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Douglas County commissioners approve series of contracts, grants and proclamations in unanimous votes
Summary
At a May 18 special call, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners approved proclamations for EMS Week and Mental Health Awareness, accepted several grants and contracts across courts, public works, IT and fleet management, and authorized applications for safety grant funding; most items passed unanimously.
The Douglas County Board of Commissioners on May 18 approved a package of proclamations, contracts, supplemental agreements and budget actions affecting courts, public works, information technology and county fleets.
The meeting began with proclamations recognizing Emergency Medical Services Week (May 17–23, 2026) and Mental Health Awareness Month (May 2026), both adopted unanimously. The board also approved routine procedural items including minutes and the April financial report.
On budget and procurement matters, the commissioners approved: acceptance of $11,480.64 from the State Court Technology Fund to purchase court computer equipment for staff supporting Judge Susan S. Camp; a prorated $20,305 agreement with Oversight Systems to monitor P‑card spending; renewal of a SunLine LLC election management contract for $8,800; and acceptance of $18,302.28 from the state court technology fund to buy 12 desktop computers for the state court clerk’s office.
The board authorized a master equity lease with Enterprise Fleet Management (up to $449,090.84) to replace county vehicles, and approved IT expenditures including a $43,170 ConnectWise renewal for remote support and a $101,836 payment for ROK Technologies to host county GIS services. A contract modification extending the Place Services E‑911 backup facility contract through June 30, 2026, with an added $10,000 to cover unanticipated site costs, was approved.
Multiple transportation projects and related supplements were adopted: a CDM Smith task order for Rockhouse Road trail work ($37,754.14), a supplemental agreement with Pond & Company for a LOMR study ($64,841.06), a supplemental with Michael Baker International for concept‑level work at Highway 5 and Mason Creek ($82,111.56), engineering‑of‑record authorization for the Chapel Hill widening ($80,000 task order), award of a $7,841,130.55 construction contract to Bartow Paving for Chapel Hill widening, and a $2,496,734.25 contract with ER Snell for 2026 patching, milling and resurfacing across county roads. The board also accepted donated right‑of‑way parcels for a Charlie Drive cul‑de‑sac and authorized submission of an SS4a Phase 2 Vision Zero implementation grant for a reduced project list totaling $1,378,265 with a 20% local match.
Other approvals included termination of a SaaS agreement with NICE Systems (board authorization to terminate and direction to obtain documentation), allocation of $434,943.35 from the tree bank fund to reimburse eligible tree purchases for multiple SPLOST 2016 and 2022 projects (staff will provide updated fund balances), and appointment of Randy Hurd to the Housing Authority as the resident board member.
All the items summarized above were approved by recorded unanimous votes where noted, with motions to authorize the chairman to sign related documents pending final legal review. The meeting closed with announcements and a unanimous motion to move into executive session to discuss litigation, personnel, real estate and cybersecurity.
Votes at a glance: motions and final outcomes matched the board clerk’s roll calls during the meeting; where staff noted corrections (for example, a corrected roof contract amount and a corrected grant total) those corrected figures were used in the motions taken.
