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Votes at a Glance: Ware County Commission Approves Appointments, Contracts, Work Orders and Several Rezoning Items
Summary
The commission approved multiple agenda items Dec. 8: appointments to the board of assessors and recreation board, contractor awards for EMA storage building and airport projects, several rezoning requests, road and alley abandonments, and routine CDBG language‑access resolution.
At its Dec. 8 meeting the Ware County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of procedural and project‑level items including appointments, contract awards, work orders for airport projects, multiple rezoning decisions and several property closings.
Key actions recorded by the board included:
- Appointment: Approved Daryl Robertson to the Board of Assessors (motion by speaker 2; second by speaker 8).
- Recreation board reappointments: Approved Carlos Nelson (Post 1) and Ramona Thrift (Post 5) for five‑year terms (motion by speaker 3).
- Contract award (EMA storage building): Approved Carter & Carter Electric for electrical work at approximately $16,009.94 (motion by speaker 3).
- Bid award (2023 local funds phase 2): Approved a bid from the referenced contractor for $657,638.57; the co‑chair noted the chairman recused due to a family connection.
- County manager contract: Approved extension/employee contract for the county manager (commissioners publicly commended the manager named 'James').
- Airport work orders: Approved Work Order 25‑15 (Passerio Associates LLC) for obstruction study/removal phase 1 and Work Order 25‑12 (Vasera/Vasera Associates LLC) for runway rehabilitation design (total project cost cited at $137,516, with Ware County responsible for ~2.5%).
- Road/alley actions: Approved closing and abandoning Center Street (South Deanwood subdivision) and abandonment of Block 218 alley in Emersett/Emerson Park subdivision after staff review and public hearing references.
- Rezoning and code items: Approved rezoning of 355 E. Blackshear Ave from R50 (mobile home residential) to C1 (neighborhood commercial); denied a rezoning request for a northern portion of Parcel 036 H 03002 (from RS to A1); and approved map cleanup rezoning of several 051 parcels from R75 to C3. The board also approved zoning text amendments (article references) and the Chapter 78 solar farm ordinance text amendment.
Several motions were approved by voice or roll‑call vote; where roll‑call was recorded, commissioners registered 'aye' and the chair recorded his vote. No contested final outcomes were left unresolved on the agenda; the board adjourned at the end of the meeting.
