Hart County adopts fee schedule, approves transfer-station holiday hours and awards recreation bid

The Hart County Board of Commissioners adopted the county fee schedule, approved transfer-station holiday hours for the Christmas period, corrected appointment names in the minutes, and approved a bid award recommendation for recreation batting cages.

Staff presented the fee schedule and said there were no substantive changes except a midyear correction to tipping fees. Commissioners asked for minor wording clarifications about driveway covers and whether the phrase should explicitly reference a "second pipe" when charging market cost per foot; staff said the permit and address information already explain the detail. Commissioner Bennett moved to adopt the fee-cost schedule resolution; the motion was seconded and approved by a 5-0 vote.

The board also approved transfer-station and convenience-center holiday hours: centers will be closed on Christmas Day and resume normal hours on Dec. 26; staff said Dec. 23–24 would have adjusted hours and Dec. 26 would be very busy. Commissioners approved the holiday schedule by a unanimous vote.

On procurement, staff presented a bid tab and recommended awarding the recreation-department batting-cages project to the apparent low bidder (identified in the meeting transcript as "rock an art trailer"). Commissioners moved and approved the bid award, recorded as a 5-0 vote. The transcript reading of the bid amount was garbled in the record; county staff should be consulted for the official bid tab and dollar amount.

The board also corrected appointment names in the minutes (Mason Bauer and Casey Powell) and approved that correction. These actions were procedural and passed unanimously.

Next steps: County staff were directed to implement the approved fee schedule and holiday hours and to finalize procurement paperwork for the awarded recreation contract.