REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
The
Board of Commissioners of Spalding County, Georgia, held their regular monthly
meeting on Monday, August 7, 2000 in their office in the Courthouse Annex in
the City of Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia, beginning at 6:00 o’clock p.m.
with Commissioners Earle Childres, Martha McDaniel, Merrill Massengale, Johnie
McDaniel and Michael Kendall present.
Also present were County Manager Mike Ruffin, Deputy County Manager
William Wilson, County Attorney Jim Fortune and Executive Secretary Phyllis
Doane.
IV.
PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITION
1. Consider approval of a Joint City/County
Proclamation “Nunc Pro Tunc” proclaiming Sunday, July 23, 2000 as “Mable Edith
Cook Day” in Griffin and Spalding County, Georgia. Upon motion by Commissioner Kendall, seconded by Commissioner
Massengale the following Proclamation was unanimously approved by a vote of
5-0.
PROCLAMATION
Whereas,
Mable Edith Cook, a life-long resident of Griffin and Spalding County Georgia,
is the eldest of six children of the late Rev. and Mrs. M. E. Cook, Sr.; and
Whereas,
Ms. Cook attended elementary and high school in the public school system of
Spalding County; and
Whereas,
Ms. Cook graduated with degrees from both Savannah State College and Atlanta
University; and
Whereas,
Ms. Cook was an educator in the Griffin Spalding County School system for more
than 35 years; and
Whereas,
Ms. Cook has been an active, dedicated and loyal member of the Eighth Street
Baptist Church for many years; and
Whereas,
Ms. Cook has served in many capacities within the Eighth Street Baptist Church
and in particular, she has taught the Sunday School Class comprised of high
school juniors and seniors; and
Whereas,
Ms. Cook has served her community as a member of the Retired Teachers
Association, the Griffin Branch NAACP, the Senior Citizens, the Cane Creek
Congress of Christian Education, the Emancipation Committee, the Citizens
Improvement League, the NANBPW and the Scholarship Committee of the Eighth
Street Baptist Church; and
Whereas,
Ms. Cook has been instrumental in the spiritual development of Ministers Alfred
Jester, Shirley Gardner and Patricia Willis.
NOW,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of the City of Griffin and Spalding
County do hereby proclaim Sunday, July 23, 2000 as
“MABLE EDITH COOK DAY”
in the City of Griffin and Spalding County in
recognition of her outstanding contributions to our community.
This the 23rd day of July 2000.
V.
PUBLIC
COMMENT
2.
Ms. Rita
Mace, 3345 Williamson Road, Williamson, GA commented on the agenda item of the
Van Ward rezoning application for a game room.
She said this property is directly across from her residence. She said that she attended the Planning
Commission meeting and felt reassured that this rezoning would not be approved
by the Board of Commissioners due the zoning commissions’ recommendation of a
unanimous opposed vote. She was late
getting to the Commissioners’ public hearing and was told that the rezoning
application was approved by a vote of 3-1 with Commissioner Massengale being
the only Commissioner casting the dissenting vote. She said her concerns are
spot zoning, the location of his well and septic tank, the gasoline tank,
hydrology study required, modeling permits do not reflect any plumbing or
electrical or the $25,000 to $30,000 his attorney has stated he has already
spent, the inspection by the building inspector and fire marshal, his survey
dated January 2000 does not match his prior deed dated back to 1950, question
of vacancy of property. She said that
she feels the application was not researched thoroughly by staff and asked the
Board not approve the application on second reading tonight.
3.
Mr. John
Whitney, 1522 Cabin Creek Trail spoke against the moratorium on the issuance of
building permits. He said that he had
obtained information from William White’s office that the average residential
use is 67,000 gallons a month. He said
information received from Building Inspections office there was 414 dwelling
permits issued last year. He said
putting a moratorium on permits was not going to make a difference in saving
water based on these figures. He said
the moratorium should be done by the City of Griffin as they have the water
system. He said issuing a moratorium
would not attract new industry and residents that the County is trying to
attract. He said he was appalled at the
statistics of the Flint River watershed and could not believe that the City of
Griffin and Spalding County was depending on such a small watershed on 100% of
its water. He requested that the
Commissioners get with the City and find some other source of water besides the
Flint River.
