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Tift County workshop previews Jan. 8 consent agenda including $1M LMIG road request and ARPA courtroom funding
Summary
At its Jan. 2 workshop the Tift County Board signaled it would place on the Jan. 8 consent agenda a $1.0 million LMIG application for Red Oak Road (GDOT $812,278.98; remainder SPLOST VI), a $351,804 ARPA courtroom-technology and staffing allocation for the Tifton Judicial Circuit, a $130,101 VOCA award for victim services (reduced from last year), probation-service contracts, qualifying-fee publication, and four alcohol-license reapplications.
At a Jan. 2 workshop, Tift County officials reviewed multiple items planned for the county’s Jan. 8 regular meeting consent agenda, including a $1.0 million Local Maintenance & Improvement Grant (LMIG) application for Red Oak Road, ARPA funding for courtroom staffing and technology, a VOCA victim-services grant award, renewal-related alcohol beverage applications and annual contracts for misdemeanor probation services.
Public Works Director Jason Jordan described the LMIG request: county personnel would build up Red Oak Road, a contractor would pave and install a bridge, and the estimated project cost is $1,000,000. "GDOT will provide $812,278.98 and the remainder will be funded through SPLOST VI," Jordan said. The board indicated it would include the LMIG application on the Jan. 8 consent agenda.
County Manager Jim Carter briefed the board on a $351,804 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant awarded to the Tifton Judicial Circuit to hire personnel and update courtroom technology. Carter provided the allocation breakdown: $46,901 for an assistant district attorney, $23,000 to hire an investigator for the district attorney's office, and $281,903 for replacement and modernization of evidence-presentation systems in the Tift and Worth county courthouses. "The technology funding for the replacement of existing evidence presentation systems and technology will be in the courtrooms of the Tift County courthouse and the Worth County courthouse," Carter said. The board directed staff to place the ARPA allocation on the consent agenda.
Carter also reported that the Victim Witness Assistance Program was awarded $130,101 in VOCA funding for the coming period and noted this amount is less than last year's allocation. He told the board the county would include the VOCA award on the consent agenda.
On judicial services, Carter presented two annual contracts with Professional Court Services, Inc. to provide misdemeanor probation supervision for State and Superior Courts for the term Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2024. The board indicated both contracts would be placed on the consent agenda.
County Clerk Miriam Jordan said the county must set qualifying fees for county offices to be filled in 2024 and publish those fees no later than Feb. 1, 2024; the board asked to place Resolution No. 2024-01 on the consent agenda. Jordan also explained four alcohol-beverage applications submitted by Sandip M. Patel (367 GA Hwy 125 S), Yogeshkumar Patel (3131 US Hwy 41 S), Jaimin Patel (1303 Hwy 82 E) and Nehaben Patel (5070 GA Hwy 125 N) are treated as new applications because each location held a license in 2023 but missed the Nov. 1 renewal deadline.
The workshop did not include formal votes on these items; the board’s direction was to add them to the Jan. 8 consent agenda for formal consideration. If adopted on consent, the LMIG project would move forward with GDOT funding and county SPLOST VI contribution; the ARPA funding would be allocated as described to circuit court staffing and courtroom technology upgrades.
