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Screven County commissioners approve LOST consultant, surplus vehicles, SPLOST allocation and budget amendment; begin TSPLOST referendum process
Summary
On Oct. 12, 2021, the Screven County Board unanimously approved hiring Eaves Consulting for LOST negotiations ($7,500), approved a Sheriff Department surplus list, allocated remaining 2013 SPLOST funds to tennis courts and an E-911 upgrade (with Georgia Fund One covering remaining cost), and adopted a 2019–2020 budget amendment. The board also agreed to start the process for a TSPLOST referendum for Nov. 2022.
The Screven County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved several administrative and funding actions at its Oct. 12, 2021 meeting.
Commissioner John O. Triplett moved to hire Eaves Consulting to conduct LOST negotiations for the county for $7,500; Commissioner J.C. Warren seconded and the motion carried unanimously. The minutes list the amount as $7,500 and record no conditions or contingencies for the contract in the published minutes.
Commissioner Allison Willis moved to approve the Sheriff Department vehicle surplus list; Commissioner Rosa Romeo seconded and the motion carried unanimously. The minutes note a surplus list is filed in the minute book (page numbers not specified).
Commissioner Triplett discussed using remaining 2013 SPLOST funds to build tennis courts at the Recreation Department and to apply the fund balance toward an E-911 equipment upgrade, with additional funds to come from Georgia Fund One. He moved to use 2013 SPLOST funds for those purposes; Commissioner Rosa Romeo seconded and the motion carried unanimously. (SPLOST refers to the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, a locally administered sales tax commonly used in Georgia for capital projects; the minutes do not provide a project budget breakdown.)
Commissioner J.C. Warren moved to adopt a resolution amending the county’s 2019–2020 budget; Commissioner John O. Triplett seconded and the motion carried unanimously. The minutes reference a resolution and a copy on the minute book but do not show line-item changes in the published record.
During reports, Commissioner J.C. Warren thanked local hospital staff, said he will resign from the Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) board effective Dec. 31, 2021, and announced that Screven County’s new County Manager is Lori Burke. (The meeting attendance list earlier in the minutes lists Ms. Lori Boulineau as County Manager; the minutes therefore contain two different names in the same record.) Commissioner Edwin Lovett volunteered to be the county’s ACCG voting delegate. Commissioner Mike Dixon raised the idea of placing a TSPLOST referendum on the Nov. 2022 ballot; the board agreed to begin the process.
The board recessed into executive session at 11:15 A.M. to discuss personnel matters and returned at 12:39 P.M.; upon return, the board approved the executive session minutes. Chairman Will Boyd adjourned the meeting at 12:39 P.M.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the minutes): • Agenda approval (add budget amendment): motion by Commissioner John O. Triplett; unanimous. • Minutes approval (Sept. 14, 2021): motion by Commissioner Rosa Romeo; unanimous. • Eaves Consulting contract ($7,500): motion by Commissioner John O. Triplett; unanimous. • Sheriff Department surplus list: motion by Commissioner Allison Willis; unanimous. • Use of 2013 SPLOST funds for tennis courts and E-911 upgrade: motion by Commissioner John O. Triplett; unanimous. • 2019–2020 budget amendment resolution: motion by Commissioner J.C. Warren; unanimous. • Executive session on personnel (enter/return/approve minutes): motions by Commissioners John O. Triplett, Mike Dixon and Mike Dixon respectively; unanimous.
The minutes do not include contract documents, a detailed SPLOST budget or the minute book page numbers cited for some items; those items are shown as copies filed in the minute book but the page references are blank in the published record.
