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Spalding County meeting roundup: airport condemnations, contracts and holiday approved; truck ordinance tabled
Summary
At its Nov. 17 meeting the Spalding County Board of Commissioners approved airport condemnation resolutions, an airport engineering agreement, a medical-contract renewal, K9 retirement and a Dec. 26 floating-holiday plan, and tabled a revised "no through trucks" ordinance for further workshop review.
The Spalding County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 17 approved a series of administrative and operational items and set follow-up work for several pending policy matters.
The board voted to authorize condemnation resolutions requested by the Griffin Spalding County Airport Authority to acquire six parcels needed for the new airport; county staff said the county will act as condemnor, deposit the required funds into court and be reimbursed by GDOT and project partners. "Spalding County would be the condemnor, and Becca and Amurie would handle the condemnation proceedings in court," county counsel explained during the discussion. The motion carried.
Commissioners also approved a GDOT-sponsored agreement for engineering and planning services with Croix Engineering to continue design work for the new airport and approved a renewal of the county’s medical-director contract (the renewal reflected a $19.60 annual insurance pass-through increase and a stated contract total of $7,920 per year). The board approved the retirement and transfer of K9 Roscoe to his handler, Deputy Kyle Mason, and authorized a county office closure or floating holiday for Friday, Dec. 26, with floating options for shift workers.
On the consent agenda the board approved multiple 2025–2026 alcohol-license renewals after pulling one item for address verification.
Several matters were tabled for further review. After extended debate the board voted to table the second reading of a revised "no through trucks" ordinance (which would add a weight classification for vehicles of 62,500 pounds or more and clarify three-or-more-axle enforcement) and asked staff to hold a workshop with trucking stakeholders on Dec. 15. Commissioners also tabled two actions related to House Bill 85 and Griffin Judicial Circuit locality pay and a proposed 6.25% merit increase for some court staff, requesting additional budget analysis before action.
The board adjourned following a brief executive-session period; afterward it approved an $80,000 workers' compensation settlement and closed the meeting.
