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Commissioners consider sheriff vehicle purchase and consent items including surplus sale and an appointment
Summary
The board reviewed a request to purchase a 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe for the sheriff's office using state contract pricing and SPLOST funds and considered consent items including a surplus-equipment sale, surplus declarations and an appointment to the construction board.
Paulding County commissioners heard a request to purchase a 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe from Hardy Chevrolet for $60,195 using state contract pricing and SPLOST funding to meet a vehicle need identified in the sheriff's 2026 budget.
County staff said the vehicle is available on a state contract and that the procurement window for similar vehicles will not likely reopen before next year; the sheriff requested that the county use SPLOST funds to acquire the Tahoe now to align with the department's 2026 budget request. The presented price was $60,195, described as the state-contract price from the dealer.
On the consent agenda, staff listed three items for consideration: authorize sale of surplus equipment (a fire engine) to Harrison County Fire Department for $10,000; declare additional listed items surplus and approve disposal by sale, trade or donation (including another fire engine from the fire department); and appoint Richard Wynne to the Construction Board with a term starting April 8, 2025, through Dec. 30, 2025. Staff identified funding sources for the Tahoe purchase as SPLOST and for various road and capital items elsewhere as general funds or SPLOST as noted on the agenda.
Why this matters: the vehicle purchase uses SPLOST funding and is tied to the sheriff's staffing and equipment plan; the surplus sale and appointment affect intergovernmental equipment transfers and local board composition.
Ending: The transcript records the items presented for the board's consideration; no detailed roll-call vote on the Tahoe purchase or the consent list is recorded in the available segment of the transcript.
