Finance Committee Meeting Minutes
Glynn County
Board of Commissioners
4:00 P.M.,
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Third Floor Conference Room
W. Harold Pate Courthouse Annex
Brunswick, Georgia
Present:
Committee Members: C.
Johnson, U., Keller, T. Thaw
Other Commissioners:
Staff: P. Christian, J. Durden, P.
McNicoll, B. Rowell, A. Sapp, C. Stewart, W. Worley
Press: K. Laing, M. Permar
Others: Charlie Creveling, Taylor Hanson, Jerry Jones
1. Recommend approval of the consent agenda.
a)
Approve
the May 23, 2006 Finance Committee Budget Minutes.
b)
Approve
the June 13, 2006 Finance Committee Minutes.
c)
Approve the real property corrections for
the tax years 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 Digests and the personal property
corrections for the tax years 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 Digests, as
recommended by the Board of Assessors and/or the Chief Appraiser at their
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 meeting.
d)
Authorize bidding of those materials,
goods, projects, or services whose funding has been approved in the FY
2006/2007 budget.
The following motion made by
Commissioner Keller and seconded by Commissioner Thaw passed unanimously.
Recommend approval of the consent agenda items b, c, and d. (Vote:
3-0-0)
The following motion made by Commissioner Thaw and
seconded by Commissioner Johnson passed with Commissioner Keller abstaining.
Approve the May
23, 2006 Finance Committee Budget Minutes.
(Vote: 2-0-1)
2. Consider
increasing the FY06 County
Coroner’s funding for
post mortem medical fees by $9,000.
Mr. Jimmy Durden, County Coroner,
requested that his FY06 budget for post mortem medical fees be increased. He stated that he is sending more cases to Savannah and that he asks
them to tak. Commissioner Keller
questioned whether there is a set criteria for autopsy and Mr. Durden stated
that if the individual is not under the care of a physician and dies at a
location other than a medical facility and if the cause is not readily
identifiable, he orders an autopsy. The
following motion made by Commissioner and seconded by Commissioner passed
unanimously.
Recommend increasing the FY06 County Coroner’s
funding for post mortem medical fees by $9,000 with funding to be provided by
the General Fund fund balance. (Vote:
3-0-0)
3. Consider awarding a contract to Southeast
Pipe Survey, Inc. in the amount of $288,276.00 to perform all work associated
with the cured-in-place pipe rehabilitation for the East Beach Utilities
Upgrade with funding to be provided by SPLOST #4.
The following motion made by
Commissioner Keller and seconded by Commissioner Thaw passed unanimously.
Recommend awarding a contract to Southeast Pipe Survey, Inc. in the
amount of $288,276.00 to perform all work associated with the cured-in-place
pipe rehabilitation for the East Beach Utilities Upgrade with funding to be
provided by SPLOST #4.
(Vote: 3-0-0)
4. Consider executing the transfer agreement
and approve transferring the Local Assistance Grant funds in the amount of
$155,500 to the Land Trust in exchange for an additional 20.6% interest in the Harrington School
Greenspace property on St. Simons Island.
Mr. Will Worley, Assistant County
Attorney, stated that the County entered into an agreement with DCA in
December, 2005 for a Local Assistance Grant to provide park and renovation
funding on St. Simons Island. The County’s intent was for the funds to be
forwarded to the St. Simons Land Trust for the Harrington School Greenspace
property and he asked for authorization to transfer the funds. Mr. Charley Stewart questioned whether the
County’s cost-sharing will go up in the future since we will have a larger
share of the Harrington
School property. Mr. Worley stated that it would not. The
following motion made by Commissioner Keller and seconded by Commissioner Thaw passed
unanimously.
Recommend executing the transfer agreement and approve transferring the
Local Assistance Grant funds in the amount of $155,500 to the Land Trust in
exchange for an additional 20.6% interest in the Harrington
School Greenspace property on St. Simons
Island. (Vote: 3-0-0)
5. Consider a request from Southland Waste
Systems authorizing a fuel surcharge for the Residential Solid Waste Collection
in the amount of $.62 per customer per month effective July 1, 2006 through
December 31, 2006.
Mr. Charlie Creveling, Southland
Waste Services, stated that the $.62 increase requested was to cover the
monthly cost of the fuel increases. A
discussion followed regarding the process used to request and increase and the
subsequent letter to the Board of Commissioners which cancelled the
contract. Commissioner Thaw stated that
he agreed with the need for the fuel increase but did not agree with
Southland’s method of dealing with it.
He stated that Southland had improved their operation which has resulted
in fewer calls from citizens to the Commissioners. The following motion made by Commissioner Keller
and seconded by Commissioner Thaw passed unanimously.
Recommend approving a request from Southland Waste Systems authorizing
a fuel surcharge for the Residential Solid Waste Collection in the amount of
$.62 per customer per month effective July 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006
contingent upon Southland Waste Systems extending, in writing, their
termination of services date to December 31, 2006. (Vote: 3-0-0)
6. Request
that Chairman Johnson identify the Finance Committee items which should be
included as consent items in the Commission’s Meeting Agenda.
Commissioner
Johnson identified all items as Consent Agenda Items.