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County manager seeks consent‑agenda placement for hurricane recovery engineering contract and public defender renewal; commissioners raise preparedness and CDBG
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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 Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
Carter also said State Court Judge Herbert Benson has asked that the board enter into another one‑year agreement with John Mobley to provide indigent defense services in State Court and for Tift County DUI Court. For both items, Carter said the board indicated its desire to place the contracts on the consent agenda for the Feb. 9 regular meeting; no formal votes were recorded at the work session.
During commissioner comments, Melissa Hughes invited residents to participate in a sock drive on Feb. 14 from 1 to 6 p.m. at Mott Littman Gym. Commissioner Paul Webb asked about the county's preparedness for data centers. Commissioner Donnie Hester asked about the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) public hearing; staff said the hearing has been rescheduled to March 3, 2026 at 6 p.m.
No executive session was reported, and the work session was adjourned by Chairman Tony McBrayer with no further action recorded.