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At-a-glance: Commissioners approve leases, equipment and reappointments; cemetery bylaws tabled
Summary
At the Nov. 12 meeting commissioners unanimously approved a lease allowing Board of Education use of Old City Hall, purchased an EMA truck, reappointed two IDA members and tabled cemetery bylaws to Dec. 3; the Board also adopted the Board of Elections ordinance and entered executive session for legal matters.
The Cusseta–Chattahoochee County Board of Commissioners recorded unanimous votes on a series of routine agenda items during its Nov. 12 regular meeting.
Key items approved by unanimous vote: allowing the Board of Education to use the Old City Hall building (motion: Commissioner Hoyte; second: Commissioner Biddle), purchase of a truck for Emergency Management (motion: Commissioner Biddle; second: Commissioner Frost), and reappointments to the Industrial Development Authority of Mattye Kinney (motion: Biddle; second: Frost) and Gene Burgamy (motion: Hoyte; second: Biddle). The board also approved the second reading of an ordinance creating a Board of Elections (motion: Frost; second: Douglas).
The board voted to table cemetery bylaws to the Dec. 3 meeting (motion and second recorded by Commissioner Frost). The meeting later entered an executive session at 10:46 a.m. for legal matters and reconvened at 11:30 a.m.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in minutes): • Approval of Oct. 1 regular minutes — motion: Commissioner Biddle; second: Commissioner Douglas; outcome: unanimous. • Approval of Oct. 1 executive session minutes — motion: Commissioner Frost; second: Commissioner Biddle; outcome: unanimous. • Approval of Oct. 28 work session minutes — motion: Commissioner Hoyte; second: Commissioner Frost; outcome: unanimous. • Board of Education use of Old City Hall — motion: Commissioner Hoyte; second: Commissioner Biddle; outcome: unanimous. • Purchase truck for EMA — motion: Commissioner Biddle; second: Commissioner Frost; outcome: unanimous. • Reappoint Mattye Kinney to IDA — motion: Commissioner Biddle; second: Commissioner Frost; outcome: unanimous. • Reappoint Gene Burgamy to IDA — motion: Commissioner Hoyte; second: Commissioner Biddle; outcome: unanimous. • Board of Elections ordinance (second reading) — motion: Commissioner Frost; second: Commissioner Douglas; outcome: unanimous. • Cemetery bylaws — motion to table to Dec. 3: Commissioner Frost; second: Commissioner Frost (as recorded); outcome: unanimous.
Why it matters: The approvals advance routine county operations (facility use, emergency equipment, economic-development appointments) while the cemetery bylaws’ postponement preserves more time for committee review. The unanimous vote on the Board of Elections ordinance implements a state requirement for local election administration.
What’s next: The Dec. 3 meeting will consider the cemetery bylaws and formal appointments to the Board of Elections and finalize minutes approval.
