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Clayton County Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting – November 3, 2026

Board of Commissioners — Tuesday, November 3, 2026
BodyClayton County, Georgia
SessionBoard of Commissioners
DateTuesday, November 3, 2026
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Speaker 1

0:05

Commissioners board meeting is now called to order.

0:09

The time is 6 o'clock p.m.

0:11

And the date is Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026.

0:15

At this time, we will move to roll call.

0:18

Next, it will be District 1.

0:20

Here.

0:21

District 3.

0:22

Present.

0:23

District 2.

0:24

Present.

0:25

And District 4.

Speaker 2

0:26

Present.

Speaker 1

0:26

And Madam Chair is present.

0:28

Also, I just want to tell everybody the polls are still open, so you can still go and vote.

0:34

And we we're going to move on to our invocation and pledge of allegiance to the flag.

0:38

Our invocation tonight will be given by Executive Pastor Luke Hall, New Vision Christian Church in Lake City, Georgia.

0:45

He will come forward to deliver the invocation, and thereafter we will have the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag.

0:51

Will you please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag and for our invocation?

Speaker 3

1:03

Let us pray.

1:05

Father God, we thank you first of all for the opportunity to serve.

1:09

We dare not begin anything without first acknowledging you as the head of all that we are and all that we desire to be.

1:15

We thank you for our leaders today.

1:17

We ask that you will continue to bless them, crown them with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding.

1:23

Give them courage, God, confidence, and the boldness to stand on what it is you've placed on the inside of them, knowing that your word backs them up.

1:31

Father God, we pray now for all of the constituents of Clayton County that they will continue to seek you first, have faith in you, and also have faith in those that you've called to serve them.

1:41

Now have your way in this meeting on today.

1:44

It is in the mighty unmatched name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

1:47

We seal this prayer.

1:48

Amen.

1:49

Amen.

Speaker 1

1:50

I pledge an allegiance to the flag of the United States of

Speaker 4

1:54

America and to the Republic for which it stands.

1:57

One

Speaker 1

1:57

nation,

Speaker 4

1:58

under God,

Speaker 5

1:59

indivisible, with

Speaker 1

2:00

liberty and justice

Speaker 6

2:02

for all.

Unassigned speaker

2:03

Amen.

Speaker 1

2:09

All right.

2:09

Next we have an emergency ad to our meeting for tonight.

2:15

And let me see.

2:17

Um Mr.

2:18

Reed, are you going to speak on that or will Carol come up and speak on it?

2:22

Come on up, Miss Rogers.

Speaker 5

2:32

Good evening, Madam Chair, Commissioners.

2:35

I am requesting the board add tonight for our agenda.

2:39

This is to ratify the emergency uh change order in the amount of 222.

2:46

Let me read that over.

2:48

22687.5.

2:50

All right, we got it.

2:51

With PES structures, uh structures and associates LLC.

2:56

This is on behalf of the building and maintenance department, and this is for the construction of District 2 Pocket Park, which is the Hambrick Garrel Hamburg Park.

3:06

The board was previously notified of this emergency change order and why the work was necessary.

3:12

The work is now completed, and our request is to ratify to move forward with process and payment.

3:18

The pay applications must be finalized by November the 10th, 2026 for submission for grant reimbursement.

3:25

Because the deadline is before the next board meeting on November the 17th.

3:30

We are requesting ratification tonight to avoid jeopardizing the county's grant funding for this project.

Speaker 1

3:36

Okay.

3:36

Awesome.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Public Comment████████████████████20%
Procedural████████████████16%
Community Engagement██████████████14%
Economic Development█████████9%
Veteran Services████████8%
Zoning And Land Use████████8%
Pending Litigation█████5%
Public Safety████4%
Public Health████4%
Summary of Proceedings

Clayton County Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting – November 3, 2026

The Clayton County Board of Commissioners held its regular business meeting on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:18 p.m. All four district commissioners and the chairwoman were present. After an invocation by Pastor Luke Hall of New Vision Christian Church in Lake City and the Pledge of Allegiance, the board amended its agenda to add an emergency change-order ratification and moved Item 18 to the regular agenda. The meeting included three presentations, public comment, a 20-item consent agenda, two moratorium resolutions, a behavioral health crisis center IGA, an executive session for litigation, and several settlements and budget actions.

