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County staff recommend refunding $2,000 access-permit deposit after mail irregularity

Columbia County Board of Commissioners · January 28, 2026
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Summary

Columbia County public-works staff told commissioners an access permit applicant’s $2,000 deposit should be returned after an address irregularity prevented receipt of a courtesy expiration notice; staff said the applicant has applied for a new permit and the work will proceed.

Columbia County public-works staff asked the Board of County Commissioners to authorize returning a $2,000 access-permit deposit after what staff described as an irregularity in how the county’s courtesy expiration notice was delivered.

“Once they complete that work, then that deposit is returned,” said Mike Russell, director of public works (first referenced by the…

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