Action Agenda
Board of Commissioners
February 25, 2010
7:00 P.M.
The
Board of Commissioners of Fayette County, Georgia, met in Official Session on
Thursday, February 25, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room of the
Fayette County Administrative Complex,
Commissioners Present: Jack
Smith, Chairman
Herb
Frady, Vice Chairman
Lee
Hearn
Robert
Horgan
Eric
Maxwell
Staff Present: Jack Krakeel,
Scott
Bennett,
Carol
Chandler, Executive Assistant
Karen
Morley, Chief Deputy Clerk
Chairman
Smith called the meeting to order.
Commissioner
Hearn offered the Invocation.
Pledge
of Allegiance.
ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA: COMMISSIONER
HORGAN MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. COMMISSIONER HEARN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
NONE.
CONSENT AGENDA: COMMISSIONER HORGAN MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE
THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1-7 AS PRESENTED.
COMMISSIONER FRADY SECONDED THE MOTION.
THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0.
1. Approval of
staff’s request to increase Parks and Recreation Public Relations Expenditure
Account and Revenues by $448.88 to
recognize a donation from Jack Gilson.
2. Approval of
staff’s recommendation to adopt mid-year budget adjustments for FY 2010.
3. Approval of
the Sheriff’s Office request to amend the Overtime Budget for the Fayette
County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division by $11,697.54 for
reimbursement for employees assigned to work with various Federal Agencies.
4. Approval
of staff’s recommendation to allow
5. Approval of staff’s recommendation to amend the Department of Fire and Emergency Services FY 2010 Budget to accept a $7,227.10 grant from the Georgia Association of Emergency Medical Services for the purchase of replacement computers for the County’s ambulances.
6. Approval of
staff’s recommendation to amend the Department of Fire and Emergency Services
FY 2010 Budget to accept an Assistance to Firefighters
Grant in the amount of $14,543.
7. Approval of
minutes for Board of Commissioners’ meetings held on February 3, 2010 and
February 11, 2010.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. Ratification
of authorization for the Chairman to execute any and all documents related to
the acceptance and administration of a Justice Assistance Grant for the Griffin
Judicial Circuit in the amount of $375,088, including the County’s commitment
to act as Subgrantee and financial agent for said grant.
CHAIRMAN SMITH MADE A MOTION TO
RATIFY AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED
TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF A JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT FOR THE
GRIFFIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN THE AMOUNT OF $375,088, INCLUDING THE COUNTY’S
COMMITMENT TO ACT AS SUBGRANTEE AND FINANCIAL AGENT FOR SAID GRANT. COMMISSIONER FRADY SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0.
B. Consideration
of staff’s recommended policy and procedures document titled “Eligibility
Verification of Non-Citizen Applicants for Benefits,” in compliance with the “Georgia
Security and Immigration Compliance Act” as amended.
COMMISSIONER HORGAN MADE A MOTION
TO APPROVE STAFF’S RECOMMENDED POLICY AND PROCEDURES DOCUMENT TITLED
“ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION OF NON-CITIZEN APPLICANTS FOR BENEFITS,” IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE “
C. Consideration
of staff’s request for establishing fees for Demolition Permits, Notice of
Violation, and Commercial Greenhouse Permits as requested by the Permits and
Inspections Department.
COMMISSIONER HORGAN MADE A MOTION
TO APPROVE STAFF’S RECOMMENDATION FOR
ESTABLISHING FEES FOR COMMERCIAL GREENHOUSE PERMITS IN THE AMOUNT OF $450,
DEMOLITION PERMITS IN THE AMOUNT OF $100, NOTICE OF VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT FEES
FOR COMPLIANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $125, AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT
FEES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF
$225. COMMISSIONER FRADY SECONDED THE
MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0.
NEW BUSINESS:
D. Consideration of staff’s request for
permission to apply for a Pre-Disaster Mitigation Communications and Warning
Grant through Georgia Emergency Management for three warning sirens in the
amount of $83,625.
COMMISSIONER FRADY MADE A MOTION
TO APPROVE STAFF’S REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR A PRE-DISASTER
MITIGATION COMMUNICATIONS AND WARNING GRANT THROUGH
ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT:
CHAIRMAN SMITH DIRECTED COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR JACK KRAKEEL TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH MAIN STREET FAYETTEVILLE
TO APPROVE THEIR REQUEST FOR MARKING AND NUMBERING OF PARKING SPACES
SURROUNDING HERITAGE PARK AFTER A SIZE AND POSITIONING OF THE NUMBERING HAS
BEEN DETERMINED AND AGREED UPON.
ATTORNEY’S REPORT:
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
WITH INTEGRATED SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, INC.: County Attorney Scott Bennett noted that on December 10, 2009
the Board awarded a bid to Integrated Science & Engineering, Inc. in the
amount of $39,450 to conduct the Stormwater Utility Feasibility Study. He asked for the Board’s consideration to
authorize the Chairman to execute the Agreement between
COMMISSIONER FRADY MADE A MOTION
TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
INTEGRATED SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $39,450. COMMISSIONER
HORGAN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION
CARRIED 5-0.
STAFF REPORTS:
NONE.
BOARD REPORTS:
NONE.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: County Attorney Scott
Bennett requested an Executive Session to discuss property acquisition.
COMMISSIONER HORGAN MADE A MOTION
TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PROPERTY ACQUISITION. COMMISSIONER HEARN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0.
Chairman
Smith reconvened the meeting back to open session.
COMMISSIONER HORGAN MADE A MOTION
TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AFFIDAVIT AFFIRMING
THAT PROPERTY ACQUISITION HAD BEEN DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. COMMISSIONER
HEARN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION
CARRIED 5-0.
ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to come before the Board, Chairman
Smith adjourned the meeting at 7:45 p.m.
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Karen
Morley, Chief Deputy Clerk