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Ware County approves contracts, appointments, grants and rezoning in Jan. 12 meeting
Summary
At its Jan. 12 meeting, the Ware County Board of Commissioners approved an airport land lease, a $657,638.57 paving contract funded by GDOT LMIG, a $12,650 pickleball master-plan proposal, reappointments to the Board of Zoning and Appeals, an alcohol license, three resolutions including a VOCA grant pass-through and a $45,000 BOOST MOU, a pipe purchase (amount displays a likely typographical error in the minutes), and a rezoning listed with inconsistent street numbers in the minutes.
The Ware County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of contracts, appointments, grants and a rezoning on Jan. 12, 2026, as part of routine agenda business.
Key approvals included an airport land lease; a $657,638.57 contract with The Scruggs Company for Phase 2 local funds paving (to be funded by the Georgia Department of Transportation Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant, LMIG); and a $12,650 proposal from Lose Design to update the Trembling Earth Complex master plan to include pickleball courts. The board also reappointed Audra Padgett and Amelia Teston to the Board of Zoning and Appeals and approved an alcohol license for "Mr. Tariq" at 512 E. Waring Street.
On grants and resolutions, the commission approved Resolution 2026-02 to allow submission of a Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant application; Commissioner Leonard Burse explained the funds are intended for the District Attorney's office and the county will act as a pass-through. The board also authorized Resolution 2026-03, a memorandum of understanding for a $45,000 BOOST grant with the Georgia Department of Parks and Recreation intended to support learning acceleration and academic development outside of school hours. The minutes list the qualifying-fees resolution with one line reading "Resolution 202-01" and another reference indicating 2026; the board approved the resolution to set qualifying fees for county offices.
The board approved a purchase of driveway pipe inventory; the minutes record the amount as "$14,7040.87," which appears to be a typographical error in the minutes and was not clarified at the meeting.
The commission approved rezoning Cactus Street from A-Agriculture/Forestry to C-2 Highway Commercial. The agenda header lists 2590 Cactus Street while the motion language references 2950 Cactus Street; the minutes show the rezoning was approved despite the inconsistent street numbers.
Most motions were routine and passed by roll-call vote; Commissioner Jon Tindall is recorded as absent for the meeting. Several items included only brief discussion or staff clarification; the minutes do not record public comment on these agenda items.
The board adjourned at 5:45 p.m.
