July 18, 2023

FINANCIAL REPORT

• SPLOST AND LOST

  •   We will present the final IGA and Resolution and request to call a referendum to the BOC on August 1. Notice of the referendum will run once per week for four weeks in the month of October. We will hold a county wide referendum on November 2 asking the voters to continue the 1% sales tax collection.

SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITY

• CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

  • 1960s Courthouse:  We hope to have an open house and move in at the end of August.
  • Administration Building:  Roof replacement started today.
  • Public Works:  A construction meeting will take place August 3.

• ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT  

  • Michael Lackey has joined Jim Bradford in the Ordinance Enforcement Office. Officer Lackey comes to us from the Magistrate Court where he has served as a constable for several years. He is a POST certified officer and has been attending Ordinance Enforcement training and is a level two code enforcement officer. He is continuing his training and should receive his level three certification in March 2024. Level three is the highest level of Code Enforcement Certification.

• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  • The Gordon Floyd JDA met last week and voted to enter a contract to sell 10 acres to an industrial conveyor belt company. There is another 10 acre tract under a previous contract to sell to a firm that converts food waste to fuel.

• LEGAL

  • Assisted Tax Assessor with an appeal of an assessment on apartments. Appeared in Magistrate Court in defense of a county department and case was dismissed. Assisted another county entity in a deposition. Sent a final decision letter in a zoning matter and met with outside special purpose counsel.