Heard County commissioners approve road resurfacing contract, Motorola radio purchase and GDOT bridge agreement
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Summary
At their April 15 meeting, the Heard County Board of Commissioners unanimously awarded a $579,190 asphalt resurfacing contract, accepted a $142,109.25 quote for 25 replacement radios for the Sheriff’s Office, agreed to contribute $50,000 toward a GDOT Ridgeway Road bridge replacement, and approved several reappointments and proclamations.
The Heard County Board of Commissioners on April 15 approved multiple procurement and personnel actions affecting road maintenance, public-safety communications and planning commissions.
The board voted unanimously to award an asphalt resurfacing contract to Asphalt Paving Systems for $579,190 after Public Works Director Greg Harris presented four bids and recommended the lowest responsive bidder. Competing bids listed in the record included The Scruggs Company ($595,860), Russell Standard ($687,480) and McLeRoy ($1,117,740). The Board’s vote was made on a motion by Commissioner James Perry with a second from Commissioner Iris Harris.
In a separate procurement, the Sheriff’s Office presented quotes from Motorola to replace obsolete radios; the board accepted Motorola’s quote of $142,109.25 for 25 new radios on a motion by Perry and a second by Harris. The purchase was recorded as unanimous. The transcript attributes the request to the Sheriff’s Office; no individual Sheriff’s Office official was named in the meeting minutes.
The Board also approved and signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Georgia Department of Transportation for replacement and right-of-way improvements to the Ridgeway Road bridge. The county will contribute $50,000 toward a project the record describes as exceeding $100,000 in total cost. That approval was made on a motion by Commissioner David Walls and a second by Commissioner Curtis Mock; the board voted unanimously to authorize the MOA.
Alongside procurement actions, the board reappointed Jane Barker to the Board of Elections for a four-year term starting July 1, 2025, and filled three delayed appointments to the Heard County Planning Commission (Dustin Pate reappointed; Sam Harman Sr. and Mark Callahan newly appointed), citing earlier delays caused by ongoing litigation and prior decisions by a former chair to leave appointments unchanged. All appointments were recorded as unanimous votes.
The board also adopted proclamations recognizing April as Donate Life Month and April as Senior Hunger Awareness Month and unanimously adopted the county’s Certification of Compliance with Annual Immigration Reporting Requirements as required by O.C.G.A. § 50-36-4.
The actions taken at the meeting will allow county staff to proceed with contracting and implementation steps. Separate procurement documents, contract execution and any required GDOT implementation steps were not detailed in the transcript.