4.
Mr. Sid
Jeanette, 1980 Kilgore Road protested the operation of Cherokee Rose. He said that it is annoying and a nuisance
to their area. He said he understands
the problem has been referred to Planning & Zoning Board. He said that the code has not been followed
and the facility exists illegally. He
said that the facility should be shut down permanently.
Chairman Kendall announced to the
audience that Public Hearings will be held on Tuesday, August 8th at
7:30 p.m. and Tuesday, August 15th at 7:00 p.m. on the PRRRD zoning
district and welcomed all citizens to attend and express their concerns.
4.
Mr. Allan McCallum, 2831 Williamson Road, spoke in opposition to
rezoning the Van Ward property for a game room. He said that the property is currently zoned AR-1 and is not
grand fathered in for commercial use.
He said there has been no commercial use on this property
since1985. He said he feels rezoning
this property to commercial would be spot zoning. He said that the plat submitted was incorrect and DOT had issued
a driveway permit based on this plat.
There will be required two-25 ft. buffers with screening adjacent to
residential property. He asked the
Board to deny the rezoning.
5.
Mr. Ray
Browning, 585 Moreland Road, also spoke on the game room rezoning. He said that he was against this rezoning
because of the new subdivision on Highway 362 and Chappell Hill Road that the
Board of Commissioners had recently approved adjacent to this piece of
property. He also addressed the agenda
item of moratorium of building permits.
He said that he feels that this is premature and that we need to let the
City of Griffin take the lead as this is their water.
6.
Ms. Darlene
McKeehan gave her address as 138 Deer Run, Williamson, GA; however, as
contractors they have built a house at 891 Moreland Road and were upset because
according to Public Works the driveway does not meet specifications. She said that they purchased three (3) culverts at
$350 each and asked three (3)
times for guidance regarding driveway standards. She said the county wants her to tear up her $5,000 driveway
after the fact. She said the paper she
received said nothing about having the driveway inspected. She offered to core the driveway to
determine if it is at sufficient depth.
She said if she had known the rules she would have met every one of
them. She said that the driveway was
poured by a subcontractor and did not know that he did not have a business license.
Chairman Kendall commented that the Board
was not apprised of this before the meeting and asked her to get with County
Manager Ruffin to try to resolve the problem as their seems to be some
differences of opinion regarding the driveway.
He said that this would be placed on the August 21, 2000 agenda if there
cannot be some mutual resolution before this date.
7.
Mr. Milton
Cline, 1051 Baptist Camp Road, spoke on Cherokee Rose. He said as of today eleven (11) people had
been struck by pellets. He said that
vehicles had been struck also. He
wanted to know why the walkers couldn’t get the same courtesy shown by the
Sheriff as that shown to Cherokee Rose. He said that have illegally removed
them from the area, which is public right of way and forced them to go
home. He said that this area has been
leased for a fall-out area. He said
that the clays are thrown higher than the trees and that is why the bullets
stray. He said the pellets fall over
his property and Mr. Dean’s property.
He said that have constructed a fence that falls on his property line
and he would like for the county to have them remove it.
8.
Ms. Winnell
Graham Crockett gave her address as 170 Landsdown Drive, Atlanta, GA and stated
she was speaking on behalf of her mother, Macille Graham, who owns some
property adjacent to Mr. Van Ward, which is being considered for rezoning for a
game room. She said she had concern with the property boundaries. She said through the years there has been
difficulty with the property lines. She
said that the well house of Mr. Ward is actually on their property according to
the last survey they had had done. She
questioned the survey submitted with the application. She said she was also concerned about limited parking and
concerned about it spilling over on their property since it is open
cultivation.
