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County work session: forestry report, grant news and staff updates
Summary
At an Aug. 26 work session, Georgia Forestry gave an annual report, department heads provided operations updates, and the county manager said a sewer grant was not awarded; the county is planning payroll outsourcing, a roundabout construction next year, and proposed several agenda items for Sept. 3.
At a work session on Aug. 26, Cusseta–Chattahoochee County officials received a Georgia Forestry annual report, department-head updates and several county-manager items to place on the Sept. 3 regular meeting agenda.
Justin Brown, chief ranger for Georgia Forestry, said the county pays $0.10 per acre for forestry protection, covering about 34,000 acres, and that officials issued 26 permits for seven landowners and recorded one wildfire in the past year. Brown said the agency held a successful public outreach program at the high school and told the commission he is transferring to Schley County.
Department heads reported operational updates: recreation registration has moved from football to soccer as the football season closed (Mordie Askew); the county received its first permit for Magnolia Grove (Samantha Hedgecoke); public-works staff completed CUP taps and are repainting hydrants despite short-term COVID absences (Chris Tymes); and Lou Beck announced GDOT training opportunities and open hiring for a mechanic and three crew positions.
County Manager Thomas Weaver said a sewer grant the county applied for was not awarded and suggested revisiting the application after Sept. 30 to assess improvements. Weaver also said the roundabout project remains on schedule for early next year, payroll outsourcing is being implemented, and the county is reviewing vehicle-replacement options related to an enterprise lease program.
Weaver proposed placing several items on the Sept. 3 agenda, including a lease or rental agreement for a cardboard compactor at the recycling center, appointment of Rob Marion to the regional development council (RVRC), an Old City Hall arrangement for the Board of Education to use as a registration site, and a policy to allow businesses to use the recycle center on an invoiced basis.
The work session entered executive session to discuss personnel and legal matters at 9:35 a.m. and reconvened at 10:00 a.m.; no votes were taken while in executive session.
