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Bulloch County commissioners approve consent items, infrastructure purchases and ratify hauling services
Summary
At the meeting the board approved the general agenda; approved most consent items collectively; ratified a hauling services payment; and approved demolition and roof-replacement contracts. A separate motion to allow a public comment period on new-business agenda items failed.
The Bulloch County Board of Commissioners took a slate of routine and project votes during the meeting, approving the general agenda and a set of consent items, ratifying hauling services, and authorizing several infrastructure purchases and contracts.
Clerk Mincy White called the roll and the board confirmed a quorum. The board approved the general agenda by unanimous voice vote.
Consent agenda items approved collectively included approval of the Jan. 7, 2025 minutes and executive session minutes; a GCIC user agreement for licensing purposes (including alcohol licenses and special-event permits); purchases and contract payments listed in the agenda packet; and continuing agreements with Davenport and Company for financial advisory and investment services. The board voted unanimously to approve the consent items with Item 4 (ratification of hauling services) moved to new business for discussion and later ratified.
On new business the board also approved the following procurement and payment items (motions passed by unanimous vote unless noted):
- Ratify hauling services for Sand Creek Land Construction LLC for week of Dec. 16–20, 2024, in the amount of $22,995 (motion recorded; commissioner recused from voting on that item and disclosed familial relationship before the vote). - Approve the purchase of a Hamilton T1 ventilator from Hamilton Medical in the amount of $20,931. - Approve payment to Thompson Consulting Services for four weeks of contracted debris-room collection monitoring in the amount of $427,511.61. - Approve payment to Southern Disaster Recovery for storm debris clearing (amount as listed in packet). - Approve a resolution authorizing the chief appraiser to approve or disapprove certain refund claims and a separate resolution authorizing the tax commissioner to accept forms of payment and to waive penalties and interest. - Approve continued agreements with Davenport and Company (financial advisory $26,045.58; investment services $10,400). - Approve the 2024 recommended contribution to the defined benefit pension plan in the amount of $2,109,571. - Approve Triangle Sports bid for spring 2025 athletic uniforms in the amount of $56,421. - Approve purchase of computer replacements through Georgia Technologies in the amount of $62,644 to be funded by SPLOST.
The board also approved two separate new-business contracts presented during the meeting: a purchase order for demolition of the old GBI building on Randy Lowry Road in the amount of $35,850 to clear the site for a new sheriff’s office building, and a roofing contract for the Cleto fire station in the amount of $26,410. Both passed unanimously after brief staff presentations. Commissioners said the county’s inmate labor program has helped save money on recent projects but that demolition and specialized roofing work should be contracted out to avoid diverting core public-works capacity.
A motion to add a three-minute public-comment period specifically for agenda items during the new-business/consent portion of the meeting was proposed and discussed but failed on the recorded voice vote (two in favor, four opposed). The board discussed drafting an ordinance amendment for future meetings to clarify public-comment timing, sign-up procedures and any speaker limits.
Votes recorded as unanimous were taken with all commissioners present voting in the affirmative; the one recorded failed motion was counted as 2–4 (as announced at the meeting).
