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Hart County approves multiple procurement items: jail health contract, road paving award and command vehicle purchase
Summary
At the Aug. 12 meeting the Hart County Board of Commissioners awarded the jail inmate health contract to Core Care, approved a road paving bid to Stratton Sons (4–1 with one abstention), and authorized purchase of a command vehicle; several motions passed unanimously and one vote recorded an abstention.
The Hart County Board of Commissioners approved several procurement items on Aug. 12, including awarding the county’s jail inmate health services contract to Core Care, accepting a road paving bid recommendation, and authorizing purchase of a command vehicle.
The jail health-services award to Core Care was made on the sheriff’s and county administrator’s recommendation and passed on a recorded 5–0 vote.
The board approved the county road paving bid for 2025 to Stratton Sons on a recorded vote that resulted in four votes in favor and one abstention. A commissioner declared a conflict of interest before the vote; the board noted the abstention on the record. The motion to accept the county administrator’s recommendation was made and seconded prior to the abstention being announced.
The board also approved the purchase of a command vehicle for law enforcement operations. The motion and second were recorded and passed by a 5–0 vote.
Other procurement-related items considered at the meeting included authorization to solicit bids for fiscal-year GDOT safety grant work and the sheriff’s office credit-for-experience pay changes; the board approved solicitation to bid on the GDOT safety grant roads and approved the sheriff’s credit-for-experience pay change retroactively on recorded votes.
No contract details such as dollar amounts, contract terms or vendor pricing were discussed in the meeting record provided; county staff were given direction to proceed with the awarded contracts and solicitations.
