Fulton County commissioners approve equipment purchases, bridge task order and voting-machine contract; set uniform purchasing policy

Fulton County commissioners on Aug. 4 approved a package of routine administrative actions that included equipment purchases and repairs, a $10,000 task order for Bridge 106, a contract for voting machines and a new countywide approach to uniform purchases.

The actions, taken by voice votes during the regularly scheduled meeting at the Fulton County courthouse, also included approvals for a chip-seal on a fire-station parking lot, a request to use existing equipment-line funding for vehicle-lift purchases, and several appropriation and transfer requests to cover invoices and software costs.

Why it matters: The package largely uses existing budgeted funds and aims to keep county roads and infrastructure projects moving, provide statutory election equipment, and centralize uniform purchases to improve cost control and consistency across county departments.

Key decisions and context

- Bridge 106 task order: Commissioners authorized a task order with USI for engineering work related to changing the project to an aluminum box culvert and associated services, for an amount not to exceed $10,000. County staff said the culvert approach reduces the estimated project cost from roughly $1.2 million to about $400,000.

- Equipment purchases and repairs: The board gave permission to pursue purchases from the equipment line item, including vehicle lifts priced in the $50,000–$56,000 range and other equipment drawn against an…