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Commissioners approve multiple infrastructure contracts and several planning board rezonings and variances
Summary
The board approved procurement awards for sewer extensions, water projects and a roundabout; it also approved several planning items including rezoning and variance decisions (rezonings for Teresa Burroughs and others, conditional uses and variances).
On April 7 the Effingham County Board approved a string of procurement awards and planning actions intended to support growth and correct legacy nonconforming lots.
Procurement Contracts Manager Danielle Carver recommended awards for several projects: ITB25-ITB107 for the Blue Jay/Midland/Low Ground sewer extension (award to Southeast Connections LLC, lowest responsive bidder); construction-manager-at-risk preconstruction services for Clarence E. Morgan Phase 2 (Lavender & Associates); and CM-at-risk services for the Marlo water and sewer project (Reeves Young LLC). The board also awarded the Blue Jay/Midland roundabout construction contract to Reeves Construction; commissioners noted the roundabout contract allows up to 12 months to completion after notice to proceed.
Planning staff presented multiple land-use items: a variance for a second home on a legally nonconforming 3.23-acre lot at 884 Ziggler Road (approved); a conditional use to permit a home-based photography business at 2855 Macall Road (approved with stipulations including an occupational tax certificate); a rezoning of ~2.97 acres at 211 Holly Lane from AR1 to AR2 to allow subdivision into two lots (approved); and a range of variances and conditional uses across AR districts. Several hearings involved public comment expressing concerns about density, septic feasibility, and rental use in rural areas; commissioners weighed planning-board recommendations and property-rights arguments in deciding multiple items.
Staff also obtained authority for the county manager to execute contracts once final paperwork is complete and continues preparing right-of-way and easement acquisition work tied to the regional water-supply project.
