Paulding County commissioners review equipment purchases, water-plant contract and development-rule updates; several items left without recorded vote

Paulding County commissioners on an otherwise routine meeting agenda heard a series of purchasing and construction recommendations, updates to local development rules and a request for a $250,000 funding increase for a road‑widening project. Several items were presented for approval, but the public transcript does not record formal roll-call votes for most of those items.

The most immediate items on staff’s list were capital purchases and construction awards for county operations. Paulding County DOT sought approval to buy an E60 R2 series Bobcat compact excavator from Bobcat of Atlanta for $83,450; staff said that purchase was included in the fiscal year 2025 capital budget and would be funded from general funds under a Sourcewell contract. Ray Wooten presented a recommendation to award bid number 25016‑3802 for the Richland Creek Water Plant inhibitor‑trench project to Sol Construction LLC for the low bid of $360,210; staff said the work will install new underground chemical piping conduits for a corrosion‑inhibitor feed line and correct air‑locking issues with the existing sodium‑hypochlorite feed.

Other consent‑agenda items described by staff included: adopting a government building job description for superintendent of maintenance; appointing Chairman Tim Estes to the Paulding County Airport Authority to fill an unexpired term ending December…