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Dodge County commissioners approve audit, grants and funding requests; table data center ordinance
Summary
At their regular meeting the commissioners approved the 2025 financial audit, passed multiple grants and funding requests including a $169,349 CJCC grant (with $25,402 match) and a $13,000 airport tree-removal request, approved accounts payable totaling $1,479,240.55, and tabled a data center ordinance. Several routine appointments and road/ grant planning authorizations were also approved.
At a regular meeting of the Dodge County Board of Commissioners, the board approved several routine but consequential actions: the county’s 2025 financial audit; multiple grant and funding requests; accounts payable; and several administrative items. The minutes record unanimous votes on each action.
Votes at a glance - Minutes (approval of prior minutes): Motion by Commissioner Leigh Ann Greene; second by Commissioner Sharon Cobb Flanagan; unanimous approval (minutes reference June 1, 2026). - Accounts payable: Approved the accounts payable report totaling $1,479,240.55. Motion by Commissioner Brian Watkins; second by Commissioner Jeffrey Jones; unanimous approval. - 2025 Audit: County Auditor Frank Erwin presented the audit; the board voted to accept it (motion by Commissioner Brian Watkins, second by Commissioner Leigh Ann Greene). - CJCC grant: Grant #AW-ACFP-27-017 for $169,349 with matching funds of $25,402 was approved (motion by Commissioner Leigh Ann Greene; second by Commissioner Brian Watkins). - Airport tree removal: The board approved a $13,000 request from Heart of GA Regional Airport for tree removal services; Commissioner Sharon Cobb Flanagan moved the motion with Commissioner Brian Watkins seconding and noted TSPLOST funds could be used (Attorney Ron Daniels affirmed). - DFCS appointment: Kristi Hulett was nominated and appointed to the DFCS board by acclamation after a nomination from Commissioner Jeffrey Jones and a motion to close nominations by Commissioner Brian Watkins (seconded by Commissioner Flanagan). - Trent Drive: The board approved adding Trent Drive to the county road network (motion by Commissioner Leigh Ann Greene; seconded by Commissioners Flanagan and Jones). - Community Development Block Grant (Shady Acres): The county manager was authorized to engage the regional commission to plan a CDBG application (motion by Commissioner Flanagan; second by Commissioner Jones). - Georgia Opportunity Zone 2.0: Commissioner Jeffrey Jones moved to authorize the county manager to pursue nominations of census tracts for Opportunity Zone 2.0; the board approved the motion (seconded by Commissioner Flanagan). - Data center ordinance: Commissioner Leigh Ann Greene moved to table the ordinance (motion seconded by Commissioner Brian Watkins); the ordinance was tabled.
The minutes do not record roll-call vote-by-name tallies for every motion beyond noting unanimous approval. Where amounts, grant numbers, or matching funds are listed in the minutes, they are reported above exactly as recorded. Some items (for example, the data center ordinance) were tabled without additional detail in the minutes.
The minutes contain inconsistent date references (they mention June 1, 2026 and July 6, 2026); this article reports the board actions recorded in the minutes without selecting a single meeting date. The minutes do not always record follow-up timelines, funding sources for capital projects, or contractor details; those items will require future staff reports or agenda items to clarify.
