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Long County commissioners adopt marijuana ordinance, approve opioid settlement MOU and authorize equipment purchase
Summary
At its April 4, 2023 meeting in Ludowici, the Long County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a local marijuana ordinance, authorized a memorandum of understanding for the national opioid settlement, appointed CDBG consultants, approved a subdivision final plat and authorized purchase of a TCI 920 dozer.
The Long County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on April 4, 2023 in Ludowici to adopt a local marijuana ordinance, approve a memorandum of understanding tied to the national opioid settlement and authorize several administrative and capital actions.
Chairman Robert Parker presented the narrative of the marijuana ordinance. Commissioner Gerald Blocker moved to dispense the second reading and to approve the ordinance; Commissioner John Reddish seconded both motions and they passed unanimously. The transcript records the action as an adoption of the "Marijuana Ordinance"; no ordinance number or ordinance text was specified in the meeting record.
Commissioner John Reddish moved, and Commissioner Gerald Blocker seconded, approval of a Memorandum of Understanding for the new national opioid settlement; that motion also passed unanimously. The meeting record does not specify financial amounts or implementation details for the settlement agreement.
The board appointed Hofstadter & Associates, Inc. as design engineer and Carol Southard as grant administrator for the county's 2023 Community Development Block Grant application. Commissioner Gerald Blocker moved the appointments and Commissioner John Reddish seconded; the motion passed unanimously.
On land-use and capital items, the commissioners approved the Four and a Half Subdivision, Phase II final plat after a motion by Commissioner Reddish and second by Commissioner Blocker. The board also authorized purchase of a new TCI 920 dozer from Tidewater Equipment Company following a motion by Commissioner Blocker and a second from Commissioner Reddish; both motions passed unanimously.
Earlier in the meeting the board approved the April agenda (with the addition of the bulldozer purchase), approved the March 2023 minutes and authorized payment of bills with reimbursement to the Long County Commissioners General Fund account from Planters First and the Long County DFCS maintenance account; each procedural motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Jeremy Hall was recorded as absent.
The meeting adjourned after the final motions; the minutes show adoption on May 2, 2023 and include signature lines for Chairman Robert D. Parker and County Clerk Brandi Smiley (the adoption text contains a variant spelling, "Brandi Bomiley Smiley").
