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Macon Bibb Commission approves consent agenda: roofing, airport parking, sidewalks, grants, jail expansion funding and more
Summary
In a packed consent agenda the commission approved contracts for airport roofing and parking, sidewalk analysis and multiple construction change orders, accepted state homeland security grants, authorized a GMP for a law enforcement center expansion, approved LRA and stewardship grants, and renamed Linear Park. Most items were moved to and approved on the consent agenda.
The Macon Bibb County Commission approved a broad consent agenda and several standalone motions at its April 7, 2026 meeting, moving a range of agreements, appropriations and grant acceptances to formal approval.
Key votes and approvals — all were moved, seconded and recorded in the meeting as carried and placed on the consent agenda:
- Airport roofing: a contract with Benton Roofing for replacement of roofs on two hangars at Middle Georgia Regional Airport for $1,639,982, to be paid from the airport fund.
- Automated parking: an agreement with ParkingBox Corp for an automated parking system at the Middle Georgia Regional Airport for $114,584 from the airport fund.
- Fire station alert systems: Bricks Inc. contract for $1,256,750 to upgrade alert systems paid from public‑safety funds.
- Progressive Communications: a change order of $23,551.96 for district attorney communications and data services.
- Root Analytics: a $45,000 contract extension for street outreach and a required point‑in‑time count (see separate coverage for the debate and questions about Brookdale Resource Center).
- Sidewalk analysis:…
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