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Votes at a glance: Cobb County approves multiple contracts and grants requests Jan. 13
Summary
The Board of Commissioners approved consent items, three transportation items including a storm-drainage contract and a RAISE grant application, and a parks pavilion contract. One contract passed 4-1; other items were unanimous.
At its Jan. 13 meeting, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved several agenda items by recorded motion: the consent agenda, a series of transportation items, and a parks contract. Most measures passed unanimously; a drainage-repair contract passed 4–1.
Summary of recorded actions and outcomes:
- Consent agenda (revised item 22 for the Police Department): motion to approve carried 5–0. The consent motion authorized execution of documents necessary to implement the consent items listed on the agenda.
- Transportation: preliminary engineering agreement with Georgia Northeastern Railroad Company LLC for review services at Canton Road at Lake Drive / Old Noonday Schoolhouse Road, project B2311 — estimated amount $15,000; motion to approve carried 5–0.
- Transportation: resolution authorizing submission of a RAISE (Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity) grant application to the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Cobb Parkway at McCollum Parkway / Kennesaw Du West Road / Old 41 Highway realignment project — board designated department staff as authorized representatives and authorized the chairwoman to execute documents; motion carried 5–0.
- Transportation: contract with Acceler Construction LLC for drainage system repairs on Riverside Parkway, project B2221 — amount not to exceed $322,400; motion carried 4–1 with Commissioner Gamble recorded in opposition.
- Parks/Public Services: contract with Crown Retail Services Incorporated to construct a new pavilion at High Farm Park under the 2016 Parks Plus Program — amount not to exceed $226,550; motion carried 5–0.
Motions and votes were taken on the record. Several items returned in regular tab order and were moved by commissioners during the meeting; where a mover or seconder was named on the record those names are listed below. In the Riverside Parkway drainage contract vote, the board announced a 4–1 result with Commissioner Gamble opposed; individual yea/nay votes were not listed in the public transcript for every item.
What happens next: each awarded contract requires execution of documents by authorized county personnel; the RAISE grant application will proceed through U.S. DOT’s evaluation process if submitted.