9.
Mr. George
Corley, 934 Baptist Camp Road, spoke concerning his tax bill. He said that he had received an assessment
and his taxes went up $3,000 and he lives in the shooting range area. Chairman
Kendall commented that we did not have the final say-so in this Cherokee Rose
matter as it will probably go to the Georgia Supreme Court. If he was unhappy with his assessment, he
was free to appeal to the Board of Tax Assessors to re-evaluate his property.
10.
Ms. Mable
Jenkins gave her address as 1012 Highway 23 North, Millen, GA, and spoke on
behalf of her son, Robert Jenkins, who could not be present tonight. She said that Robert is the owner of Georgia
One Clays, Inc., the operating entity of Cherokee Rose Sporting Resort. She presented the following facts: (1) as a direct result of Cherokee Rose,
this City and County has hundreds of visitors to come and spend their money,
(2) events have been brought in to bring people here from all over the world,
(3) hundreds of thousand of dollars have been spent by the resort in the
purchase of permits, materials and services to open the “Rose”, (4) have provided jobs for local people, (5) do
business with your banks, (6) make purchases from your merchants, (7) attend
one of your churches and pay taxes also.
She said that roofing nails have been placed in their driveway on
several different occasions to deter participants. She said there have been acts of vandalism on their
property. She brought complaints about
Milton Cline and Tom Dean. She said
that shots had been fired on their property during one of the events.
She said that this issue needed to be put
to rest as this was serious business.
With tempers flaring and guns firing, someone is going to get seriously
hurt. She said that they were issued a
permit to open their business and they needed to move on with their lives.
11.
Mr. John
Kelley, 2500 West Ellis Road asked the Board not to permanently close a portion
of West Poplar Street. He said that the
county should repair the infrastructure.
12.
Ms. Gail
Dean, 1250 Teamon Road, addressed in rebuttal claims made by Ms. Jenkins. She also spoke on the safety requirements
for shot fall-out zones of the NRA which requires 900 ft. generally 180 degrees
around the station and buffers around the property and wanted to know why they
were not incorporated into the engineering and design of Cherokee Rose and
asked that they be incorporated now at this late date. She said that neither she nor anyone they
were associated with had done anything illegal or destructive regarding
Cherokee Rose and there was no shooting from their property onto Cherokee Rose
property.
13.
Mr. Frank
Harris, 881 S. Sixth Street, stated he was a cross-over member of the Planning
Commission and chairs the Board of Zoning Appeals and spoke on Application
#00-21Z, the Van Ward application, and recommended that the property not be
rezoned because of the new proposed subdivision that was being built adjacent
to the property. He said that the
Planning Commission had brought recommendation to Board of Commissioners to
deny this application because the proposed use for this tract is probably
inappropriate for the scope of what is being built next door to this property.
14.
Mr. Rod
Rosenthal, 365 Caldwell Road, stated his opposition to the rezoning of the Van
Ward property located on Highway 362.
He said that he does not feel that this will be appropriate for the
area.
15.
Ms. Jane
Smith, 956 Teamon Road, spoke regarding Cherokee Rose. She said that she and her husband have run a
business on Teamon Road for over 28 years and has customers annoyed by all the
shooting going on in the area and afraid of getting shot.
16.
Mr. C. I.
Smith, 956 Teamon Road, also spoke on Cherokee Rose. He said that he had lived in this area for 54 years and it had
been peaceful until the reopening of Cherokee Rose. He said that they would work hard to get rid of it.
17.
Ms. Reba
Phillips, 452 Hickory Circle, asked the Board to reconsider their vote on the
special exception of Wendell Cleghorn for upgrading a mobile home. She said the home is for his mother.
Chairman Kendall called for a short
recess until 7:30 p.m.
Chairman Kendall called the meeting back to order.
