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Board reviews consent agenda including multiple grants, ARPA allocations and municipal service agreements
Summary
County staff presented 13 consent items: grants for sheriff and prosecutors (VOCA; $127,373 and $64,456), $171,961 in opioid‑abatement funds for court services, ARPA allocations, alcohol license residency waivers, and a public‑hearing call for Article 4/13 zoning updates to be heard Jan. 21, 2025.
Mr. Porter (S6) summarized the consent agenda and related administrative items the board will consider for approval.
Key consent highlights included a $33,010 state subgrant for the sheriff's office to support surveillance and accountability courts compliance monitoring; a $127,373 VOCA grant to the District Attorney's Office to partially fund three victim‑witness advocate positions (20% match waived by the grantor); a separate $64,456 VOCA award to the Solicitor General to partially fund one witness advocate position; and a $171,961 award from the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust to Court Services for testing, surveillance and treatment for accountability courts. Mr. Porter also listed budget amendments to allocate state ARPA rollover funds to the county FY2025 budget and multiple alcohol license residency waivers for businesses whose licensees live in neighboring counties.
The consent packet also included a public‑hearing request for Article 7 revisions on private school requirements and a public‑hearing item to consider the Article 4/13 legacy use text amendments on Jan. 21, 2025 — the item staff (S2) had previewed earlier. These items were presented for the board's consent‑agenda review; action or votes on the consent list will be taken as part of the evening's formal consent process.
