Hart County Board of Commissioners
Planning Meeting
October 23rd,
2000
Chairman Moore called the meeting
to order at 4:30 p.m. Those present
were: Commissioners Burdick, Oglesby, Brown, Public Works Director Rick Haney,
County Administrator Gary Cobb, County Attorney Walter Gordon,
Billy Kidd representing Skelton Morris Insurance Agency, Troy Worthy, Mark
Lanford (Hartwell Sun), Martha Golden (Anderson Independent), Paula and Bill
Little.
Chairman Moore recognized Bill
Little. Mr. Little explained that the county
bushhog
contractor had cut cedar trees along his fence line twice. The last time, about
three weeks ago, he cut the tops out of 30 trees. The Littles live at 460
Moore Road. This matter will be investigated with
Mr. Leard.
Billy Kidd of Skelton Morris
Insurance Agency was recognized. Mr. Kidd informed the Board that Coregis
Insurance Company presented the county through him a very large 30-40% increase
in our liability insurance premiums. This was contrary to the agreement reached
two years ago that the premium would remain level over three years. This change
by Coregis was done on a nationwide basis. Lost ratios with individual clients
were not considered. Mr. Kidd did secure a binder from Coregis for three months
ending January 1st, 2001.
Mr. Kidd also reported he was seeking coverage from other carriers using our
existing rate as the criteria. The Board agreed to give Skelton Morris until November 14th, 2000 to
secure the coverage to run from January
1st, 2001 until September
30th, 2001. Further, the coverage should be at our
existing base rate. If the coverage cannot be secured,
then the Board will bid the package with an effective date of January 1st, 2001.
County
Administrator's
Report
·
Brent Massingill of Robert and Company presented
the preliminary Master Plan for the Public Works Department. The plan is a
10-year look at our needs including what is expected to be a rapidly growing
Water & Sewer Authority. The Board asked many questions. They requested
that the county property to the east of the State
Detention Center
be shown as future Public Works expansion and recreation use.
·
Reading Project
The County
Administrator presented Larry
Poole's request that the Hart County Government join the new reading program.
The program involves about 1 hour per week to listen to an elementary student
read. Several issues were identified, namely needs of the workload, how the
citizens feel concerning time away from job etc. The County
Administrator was directed to
prepare a draft policy for consideration.
·
E911 Status
The list of vendors for a new
system has been reduced to two. One has revisited for detail instruction. The
other is scheduled for a October 25th, 2000 visit. On November 8th, 2000 at 9:00 a.m. the vendors will each give a 1 1/2-hour presentation on
their proposal. This information along with the Board's direction on central
dispatch should yield a recommendation for the Board to consider at their November 14th, 2000
meeting.
·
Arcade License
All known potential arcade sites,
except Max Saver, have submitted an application. All applications do not meet
the distance requirement. The Board's previous instruction was to gather the
application. This is now done. A meeting on November 2nd, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. was scheduled to consider the issue of the
license and potential "grandfather" condition.
·
DCA Comprehensive Plan
The County
Administrator reported that the RDC
had approved and passed the STWP of the Comprehensive Plan. However, the DCA
has said that the plan does not meet their minimum standards. We have until October 31st, 2001 to
correct this situation. Further details will be provided following a meeting
with the RDC.
·
LWCG Grant Resolution
Item to be
placed on the Consent Agenda.
Chairman's Report
·
Discussed remaining SPLOST community information
meetings and who would attend from the county.
·
Set November
2nd, 2000 at 10:00 a.m.
as a called meeting to discuss Arcade License applications.
·
Directed County
Administrator to prepare a
proclamation for the late Harry Hannah.
Motion by Commissioner
Oglesby, 2nd by Commissioner Brown to go into Executive Session for
the purpose of discussing litigation matters. Vote
4-0. The resolution and affidavit as required by O.C.G.A. 50-14-2,
50-14-3, 50-14-4(b) is recorded in the "2000-2001" minutes book.
Motion by
Commissioner Oglesby, 2nd by Commissioner Burdick to exit Executive
Session. Vote 4-0.
Meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
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Joel Moore, Chairman Gary S. Cobb, County
Administrator