1. Consider approval of the meetings for July
10, 2000 and July 17, 2000. Upon
motion by Commissioner Massengale, seconded by Commissioner Childres the
minutes were unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
VIII. OLD BUSINESS
1.
Consider
request for permanent closure of a portion of West Poplar Street. Deputy County Manager Wilson stated that he
had received responses from Chief of Police, City Fire Department, County Fire
Department, “911” stating they had no problem with the closing of the
road. Commissioner Martha McDaniel
disagreed with Mr. Wilson’s findings stating that City Fire Department
responded that it would have an effect on them in there being a delay in
response time if they were called for mutual aid by the County Fire Department,
EMS, etc.
Chairman Kendall stated in his opinion that it was not appropriate to
close a road, a public thoroughfare, especially like this and made a motion to
deny the closure of this portion of West Poplar Street. Commissioner Martha McDaniel seconded the
motion and the motion passed by a vote of 3-2 with Commissioner Childres and
Massengale voting against the motion.
2.
Consider
approval at second reading of Amendment to the Official Zoning Ordinance and
Official Zoning Map of the following:
·
Rezoning
Application #00-21Z: Van L. Ward, Sr., Vincent C. Murphy and
Arturo S. Ward, Owners, 3350 Williamson Road, 1.0 acres, more or less, AR-1 to
C-1.
Chairman Kendall commented that Attorney
Tim Shepherd was present to speak on behalf of this application unless the
Board members had opposition. Mr.
Shepherd stated he did not want to speak but was representing Mr. Johnston, who
could not be present, and would answer any questions the Board might have.
Commissioner Johnie McDaniel made comments about this application since he could not be present at the zoning hearing when this application was presented. He said he was quite surprised that it had been approved for the following reasons: (1) inappropriate for the area since the Board had approved the subdivision to be built; (2) nearest commercial use is ¾ mile from property; (3) the property is residential in nature and property not vacant as stated; (4) UDO prohibits more than one principle use on a tract and the principle use now is obviously residential; (5) threat to the public health, safety and welfare and (6) property value not been diminished by current use; (7) not sure that a hardship exists.
Motion made by Commissioner
Johnie McDaniel to deny Application
#00-21Z. Commissioner Martha McDaniel
seconded the motion. Chairman Kendall
stated this was not on the agenda for denial of the application, only for
approval at second reading. The
procedure since it is on second reading would be to deny at second reading and
start over.
County Attorney Fortune agreed with
Chairman Kendall. County Manager Ruffin
commented that the agenda could be amended to restyle it to read the way you
wanted it to.
Mr. Shepherd commented that Mr. Johnston
was down here when this was on first reading and delivered all the information
to the Board that was pertinent to the application. He said that the application has already been approved on first
reading and the people have already spent a good deal of money towards this
property before realizing they had a problem.
County Manager Ruffin stated that the constitutional objection was filed prior to the public hearing so the interest of the parties have been protected.
After discussion regarding the
motion on the floor, Commissioner Johnie McDaniel withdrew his motion to deny
application as well as the second made by Commissioner Martha McDaniel.
Motion made by Commissioner
Johnie McDaniel to deny the second reading of Application #00-21Z.
Commissioner Martha McDaniel seconded the motion and motion was
unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
The item will be on the August
21, 2000 Agenda for first reading to deny Application #00-21Z.
3.
Consider
approval of the following: Special
Exception Application #00-41S:
Wendell Cleghorn, Owner – 453 Shoal Creek Road – requesting a Special
Exception to allow a Class A Manufactured Home in the Ar-1 District to replace
an existing older model manufactured home.
Upon motion by Commissioner
Martha McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Massengale Application #00-41S was
unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
4. Consider approval at second reading of Amendment to the Official Zoning Ordinance and Official Zoning Map of the following:
·
Amendment
to UDO-A-00-10: Article 2:
Definition of Terms Used, Section 202;R’—Amend definition of campground,
religious for allowance of a church
Motion made by Commissioner
Childres to approve UDO-A-00-10. Commissioner Massengale seconded the motion.
