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Dawson County moves to adopt capital improvements element; staff seeks $80,000 for Stiles Park restroom materials
Summary
The county heard a presentation that an updated capital improvements element (CIE) approved by the state will allow use of impact fees, and staff asked the board to reject a $208,804 prefab restroom bid while approving $80,000 to buy materials so in‑house crews can handle site work and lower costs.
Paige Hanley, representing Ross and Associates, told the board Jan. 16 that the county's amended capital improvements element (CIE) has been approved by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and is ready for adoption, a prerequisite to amending the county's impact‑fee ordinance and fee schedule.
"Upon adoption, that allows the county to start spending impact fees that are in the impact‑fee coffers on those updated projects," Paige Hanley said, recommending the CIE be moved to the consent agenda and that the county schedule a public hearing on fee changes.
Separately, public works staff reviewed procurement for a prefabricated, single‑stall restroom for Stiles Park. Staff reported receiving one bid of $208,804 for the turnkey building and noted earlier site‑work bids had reached about $1.3 million; the board previously rejected the higher site‑work numbers. Public works asked the board to reject the single building bid and approve $80,000 so the county's paving crew can buy materials and perform site work in‑house, reducing overall costs.
The public‑works presenter (speaker 2) said, "Because this is going to be less than $100,000... we are able to go through a cooperative agreement, and the building will look exactly like what you saw there except for it would just not have the front porch, and it's right at $98,000." Staff said the building would have nonpotable water and a one‑stall configuration for both genders.
Board members discussed which funds to use for project materials; staff noted impact fees had been used on related work previously but asked the board to designate the fund source for the $80,000 request. The presenter said the county's paving crew prepared the $80,000 estimate.
During the meeting staff also described several routine items: a proposed ordinance amendment to allow four‑year staggered terms for some board appointments (to be considered via a public‑hearing process) and a reclassification request for a maintenance worker to a technician/mechanic status, which staff said is budgeted and intended to reduce reliance on contracted repairs.
The board also heard from emergency management staff about the EMPG (Emergency Management Performance Grant), a 50/50 grant totaling $15,568 with a county portion of $7,784 that staff proposed to use to buy two remote automated weather stations for improved storm monitoring.
Ending
Staff recommended moving the CIE to the consent agenda and scheduling a public hearing on impact‑fee changes; the $80,000 materials request and other items were presented for board action on the consent agenda or at a future meeting. No final vote on these requests was recorded on Jan. 16.
