Action Agenda

Board of Commissioners

 February 12, 2009

 7:00 P.M.

                                   

The Board of Commissioners of Fayette County, Georgia, met in Official Session on Thursday, February 12, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room of the Fayette County Administrative Complex, 140 Stonewall Avenue, Fayetteville, Georgia.

 

Commissioners Present:                             Jack Smith, Chairman

                                                                        Herb Frady, Vice-Chairman

                                                                        Lee Hearn

                                                                        Robert Horgan

                                                                        Eric Maxwell

                                                                       

Staff Present:                                                Jack Krakeel, County Administrator

                                                                        Scott Bennett, County Attorney

                                                                        Carol Chandler, Executive Assistant

                                                                        Karen Morley, Chief Deputy Clerk

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7:01:21 PM                 

Chairman Smith called the meeting to order.

Commissioner Hearn offered the Invocation.

Pledge of Allegiance.

 

7:02:21 PM     

Chairman Smith requested to move item C listed under New Business to the first item to be discussed immediately following the Consent Agenda. 

 

ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA: COMMISSIONER FRADY MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH THE REQUESTED CHANGE FOR THE LOCATION OF ITEM C ON THE AGENDA.  COMMISSIONER HORGAN SECONDED THE MOTION.  THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0.       

7:03:54 PM

PUBLIC COMMENT:

NONE.

7:04:18 PM

CONSENT AGENDA: COMMISSIONER HORGAN MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1-5 AS PRESENTED.  COMMISSIONER FRADY SECONDED THE MOTION.  THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 

 

1.         Approval of Sheriff’s Department request to amend the Overtime Budget for the Criminal Investigation Division by $5,530.13 for reimbursement for employees assigned to work with various Federal Agencies.

 

2.         Approval of request from the Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigations Division to allow disposition of a trailer that is of no further use to the Department.

 

3.         Approval of the Fayette County Water Committee’s 2009 meeting schedule.

 

4.         Approval of staff’s recommendation that Bid #680 for Uniform Rental and Purchase be awarded to UniFirst Corporation and Riverside Uniform Rental. 

 

5.         Approval of minutes for the Special Called Board of Commissioners’ meeting held on January 14, 2009 and Board of Commissioners’ meeting held on January 22, 2009.

7:04:54 PM

NEW BUSINESS:

C.      Patricia Pryor of Cherry, Bekaert and Holland, LLP, will present the results of the County’s Fiscal Year 2008 audit.

 

SENIOR MANAGER PATRICIA PRYOR OF CHERRY, BEKAERT AND HOLLAND, LLP PRESENTED THE RESULTS OF THE COUNTY’S FISCAL YEAR 2008 AUDIT.

 

CHAIRMAN SMITH THANKED MS. PRYOR FOR HER PRESENTATION AND COMMENDED CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER MARY HOLLAND AND ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR TONI JO HOWARD FOR ALL OF THEIR DILIGENT AND HARD WORK IN COMPILING THIS REPORT.

7:11:10 PM

OLD BUSINESS:

A.         Consideration of staff’s recommendation to award bid for the E911 Communications building expansion construction project to Whitworth Construction Company, Inc. with a base bid in the amount of $611,037.

 

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS CHERYL ROGERS BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THIS ITEM. 

 

COMMISSIONER HORGAN MADE A MOTION TO AWARD THE BID FOR THE E911 COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING EXPANSION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO WHITWORTH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $611,037.  COMMISSIONER HEARN SECONDED THE MOTION.  THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0.

7:17:05 PM

B.         Discussion of staff’s request that the Board of Commissioners consider issuing a request for proposals for a Feasibility Study for implementation of a Stormwater Utility.  Representatives from other operating Utilities will present information to the Board as requested at the Commissioners’ recent Annual Planning Meeting.

 

DEVELOPMENTAL ENGINEER BRYAN KELLER OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT INTRODUCED THE DIRECTOR OF HENRY COUNTY STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ERIK LOMBARD, P.E., DIVISION DIRECTOR OVER BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR HENRY COUNTY JIM LUEBBERING, P.E.  AND ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES FOR THE  CITY OF GRIFFIN DR. BRANT KELLER WHO DISCUSSED THE PROS AND CONS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A STORMWATER UTILITY IN FAYETTE COUNTY.

 

IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD THAT CHAIRMAN SMITH BE AUTHORIZED TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MAYORS OF THE VARIOUS CITIES IN FAYETTE COUNTY TO DETERMINE IF THERE MIGHT BE ANY POLITICAL ABILITY TO HAVE ONE COMBINED STORMWATER UTILITY SYSTEM FOR FAYETTE COUNTY; AND ALSO THAT STAFF CONTINUE WITH THEIR WORK IN REVIEWING THE COUNTY’S ORDINANCES THAT MIGHT HELP WITH THIS AS WELL.

8:08:38 PM

NEW BUSINESS:

D.       Consideration of the Water Committee’s recommendation to award specified construction mitigation services for the Lake McIntosh Reservoir Project to Eco-South, Inc. for a cost of $583,494.

 

WATER SYSTEM DIRECTOR TONY PARROTT BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THIS ITEM.

 

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL MADE A MOTION TO AWARD THE SCOPE OF WORK REGARDING THE SPECIFIED CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION SERVICES FOR THE LAKE MCINTOSH RESERVOIR PROJECT TO ECO-SOUTH, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $583,494, DISCUSSION FOLLOWED.  COUNTY ATTORNEY SCOTT BENNETT INTERJECTED THAT THERE WERE SOME TERMS IN THE CONTRACT THAT NEEDED TO BE NEGOTIATED ON THE COUNTY’S BEHALF.  HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE THIS CONTRACT READY FOR THE BOARD’S CONSIDERATION AT THE FEBRUARY 26TH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS’ MEETING. COMMISSIONER FRADY SECONDED THE MOTION.  THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 

8:17:23 PM

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT:

NONE.

8:17:32 PM

ATTORNEY’S REPORT:

NONE.

8:17:34 PM

STAFF REPORTS:

NONE.

8:17:40 PM

BOARD REPORTS:

CHAIRMAN SMITH:   Chairman Smith remarked that former Sheriff Randall Johnson had been recognized by Governor Sonny Perdue as well as by the State Senate and the House of Representatives this morning at the Capitol for his 49 years of law enforcement service to the State of Georgia which included his 32 years as Sheriff of Fayette County.  He said he would also like to commend the former Sheriff for his achievement.

8:18:33 PM

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

NONE.

8:18:38 PM

ADJOURNMENT: COMMISSIONER HORGAN MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8:20 P.M.  COMMISSIONER FRADY SECONDED THE MOTION.  THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0.

 

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Karen Morley, Chief Deputy Clerk