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County work session highlights workforce training pitch, public‑works repairs and proposed trash‑rate increase
Summary
At an April 28 work session commissioners heard an Enrichment Services presentation on EMT/CDL/CNA training, received public‑works and water‑system updates, and discussed planning‑board proposals and a recommended $2 monthly trash‑rate increase. Several operational items were set for the May agenda.
At a work session on April 28 the Commission of the Unified Government of Cusseta‑Chattahoochee County heard a presentation from Enrichment Services and received operational updates on water, public works and planning matters as staff prepared a set of items for the May 6 agenda.
Belva Dorsey‑Mott, representing Enrichment Services with school‑district partner Sabrina Stephens, described workforce‑training programs including EMT, commercial driver’s license and certified nursing assistant courses. Dorsey‑Mott asked the county to consider a future letter of support; commissioners and staff said they would circulate program information through the county newsletter and Facebook page and said they would consider a formal support letter at a later date.
County Manager Thomas Weaver reported water‑system issues (a suspected lightning strike that shut well #3, an offline well #4 and a repaired leak on Trotters Ridge) and public‑works activity including culvert and shoulder repairs and cemetery ditch work. Animal‑services staff received about $1,700 in grant funding intended for a microchipping initiative that will cover both Fort Benning animals and county animals. Library benches installed by public works were noted as a completed task.
Planning and Zoning staff circulated a draft of conditional‑use process changes for the Commission’s review; proposed edits include acreage thresholds and exemptions affecting placements of mobile, modular and stick‑built homes on parcels in specified areas. The planning draft was referred to County Attorney Bin Minter for legal review before any formal ordinance or policy change is scheduled.
Operational and budget items flagged for the May meeting included quotes for a batwing tractor, a bank‑signer resolution to allow staff to transfer funds from an older Bank of Ozark account, and a staff recommendation to raise the monthly trash collection line by $2 (from $20 to $22) to help meet rising costs. Commissioners also noted open board vacancies and asked staff to post openings on the county web and social pages.
The work session included a short executive session on personnel; the Commission reconvened and stated no votes were taken in closed session. Staff will bring the quoted equipment prices, the bank resolution and a final trash‑rate proposal to the May 6 regular meeting for public action.
Next steps: the county manager will circulate Enrichment Services materials for public outreach and return planning language, equipment quotes and the bank resolution for Commission action at the next regular meeting.