Presentations & Proclamations

  • Recognized Lieutenant Colonel Joyce Wingate Sly, U.S. Army, as Veteran of the Month. The citation described her nursing and education career, Army Reserve service including Operation Desert Storm, retirement in 1995, later clinical psychology practice and hospice work, and community activity at the Frank Bailey Senior Center. She thanked the board and said she was celebrating her 91st birthday.
  • Presented a proclamation honoring Eddie L. Boyd for community service and youth advocacy. The citation noted his relocation to the Atlanta area after Hurricane Katrina, coaching the Forest Park Saints youth soccer team since 2011, COVID-era Litter Brigade work, gun-violence prevention and gunlock giveaways, and service as Morrow High School PTSA president. Boyd dedicated the honor to his daughter, Ebony Boyd.
  • Presented a proclamation recognizing Rotary International and World Polio Day on October 24, 2026. The citation stated Rotary was founded February 23, 1905; has 1.2 million members in over 35,000 clubs in 200 countries; polio cases have dropped 99.9% since 1988; Rotary has contributed more than $1.8 billion; donor governments have contributed more than $8 billion; Georgia has over 3,600 members in more than 87 clubs; and Clayton County has the Rotary Club of Atlanta Southern Crescent and the Rotary Club of Lake Spivey. A Rotary representative said only Afghanistan and Pakistan remain polio-endemic and that Rotary has worked on eradication since 1985.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Jaden Lee, Clayton County District 1, opposed Flock cameras as government surveillance and a Fourth Amendment violation. Lee cited the September 2026 GBI arrest of Clayton County Sheriff Deputy Errol Farrell Jr. for using a Flock camera for non-law-enforcement purposes and raised concerns about sheriff’s office and jail lawsuits leading to taxpayer-funded settlements. Lee urged the county to stop using Flock cameras and to address jail conditions.
  • Orlando Gooden criticized the former and current ethics boards and Vice Chair Hamburg’s votes. He asked the chairwoman about county funds for a Washington mixer, itineraries for New Orleans and Mexico City conferences, and donations from three golf tournaments intended to fundraising for fire and police salaries. He said the county’s Tier 1 status resulted from incompetence, greed, and corruption.
  • Gwen Gooden, District 3, asked what county ordinance authorizes a driver and security for the chairwoman and questioned the use of a county vehicle. She asked why officers Benjamin Mays and Ricardo Brown accompanied the chairwoman to New Orleans and Mexico City, said records show the trips cost over $17,000 in taxpayer money, and asked what economic-development benefit came from the trips. She said taxes should not be used as a personal piggy bank.
  • Timothy Von Dale Jefferson, District 3, urged the board to restore priority to beautification, county road signs, and street sweeping for curb cuts. He said the beautification office was eliminated six or seven years ago and asked a commissioner to lead a renewed countywide program. The chairwoman responded that Keep Clayton Beautiful has been revived under the Solid Waste Management Authority and fully funded for a year but has been inactive.
  • Dr. Henry Anderson, an unincorporated Clayton County resident from Hampton, urged the chairwoman to use her influence to bring pediatric urgent care to Clayton County. He described outreach to the Board of Health, Chief Sweat, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and state officials, and asked the chairwoman to convene stakeholders including Chief Sweat, Dr. Waterman, Teresa Talley, and Catherine Moore and to press Senators Warnock and Ossoff.
  • Mickey Garber, unincorporated Rex, District 1, proposed a celebration of Clayton County’s founding on November 30, 1859, to build pride, camaraderie, and esprit de corps and support beautification. No board action was taken during public comment.

Consent Calendar

  • The amended agenda added an emergency ratification of a $22,687.50 change order with P.E. Structures & Associates LLC for the District 2 Pocket Park. Staff said the work was completed and the pay application had to be finalized by November 10, 2026, before the next November 17 meeting, to avoid jeopardizing grant reimbursement.
  • The consent agenda was adopted by voice vote without audible opposition. It included approval of the October 20, 2026, regular meeting minutes and routine contract, grant, budget, and property items.
  • Contract actions included: CP #23-08 legal-name change from Civic Initiatives LLC to Public Knowledge LLC; RFP #23-14 retiree benefit 2027 rate through Marsh McLennan Agency and Retiree First with a 5.87% renewal increase; ITB #25-12 Lakeview Events Center Amphitheater Change Order #14 at $35,621.16 and contract extension to March 5, 2027 (the agenda’s grand-total line shows $35,624.16, a discrepancy); ITB #25-130 District 2 Pocket Park Change Order #4 for $13,750.00; ITB #25-131 District 4 Pocket Park Change Orders #9 and #10 totaling $21,579.80; ITB #26-56 appliance repair award to Maintenance Elite LLC; and a Georgia Power lighting agreement for Library Headquarters at $467.00 per month with $0 prepayment.
  • Budget and financial items included: FY27 budget amendment 2-21 carrying forward $294,888 in wellness funds; FY27 budget amendment 2-25 appropriating $102,075 for NICE case management software; and an order for remission in State of Georgia v. Xavier Powell and Free At Last Bail Bonds Inc., Case No. 2024CR04859-JP, for $5,274.00.
  • Grant and authorization resolutions included: Resolution 2026-251 authorizing application for up to $56,000 from the ARC FTA Section 5310 program for FY2028-2029 with up to $11,200 local match covered by existing staff salaries; Resolution 2026-252 for a $31,155.16 Georgia Trauma Commission FY2027 grant; Resolution 2026-253 to accept $50,000 in GEMA EMPG FY2025 funds; Resolution 2026-254 to accept a $131,858 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant for police vehicle equipment; Resolution 2026-255 to initiate removal of 6780 Green Industrial Way, Morrow, from the Southlake TOD Overlay; and Resolution 2026-256 authorizing right-of-entry agreements for the Upper Flint River Phased Drainage Project.
  • Other approvals included Resolution 2026-258 accepting a $3,000 donation from Diamond Communications LLC for the District 3 Youth Golf Leadership and Golf Clinic on November 21, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Lake Spivey Golf Club, and Resolution 2026-259 granting Senator Gail Davenport a special facility use request for a senior dinner for approximately 175 seniors on November 21, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the J. Charley Griswell Senior Center.

