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[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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August 20, 2026 County Meeting

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