The Commission  ofthe Umified Government ofCusetaChatuioncie County, Georgia 215 McNaughton St Cusseta, Georgia 31805 (706) 989-3602 Fax (706) 989-2005 lisa@ugoccc.com  Charles Coffey, Chairman Timothy Biddle, Vice Chairman Gerald Douglas Damon Hoyte Jason Frost  Kenneth Riner, Countyl Manager Lisa Bickel, County Clerk Bin) Minter, County Attorney  MINUTES OFTHE REGULAR MONTHLY: MEETING  January 2, 2024 215 McNaughton St. PRESENT:  Chairman Coffey Vice-Chairman Biddle Commissioner Douglas - Vial Phone Commissioner Hoyte Commissioner Frost  Lisal Bickel, County Clerk Bin Minter, County. Attorney  Chairman Coffey called the Regular Monthly Meeting of the Commission oft the Unified Government of Cisseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia to order at 9:00 a.m., with all other Commissioners present, with the exception of Commissioner Douglas Via Phone and live streaming on our Facebook page. Motion made by COMMISSIONER DOUGLAS to appoint CHARLES COFFEY as CHAIRMAN, Motion made by COMMISSIONER FROST to: appoint TIMOTHY BIDDLE as VICEC CHAIRMAN, AFPROVALOFTHEMDTEMINUTESOFTIE DECEMBER 5. 2023. REGULAR MEETING Commissioner Frost made the motion to approve the minutes as written. Seconded by Commissioner  seconded by COMMISSIONER FROST. The vote was unanimous. seconded by COMMISSIONER DOUGLAS. The vote was unanimous.  Biddle. The vote was unanimous.  APPROVALOFTHE: DECEMBER 5. 2023, EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES  Commissioner Hoyte made the motion to approve the minutes as written. Seconded by Commissioner  Frost. The vote was unanimous.  APPROVALOETHE DECEMBER 27, 2023. WORK SESSION MINUTES  Commissioner Biddle made the motion to approve the: minutes as written. Seconded by Commissioner  Hoyte. The vote was unanimous.  APPROVALOETHE EXECUTIVESESSIONMINUTESOEI DECEMBER 27, 2023  Commissioner Frost made the motion to approve the minutes as written. Seconded by Commissioner  Hoyte. The vote was unanimous. 1.2.241 Regular Meeting  1    OPEN FORUM OLDI BUSINESS  NONE  ATTORNEY iss still working on the preferred e911 structure, still working on personnel policy, there were two versions on the personnel policy. He is helping both Lou Beck & Samantha Hedgecoke on the zoning status letter and demolition cleanup process. COMMISSIONER BIDDLE updated Mr. Minter on the GFL contract, he willl bring it upi in. June to bring it upi for renewal. 22/23 audits when hel last communicated with the auditor she was on track with the audits, and he should have an update soon and should be emailing us by the end of the week. CHAIRMAN COFFEY: spoke with Robin Dunn, and she also will get us a rollupi fori the year end and see where we are at with thel budget for amendments. CHAIRMAN COFFEYalso informed everyone that the previous County manager Kenneth Rinerl has resigned, we do wanti to wish him well on his future endeavors. CHAIRMAN COFFEY asked Mrs. Bickel ift there were any updates from the County managers office, she informed him that the GCIP Georgia Certification Internship Program Grant was submitted last month. Also, ACCG offered County excellence awards in which our county has nominated quite a few elected officials and employees with thel help of. James Clark, the nomineesi that were selected were. Judy Liles,  Samantha Hedgecoke, Ron Hedgecoke, and Lisa Bickel.  