FLOYD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
JULY 8, 2008 agenda action report
I. CALL TO ORDER — Commission Chairman Jerry Jennings
Present: Commissioners John Mayes, Garry Fricks, Chad Whitefield and Eddie Lumsden
II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG —Mayes and Lumsden
III. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – None
IV. APPROVED MINUTES of Regular Meeting of June 24, 2008.
V. PROCLAMATION recognizing August 17, 2008 as Livingston United Methodist Church “Celebration Day” and December 21, 2008 as Floyd County “Old Courthouse Cele-bration Day” in honor of their 175th Anniversaries.
Click to view 'proclamation recognizing 175th anniversaries'
VI. RESOLUTIONS — None
VII. FIRST READINGS — None
VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS
For location maps and background information on the following land use applications and code revisions, click here.
1. Denied a requested rezoning from H-TR (High-density Traditional Residential) to S-R (Suburban Residential), with a Special Use Permit for manu-factured home at 201 Alexander Avenue.
2. Denied a requested Special Use Permit for manu-factured home at 1282B Radio Springs Road.
ULDC REVISIONS:
1. Revised Article 6.15.11 regarding NPDES compliance.
2. Revised Article 6.17.3 regarding landscaping plans.
3. Revised Article 6.17.2.a. regarding landscaping islands in parking lots.
4. Revised Article 6.17.2.c. regarding landscaping islands in parking lots.
5. Revised Article 6.6.1 and 6.4.2 concerning dedication of additional right of way along existing streets.
6. Revised Article 6.9.3 regarding inter-parcel access easements.
7. Accepted a $12,557 Justice Assistance Grant to be shared with the city of Rome based on the number of certified officers. The Rome Po-lice Department will get $6,858 and the Floyd County Police Depart-ment will get $5,669. Both County Manager Kevin Poe and City Manager John Bennett commented that the annual federal grant has significantly decreased over the years.
IX. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
1. Reappointed Christina Bucher, Susan Cooley and Jean Simpson to 3-year terms on the Animal Control Board and reappointed Mary McGuffey and Warren Jones to 3-year terms on the Forum Advisory Committee.
2. Nominated Fricks and Lumsden to serve on the Public Defender Local Panel for the Rome Judicial Circuit. Gov. Sonny Perdue will make the appointments.
X. COMMISSIONER’S REPORT
1. Administrative/Finance Committee – Commissioner Whitefield, Chairman – None
2. Public Safety Committee – Commissioner Lumsden, Chairman — Reported a public safety pay raiseproposal is under review.
3. Public Works Committee – Commissioner Mayes, Chairman — None
4. Water Committee – Commissioner Fricks, Chairman, announced new rules on outdoor watering approved by the state last month.
5. Judicial Services Committee – Commissioner Jennings, Chairman — None
6. Special Committee Reports
a. SPLOST Committee (Lumsden) — None
b. Work Release Committee (Lumsden, Mayes) — None
c. Fire Overview Committee (Lumsden, Whitefield) — None
d. Joint Services Committee (Jennings, Whitefield)
Recommended six local representatives to a regional water planning coun-cil: Commission Chairman Jerry Jennings; Rome City Manager John Bennett; Cave Spring Mayor Rob Ware; Rome Water and Sewer Director Leigh Ross; County Water Utilities Supervisor John Boyd; and Joe Cook, executive direc-tor of the Coosa River Basin Initiative.
Appointments will be made by Gov. Sonny Perdue, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and House Speaker Glenn Richardson.
For more information on the Statewide Comprehensive Water Plan, click here.
e. Joint Development Oversight Committee (Mayes, Whitefield) — None
f. Transportation Committee (Whitefield) — None
XI. CLERK’S REPORT
Consent Agenda – Approved
1. Tax Refunds
2. Quit Claim Deed with Lillie Viola Thacker, Executrix under the Will of Leon Thacker, for an unused portion of Walnut Street.
3. Quit Claim Deed with Janice Kay Williams, as Executrix of the Es-tate of Jack C. Wright, for an unused portion of Walnut Street.
XII. MANAGER’S REPORT
1. Authorized engineering work by LPA Group for Pro-fessional Services related to Replacing Electrical Vault at Richard B. Russell Airport. The work is re-imbursable through a federal grant.
2. Authorized Amendment to the Floyd County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Poe said the county became eligible for a federal grant following the deadly March 15 tornado if it added a response plan for thun-derstorm winds.
If the application is approved, plans include the purchase of weather radios, shutters for the 911 Center in the Law Enforcement Building and a Code Red phone system that will automatically alert residents in bad weather.
3. Extended to Dec. 31, 2009 a contract with Allied Waste Industries. The company hauls county trash from remote collection sites.
XIII. ATTORNEY’S REPORT
The board added an executive session to its agenda to meet with attorney Scott Bergthold regarding an ongoing lawsuit filed by Entice Adult Superstore in Shannon.
Commissioners spent about 40 minutes closeted with Bergthold but took no action.
“The litigation is still pending and, beyond that, I would have no comment,” Jennings said.
A U.S. District Court judge upheld the county’s ordinance regulating adult-oriented businesses, adopted shortly after the store opened in 2006, but Entice owner Charles Craton has until July 15 to file an appeal.
The two parties have been in court-ordered mediation talks.
For previous stories about the lawsuit, click here.
XIV. OTHER BUSINESS — None
XV. ADJOURN
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