Commissioner
Johnie McDaniel asked under these conditions if the church would have to meet
all the buffer requirements and all the other restrictions that are provided
for this being a special exception for zoning classifications. County Manager Ruffin stated if it was a new
use, it would have to meet the requirements but if an existing use he thought
that it would be grand fathered but he would have to look at the code to see
how the language reads and then report back to the Board. Commissioner Johnie McDaniel addressed his
concern “as defined in 202 U” and read that part of the code. County Manager Ruffin stated that you
determine this special exception by the principle use of the property.
Until question Commissioner
Johnie McDaniel asked could be cleared up, Commissioner Childres withdrew his
motion as well as the second by Commissioner Massengale.
Motion made by Commissioner
Childres to table UDO-A-00-10 to a date
certain, August 21, 2000 to make some disposition. Commissioner Massengale seconded the motion and motion was
unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0..
·
Amendment
to UDO-A-00-16: Appendix A.
Subdivision Ordinance, Section 408:A—Amendment to final plat submission
Upon motion by Commissioner
Martha McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Childres UDO-A-00-16 was
unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
RESOLUTION AMENDING
THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE OF
SPALDING COUNTY, GEORGIA
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners
of Spalding County, Georgia under the Constitution and Laws of the State of
Georgia is empowered by virtue of its police power to regulate the health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of Spalding County to provide for and enact
zoning and developmental regulations;
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners
of Spalding County, Georgia enacted the current Zoning Ordinance of Spalding
County, Georgia on January 4, 1994 and therein adopted as Appendix A thereto,
the Subdivision Ordinance of Spalding County;
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners
of Spalding County has determined that it is in the best interests of the
citizens of Spalding County for certain text revisions and amendments to be
made to the Subdivision Ordinance of Spalding County;
WHEREAS, such text amendments to the
Subdivision Ordinance of Spalding County were reviewed by the Spalding County
Planning Commission, and a hearing on the text amendments to the Zoning
Ordinance of Spalding County was conducted by the Board of Commissioners of
Spalding County, Georgia on July 27, 2000, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 33-66-1, et.
seq. in the Spalding County Hearing Room, Room 108, Spalding County
Courthouse Annex, 119 East Solomon Street, Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia;
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners
of Spalding County, Georgia considered the proposed amendment, any and all
alternate proposals or amendments, the report of the Spalding County Planning
Commission and all data and evidence taken at the public hearing; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed by the Board
of Commissioners of Spalding County, Georgia that an amendment to the
Subdivision Ordinance of Spalding County, Georgia conforms with sound
comprehensive planning principles and is of substantial benefit to the public
and in the promotion of the best interests and general welfare of the people;
NOW THEREFORE, IT SHALL BE AND IS
HEREBY RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Spalding County, Georgia, that
the Subdivision Ordinance of Spalding County, Georgia shall be and is hereby amended
as follows:
Section 1: The following provision shall be added to
the Subdivision Ordinance of Spalding County, Georgia, to appear as Article 4,
Section 408:A(4):
Section
408. Submission and Approval of Final Plat.
4. One copy of the final plat in
electronic CAD format (.dxf) registered in Georgia State Plane NAD 1983
coordinates, submitted on a 3.5” floppy diskette or a CD-ROM. An additional charge of 20% of the final plat
fee will be required if a copy of the final revision is not submitted in
electronic format. This fee must be
paid before the final plat can be approved.
Section 2: The foregoing amendments of the Subdivision
Ordinance of Spalding County, Georgia shall become effective immediately upon
adoption of this resolution.
Section
3: All Ordinances or
resolutions in conflict herewith shall be and are hereby, repealed.
1.
North
Spalding Citizens United Protecting Our Rights is present to present a proposal
regarding problems associated with the Cherokee Rose Sporting Resort. Mr. Tom
Dean spoke on behalf of this group. He
stated his address as 1250 Teamon Road.
