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Votes at a glance: Cherokee County commission approves wide-ranging consent and County Manager agenda items
Summary
At its March 18 meeting the Cherokee County Board approved the consent agenda and all 19 County Manager items, including construction contracts, equipment purchases, program approvals and appointments; most votes were unanimous.
The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of routine and substantive items during its March 18 meeting, acting unanimously on the consent agenda and every County Manager item presented. Below are key items and outcomes from the evening’s votes.
Consent agenda (approved unanimously): - Recreation & Parks: adopt ADA transition plan for accreditation (approved). - Waive alcohol license residency requirement for FS92, LLC (proposed restaurant) (approved). - Senior Services: surplus a roll of artificial turf (approved). - DUI Court: accept supplemental award $28,138 and approve corresponding budget amendment (approved). - Treatment Accountability Court: accept supplemental award $5,652 and budget amendment (approved). - Engineering: final acceptance of public rights of way and drainage for Haley Station subdivision (approved). - Engineering: final acceptance of public rights of way and drainage on Owl Creek Parkway (approved).
Commission business and appointments (approved unanimously): - Appointment of Chief Chad Davis to the Northwest Georgia Region 1 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council for term starting 07/01/2025 (motion carried unanimously). - Letter of support for a veterans’ emergency shelter grant requested by the Cherokee County Homeless Veterans Program (motion by Commissioner Wetherby; second by Commissioner Carter; carried unanimously).
County Manager agenda (items 1–19; all approved unanimously): highlights and dollar amounts where specified: - Recreation & Parks Strategic Plan 2025–2028 (approved). - Agreement with Aviation Capital Partners LLC for aircraft valuation auditing program (initial review ~$253,062; contract not to exceed $350,000) and separate intergovernmental cost‑share IGA with Cherokee County School System (county 30% ~ $75,918; school 70% ~ $177,143) (approved). - Memorandum of Understanding with Board of Tax Assessors to implement procedural changes related to House Bill 581 (approved). - Agreement with Frontline Mobile Health PLLC for annual and new‑hire firefighter physicals (estimated $220,000 per fiscal year) (approved). - Sole‑source procurement of Motorola roof‑mounted radio antenna equipment for 9‑1‑1 radio upgrades ($44,644.48) (approved). - IT purchases and cybersecurity compliance items: network switch replacements ($51,187.35), security cameras for IT network closets (~$34,213.80) (both approved). - 94 North Street (former art center) construction: amendment to Construction Manager at Risk guaranteed maximum price ($6,000,636.10; project funded with ARPA and SPLOST) and related architectural amendment ($54,505) (both approved). - Katz administration building site construction contract with Place Services Inc. ($849,000; county portion $169,800; funded 80% FTA/20% SPLOST) (approved). - Right‑of‑way mowing services contract (Mariani Enterprises/Ed Castro Landscaping) not to exceed annual $85,357.50 (approved). - Recreation & Parks: purchase of used 12‑passenger ADA bus ($70,000) (approved). - Marshals Office vehicle purchases: replacement 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe ($59,245); 2025 Ford Explorer for code enforcement ($46,470); two 2025 Ford F‑150s and equipment for animal control (combined ~$123,381.20) (approved). - Carrier HVAC maintenance plan for the Justice Center ($64,742) (approved). - Recreation management system (AutoSol, annual not to exceed $123,834.81) (approved). - Senior Services bus parking canopy (Ward Humphrey Inc., $250,000; CDBG funds) (approved).
Each listed item was moved and seconded per the meeting record and carried without recorded opposition; Commissioner Ragsdale was absent for the meeting. Where dollar figures were given during the meeting, this summary states the amounts as read into the record. For several projects staff noted funding sources (ARPA, SPLOST, SPLOST match, CDBG, FTA) and budget line items were available to cover the expenditures.
Full motions, vote tallies and supporting staff reports are part of the county’s official meeting minutes and procurement files.
