County work session advances IPAWS text‑alert request, Riverbend project planning and several administrative items

Aug 8, 2025

At an Aug. 25 work session, staff described SPLOST/Tourism project ideas (Riverbend dock, bathrooms, welcome center), proposed adding an IPAWS alert capability to the county text system, discussed water and animal‑control staffing, and proposed administrative updates including a retirement‑plan change and a Caselle payment portal for online payments.

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At a work session on Aug. 25 County Manager Thomas Weaver and staff reviewed a range of administrative and capital items that will appear on upcoming agendas. Weaver previewed SPLOST and tourism projects and asked for estimates on a dock at Riverbend Park, bathrooms at the King Street basketball court, and a welcome center at City Hall. He also said public‑works staff were placing millings on Steeplechase and that the water department had returned to full staffing after recent vacancies.

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