He presented a petition with 508 signatures opposing Cherokee Rose
existence. He said these petition was
merely asking for Cherokee Rose to become legal and to stop operations until
all requirements have been met. He said that the group wanted to deal in facts
and the facts were that there were twelve counts of non-compliance with the zoning
ordinance. He said they have been
pestered with noise for the last four months and been coming to the meetings
asking that something be done. He said
that other people have to abide by the law and the code so why doesn’t Cherokee
Rose have to.
Chairman
Kendall commented to Mr. Dean that the agenda item was for them to present a
proposal, which they have not done. Mr.
Kendall commented to Mr. Dean that all this information he has brought tonight
should be brought before the Planning Commission as they were having a Public
Hearing August 8th and August 15th. He said this case is going to have to be
made at the proper time in the proper forum.
He said that we are trying to follow a procedural outline.
Mr.
Dean commented to Mr. Kendall that Planning & Zoning Board cannot do
anything about what we are talking about here and they have already rendered
their conclusion as to what they think should be done after talking with them
for the past two months.
The
procedure is that Planning Commission will make a recommendation to this Board
of Commissioners and we five people will have to make a decision.
2.
Consider
approval of updated Master Plan for Parks and Recreation. Mr. Louis Greene, Director of Parks and
Recreation addressed the Board. He said
that this was presented by a panel
put together by the Advisory Commission
and adopted by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission and sent to you for
approval.
Upon motion by Commissioner
Massengale, seconded by Commissioner Johnie McDaniel updated Master Plan was
unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
3. Consider approval of relocation of lights
at Volunteer Park and construction of new press boxes at Volunteer due to
Griffin Tech expansion. Deputy County
Manager Wilson stated the total cost would be $23,000 and be a SPLOST
project. Upon motion by Commissioner
Martha McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Childres the project was unanimously
approved by a vote of 5-0.
4. Consider approval of the submission of an
application for Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) funds. The total amount of funds is $48,743. Upon motion by Commissioner Martha
McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Childres submission of grant was unanimously
approved by a vote of 5-0.
5.
Consider
approval of a Resolution for a moratorium in the issuance of building
permits. Chairman Kendall commented
that this matter has come about because of the water problems that this
community has faced. Mr. Kendall stated
that he feels like if the county should do anything the appropriate mechanism
would be to stop new water taps. Mr.
Kendall commented that we are not out of the woods yet with this water problem.
Commissioner Martha McDaniel commented
she feels a moratorium is too drastic and her proposal would be that the county
not have a moratorium but use the water tap to make people more mindful of the
water situation. She said she would not
be in favor of commercial or industrial in this moratorium on taps but on
residential construction only for maybe 60 to 90 days and look at it at that
time.
It was brought out that the City of
Griffin does not feel they have a whole lot of new building requests so they do
not feel like they need to place a moratorium on building permits or water
taps.
Commissioner Johnie McDaniel stated he
had a problem with their approach on this because they control the water system
and they need to take the lead on this.
Commissioner Kendall commented that we
need to approach this by putting all people on notice that come in to get
building permits that we may have to consider putting a moratorium on new water
permits within the next thirty, sixty or ninety days depending on what happens
with the weather. County Manager Ruffin
commented that when people come in to get their building permits they are
getting their water taps also.
Commissioner Johnie McDaniel commented
that this is the third year that we have been in this water situation and this
year being far more the worse and feels that we as a group of community leaders
need to sit down with the City and look to the future. He said that he understands the City has run
into problems with construction of the reservoir and they do not want to dredge
out the present reservoir and have made connections to tap on to somebody
else’s water system, but we can’t base our future on somebody else’s water
system. He said that we need to plan
for some infrastructure because we are going to grow in Spalding County. He said that the City and County are two
separate bodies but we are a community.
Commissioner Kendall commented that he
agreed with Commissioner McDaniel in that we need to be at the table working
with the City Commissioners making decisions.