Discussion Items

  • Resolution 2026-257, moved from consent to the regular agenda, authorized an intergovernmental agreement with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and View Point Health for construction of the Behavioral Health Crisis Center. Staff clarified the IGA is with both the state department and View Point. The county’s total investment was stated as $7 million from the 2021 SPLOST, and the property is in Morrow next to the public storage facility. The resolution was approved by voice vote.
  • Resolution 2026-260 imposed a moratorium on applications for small box discount variety stores, car washes, tire shops, automotive repair shops, and storage units. It was amended from 60 days to 180 days. Staff noted a prior 2020 small-box moratorium, the 2021-55 ordinance and 2024-135 update, conditional-use rules for tire shops, automotive repair permissions in light and heavy industrial zoning and conditional use in MXI, and no recent car-wash ordinance. The amended resolution carried on a voice vote with one nay.
  • Resolution 2026-261 imposed a moratorium on barber shops and beauty supply stores, also amended from 60 days to 180 days. One commissioner objected that repeated moratoriums discourage business and that the county had not delivered enough desired development; the chairwoman defended moratoriums as a research and policy tool and cited resident concerns about overproliferation and a prior gas-station moratorium. The amended resolution carried on a voice vote with one nay.

Executive Session, Settlements & Budget Actions

  • The board approved a motion to enter executive session for litigation only and later reconvened.
  • Approved a $6,000 settlement agreement involving Zanzi Green and Isaiah Gautier, Clayton County, and the police department related to an auto accident on December 7, 2025, at Highway 138 and Jonesboro Road in Jonesboro, and authorized the CFO to amend the budget.
  • Approved a $55,000 settlement agreement involving Ramona Thurman Bibbins and Clayton County in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The chairwoman asked about money owed for school costs; staff said the effect of the agreement offset that amount and that the net was $55,000.
  • Approved a settlement agreement with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia under which Kaiser will pay the county $1,500,000 related to outstanding or ongoing invoices, with authorization for the CFO to amend the budget.
  • Approved FY27 budget amendment 2-26 for the IGA with the Clayton County Development Authority dated April 15, 2024: $600,000 from the General Fund and $5,058,543 from the Central Clayton TAD Fund.
  • Approved a motion to terminate the IGA with the Clayton County Development Authority under its termination provision. Staff said termination without cause takes six months. The motion carried; Commissioner Davis and Commissioner Reeves were recorded as the two nays.
  • The meeting adjourned at 7:18 p.m.

Key Outcomes

  • The agenda was amended to add the emergency District 2 Pocket Park change-order ratification and to move the behavioral health crisis center IGA to the regular agenda.
  • The consent agenda, including the emergency ratification and all listed routine approvals, was adopted.
  • Resolution 2026-257 for the Behavioral Health Crisis Center IGA was approved.
  • Resolutions 2026-260 and 2026-261 both passed with 180-day moratoriums, each over one nay.
  • The board approved settlements involving $6,000, $55,000, and $1,500,000, plus a $5.658543 million Development Authority budget amendment and termination of the Development Authority IGA with two nays.
  • The meeting adjourned at 7:18 p.m.

Meeting Transcript

Commissioners board meeting is now called to order. The time is 6 o'clock p.m. And the date is Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026. At this time, we will move to roll call. Next, it will be District 1. Here. District 3. Present. District 2. Present. And District 4. Present. And Madam Chair is present. Also, I just want to tell everybody the polls are still open, so you can still go and vote. And we we're going to move on to our invocation and pledge of allegiance to the flag. Our invocation tonight will be given by Executive Pastor Luke Hall, New Vision Christian Church in Lake City, Georgia. He will come forward to deliver the invocation, and thereafter we will have the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag. Will you please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag and for our invocation? Let us pray. Father God, we thank you first of all for the opportunity to serve. We dare not begin anything without first acknowledging you as the head of all that we are and all that we desire to be. We thank you for our leaders today. We ask that you will continue to bless them, crown them with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. Give them courage, God, confidence, and the boldness to stand on what it is you've placed on the inside of them, knowing that your word backs them up. Father God, we pray now for all of the constituents of Clayton County that they will continue to seek you first, have faith in you, and also have faith in those that you've called to serve them. Now have your way in this meeting on today. It is in the mighty unmatched name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We seal this prayer. Amen. Amen. I pledge an allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Amen. All right. Next we have an emergency ad to our meeting for tonight. And let me see. Um Mr. Reed, are you going to speak on that or will Carol come up and speak on it? Come on up, Miss Rogers. Good evening, Madam Chair, Commissioners. I am requesting the board add tonight for our agenda. This is to ratify the emergency uh change order in the amount of 222. Let me read that over. 22687.5.

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