Hart County Board of Commissioners

December 13^th, 1999

Planning Session

The Hart County Board of Commissioners met December 13^th, 1999 at 4:30 p.m. in the Hart County Administrative & Emergency Services Center.

Chairman Joel Moore presided with Commissioners Don Burdick, Harry Hannah and R. C. Oglesby in attendance. Absent: Commissioner Ken Brown.

Others in attendance were County Administrator Gary Cobb, County Attorney Walter Gordon, Public Works Director Rick Haney, Jack Edmunds & Bob Evans representing Economic Development. Reporters Mark Lanford and Jennifer Painter were also in attendance.

Chairman Moore called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. and expressed a need for an Executive Session to discuss real estate acquisition and legal matters. By a 4-0 vote, the meeting went into Executive Session.

Regular Planning Session reconvened at 5:15 p.m. same attendees except for Jack Edmunds, Bob Evans and Jennifer Painter.

County Administrator's Report (see attachment)

· Items I(1) to I(6) were discussed and directed to be on the Consent Agenda.

· Item I(7) was reported to have received two(2) bids, which will be opened at the regular Board of Commissioners meeting December 14^th, 1999.

· Courthouse Space Recommendations

The needs were discussed and various options were considered. The County Administrator was directed to contact Design/Build contractors and architects to get the proposals to a final review state in preparation for proposals/bids.

· The need for an implementation of a Safety Committee with Dan Yeargin as Coordinator was discussed.

· The proposed schedule for reviewing the Sub-Division Ordinance update was presented and discussed.

· Panorama Point Subdivision request for signage was discussed but Commissioner Brown was absent so no action was taken.

· Sunday hours of the county Convenience Centers were discussed. We will conduct a simple study to determine frequency and time usage.

· Use of Community Service Workers was discussed. Attempts will be made to locate some opportunities to utilize these workers.

Chairman's Report

Chairman Moore reviewed the video on property assessment, the River Study and the DFACS Building study. He went over upcoming dates and events.

Old Business

County Administrator discussed his recommendation of the low bidder for the Recreation Complex Restroom/Storage Building.

New Business

· Board/Authority Appointments

Possible appointees were reviewed for presentation and consideration at the December 14^th, 1999 meeting. For the Board of Assessors: Mr. Isley for Mr. Isley, Mr. Rudeseal for Mr. Gaines’ position. For the Chestatee-Chattahoochee RCD: Mr. Welborn and Mr. Kotal. For the Recreation Advisory Board: Mr. Smith, Ms. Fleming and Mr. Tucker. To replace themselves and Mr. Stone to replace Mr. Cleveland.

· Beer & Wine Renewals

County Administrator reported that those re-applications received are in order.

· New Beer & Wine application-Nuberg Food Mart/Albert Milford is in order.

Meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.

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Joel Moore, Chairman Gary S. Cobb, County Administrator