Work session previews: IPAWS alerts, SPLOST projects, storage needs, and county administrative updates

Aug 8, 2025

At the Aug. 25 work session the county manager updated the commission on staffing and operations, previewed SPLOST projects including a climate-controlled storage building, and agreed to add an IPAWS emergency-text alert proposal to the Sept. 2 agenda.

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At the Aug. 25 work session County Manager Thomas Weaver summarized departmental updates and proposed items for the Sept. 2 agenda. Weaver reported animal-control staff received Level 1 certification and announced a September drive-through rabies clinic; he said public-works is placing millings on Steeplechase and repairing a culvert on Firetower Road. Weaver asked for commission approval to build a climate-controlled storage shed behind 215 McNaughton St. to house election equipment and SPLOST materials, noting space constraints in county facilities.

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