Clayton County Board of Commissioners Performance Review (Day 2) – February 12, 2026
Clayton County Board of Commissioners Performance Review (Day 2) – February 12, 2026
Deputy Chief Operating Officer Landry Markison opened the second day of the Clayton Performance Review (CPR), an opportunity for department heads to report on key performance indicators (KPIs) for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025. Presentations covered transportation, parks, extension, corrections, code enforcement, property assessment, senior services, elections, procurement, building maintenance, and communications. Each department highlighted progress against goals, staffing challenges, and future initiatives. No public comments or formal votes were taken; the session was informational.
Discussion Items
- Transportation & Development (Jeff Metarco): Pedestrian safety projects (Rex Road sidewalk at 36% completion, Grant Road sidewalk slightly behind schedule, Career Road sidewalk design in progress, Tarawa Boulevard contract approved). Roadway improvements (yearly resurfacing 60% complete, Mt. Zion Boulevard/Battle Creek Road widening at 21%, expected completion FY27 Q4). Staffing vacancies improved from 33-34% to 30%. Landfill tonnage fluctuated. Challenges include utility relocations; future initiatives include Tarawa Boulevard construction and comprehensive transportation plan update.
- Parks & Recreation (Troy Stubbs): Goal of 10 new cameras, none installed yet. Customer satisfaction target 85% (last quarter was 88%). Staffing at 95% of 90 full-time positions; 126 volunteers this quarter (goal 300). Nine events held, including signature events averaging over 500 attendees. Recreation center memberships at 2,374 (goal 2,000). Youth sports registrations at 1,512 (goal 2,500). Website ratings: 4.5 Google rating for parks, 4.6 for Spivey Splash. Over $100,000 in grant funding received (goal $500,000). Challenges include illegal dumping; future initiatives include River’s Edge Trail phases 3/4, new restrooms, playground replacements, amphitheater, all-inclusive playground, and master plan update.
- UGA Extension (Rebecca Hardeman): Program count below target (first quarter is downtime). Adult participants exceeded target; youth numbers low. Professional development 11 of 12 sessions completed. Volunteer applications set a record (14). Staffing challenges: temporary assistant ended, reclassification requests for two positions pending for 2.5 years. Future plans include reclassification and facility improvements.
- Corrections (Deputy Warden Amy): 14 vacancies across department (8 in refuse control). Inmate labor utilization: 256 capacity, 253 average. Contraband searches ongoing; goal of 100% contraband-free facility. Code enforcement attended 6 community meetings (slightly behind); conducted 8-9 blitzes. Inspections slightly lower than Q4 FY24. Landscaping maintained 414 stops and 13 medians. Challenges include contraband search training gaps; future initiative includes code enforcement for waste management.
- Property Assessment: Appeals: 8,287 total, reduced to 1,021 outstanding. Sales ratio (accuracy) at 38.75 (acceptable range 36-44). Coefficient of dispersion (uniformity) at 15 (target below 15). Price-related differential slightly above 1, indicating minimal bias. Challenges: waiting for server upgrade for CAMA system; partial upgrade completed. Future initiatives include field mobile training, new commercial data subscription, and IAAO accreditations.
- Senior Services (Tori Starter Tanks): 89 staff attended training (goal 65%). Exceeded positive aging activities goal. New website launched; page views decreased due to transition. Silver Sneakers revenue $17,575 (goal $11,900). Member retention on track; Kinship Care participation declined due to renovations. Future includes 5-year strategic plan, marketing plan, Legacy Masquerade Ball (age lowered to 50), and caregiver symposium.
- Elections: Voter education exceeded goals: 65 events, 6,127 interactions, 15 registration drives, 83 deputy registrars trained. Staff training: 12 of 14 staff trained; 556 of 1,000 poll workers trained. Challenges: space constraints for tabulation and training, public viewing experience, recruitment/retention due to pay competition. Future initiatives: November general election, risk-limiting audits, web EOC, management certification, stable workspace by 2026 midterms.
