BUTTS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
123rd Session Covering Calendar Year 2021
2021-2022 Biennium
Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for November 22, 2021

Commissioners:
☐ Ken Rivers, District 1
☐ Robert Henderson, District 2 (Excused)
☐ Joe Brown, District 3, Chairman
☐ Keith Douglas, District 4 Vice Chairman
☐ Russ Crumbley, District 5

Executive Staff:
☐ Brad Johnson, County Manager
☐ J. Michael Brewer, Deputy County Manager
☐ Rhonda Blissit, Chief Financial Officer

Section 1: Workshop
Chairman Joe Brown called the workshop to order at 5:00 PM with four of the Members seated. Commissioner Robert Henderson was excused. Items discussed included:

46. A presentation on purchasing 2 vehicles for the Meals on Wheels program
47. A presentation on purchasing Firefighter Protective Gear from recent bids
48. Discussion on approving a Coroner Release of Liability form and Fee Schedule for Storage
49. A presentation on GDOT obtaining County owned property (Library) for a road project.
50. A presentation on upcoming end-of-year Board appointments
51. A discussion on TSPLOST and Transportation Issues
52. A discussion on Polling Place Fees

Following these discussion items, the workshop was adjourned at 5:59 PM

Section 2: Opening of Meeting

Chairman Brown opened the November meeting at 6:00 PM.

Item 2021-11-181 Approval of Docket (4-0)
Mr. Rivers made a motion to approve the docket, seconded by Mr. Douglas, with unanimous consent.

Item 2021-11-182 Approval of Minutes (4-0)
Mr. Douglas made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Mr. Rivers, with unanimous consent.

Section 3: New Business Presentations

Budget, Finance and Procurement (4-0)
Item 2021-11-183 Approval of Resolution 24 to Award Bid & Purchase Fire Equipment
Mr. Rivers moved to approve the Resolution to expend $119,824.38 to purchase 39 sets of turnout gear from Nafeco, Inc. as the most responsive bidder and that said Resolution shall be recorded in the Book of Resolutions, Volume 1. Mr. Douglas seconded and it was approved with unanimous consent.

Item 2021-11-184 Approval of Resolution 25 to Purchase Vehicles (4-0)
Mr. Rivers moved to approve the Resolution to expend $52,000.00 to purchase 2 Jeep Renegade SUV’s from Countryside Chrysler Jeep as an Emergency expenditure due to critical need to replace both unusable Home Meal Delivery vehicles, and that said Resolution shall be recorded in the Book of Resolutions, Volume 1. Mr. Douglas seconded and it was approved with unanimous consent.

Item 2021-11-185 Approval of Resolution 26 Coroner Release Form/Fee Schedule (3-0)
Mr. Crumbley excused himself due to conflict of interest. Mr. Rivers moved to approve the Resolution setting fees and approving a release of liability and that said Resolution shall be recorded in the Book of Resolutions, Volume 1. Mr. Douglas seconded and it was approved with unanimous consent.
Reports & Information Items

Item 2021-11-186 Monthly Reports
Chief Financial Officer Rhonda Blissit reported that with 33% of the budget year completed, the County had received 50% of anticipated revenue and had expended 30%.

Deputy County Manager Michael Brewer reported on department statistics and call volume for the month of October in departments under the Board of Commissioners.

County Manager Brad Johnson reported on various County initiatives, gave updates on the building project and reported on upcoming events of interest to the Board.

Section 4: Concluding Business

Item 2021-11-187 Executive Session for Litigation (4-0 and 4-0)
Mr. Rivers moved to enter Executive Session for Litigation, seconded by Mr. Douglas with unanimous consent. Later Mr. Crumbley moved to reconvene, seconded by Mr. Rivers with unanimous consent.

Item 2021-11-188 County Attorney Report and Action (4-0)
Mr. Welch reported that the Board discussed two litigation matters and then requested that the Board approve a Resolution on opioid litigation. Mr. Rivers made a motion to approve a resolution agreeing to be bound by the memorandum of understanding between the State of Georgia and certain local government entities concerning the national distributor and J and J Settlements and directing the execution of the “Acknowledgement and Agreement” to be bound by a “Memorandum of Understanding”, a “Subdivision Distributor Settlement Participation Form” and a “Janssen Settlement Participation Form”. Mr. Crumbley seconded, and this was passed with unanimous consent.

Mr. Rivers then moved to adjourn, seconded by Mr. Douglas with unanimous consent. The meeting was thus adjourned.

Ratified this 13th Day of December 2022 by unanimous consent of the Board.

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On behalf of the Board of Commissioners
Joe Brown, Chairman of the Board

CERTIFICATION & ATTESTATION

I do hereby attest by my signature and seal below that the aforementioned minutes of the Butts County Board of Commissioners are an accurate representation of the official actions undertaken by the Board during the open meeting designated for the date and times stated herein and that the board did, during the course of the meeting, enter upon an Executive Session for the purposes of litigation, as allowed by law.

J. Michael Brewer, Deputy County Manager
Sitting as Clerk of the 123rd Session
Butts County Board of Commissioners