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Coffee County approves contracts, fees and funds for Head Start expansion and infrastructure
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Summary
The board unanimously approved contracts for probation supervision, set qualifying fees for 2024 elections, selected an engineering firm for a CDBG Oak Park project, approved the county maintained road list and committed an additional $100,000 toward a Head Start expansion.
DOUGLAS, Ga. — The Coffee County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 2 approved a slate of administrative items including court probation contracts, election qualifying fees, an engineering selection for a potential CDBG paving and drainage project and a county cash commitment to expand Head Start classrooms.
County Administrator Wesley Vickers told the board the county received renewal contracts from CSRA Probation Services, Inc. covering Magistrate, Superior and State Court supervision. The judges had already approved the one-year contracts with a three-year renewal option; the board voted to approve the agreements.
Vickers also read a resolution setting qualifying fees for the FY2024 election for county offices (fees calculated as 3% of base salary) and the board approved the resolution. He reported that Statewide Engineering, Inc. was selected from submitted qualifications to support a potential Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application for paving and drainage in the Oak Park area and the commission approved that selection.
Vickers reviewed the county-maintained road list, reporting 1,018 total miles maintained by Coffee County (589.24 miles dirt; 428.82 miles paved). The commission approved the road list as presented.
On health-care contracting, the board approved a resolution to amend the intergovernmental contract among Coffee County, the Coffee County Hospital Authority and Coffee Regional Medical Center to modify the definition of days of cash on hand; both the Hospital Authority and CRMC boards had already approved the amendment.
On early-education funding, Vickers said the original Head Start facility — built with the City of Douglas and the Coffee County Board of Education — requires four additional classrooms and a kitchen. The county had previously committed $100,000 in cash; the board approved an additional $100,000, bringing the county’s cash match to $200,000. The Board of Education and the City of Douglas each committed $200,000 and the Economic Development Authority committed $100,000; Vickers said any unspent funds would be returned pro rata to the contributing agencies.
Most items were routine and passed unanimously; the meeting closed after the board adjourned at 10:18 a.m.