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Spalding County commissioners approve multiple contracts, vehicles and zoning resolution in special meeting
Summary
At an extraordinary March 3 meeting, the Spalding County Board of Commissioners voted on a series of procurement and administrative items, including road resurfacing, a fire-station design contract and vehicle purchases; the board also approved a resolution supporting local amendments to election enabling legislation.
The Spalding County Board of Commissioners voted on a package of contracts, vehicle purchases and a local-legislation resolution during a special meeting on March 3, 2025, approving the items listed below.
Why it matters: Several of the approved items involve multi‑million-dollar roadwork, fire department facilities and county vehicle fleets; others are procedural but affect election administration and county property leasing.
The board approved or took action on the following items (votes shown as recorded in the meeting):
- Financial report: The board voted to accept the county financial report for the period ending Feb. 28, 2025 as presented by Deputy County Manager Erica Dye. Vote: 4–0 (motion carried).
- Minutes: The board approved minutes for the March 3 workshop, regular meeting and executive session. Vote: 4–0 (motion carried).
- Design contract for Fire Station 8: Staff recommended CPL Architecture based on a lower-priced proposal. Staff said the CPL bid was $207,177. During the meeting a motion referenced a higher figure ($2,207,177), creating a discrepancy in the record; commissioners approved awarding the design work. Recorded vote: 3 in favor, 1 opposed (motion carried). (See separate article for discussion.)
- Fire department vehicle: The board approved the fire department’s request to purchase a Dodge Durango (state contract) for use by the fire inspector/fire safety officer, using FY 2025 fire-fund supplemental funds. Staff cited a requested amount of $58,348. Vote: 4–0 (motion carried).
- 2025 T‑Sploss resurfacing contract: Commissioners awarded the 2025 T‑Sploss resurfacing projects (17 roads, approximately 13.5 miles, full‑depth reclamation including the full length of Jackson Road inside the county) to E.R. Snell Contracting Inc. for $4,855,518.65. Vote: 4–0 (motion carried).
- Georgia State Patrol building lease: The board approved execution of a renegotiated lease for the Georgia State Patrol building (Memorial Drive) at an annual rent of $1. Vote: 4–0 (motion carried).
- Donation of disc‑golf equipment: The board accepted a donation from Authentic Disc Golf LLC to install a nine‑hole course (equipment and related components) at Carver Road Park. Vote: 4–0 (motion carried).
- Leisure services vehicles (supplemental list): The board approved purchases for Leisure Services from the FY 2025 supplemental list to replace aging vehicles. Staff presented contract pricing and an updated request figure of $93,003.43; the motion recorded on the floor referenced $191,003.43. Vote: 4–0 (motion carried). (Staff later said the purchases would total roughly $93,003.43; the differing figures were part of the meeting record.)
- Resolution supporting local elections legislation: The board adopted a resolution supporting local amendments to the county’s election enabling legislation (the changes requested by the Board of Elections and Registration and Representative Beth Camp). The resolution covers: (1) providing removal authority for the fifth board member (appointed by the superior-court judges) so judges may remove that member for cause after notice and hearing, (2) allowing the elections board to comply with the state open‑meetings and open‑records laws rather than the stricter local requirements currently applied, and (3) clarifying that the election supervisor is titled elections director and responsible for selection and training of poll workers. Vote: 3 in favor, 1 opposed (motion carried).
What the board did not change in this meeting: No binding change to county tax rates or zoning approvals was made; several items discussed (facility naming, planning work, shelter recommendations) were set for future reports.
Ending note: Board votes were recorded by raised hands; in several cases the meeting record contains inconsistent dollar amounts between staff presentations and the motion language on the dais. Where amounts differed in the transcript, both figures are noted above and the discrepancy is part of the official meeting record.
