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Commission approves Old City Hall lease use, EMA truck, IDA reappointments and election ordinance
Summary
At the Nov. 12 meeting the commission unanimously approved the Board of Education’s use of Old City Hall, purchased an EMA truck, reappointed two IDA members, approved a second reading of the Board of Elections ordinance and tabled cemetery bylaws to Dec. 3.
The Commission of the Unified Government of Cusseta–Chattahoochee County on Nov. 12 approved a set of routine agenda items by unanimous vote, including authorizing the Board of Education to use Old City Hall, purchasing a truck for Emergency Management, and reappointing two members to the Industrial Development Authority.
Motions recorded in the minutes show: Commissioner Damon Hoyte moved to approve Board of Education use of Old City Hall, seconded by Commissioner Timothy Biddle; Commissioner Biddle moved to purchase a truck for EMA, seconded by Commissioner Jason Frost; and Commissioners moved and seconded the reappointments of Mattye Kinney and Gene Burgamy to the IDA. The minutes note each listed motion passed unanimously.
The packet includes a Commercial Lease Agreement for Old City Hall between the Unified Government and the Chattahoochee County Board of Education. The attached document lists a lease commencement date of Dec. 30, 2025, an annual base payment of 3,600 (described in the document as average annual utilities), and standard clauses on maintenance, insurance and lessee obligations. The minutes record the commission’s approval but do not include roll-call vote names or full lease execution details in the meeting text.
The commission also approved the second reading of an ordinance to create a Board of Elections and Registration for the county and tabled cemetery bylaws to Dec. 3 for further work; the minutes list the votes as unanimous.
Votes at a glance
- Board of Education use of Old City Hall — Motion: approve; Mover: Damon Hoyte; Second: Timothy Biddle; Outcome: approved (unanimous). - Purchase truck for EMA — Motion: approve; Mover: Timothy Biddle; Second: Jason Frost; Outcome: approved (unanimous). - Reappoint Mattye Kinney to IDA — Motion: approve; Mover: Timothy Biddle; Second: Jason Frost; Outcome: approved (unanimous). - Reappoint Gene Burgamy to IDA — Motion: approve; Mover: Damon Hoyte; Second: Timothy Biddle; Outcome: approved (unanimous). - Board of Elections — Second reading ordinance approval — Motion: approve; Mover: Jason Frost; Second: Gerald Douglas; Outcome: approved (unanimous). - Cemetery bylaws — Motion: table to Dec. 3; Mover: Jason Frost; Second: Jason Frost (as recorded); Outcome: tabled (unanimous).
The minutes do not record individual roll-call tallies by name for each vote beyond noting they were unanimous; where the packet includes full documents (lease, resolutions, ordinance text), those attachments provide additional terms and dates but the meeting minutes do not reflect final execution steps or external filing.
