Gadsden County commissioners approve change order, federal lease extension, grants and road applications in unanimous votes
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Summary
The Gadsden County board approved a Cane Creek Road change order, finalized a $75,000 Dept. of Commerce grant agreement, authorized FDOT grant applications for multiple roads, approved a task order for land‑clearing and extended a USDA lease — all motions carried with recorded affirmative votes (5‑0).
The Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved several routine infrastructure, grant and contract items during its meeting.
The board approved change order No. 1 for the Cane Creek Road Bridal project (motion and second carried with an affirmative vote). Commissioners also approved finalizing a $75,000 grant agreement with the Florida Department of Commerce to update the county’s strategic sites inventory — staff said the inventory helps recruit industrial users and that Gadsden is among six counties that had not updated their sites since 2016.
The commission authorized posting an Invitation to Bid for construction of an EMS facility in Quincy and approved applications for Florida Department of Transportation small county road assistance and outreach programs for a slate of county roads (including Alapagos Highway, Solomon Dairy Road, Ironbridge Road, Sycamore Road, Mount Pleasant Road and a bridge over Mosquito Creek). The board also approved a task order for Jimmy Crowder Evacuation & Land Clearing, Inc., for work related to the Edwin Clark pit, and approved lease amendment No. 9 with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the Quincy Service Center lease at 2144 West Jefferson Street.
Votes at a glance: - Cane Creek Road change order No. 1 — outcome: approved; tally: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain (motion and second recorded). (SEG 885–SEG 907) - $75,000 Florida Department of Commerce strategic sites grant agreement (11b) — outcome: approved; tally: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. (SEG 910–SEG 973) - ITB posting for Quincy EMS facility (11e) — outcome: authorized to advertise; tally: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. (SEG 999–SEG 1011) - FDOT small county road assistance / outreach applications (11f) — outcome: approved; tally: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. (SEG 1015–SEG 1052) - Task order to Jimmy Crowder Evacuation & Land Clearing, Inc. (11g) — outcome: approved; tally: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. (SEG 1055–SEG 1068) - Lease amendment No. 9 with USDA for Quincy Service Center (11h) — outcome: approved; tally: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. (SEG 1069–SEG 1111)
Why it matters: The approvals move forward county capital projects, create procurement processes (EMS facility ITB), secure a state grant for site inventory work used in industrial recruitment, and preserve county occupancy of a federal tenant at the Quincy Service Center. The FDOT applications and Cane Creek change order affect local transportation planning and budgeting.
What’s next: Staff will proceed with procurement steps (post ITB, contract task order execution), coordinate engineering for FDOT applications (the county attorney requested a special meeting on March 10 to approve an engineer of record before the FDOT grant deadline), and continue implementing the USDA lease amendment per the agreed terms.
