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County manager seeks consent‑agenda placement for hurricane recovery engineering contract and public defender renewal; commissioners raise preparedness and CDBG

Tift County Board of Commissioners · March 1, 2026
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Summary

County Manager Jim Carter said contracts with Watkins & Associates (engineering for a OneGeorgia Hurricane Disaster Recovery Grant) and a one‑year renewal with public defender John Mobley will be placed on the Feb. 9 consent agenda; commissioners asked about data center preparedness, a CDBG public hearing was rescheduled to March 3, and Commissioner Melissa Hughes promoted a Feb. 14 sock drive.

County Manager Jim Carter told the Tift County Board of Commissioners at their Feb. 3 work session that the county needs an agreement with Watkins & Associates LLC to provide engineering services connected to a OneGeorgia Hurricane Disaster Recovery Grant, and that the agreement is in a form acceptable to the…

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