- Central Services/Procurement (Jalise Williams): Processed 1,909 purchase orders (on track). Certified 1 small local business (goal 12% annual increase). Defensive driving losses increased. Challenges: staff retention due to salary competition; contract administration burden. Future initiatives: tier levels for staff, electronic vendor performance evaluation, online RFP module, mentor-protégé program, defensive driving pilot.
- Building & Maintenance: Staffing vacancies; 58 work orders backlogged after data correction (goal to close within 10 days). Customer engagement meetings completed. Staff training hours variable (goal 2 hours/week). Challenges: reorganization disruption. Future: facilities master plan draft received, chiller replacement at justice complex, development of 2026 SPLOST program.
- Communications (Tony Miles): Social media engagement increased; most followers on Nextdoor (71,907). Media requests up. Creative requests variable. Picture Your Park campaign received 396 surveys. Clayton Connected employee/resident videos produced. Airport ads and media features. Challenges: brand logo misuse, email/social media overload. Future: branding training, decentralized media storage, social media policy, expanded outreach.
Key Outcomes
- All departments reported first-quarter KPI progress and challenges; no formal decisions or votes occurred.
- Future initiatives include continued monitoring of utility delays, grant applications, staffing improvements, and preparation for upcoming elections and facility upgrades.
Meeting Transcript
My name is Landry Markison, and I have the pleasure of serving as the Deputy Chief Operating Officer for the Clayton County Board of Commissioners. It's my pleasure today to welcome you to day two of our Clayton Performance Review presentations. The Clayton Performance Review is an opportunity for our department heads and our county leadership to come before you and talk about how they are performing against their key performance indicators. Each year during the budget process, our department heads set forth a list of goals and objectives, and quarterly we bring them forth to update not only the county but you as our Clayton County citizens on their progress, how they are performing, some of their successes, and then some of their challenges moving forward. If you have any questions for our department leadership as we go throughout these presentations, please send them to CPR questions at Clayton County GA.gov, and we will route those to the appropriate department head to get you a response. So without further ado, um we will kick this morning's presentations off with um our director of transportation and development, Jeff Metarco. Uh good morning. My name is Jeff Montarker. I'm your director of transportation and development for the county. Thank you. Who is transportation development commonly referred to as TND? We are the ones that provide a transportation system for the county. We also manage the county's fleet operation and the county's landfill. The first group of projects I'm going to speak about today are our pedestrian safety initiatives. The first one is Rex Road Sidewalk. You can see our progress. We're currently at 36%. We are on schedule. From the graph, it doesn't appear that much progress has been made over the last quarter. There has been progress made, just not on the construction side. It's the utility relocation side. We are waiting on the utilities to adjust their facilities along the road so the project can continue to construct. There's no concerns at this time that we won't be able to finish the project in the contract time frame. The next project is our Grant Road Sidewalk Project. We are slightly behind schedule on the right-of-way acquisition. It's not to, it's not really a surprise. Next project is our career road sidewalk project. And you can see on the screen the progress being made on design and moving forward to starting our right-of-way acquisition here in the near future. One of the improved uh things that happened this last quarter is our board of commissioners have approved the contract to start the Terror Boulevard project to add sidewalk and lighting along the road. So more to come on that over the next quarters of progress. Moving on to the next type of project, our roadway improvement projects. The first one is our yearly resurfacing program. On the slides, you can see two programs. One is our calendar year 2024 program, and one is our calendar year 2025 program that actually starts during calendar year 2024. The 2024 program is about 60% complete. Resurfacing in the field. At this stage, it's on schedule for completion by the end of the year. The 2025 program is actually a little ahead of schedule where we typically are at this time. It's already out the bid for construction in 2025. The next project is the biggest project in the county is the Mount Zion Boulevard Battle Creek Road Widening Project. Again, this this project kind of is turning on at a snail's pace, but it's progressing. It's at 21% complete now. And as you can see, it's it's not projected to be finished until fiscal year 27, the fourth quarter. So we still have another two and a half years on that project, but it's continuing on. Next reporting area is our professional growth management. And proud to announce we actually picked up some hiring positions this last quarter. We're now up to about 30% vacant from 33, 34 percent. Um the graph looks like it's an upward trend, and it is. Um I would like to see this continue on for the next several quarters that we are picking up more staff members. Um more progress is obviously needed.
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