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Dawson County approves small funding requests, allocates HVAC funds and OKs two temporary transit positions; COLA resolution tabled
Summary
Dawson County commissioners approved several funding requests, allocated SPLOST funds for HVAC at a new public health building and authorized two temporary transit drivers at their Nov. 6, 2025, voting session; a resolution on cost-of-living adjustments for elected officials was tabled to Nov. 20.
The Dawson County Board of Commissioners approved a series of administrative funding requests and personnel actions during its Nov. 6, 2025, voting session.
Among the board’s actions, commissioners approved an additional $1,362.12 from fund balance to cover a magistrate court Westlaw subscription deficit and $1,242.91 to cover an anticipated magistrate court postage deficit. The board approved $209,001.63 from SPLOST 7 to fund HVAC work at the county’s new public health facility. Commissioners also approved two part-time, six-month temporary transit driver positions for Dawson Transit to address staffing shortages; the positions will be funded from a Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) grant and were approved not to exceed $15,000 if the full maximum is used.
A previously introduced resolution concerning cost-of-living adjustments and supplements for elected officials — which had been tabled at the Oct. 16 meeting to allow questions to be answered — was again tabled to the Nov. 20 meeting after a commissioner said additional questions remained. The board then voted to enter executive session to discuss real estate, personnel and pending or threatened litigation and recessed for about five minutes; no substantive votes were reported coming out of executive session.
Motions and movers (as recorded in the transcript) include: approval of additional magistrate court Westlaw funding (motion by Commissioner Stowers, second by Commissioner Bruce); approval of magistrate court postage (motion by Commissioner Bruce, second by Commissioner Gaines); approval of HVAC funds for the public health facility (motion by Commissioner Bruce, second by Commissioner Turquette); approval of two temporary transit driver positions (motion by Commissioner Stowers, second by Commissioner Bruce); motion to table the COLA resolution (motion by Commissioner Gaines, second by Commissioner Bruce); and motion to enter executive session to discuss potential litigation, personnel and land acquisition (motion by Commissioner Stowers, second by Commissioner Bruce). Where the transcript recorded vote tallies, the temporary transit positions were recorded as approved 4-0.
Several routine procedural items were also approved earlier in the meeting, including minutes and the amended meeting agenda that added the two new-business items described above. The agenda was approved with the two changes.
