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The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners held a briefing session on Jan. 16 to review routine business and several procurement and capital items. Key items included scheduling a public hearing to consider closing an unopened right-of-way on Creek Ridge Lane, amendments related to Smith Reynolds Airport projects and funding, a $2 million FAA grant to renovate the airport control tower with recommended design services from Avcon Engineers, procurement requests for detention center washing machines and three Chevrolet Equinox EVs, public-health purchases including a mobile emergency trailer and a cloud-based laboratory information system, and a request to add a state statutory change to the county’s legislative agenda regarding eligibility of state matching funds for standalone pedestrian and bicycle projects.
