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Votes at a glance: Pierce County Board, June 3, 2025
Summary
The Pierce County Board approved routine minutes, several appointments including a Unison board renewal and multiple SGRDA appointments, added a food‑pantry grant discussion to a future agenda, and entered an executive session on real estate with no action recorded.
At their June 3 meeting in Blackshear, the Pierce County Board of Commissioners approved several routine items and appointments, added a discussion about seeking grant funding for the Pierce County Food Pantry, and briefly met in executive session on real estate with no action taken.
Key recorded votes and actions:
- Agenda approval: Commissioner David Lowman moved to approve the June 3 agenda (which included Lowman’s request to add a grant-search item for the Pierce County Food Pantry as item 12‑A); Commissioner Randy Dixon seconded and the motion carried.
- Minutes: The board approved minutes from the May 6 public hearing, the May 6 regular meeting and the May 20 called meeting (motion by Commissioner Randy Dixon; second by Commissioner David Lowman; motion carried).
- Unison Board: Commissioners approved Kristie Mercer to continue as a Unison board director for a three‑year term beginning June 30, 2025 and ending June 30, 2028 (motion by Commissioner Troy Mattox; second by Commissioner Randy Dixon).
- SGRDA appointments: Commissioners approved Andy Brannen to replace Matt Carter on the SGRDA board and renewed Steven Paul’s and Neal Bennett’s appointments. The transcript records these motions but does not expand the SGRDA acronym or provide individual vote tallies.
- Executive session: The board moved into an executive session to discuss real estate at 6:35 p.m. and returned at 6:50 p.m.; the minutes state no action was taken in executive session.
The meeting also included public-comment items: Christopher Thomas was listed with a concern about road width and erosion but was not in attendance; Nefí Herrera presented a packet on a Liberty National Insurance worksite program he said would help county employees at no cost to the county; Chairman Neal Bennett said Herrera’s materials would be sent to HR for review. The record contains no additional detail on next steps for the food pantry item.
