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Paulding County commissioners approve multiple contracts, grants and land‑use requests; consent agenda adopted
Summary
Paulding County commissioners approved a package of contracts, grants and land‑use items Monday during a regular meeting at the Paulding County Airport, including trenchless stormwater contracts, multiple grant acceptances and special‑use permits for retail tobacco/cigar operations.
Paulding County commissioners moved through a series of routine procurement items, grant acceptances and land‑use votes during their meeting Monday at the Paulding County Airport. Most motions were approved by voice vote.
The board approved purchase orders and contract awards including:
• A 2025 Ford Transit from Hardy Family Ford for $51,325 (general fund).
• Fiscal‑year 2026 trenchless rehabilitation contract A1 to Vortex Services for $95,865 (stormwater general fund).
• Fiscal‑year 2026 trenchless rehabilitation contract 1B to New Pipe LLC for $56,347 (stormwater general fund).
• Stormwater maintenance at 256 Willow Pond Court (pipe replacement) to CSTE Incorporated; quote used under FY2025 stormwater infrastructure contract. The clerk later confirmed the approved amount for that project is $54,149.77 (see clarifying details).
• Emergency purchase for a cut‑in replacement on a 36‑inch transmission main with HD Excavation & Utilities for $59,750 (renewal and extension fund; Post 4).
• Purchase of three Ford PVVs from Hardy Family Ford through the state contract for $144,555 (funded by the heat grant fund).
The board also authorized acceptance of grants for fiscal year 2026:
• Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOSH)/NHTSA heat grant: $389,024.59 (authorized acceptance).
• Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) grant: $94,222 (accepted).
• Georgia Public Library Service construction grants: authorization for the chairman to sign grants for both the Dallas library and the Yorkville library (amounts not specified in the transcript beyond the authorization to accept/sign the grants).
Other approvals and administrative votes included adoption of meeting minutes and a seven‑item consent agenda.
Planning and zoning votes:
• A renewal of a land‑use permit for Tabitha Rollins (2025‑3LUP) for a residential‑based therapy business was approved with one stipulation that the LUP is not transferable to another owner.
• Forfeit Up LLC (Keith England) received approval for a special‑use permit (2025‑007 SUP) for a tobacco/e‑cigarette and smoke shop on a 3.37‑acre B‑2 parcel. The board approved the SUP with four stipulations, including prohibiting vape/neon signs in windows and requiring an Onyx edition countertop ID scanner for age verification.
• Donald Veil’s special‑use permit (2025‑008 SUP) for a retail cigar shop at 103 Brownsville Road was approved with three stipulations; the board amended the descriptive wording in the motion to list the use as a “cigar shop.”
• Hearts of Fire Church’s rezoning request (2025‑006‑Z) to rezone nearly 9.882 acres to allow construction of a church and private school was approved with two stipulations related to access and right‑of‑way dedication.
Votes were taken by voice; board members indicated assent with “aye.” Specific roll‑call tallies were not recorded in the transcript; the clerk and commissioners confirmed approvals by voice during the meeting.
The meeting record included one numerical clarification: commissioners queried and confirmed the stormwater pipe replacement contract amount as $54,149.77 after an earlier announcement misstated it as approximately $57,149.77.
All actions reported above reflect motions presented and approved during the meeting; no item on these votes was tabled or failed according to the meeting record.
