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Votes at a glance: April 8, 2025 Rockdale County Board actions
Summary
The board approved a bundle of routine contracts and MOUs, renewed an easement contract not to exceed $250,000, authorized software and service agreements, confirmed several UDO text amendments, appointed five planning commission members, and authorized an executive session for litigation and personnel.
At its April 8 meeting the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners approved a range of routine contracts, memoranda of understanding and appointments. Key approvals and outcomes included:
• Comcast Enterprise Services (technology services) — new ENS circuit and bandwidth: $695.87 per month for 60 months (total $41,752.20). Motion to approve carried on voice vote.
• De Castro Trailhead Nature Center and Pavilion — change order no. 2 to contract 2022‑145 (signature only). Motion carried.
• Snapping Shoals EMC — permanent easement to provide power to residents at 2675 Philadelphia Road. Motion carried.
• MOUs with area churches (Conyers First Methodist, First Baptist Church of Conyers, Springfield Baptist, Kent Westminster) for Emergency Management Agency sheltering and temporary pet sheltering — no cost to county; annual auto‑renewal. Motion carried.
• Aptera Solutions Inc. — renewal for clearing various easements, not to exceed $250,000 (water enterprise fund). Motion carried.
• Georgia State University IGA — collaboration with the sheriff’s office for mental‑health consulting and programming for the jail’s mental health unit; board approved and staff said funds will support a mental health evaluator.
• LexisNexis Risk Solutions (AccuRent virtual crime center) — $22,450 per year for law enforcement information‑sharing software (general fund; budgeted). Motion carried.
• Georgia Veterans Memorial Foundation MOU — to coordinate the Walk of Heroes memorial and park space; county responsible for utilities, maintenance and insurance for the facility (term includes options to renew). Motion carried; staff later said utilities will be the county's only cost.
• Multiple Unified Development Ordinance text amendments — several items were approved on second reading (small box discount retailers, vape stores, warehouse and planning commission amendments) while the short‑term rental amendment was deferred for further study.
• Appointments — five members approved for the newly formed Rockdale County Planning Commission with staggered terms (Ernestine Sovall Goolsby; Angelique McClendon; Danny Forster; John Lee Peterson Jr.; Marlesia Lianci).
• Executive session — board moved into executive session to discuss pending and threatened litigation and personnel matters and then adjourned.
Notes: Most consent and contract items were approved by voice vote with no roll‑call tallies recorded in the transcript. The short‑term rental text amendment was deferred to allow staff to refine enforcement and registration details.
