Georgetown‑Quitman commission approves engineering contract, beer-and-wine permit, road closure and budget amendment

The Georgetown‑Quitman County Commission on Oct. 14, 2025 approved a package of routine agenda items, including a contract with BSI Engineering, a beer‑and‑wine retail license, a county road closure and a budget amendment.

Chairman Carvel Lewis called the meeting to order and the board moved through consent and new‑business items with recorded motions and votes. The minutes show Richard Baggett moved to approve contract C2‑2025 with BSI Engineering; David Kinsey seconded, and the recorded vote was Yes — Bussey, Kinsey, Baggett, Green. The minutes do not record Chairman Lewis’s vote for that motion.

The board also approved P1‑2025, an update to the county’s capitalization policy (motion Kinsey, second Green), and voted to grant a beer‑and‑wine application for Sai 1 Georgetown LLC (motion Baggett, second Green). Chairman Lewis read a proclamation recognizing Ovarian Cancer Research Month.

Commissioners approved Resolution R8‑2025 to close County Road 15 (motion Kinsey, second Green). The minutes record approval of Budget Amendment 2025.2026 (motion Kinsey, second Bussey) and an MOU between the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension and Quitman County (motion Kinsey, second Green); the votes for these items are listed in the minutes as Yes — Bussey, Kinsey, Baggett, Green. Where the minutes list votes by last name only, the transcript does not specify additional roll‑call detail or any dissenting votes.

Several routine minutes and bill approvals were adopted earlier in the agenda, including past meeting minutes and the previous month’s check register.

Next steps: the minutes do not record further deliberation or implementation timelines for the approved items; follow‑up on contract execution, licensing paperwork for Sai 1 Georgetown LLC, and the effective date of the road closure will depend on administrative steps the minutes do not detail.