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County updates: local roads grant, LMIG bidding, quarterly budget amendments and planning items discussed at work session
Summary
At a March 25 work session, County Manager Thomas Weaver reported receipt of a local road assistance grant and SPLOST receipts, commissioners discussed tabling the Friendship Road LMIG bid to review specifications, and staff outlined proposed quarterly budget amendments totaling about $294,725 to be covered from reserves.
At a March 25 work session the Chattahoochee County Commission and staff reviewed multiple administrative and infrastructure items, including a local road assistance grant that supplements LMIG funding, a decision to review Friendship Road LMIG bid documents before placing them on the April 1 agenda, and proposed quarterly budget amendments.
County Manager Thomas Weaver told commissioners the county received a local road assistance grant that will supplement LMIG funds and allow additional road work; he said work previously done on McGlaun and parts of Smith Road had held until this year and noted maintenance and repairs at the landfill where an excavator was rented to reset a concrete headwall. Weaver also reported the new 2025 SPLOST account has begun receiving funds. Recreation and community development staff provided routine program updates including a county rabies clinic, 4‑H events and a car show.
On Friendship Road, bids and technical specifications were received but commissioners agreed to table the item and review packet details at a future work session prior to a vote. The work session minutes show the tabling and further review as the preferred administrative path.
The manager presented a set of proposed quarterly budget amendments — items identified included property tax reimbursements, EMS salaries, prisoner housing, legal services, library corrections and a coroner salary correction — totaling approximately $294,725 to be covered from county reserves. Commissioners discussed continuing quarterly amendment reviews and scheduling budget hearings; dates were to be set for the formal budget calendar.
Other procedural items discussed at the work session included the cemetery committee bylaws (county manager to coordinate county attorney and community development), conditional‑use permit process clarification (county attorney planned to attend the March 27 Planning & Zoning meeting), and the county's interest in reviewing nondisclosure practices for public records and Q-Public postings. The minutes record the board's direction to follow public‑record law and to address exceptions limited to legally permitted circumstances.
No formal votes on the budget amendments or cemetery bylaws are recorded in the work session notes; several items were carried forward for placement on the April 1 regular meeting agenda for formal action.
