile half a mile distance
[41:38] from the edge of the building to a
property line. So they upped it now to
[41:44] um 1,000 continuous acres and one mile.
Where you may be getting confused, sir,
[41:49] is we had a notification to every
resident in a 3m radius of the facility.
[41:57] » That's still there.
>> I'm just wondering.
[42:08] Well, these
[42:12] question
can there or will there be any
[42:16] protection from decreased property
values?
[42:20] » I I don't think it can. Um the permit
process violation says that um the
[42:28] decision to cancel the permit process.
[42:34] I'm thinking why amount
that it can be
[42:41] or not. And if so, you have a fine peri.
There is a fine per incident and
[42:48] violation in there. Uh it's a county
ordinance. So, county ordinances can
[42:53] carry up to $1,000 fine per incident per
day and up to 60 days in jail per
[43:00] incident per day. That's the maximum
amount the county ordinance can carry.
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