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Commissioners preview consent agenda: $1.4M bridge award, software licensing, drug‑court grants and EMS service plan
Summary
At the June 6 workshop the board directed staff to place multiple routine items on the June 12 Consent Agenda, including a $1,400,898.43 low bid for the Mitchell Store Road bridge replacement, a $46,717.80 Microsoft licensing agreement for county IT systems, drug‑court grant awards and a three‑year EMS equipment maintenance plan costing $70,940.80.
Tift County staff reviewed a slate of items that they asked the Board of Commissioners to place on the June 12 Consent Agenda, including procurement, grant and lease renewals.
IT Director Al Stephenson said the county’s local area network includes about 210 workstations and 20 servers; Microsoft licensing policy requires unique licenses for installed operating systems and applications and the proposed licensing agreement to cover the devices would cost $46,717.80. Stephenson described the purchase as budgeted and recommended consent placement.
Donna Ingram reported the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council awarded the Adult Felony Drug Court a grant of $293,565 with a required match of $40,032; Ingram also requested a $25,000 allocation from DATE funds. Michelle Calhoun said the DUI‑Drug Court received a…
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