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Jekyll Island Authority ratifies mutual aid agreement, advances infrastructure projects and lead-line inventory funding
Summary
The board ratified a statewide mutual aid agreement with GEMA/FEMA, approved $54,000 to hire an engineering firm to help complete a GEFA-funded lead service line inventory required by the EPA, and heard updates on Great Dunes restoration, Summer Waves parking expansion and airport fuel sales.
The Jekyll Island State Park Authority on April 23 ratified a statewide mutual aid agreement and advanced several infrastructure and operations items, including funding to support a federally mandated lead service line inventory.
Noel Jensen, deputy executive director, explained that the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA), at the request of local governments and agencies, requests ratification of a four‑year Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement that defines assistance—personnel, equipment, facilities, services and supplies—between JIA and partners such as Glynn County and the City of Brunswick. The board voted to ratify the agreement; the ratification will remain in effect through March 1, 2028 unless otherwise acted upon.
On infrastructure, Jensen described plans tied to the Great Dunes Golf Course restoration: a protective fence for the construction site, reconfiguration of the starter shack into a halfway house at holes eight and nine, a new putting course and an expanded driving range.
Olivia Hancock, operations specialist, reported that JIA applied to the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority for lead service line inventory funding; the Environmental Protection Agency requires inventory submittal by Oct. 16, 2024. JIA was successful in the first round for over $99,000; the board approved allocating $54,000 from capital/SPLOST funds to hire a civil engineering firm to support the inventory, with contingency planning if a second round award is received.
Jensen also noted that JIA's SeeClickFix system reached 10,000 repairs, commended the Facilities Maintenance Department, and detailed Summer Waves parking rehabilitation and expansion (123 planned spots, 60 added so far) using grid paving to improve stormwater capture. He reported airport fuel sales since 2019 at nearly 62,000 gallons totaling $357,901, and said current infrastructure makes airport operations self‑sustaining.
The board approved the mutual aid ratification and recorded operational updates for follow-up as part of committee oversight.
