The regular meeting of the Emanuel County Board of Commissioners convened Monday evening, October 16, at the John C. Coleman County Office Building. Following Chairman Hugh Foskey’s call to order, the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance were delivered. In addition to the Chairman, Commissioners present included Commissioner Oliver, Sherrod, and Thompson.
The meeting agenda was opened by Chairman Foskey who called for presentation of minutes of the previous meeting. Following approval, the first agenda item for discussion dealt with fees for environmental services provided for the county. Administrator Singletary reported to the Board on the need for a revised scale in payment for these services. Following discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner Oliver and seconded by Vice Chairman Sherrod for an appropriate adjusted increase in this service.
Next on the agenda was discussion of the contracted services for cleaning and building maintenance of all county facilities. Singletary discussed the unsatisfactory level of performance of the contractor, American Facilities Services, in delivering the contracted services. Following discussion, the Board agreed that timely action was needed, and Vice Chairman Sherrod made a motion to cancel the contract with American Facilities Services for nonperformance. Commissioner Thompson seconded. Following a 4-0 vote to cancel, Sherrod then offered a motion to hire the next lowest bidder from the most recent bid competition, Tribond. That motion also passed with a 4-0 vote.
Moving to the next item of business, the Board heard from Administrator Singletary on the LMIG road assistance grant from the State. The Administrator advised that the list of county road resurfacing and repair projects under this program is ready for bid. The total grant allowed in this project could be as much as 2.4 million dollars, with the possible inclusion of unused funds that have been returned to counties from earlier D.O.T. programs. The Board agreed to move forward and passed a motion to schedule a bid the LMIG project.
In other final action, the Board moved to endorse a resolution from the Association of County Commissioners supporting the efforts of governmental bodies to enact mental health legislation whenever possible to address the spiraling need of these programs throughout the country. Following this, Chairman Foskey called for and received a vote for adjournment.
