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Votes at a glance: Camden County actions include rezoning, grants, mutual-aid agreement, L‑MIG application and appointments
Summary
At the special-called meeting the board approved multiple routine and project items: rezoning of 1.05 acres, acceptance of two grants, renewal of mutual-aid agreement with Kings Bay, a bid award for a generator, L‑MIG application, right‑of‑way IGA, several appointments and reaffirmation of personnel contracts.
The Camden County Board of Commissioners took a series of formal actions during its special-called meeting, approving routine and project items across planning, public safety, grants and capital programs.
Key votes and outcomes
- Reaffirmation of county administrator contract: motion made and carried (reaffirmed existing employment contract). No roll-call names provided in the transcript.
- Reaffirmation of county attorney contract: motion made and carried (reaffirmed existing employment contract).
- Appointment to Camden County Public Service Authority: commissioners appointed Commissioner Turner to represent the county on the PSA; motion carried.
- Rezoning/recombination at 509 Maryfield Plantation Road: the board approved rezoning 1.05 acres from agricultural residential (AR) to agricultural forestry (AF) and approved the submitted recombination plat following a planning commission recommendation to approve.
- Memorandum of agreement (mutual aid) with Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base: the board approved renewal of the mutual-aid agreement between Camden County Fire Rescue and Kings Bay to continue mutual assistance; the city of Kingsland had approved the IGA earlier.
- ASPCA National Shelter Initiative grant: the board accepted a $30,000 award from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for equipment and supplies for animal control (no local match required); motion carried.
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources Recreational Trails Program grant: the board accepted a $200,000 RTP grant to rehabilitate the Browntown Wilderness Park boardwalk and add a connecting trail; a 20% match is required and the county has committed $86,000 as an overmatch. Staff noted final bid results could increase the county contribution and any additional funds would return to the board for approval.
- PSA generator procurement: the board awarded a bid to Charleston Electric to purchase a generator for the PSA facility using HMGP (hazard mitigation) funding with any match covered by the GRAMA management budget; the vendor was the only bidder after a required site visit.
- L‑MIG (Local Maintenance & Improvement Grant) application to GDOT: the board approved submitting the L‑MIG application for FY2025 for $479,397.76 with a 30% local match ($143,819.33) and an additional county contribution from SPLOST of $256,782.91.
- Intergovernmental agreement (IGA) for Boone Street right-of-way acquisition: the board approved an IGA with the City of Kingsland to administer right-of-way acquisition as part of a GDOT project; the county will act as the local administering entity and disburse funds for acquisitions and consultant payments, with reimbursement from state/federal aid.
- Appointments: the board appointed Randall Morris to the Planning Commission (District 1) and Robin Maynard Knight to the Board of Elections and Registration (District 1).
- Executive session and adjournment: the board convened an executive session to discuss litigation, returned to open session and reported no action taken in executive session before adjourning.
Where the record omits explicit roll-call tallies or named movers/seconders, the meeting transcript records motions and that motions carried; items with fiscal implications (grants, L‑MIG, generator award, RTP match) include staff explanations of match requirements, funding sources and follow-up bidding steps. Several items were presented by department directors: Trey Scott (auditor) presented the audit (clean opinion), Jerry (public works director) presented the L‑MIG and the Boone Street IGA, and Julie (parks/rec or related department) presented the grants.
