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Bulloch County approves negotiations for pre-disaster debris-removal contracts; officials outline storm costs and pending FEMA reimbursements
Summary
The commission authorized negotiations with top proposers for pre-disaster debris-removal and monitoring contracts. Staff described lengthy cleanup costs from recent storms and said the county is pursuing roughly $15–20 million in FEMA reimbursements.
The Bulloch County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to authorize staff to enter negotiations with the top three responsive proposers for disaster storm debris removal and storm debris monitoring and management contracts.
Assistant Public Works Director Robert Siemens told the board the contracts would be "bookshelf contracts" — pre-negotiated agreements that sit unused until the county activates them after a disaster. "No monies go out unless we activate these contracts," Siemens said, and the agreements are…
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