He said how we go about doing it is problematic. He said that now is the time to approach the
City Commissioners regarding regional water plan.
Motion made by Commissioner
Martha McDaniel to amend the Agenda to add approaching the City of Griffin
about some short-term, long-term resolutions to our water problems and
authorize letter to be written.
Commissioner Johnie McDaniel seconded the motion and motion was
unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
Motion made by Commissioner
Martha McDaniel to write a letter to the City of Griffin Commissioners asking
for a meeting with us, our engineer and their engineer to discuss current water
needs as well as water needs in the future.
Commissioner Johnie McDaniel seconded the motion and motion was
unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
Motion made by Commissioner
Johnie McDaniel to table indefinitely the Moratorium on the issuance of building
permits. Commissioner Martha McDaniel
seconded the motion and motion was unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
Chairman Kendall called for a five-minute
recess at this time.
Chairman Kendall called the meeting back
to order.
6. Consider approval of Grant Request for
Griffin Technical College. This is in
the amount of $40,000 to expand Griffin Tech Literacy Program. Upon motion by Commissioner Childres,
seconded by Commissioner Johnie McDaniel grant request was approved by a vote
of 4-0 (Commissioner Martha McDaniel out of room).
7. Consider approval of Grant Request to
Griffin-Spalding Hospital Authority.
This grant request is from the Emergency Management Agency of $5,000 for
the purchase of 500 Weather Alert Radios.
Upon motion by Commissioner Massengale, seconded by Commissioner
Martha McDaniel grant request was unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
8. Consider reappointments to the West
Georgia Emergency Medical Services for a two-year period. The two reappointments are Zach Holmes
and Walline Pitts. Upon motion
by Commissioner Martha McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Johnie McDaniel the
reappointments were unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
9. Consider appointment to the Spalding
County Water and Sewerage Facilities Authority to fill the unexpired term of Ed
Cole (12-31-05). Upon motion by
Commissioner Massengale, seconded by Commissioner Johnie McDaniel item was
tabled until the August 21st meeting by a vote of 3-2 with
Commissioners Childres and Martha McDaniel voting against. Commissioner
Childres had submitted a name for this position.
10. Authorization of condemnation proceedings
for Right-of-Way for parcel on Hickory Circle.
96% of ROW has been acquired. Upon
motion by Commissioner Martha McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Massengale authorization
for condemnation was unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
11. Consider approval of Agreement for
Employee Assistance Services. Upon
motion by Commissioner Martha McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Massengale
Agreement was unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0. Reference Contract #00-08-07(A).
12. Consider request from City of Griffin to
purchase used compactors and containers.
The cost of purchase is $5,000. Upon
motion by Commissioner Martha McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Massengale the
request from the City of Griffin was unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
13. Consider approval of Local Government
Project Agreement with Georgia DOT for utility relocations on SR 155 for
installation of passing lanes. Upon
motion by Commissioner Martha McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Childres
Agreement was unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
14. Consider approval of the Policies
Statement for the 1999 Community Home Investment Program (CHIP) Housing
Program. Upon motion by Commissioner
Martha McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Childres Policies Statement was
unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
15. Consider approval of proposal from
Integrated Science & Engineering.
The proposal is for GIS watershed delineation information, impervious
surface evaluation and point source identification for a total amount of
$7,950. Upon motion by Commissioner
Martha McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Childres proposal was unanimously
approved by a vote of 5-0. Reference
Contract #00-08-07(B).
16. Consider request from The Bus Project,
Inc. for utilize the annex parking lot and 141 W. Solomon Street (Personal
Growth Center) properties. Upon
motion by Commissioner Martha McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Childres
request was unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0.
17. Consider approval at first reading an
ordinance amending the FY 2001 Budget Ordinance to provide for prior years
purchase orders. Upon motion by
Commissioner Martha McDaniel, seconded by Commissioner Childres first reading
was unanimously approved by a vote of 5-0. The Ordinance will be incorporated into the minutes on second
and final reading.
