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Ware County accepts hazard mitigation grant agreement, selects pickleball design and forwards 2026 plan to DCA
Summary
The board accepted a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program agreement (local cost listed in the minutes with a likely typographic error), selected Concept 1 for pickleball courts and voted to submit the 2026 Joint Comprehensive Plan to DCA for approval.
Ware County commissioners on May 11 accepted a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program agreement, picked a pickleball court design and authorized submission of the county’s 2026 Joint Comprehensive Plan to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA).
Commissioner Barry Cox moved to accept the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program agreement; Commissioner Leonard Burse seconded and the board approved the item. County Manager James Shubert told the board the local fee will be reduced with in‑kind services (staff attending meetings and trainings). The minutes list the local cost as “$8,7321.20”; the recorded figure appears to contain a typographic error in the transcribed minutes and the precise local match amount is not otherwise specified in the record.
Commissioner Leonard Burse moved to select Concept 1 for the pickleball court design on the Wadley Road side, noting it required less construction; Commissioner Jon Tindall seconded and the motion passed. The board also approved a motion by Commissioner Tindall to submit the 2026 Joint Comprehensive Plan to DCA for approval; Commissioner Burse seconded and the submission was approved by roll call.
These actions advance emergency mitigation planning, recreation infrastructure planning and formal submission of the county’s comprehensive plan for state review. Staff were directed to proceed with grant administration, design implementation and plan submission steps.
