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Committee reports detail multiple recommended contract awards, maintenance contracts and infrastructure payments
Summary
Committee chairs reported on recent committee meetings and recommended approvals across departments: litter removal ($1.6M), manhole rings and valve boxes ($1.5M), on‑call water/sewer contracts (~$59M), construction management services (~$9.4M), on‑call mechanical/electrical services ($5M), and a City of Atlanta CIP payment (~$25M); HR requested a
Commission committee chairs reported a series of procurement recommendations and committee actions at the July 15 committee of the whole meeting.
Finance, Audit & Budget (FAB) Chair Commissioner Ted Terry said the committee received a procurement overview and discussed efforts to strengthen the county's LSBE (local small business enterprise) program and procurement website. Terry noted the need to broaden vendor outreach and training for small local firms.
Public Works & Infrastructure (PWI) Chair Commissioner Shakira Johnson summarized recommended approvals including a supplemental Georgia DOT local maintenance grant, a $1.5 million purchase for manhole rings, covers and valve boxes, a litter removal contract renewal of about $1.6 million, and a large on‑call water and sewer contract with two renewal options totaling approximately $59,000,000 (awarded to multiple contractors). PWI also reported recommended awards for construction management services for the Department of Watershed Management (~$9.4 million) and on‑call mechanical/electrical/instrumentation maintenance services for county water treatment plants (about $5 million).
Commissioner Terry (reporting PECS matters as PECS chair in the absence of the chair) said PECS reviewed an update from the DeKalb Housing Authority and recommended approval of the Needham Park master plan; the committee also discussed fee schedules and soil testing contracts. IRPS (employee relations and public safety) Chair Ladina Bolton said the committee recommended adoption of an onboarding checklist resolution and continued work on resolutions related to police department diversion policy and a community advisory board.
Several items reported by committees were described as "recommended for approval" by the relevant committees; the July 15 session did not include final board votes for many of those items. Separately, county administration presented a request to award a classification and compensation study contract to Evergreen Solutions LLC for an amount not to exceed $404,500; staff indicated that item would go to the IRPS committee for review.