18. Consider approval of amendment to Service
Delivery Strategy between City of Griffin and Spalding County. Upon motion by Commissioner Childres,
seconded by Commissioner Johnie McDaniel the following amendment to Resolution
was unanimously approved by a vote of 4-1 with Commissioner Martha McDaniel
voting against.
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE SERVICE DELIVERY STRATEGY
FOR SPALDING COUNTY
WHEREAS, Spalding
County desires to apply for Community Development Block Grant Funds in order to
rehabilitate a private wastewater treatment and collection system serving a
low-to-moderate income neighborhood generally known as Highland Mills; and
WHEREAS, the owner
of the private wastewater treatment and collection system, otherwise referred
to as WWTP, has agreed to donate the treatment and collection system to
Spalding County if said grant is approved by the Georgia Department of
Community Affairs; and
WHEREAS, Spalding
County submitted an application to said department in 1999 for $500,000 to
rehabilitate said treatment and collection system; and
WHEREAS, said
department advised the County that funding was not approved because the
County’s Service Delivery Strategy adopted pursuant to Chapter 70 of Title 36
of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated did not address the County’s desire
to own and operate WWTP; and
WHEREAS, the County
and the City of Griffin desire to amend said Service Delivery Strategy in order
to enable the County to pursue funding for rehabilitation of the treatment and
collection system.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Griffin and Spalding
County that the adopted Service Delivery Strategy, as submitted to the Georgia
Department of Community Affairs on September 29, 1999, is hereby amended to
include the following:
Adopted this the 7th Day of August by Spalding County and
the 8th Day of August by the City of Griffin
19.
Commissioner
Martha McDaniel desires to clarify Roberts Rules of Order concerning a motion
and second to call the question. County
Attorney Fortune discussed this item.
He said Roberts Rules of Order states the procedure is when the question
is called on a previous issue and it receives a second, then a vote is taken
and if the motion gets a 2/3 vote, the debate is cut-off and the issue at hand
is voted on immediately. The motion to
call the question is not a debatable motion and it takes four votes to end the
debate. There was a discussion about
limiting the debate for a twenty-minute period. The Board agreed that they would follow the procedure in Roberts
Rules of Order.
County
Manager Ruffin spoke about the McKeehan matter. He informed the Board that she has a driveway that is not thick
enough over the county right of way.
She said that she would have core samples taken and had asked to be put
on an agenda after the samples had been taken if there could not be some
resolution. The core samples were
taken and failed and he had not heard back from her until she showed up
tonight. He said he would go out to the
site and meet with her Thursday morning.
The driveway does not meet county code and I feel sure she will be back
for the August 21st meeting for you to make some disposition on the
matter.
XII.
REPORT
OF COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Massengale had no comments.
Commissioner Johnie McDaniel asked the
status of the Highway 362/Rover-Zetella intersection. Commissioner Martha McDaniel stated she thought that the contract
had been moved forward but Deputy County Manager Wilson stated that we had
received no official notification.
Commissioner Martha McDaniel had no
comments.
Commissioner Childres had no comments.
Commissioner Kendall reiterated a couple
of things that the County has done regarding the water situation. He said that we have been able to coordinate
with the City of Griffin what it is that is being disseminated to our citizens
in regards to the water situation. He
said everyone has provided sufficient leadership in trying to make everyone
apprised. He said now is the time to go
down to the City of Griffin and try to coordinate something with the
commissioners in office now to get us at the table in regards to the reservoir
and the water system. He said that we
were the largest customer they have and potentially even larger and we should
be at the table when all these decision are made regarding the status of our
water supply. He said that he was
hoping their willingness to come to the table with us would be like the
Wastewater Management Agreement. He
said this meeting Mr. Ruffin is to coordinate is very important and all the
Commissioners need to make every effort possible to attend.