Action
Agenda
Board of Commissioners
March 12, 2009
7:00 P.M.
The Board of Commissioners of
Fayette County, Georgia met in Official Session on March 12, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
in the Public Meeting Room of the Fayette County Administrative Complex,
Commissioners
Present:
Staff
Present:
Jack Krakeel,
Scott Bennett,
Carol Chandler, Executive Assistant
Floyd Jones, Deputy Clerk
Call to
Order, Invocation, and Pledge of Allegiance.
Chairman Smith called the March 12, 2009 Board of
Commissioners Meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.
Commissioner Hearn gave the
invocation.
Chairman Smith led the audience in the pledge of
allegiance before acknowledging that Boy Scout Troop 74 was in the audience and
thanking them for their attendance.
Acceptance of
Agenda.
Commissioner Horgan moved to accept the agenda as
published. Commissioner Frady
seconded the motion. Chairman Smith
asked that Consent Agenda Item 1 be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed
under Old Business as Item B-2.
Commissioner Horgan amended his motion to accept the agenda as published
and to move Consent Agenda 1 to Old Business as Item B-2. Commissioner Frady seconded the
motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
PRESENTATION/RECOGNITION:
A.
Craig Gross, Cooperative Extension Coordinator for the
Fayette County Extension Service, will present information about their Master
Gardeners Program and the various volunteer projects completed over the past
year.
Fayette County Extension Service Coordinator Craig Gross
and Master Gardener Liaison Sandy Edwards introduced Master Gardener President
Anne Foley to the Board and spoke about the training required to become a Master
Gardener, the projects involving Master Gardeners throughout
Master Gardener President Anne Foley introduced other
Fayette County Master Gardeners before presenting a reproduction of a “check” in
the amount of $195,425.71 to the Board representing the value of the benefit
provided to
Chairman Smith thanked the Fayette County Master
Gardeners for all of their efforts on behalf of Fayette County, said their
contribution was very significant as well as the sense of community that “comes
from associating with each other and the beautification that happens in the
County as a whole.” He said that
their efforts were “not unnoticed” by anyone, spoke about the redesign of
Fayette County’s Historical Courthouse lawn project which includes input from
the Master Gardeners, and said their efforts would be showcased at the
Courthouse as well as throughout the rest of the County. On behalf of the citizens of
PRESS
RELEASE:
Tax Appeal
Information: Chairman Smith announced that during this time of year
and with the economy in the state it is in,
PUBLIC
COMMENT:
Alex
Chandler: Mr. Alex Chandler, a resident of
Angela Hinton
Fonda: Ms. Angela Hinton Fonda, a resident of
CONSENT
AGENDA:
Chairman Smith reminded the Board that Consent Agenda 1
was removed from the Consent Agenda and moved to Old Business. Commissioner Horgan moved to approve
Consent Agenda Items 2-8.
Commissioner Frady seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
1.
Approval of staff’s recommendation for the renaming of
specified streets in
2.
Approval of staff’s recommendation to renew the County’s
contract with Ceridian, the third party administrator for its Flexible Spending
Plan employee benefit.
3.
Approval of a request from the Sheriff’s Department to
amend the Overtime Budget Account for the Criminal Investigations Division by
$8,003.39 for reimbursement of employees assigned to work with various Federal
agencies.
4.
Approval of staff’s request for authorization to accept
a Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Grant from the
5.
Approval of staff’s request that the radio tower located
on county-owned property at 1464 Highway 92 North be declared surplus property
and that staff be authorized to sell the tower, which would be dismantled and
removed from the site.
6.
Approval of staff’s recommendation to award a bid to
Mill Creek Environmental Services for preparation of a Corrective Action Plan
for the Public Works fueling facility at the cost of
$5,700.
7.
Approval of staff’s recommendation to accept the
proposal from Eco-South, Inc. for Biological and Habitat Monitoring for the Lake
McIntosh Reservoir Project for 2009, in an amount not to exceed
$28,098.
8.
Approval of February 26, 2009 Board of Commissioners
minutes.
OLD
BUSINESS:
B-1. Consideration of
a recommendation from the Retirement Study Committee to award the bid for
managing the County’s employee deferred compensation plan and the defined
contribution retirement plan to Mass Mutual/Am. Ret. This item was last discussed during the
March 4, 2009 Board of Commissioners Workshop meeting.
Commissioner Maxwell moved to approve the recommendation
from the Retirement Study Committee to award the bid for managing the County’s
employee deferred compensation plan and the defined contribution retirement plan
to Mass Mutual/Am. Ret. to become effective on July 1, 2009. Commissioner Horgan seconded the
motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
B-2. Approval of
staff’s recommendation for the renaming of specified streets in
Fire
Marshal David Scarbrough informed the Board that the list of recommended street
names had changed from the list published.
Commissioner Horgan moved to change the existing street names to the
proposed street names as recommended, and for the changes to become effective on
May 22, 2009. Commissioner Hearn
seconded the motion. The motion
passed unanimously.
NEW
BUSINESS:
C.
Consideration of the Water Committee’s recommendation to
award the bid for fencing at three mitigation sites to the low bidder
Trammell-Horton Contracting, Inc. at a combined cost of
$176,343.90.
Commissioner Horgan moved to approve the Water
Committee’s recommendation to award the bid for fencing at three mitigation
sites to the low bidder Trammell-Horton Contracting, Inc. at a combined cost of
$176,343.90. Commissioner Maxwell
seconded the motion. The motion
passed unanimously.
ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
There was no Administrator’s
Report.
ATTORNEY’S
REPORT
Whitworth
Construction Company, Inc. Contract:
Commissioner Maxwell moved to
authorize the Chairman to sign a contract with Whitworth Construction Company,
Inc., in the amount of $611,037, for the renovation and modification of the 911
Center. Commissioner Horgan
seconded the motion. The motion
passed unanimously.
STAFF
REPORTS
Resolution
2007-09: Commissioner Frady moved to authorize the Chairman to
sign Resolution 2009-07 giving the County approval to apply for reimbursement of
funds expended for testing at First Manassas Mile Landfill, as recommended. Commissioner Horgan seconded the
motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
Paving of
Comprehensive
Transportation Plan Workshop:
Public Works Director Phil
Mallon announced that the County has completed the four-day Comprehensive
Transportation Plan Workshop. He
stated that the workshop “went very well”, that the citizens gave good input on
the subject, and that he appreciated the time the Board members gave as well as
the elected municipal leaders and their key staff from
Cancellation
of the March 26, 2009 Board of Commissioners Meeting: Executive Assistant Carol Chandler announced that the
next scheduled Board of Commissioners meeting was March 26, 2009, but the
deadline had expired for submitting items for the agenda, and there were no
agenda items submitted for the meeting.
She suggested that the Board may wish to cancel the March 26, 2009 Board
of Commissioners meeting.
Commissioner Hearn moved to cancel the March 26, 2009 Board of
Commissioners meeting for lack of agenda items. Commissioner Frady seconded the
motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
BOARD
REPORT
There was no Board Report.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION
There was no Executive Session.
ADJOURNMENT
Commissioner Hearn moved to adjourn the March 12, 2009
Board of Commissioners meeting.
Commissioner Horgan seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
The
March 12, 2009 Board of Commissioners meeting was adjourned at 7:47
p.m.
___________________________
Floyd L.
Jones, Deputy Clerk