LAURENS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MEETING
MAY 18, 2010 @ 4:00 P.M.
The Laurens County Board of Commissioners held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 4:00 P.M. Present were Chairman Tommy Daniel, Commissioners D.M. Mullis, Buddy Adams, Emory Lake, Roscoe Brower, County Administrator Bryan Rogers and County Attorney Billy Kight. Chairman Tommy Daniel gave the invocation and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
The first item was the approval of the minutes of the April 20, 2010 regular meeting. Commissioner Roscoe Brower made a motion to approve the minutes for the regular meeting. Commissioner D.M. Mullis seconded the motion. All voted in favor.
The next item was the Approval of JAG Grant for the Sheriff’s Department. County Administrator Bryan Rogers stated this is a grant the Sheriff will be applying for with the Justice Department in the amount of $10,300.00 and it is for general purpose law enforcement equipment. Commissioner Buddy Adams made a motion to approve the JAG Grant for the Sheriff’s Department. Commissioner Roscoe Brower seconded the motion. All voted in favor.
Next was Approval of Patching Bid. Chairman Tommy Daniel stated this is a bid to repair the roadways of Turkey Lane, Twin Oaks, Northwood Trails, Anderson Road and Hubert Fulford Road. Chairman Daniel stated some of the damages are from culvert failures and some are from logging and other construction related activities. Chairman Daniel stated Reeves Construction had the low bid of $138.50 per ton and the total cost of the project will be approximately $61, 000. Chairman Daniel also stated the county will need to pursue reimbursement for some of the cost from the companies responsible for the damages. Commissioner Emory Lake made a motion to approve the bid from Reeves Construction for the repairs. Commissioner D.M. Mullis seconded the motion. All voted in favor.
The next item was Approval of Surplus Property. Commissioner Buddy Adams stated this is in his district and stated Ms. Lori Wilson purchased a piece of property next to county property off Woodland Trails Road. Commissioner Adams stated the county’s property is 5 acres and only the front 2 acres is being occupied currently by Stepping Stone. Commissioner Adams stated Ms. Wilson wants to build a house on her property but the soil is not suitable for a septic tank due to the fact that the site was previously a borrow pit site for Woodland Trails. Commissioner Adams stated Ms. Wilson would like to purchase a 100 foot strip across the back of the county property. Commissioner Adams stated Ms. Wilson will pay for the survey and had Mr. Davy Gay give an appraisal of the value of the back strip of property which was a high of $1885 per acre and a low of $1430 per acre. Commissioner Adams stated Mr. Gay based his findings off of an average land value of $6484 per acre. County Administrator Bryan Rogers stated the Commissioners would need to surplus the property before completing the land transaction if that is their desire to sell the property. Mr. Rogers also stated the adjoining property owners had been contacted and have no problem with the transaction. Commissioner D.M. Mullis made a motion to surplus the property on Woodland Trails Road. Commissioner Roscoe seconded the motion. All voted in favor.
Next was to adopt a Resolution for the Solid Waste Plan. County Administrator Bryan Rogers stated this item was tabled from the previous meeting in order to give some of the Solid Waste Board members an opportunity to go over the plan again. Mr. Rogers stated since that time, Michael Snipes, landfield operator, has reviewed it and the information concerning the Solid Waste Flow Control is included in the Ordinance and is correctly presented. Mr. Rogers stated the Commissioners need to adopt a Resolution that was prepared by the RDC approving the Solid Waste Plan. Commissioner D.M. Mullis made a motion to approve the resolution. Commissioner Roscoe Brower seconded the motion. All voted in favor. (See Exhibit A)
The next item was to Adopt Project Magan Incentives and Reimbursement Agreement. Development Authority Members, Guy Cochran, Cal Wray and Jimmy Allgood were present and wished to thank the Commissioners for their support in this project. Commissioner Buddy Adams made a motion to adopt this project. Commissioner Emory Lake seconded the motion. All voted in favor.
OTHER BUSINESS:
Commissioner D.M. Mullis stated it seems as though the citizens of Laurens County are getting slack about not only maintaining the 911 signs in the rural areas, but also not putting them up as the ordinance requires. Commissioner Mullis stated if you ride in the rural areas in the county, there are a lot of residences that do not have 911 signs. Commissioner Mullis stated there has been some confusion in the last couple of weeks with emergency responders not being able to find locations. Commissioner Mullis stated he is very concerned with this problem because Laurens County has the best emergency services around and we as citizens need to do all we can to help them do their jobs to the best of their ability.
Commissioner Buddy Adams wished to thank Guy Cochran, Cal Wray, Jimmy Allgood and the rest of the Development Authority members for the tremendous job they have done in getting new industries in Dublin and Laurens County. Commissioner Adams also gave a big thanks to Cal Wray for the way he presented himself so professionally in obtaining the location of the new industry that will be coming into our area. Commissioner Adams stated he is looking for bigger and better things from the Development Authority in the future.
Commissioner Emory Lake stated Mr. Guy Cochran’s appointment to the Development Authority will expire on 6/30/10. Commissioner Lake stated this is a joint appointment with the city but he would like to go ahead and make a motion to reappoint Guy Cochran to serve another term on the Development Authority Board. Commissioner Lake stated Guy does a great job and he would like to see him continue to serve on this board if he so desires to do so. Commissioner D.M. Mullis seconded the motion. All voted in favor. Mr. Cochran expressed his appreciation for the Commissioners confidence in him and he will continue to do the best for Dublin and Laurens County. Mr. Jimmy Allgood stated he would like for everyone to remember one of the Development Authority members, Mr. Walter McCall. Mr. Allgood stated he was admitted to the hospital yesterday and he has been having health issues for a while. Mr. Allgood also stated another member, Kathy Sweat, fell at a meeting yesterday and broke her coccyx bone.
Commissioner Roscoe Brower stated he would also like to mention Mr. Walter McCall. Commissioner Brower stated he went to the hospital last night and he was in some pain but seemed to be in good spirits.
County Administrator Bryan Rogers stated after the meeting memo was completed, another item came up that needs to be addressed. Mr. Rogers stated he took the bids on the completion of the resurfacing of Fountain Road and the low bid was from Land Care Services for $2.52 per square yard. Commissioner D.M. Mullis made a motion to accept the bid from Land Care Services for the completion of the resurfacing of Fountain Road. Commissioner Emory Lake seconded the motion. All voted in favor.
Chairman Tommy Daniel also wished to thank the Development Authority for all the hard work they put into getting this new business for Dublin/Laurens County.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