NEW: BUSINESS  ATTORNEY asked when will the closing datel be for the county: manager be, the Commission decided they would keep thej position open until the: next work: session. Mr. Minter then discussed the 2024 resolution for 2024 qualifying fees that they would need to vote on before February 1st. Itc can be a called meeting in addition to the January work session, ori it can be amended to this agenda. He also added that depending on how the countyi is setup or where the local level of control is, ifthe County Manager can make decisions without having to go tot the Board of Commission, they can allow department heads and Elected Officials to: move line items in the budget as. long asi it doesn'taffect: thel bottom line of the budget. COMMISSIONER HOYTE asked about the cemetery committee suggestions, the 911 Board meeting andi request. The. Attorney will look at the cemetery by laws. Mrs. Bickel will send the open records request toi the attorney to review. CHAIRMAN COFFEY asked Mrs. Bickel tol keep up with County Manager updates until a new: manager: isi inj place. LMIG 2024:Would mirror the same as previous year and be the exact same roads. Motion made by Commissioner Biddlei to accept the 2024 LMIG, Seconded by Commissioner Frost. The vote was QUALIEYING FEES RESOLUTION 2024:Motion to amend the agenda and add qualifying fees asa voting item made by COMDMISSIONERHOYTIE, seconded by COMMISSIONER BIDDLE. The vote was unanimous. Fees are: asi follows, Commissioner $138.00, Clerk Superior Court $1466.00, Tax Commissioner $1479.00, Sheriff $1466.00, Probate Judge $1466.00, Magistrate Judge $1495.00 Coroner, $59.00, School Motion to approve the 2024 qualifying fees made by COMMISSIONER FROST, seconded by  County Clerk: informed the Commission that she had no new business to discuss.  unanimous.  Board $72.00  COMMISSIONER BIDDLE. The vote was unanimous.  SPEAKER  Steve Nelson herel because oft two issues, had a water leak that he was told to pay $500 toi fix. Hel has had issues with Ms. Teri. Hei is having issues with the: sheriffs department. The right of way oni thej property isn't getting cut properly he: stated by the county. He stated that his homeowner's insurance has cancelled on him since his grass isn'tcut, and he cannot cuti it because the last time he did he fell over on his tractor. He also stated that he toldTeri Bowles to apply for the position of County Manager, he did great at thel laundry, and he thinks he will  doag goodjobl here. 1.2.241 Regular Meeting  2    EAECUTIVESISSION:  AMotion was made tos gointo executive session at 9:46 a.m. Commissioner Biddle made the Motion, seconded by Commissioner Hoyte. The votet to enter executive session was unanimous.  Regular meeting reconvened: votes were cast within the session.  The regular meeting reconvened at: 10:53 a.m. Chairman Coffey made the statement that the subjects discussed during the closed meetings were within thel legal exceptions to the open meetings law and that no CHAIRMAN COFFEY: stated that wel had a proposal withi the insurance company fori the vehicle that was damaged with the sheriffs dept., he spoke with the sheriff, we will reach out to the insurance company and ask questions about why we are paying deductible, is that something we will get back sincei it wasn'tour: fault. The sheriffiso ok with keeping the vehicle for parts. We are also receiving a check for thei inventory of the vehicle and will probably have to do a budget amendment: for the sheriff's department. COMMISSIONER HOYTE: asked did the sheriff department: need the vehicle, CHAIRMAN COFFEY: said the: sheriffs said he does need it. We There being no further business to be conducted by and with the Commission oft the Unified Government of Cusseta-Chatahoochee County, Georgia, Chairman Coffey declared the Monthly Meeting of the Board of  will put on the work: session with updates.  ADJOURNMENT  Commissioners: adjoyrned at 1955 am on' Tuesday, January 2, 2024.  CHARLES 283  CE  565  TIMOTHY BIDDLE, VICECHAIRMAN GERALDI DOUGLAS, COMMISSIONER Ahe AR   COMMISSIONER  February 6, 2024 DATEAPPROVED  Ihereby certify that the foregoing documentation, the Minutes oft the. January: 2, 2024, Regular Meeting, was approved via majority votel by the Board of Commissioners in its February 6,2024 regular meeting.  ATTESTED BY:  fe CBiio  LISA BICKEL, COUNTY CLERK UNIFIED GOVERNMENTOF CUSSETA-CHATTAHOOCHEECOUNTY  Seal:  1.2.24 Regular Meeting  3