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Pickens County reports public-safety training, station construction, airport FBO progress and completed FY2025 audit
Summary
County public-safety and internal operations reports detailed training and emergency-preparedness activities, completion of Station 10 and near-completion of Station 7, an Airport FBO building timeline, the completed FY2025 audit and staffing changes in Human Resources.
Pickens County directors briefed commissioners on operations, training and several capital projects at the June 15 work session.
Sloan Elrod, director of public safety operations, reported Animal Shelter and Animal Control responded to a range of calls including animals running at large, nuisance complaints and bite investigations. Elrod said staff continue ordinance enforcement and outreach and are coordinating training including a Faithful Guardian paramedic class, an AEMT class and a CPR instructor class. The Fire Marshal lso provided training on the First Due program to support pre-fire planning, and staff are working on a Monument Road Evacuation Plan and preparing for an Emergency Management Agency full-scale exercise. Elrod reported the Emergency Operations Center was activated at Level 2 for a six-hour event in May, and that E-911 call volume rose from 748 calls in April to 797 calls in May.
Miranda McDowell, director of internal operations, said the FY2025 audit has been completed and will be presented to the Board; staff also included year-end budget amendments for approval and will begin planning for the FY2027 budget cycle. McDowell updated the Board on capital projects: the Airport FBO building is on schedule with an estimated completion date of August 20, 2026; Fire Station #7 is nearing completion and on track for a July finish; Station 10 is complete. She described ongoing work on Administration Building awnings, planning for the Health Department relocation and pending vendor design proposals for Senior Center signage. Elections acquired an outbuilding for storage and site preparation is under way.
McDowell provided staffing numbers: Human Resources processed six employee separations, hired eight full-time employees and added two seasonal lifeguards; payroll and required deposits were processed on schedule.
The Board went into Executive Session at 4:23 p.m. to discuss personnel and potential property negotiations as authorized by O.C.G.A. §50-14-3(b)(2) and §50-14-3(b)(1). The work-session minutes were attested for later approval on July 20, 2026. No formal votes or final actions on capital projects were recorded during the June 15 session.
