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Spalding County board names chair, approves appointments and several contracts in fast-moving meeting
Summary
The Spalding County Board of Commissioners unanimously elected Clay Davis chair, approved a slate of official appointments and voted to approve vehicle surplus, a supplemental public-works purchase package and a one-year transit contract with 3 Rivers Regional Commission.
Clay Davis was unanimously elected chair of the Spalding County Board of Commissioners for calendar year 2025, and the board also approved a series of appointments and routine contracts at its Jan. 6 regular meeting.
The five-member board elected James Dutton vice chair and reappointed or appointed dozens of citizens and officials to boards and authorities that serve the county, from the Griffin-Spalding Airport Authority to the county planning commission. The board also approved a package of public-works purchases not to exceed $610,000, authorized the surplus sale of five vehicles and approved a one-year transit contract with the 3 Rivers Regional Commission.
Why it matters: The chair and vice chair set the board’s procedural leadership for the year. The appointments refill multiple advisory boards and regional bodies that handle transit, airports, health, parks, and regional planning. Approvals of the public-works supplemental and the transit contract commit county funds and shape service and capital spending in 2025.
Key actions and outcomes - Elected Clay Davis chair for 2025 (vote recorded as unanimous, 5-0). - Elected James Dutton vice chair for 2025 (5-0). - Appointed Steve Ledbetter county manager (motion carried 5-0). - Appointed Steve Ledbetter county clerk for 2025 (motion carried 5-0). - Appointed Windham as county attorney and confirmed that attorney contracts were procured via RFPs and multi-year contracts (motion carried 5-0). - Appointed Newton Galloway zoning attorney and Gerard Davis as human-resources attorney (each confirmed 5-0). - Reappointed and appointed numerous citizen and commissioner representatives to boards and authorities (votes recorded individually; all passed 5-0 unless noted below). - Approved surplus of five public-works vehicles (motion carried 5-0). - Approved purchase of remaining items in the public-works supplemental budget, not to exceed $610,000, with the intent to apply proceeds from surplus vehicle sales toward that total (motion carried 5-0). - Approved a one-year transit-services contract with 3 Rivers Regional Commission (motion carried 5-0). - Granted 2025 on-premises alcohol renewal for Big Jim Wing Shack (motion carried 5-0). - Took first reading and approved as presented a resolution amending the county code to list Richardson Road as a no-parking zone on specific streets (first reading approved 5-0). - Approved a special-called retreat set for Jan. 16–17 at the UGA Extension office (motion carried 5-0). - Amended the agenda to add a cemetery committee item and appointed four initial members to the new county cemetery committee (motion carried 5-0).
Meeting context and next steps: Several appointments were routine reappointments; many board seats were filled from names included in the meeting book. The board directed staff to circulate appointment lists and follow up on outstanding vacancies. The public-works supplemental purchases approved at the meeting will be implemented subject to available funding and use of surplus-vehicle sale proceeds; the board asked staff to return with additional detail about vehicle access for certain department directors at the next meeting.
The board adjourned after completing the listed business. The county manager said the calendar for budget work will be presented within the next 10 days, ahead of formal budget work sessions.
