AGENDA

Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners

Regular Public Meeting
April 20, 2010
9:00 a.m.

Present:   Doug Croley, Vice-Chairman, District 2

                   Gene Morgan, District 3

                   Brenda A. Holt, District 4

                   Sherrie Taylor, District 5

                   Nicholas Thomas, Clerk

                   Debra Minnis, County Attorney

                   Mike Glazer,  Deputy County Attorney

                   Johnny Williams, County Administrator

Absent:    Eugene Lamb, Chair, District 1


Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

·         Invocation

·         Pledge of Allegiance

Amendments and Approval of Agenda

Add:  Hospital Update by Mike Glazer

Add:  Gadsden Express Update by County Administrator

Add:  OMB-BA 100066

Holt/Morgan Approval amended Agenda  4 – 0

 

Excuse Chair Lamb – Holt/Morgan approve excusal  4 - 0

 

Awards, Presentations and Appearances

·         1. Revenue Update
(Clay VanLandingham, Property Appraiser/Dale Summerford, Tax Collector)

·         Tax Collector Dale Summerford – Filed report for record 

  

·         Property Appraiser Clay VanLandingham forecast

Direction to County Administrator – Post these reports to the County’s website.

   Added:   1A Update of Gadsden Memorial Hospital  - Mike Glazer, Deputy County Attorney

Moving forward quickly – will continue to escalate til opening.  Project opening date is June 1, 2010.  Some construction still going on.  (Pharmacy, EMS Canopy)  Equipment coming in daily.  Bottom line numbers will be lower than first thought - $2.5 million for furniture and equipment.

Security is on site – provided by Sheriff’s office.   Meetings are ongoing with CRMC.   Staff will be coming on during last two weeks before opening. 

Must now begin to wind down Urgent Care.  Logistics must be worked out. 

Ghost of Ashford still haunting.  Purchase orders and credit issues with vendors have arisen.

Volume of medical records is massive.  Ultimate hope is to get permission to have them destroyed.    Must work with bankruptcy court to come up with a disposition plan.  Court would have to approve the public notice.

Target date to open – June 1, 2010  Grand opening will be a bit tricky

Name of the facility -  

Consent 

Pull 5, 6 & 8 for discussion

Morgan/Holt approve remainder of agenda; 4 - 0

·         2. Approval of Minutes – February 16, 2010 – Regular Meeting
Item 2.pdf

·         3. Ratification of Approval to Pay County Bills
Item 3.pdf

·         4. Approval of Revenue Sharing Application for Fiscal Year 2010-2011
Item 4.pdf

·         5. Approval of Signatures for Special Assessment Lien and Rehabilitation Contract – Impact Fee Proviso (IFP) and State Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP) Programs
(Clyde Collins, Building Official) Holt/Croley approved; 2-2  Motion failed.
Item 5.pdf   

Commissioner Taylor asked for a list and explanation of how these recipients are selected.   This is too subjective.  Is this board active that makes this selection?   There is an advisory board that should meet and decide, but, there is rarely a quorum.   Deadlines must be met.  Can’t stop just because the members won’t attend the meetings.  Who is on the board?  Who represents each district?   Contact Numbers of the advisory board members to be included to BCC.  Insurances for fairness to all applicants. 

Phyllis Moore  responded – list they are working from was approved by the board.   

Instruction to Ms. Moore – get  all the lists (applications for all programs, advisory board members, etc.)  to each commissioner and the administrator as requested.  Before the sun sets today.

Bring back Item 5 after information provided to the commissioners and administrator.

6. Approval of Resolution Number 2010-013 Amending the State Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP) Local Housing Assistance Plan and Resolution Number 2005-008C for Fiscal Years 2005-2006, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008
(Clyde Collins, Building Official)
Item 6.pdf   

   Taylor/Holt approve resolution  5-0

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·         7. Approval of Contractual Agreement with the Clemons Rutherford and Associates per the Award of RFP Number 03-20 Architectural Services for the Apalachicola Northern Railroad Depot Preservation Project
(Charles Chapman, Administrative Coordinator)
Item 7.pdf

·         8. Approval to Award the Dupont Road Resurfacing Bid to Peavy and Son Construction Co., Inc.
(Robert Presnell, Public Works Director)
Item 8.pdf

Taylor/Morgan approve 4 – 0

Items Pulled for Discussion

·            Howard Kinch – Mockingbird Lane – Chattahoochee  - requested road to be paved;   Petition filed.    100% of residents are in support of the petition.  Staff was directed to speak with the petitioners.

·       Dave Demsey  540 Mockingbird Lane – reiterated the tremendous need.   County is doing a good job with maintenance. 

 

 

CITIZENS Requesting to be Heard on Non-Agenda Items (3 minute limit)

Public Hearings

General Business

·         9. Approval of Grant Writer Position
(Arthur Lawson, Assistant County Administrator)
Item 9.pdf      

Tabled  Morgan/Taylor  4 – 0  

·         10. Approval of Resolution Number 2010-016 Supporting the City of Tallahassee for the Reconstruction of the Corn Hydroflow Dam on Lake Talquin
(Johnny Williams, County Administrator)
Item 10.pdf

Taylor/Morgan  4-0  Holt wants to see minutes  - get from administrator  

·         11. Request from Office of the Medical Examiner for Fee Increase
(Johnny Williams, County Administrator)
Item 11.pdf     

Holt/Morgan to approve request for fee increase in the upcoming budget 4 - 0

County Administrator

·         12. Update on Board Requests
(Johnny Williams, County Administrator)   get this update from the county administrator

County Attorney

·         No Items -  Opinions were sent by email.  

·         Drug Abatement Enforcement Board – Ordinance already passed, will coordinate with the administrator to get this board appointed and operating.

  

Discussion Items by Commissioners

·         13.

o    Commissioner Morgan, District 3 – No Items   Code Enforcement Issues - Morgan/Taylor to review code enforcement issues to come back on an agenda.  4 – 0 ;    Second Quarter Financial Statements next week.    Want to agenda item on May 20 meeting – Library Commission appointments  

 

o    Commissioner Holt, District 4 – No Items    Asked to agenda Comp Plan Workshops  Need training for this board and for the Planning Commission;  Arrange for joint meetings with the Planning Commission; Resolution on the Cornhydro Dam; Name of the Hospital – prefer the name to remain Gadsden Memorial Hospital  

o    Commissioner Taylor, District 5 –   Thanked staff and Baptist Association for work done in Shiloh Community during  recent tornado and bad weather;  Sick Leave Bank Policy bring back as new policy;  SHIP Funds;    Jobs for hospital;  Work schedule for Public Works – is this 5 day week schedule being productive?   Administrator to bring back with a comparison of numbers and productivity;  Code Enforcement; 

o    Commissioner Croley, Vice Chairman, District 2 – Report and Discussion on Public Issues and Concerns Pertaining to Commission District Two and Gadsden County;  Thanked commissioners for cooperation in meeting.   Damage to Shiloh from tornado and winds.  Houses damaged. 

o    Commissioner Lamb, Chairman, District 1 – No Items

Receipt and File

·         14a. For the Record: Budget Amendments – Approved by Administration

·         14b. For the Record: Memorandum from the Clerk Regarding the Summary financial Statement

·         14c. For the Record: Memorandum from the Clerk Regarding the Cash-In-Bank Summary Report

·         All Letters
Item 14.pdf

Meeting(s)

May 4, 2010, Regular Meeting, 6:00 p.m.

May 18, 2010 Regular Meeting, 9:00 a.m.