Good morning and welcome to the Board of Commissioners Committee of the Whole.

Today is March 17th.

I am your presiding officer, Shakira Johnson and your district four commissioner.

I do apologize for the lateness of the meeting.

Our meeting should have started nine minutes ago.

A reminder to our commissioners that the public expects our meetings to start at 9.

So if we could please be in our seats so we can start our meetings on time.

We will have no presentations today, but we will recess for executive session.

We have two topics to discuss, so that may be a lengthy discussion.

Is my understanding Commissioner Masaya is out.

Commissioner Patrick, are you ready to go?

Uh yes, Madam Presiding Officer.

Um as uh Commissioner Messiah is out of the office this morning.

Um I'm gonna go ahead and start with uh the pecs.

Uh good morning, all, and thank you, Madam Presiding Officer.

I am Commissioner Robert Patrick, and we'll provide the update in the absence of the PECS chair, Commissioner Messiah.

Along with Commissioner Messiah, is the committee members um are myself, uh, Commissioner Long Spears of District 2.

Uh our last meeting at the regularly scheduled meeting on March 10th.

Uh those in attendance were the PECS Chair, Commissioner Messiah, Commissioner Spears, and of course myself, Commissioner Patrick, and Commissioner Terry.

There were 15 items printed on the agenda, and six items were recommended for approval, set of an items for deferral, all due back to the Board of Commissioners for March 24, 2026.

And two items were approved in that morning's BOC, so no action was necessary.

We also received an update on TAD financials uh from Vice President of Decide to Cab Tiffany Wells.

The next PECS meeting will be held Tuesday, March 24 at 3 30 p.m.

Uh, thank you, Madam Presiding Officer.

Um now speaking on behalf of the greatest committee of all.

Um the public works and infrastructure committee, of course.

Uh our presiding officer, Commissioner Shakira Johnson was there.

Commissioner Terry is also a returning, new and returning board member or committee member, so thank you for being there.

Uh at our last uh meeting, we had a total of 12 items.

Uh four of those were deferred primarily because they were over our three million dollar threshold, uh, and we're waiting on Mr.

Lavois Campbell, who I believe has gotten a few of those taken care of, and we'll hear about those later on this afternoon.

Uh, there were additional uh eight items that were approved.

Some of the things that we got into were smaller items but still critical.

Uh billing and mail services.

Uh that was a contract term extension.

Um, and as I said, we had several large item tickets uh that'll be coming up for discussion this afternoon.

With that, Madam Presiding Officer, thank you very much.

Thank you, Commissioner Patrick, for the double duty.

Commissioner Davis Johnson.

Good morning, Madam Presiding Officer.

I am Marita Davis Johnson and I chair the county operations committee, known as OPS.

My colleagues who sat on that committee with me, uh Commissioner Robert Patrick and Commissioner Ladina Bolton.

The ops committee met on Tuesday, March the third.

The committee approved the minutes for the February the 12th and the February the 17th meeting.

We heard 13 agenda items with the following items being held in committee.

260286, 2602 43, and 2603 88.

The committee will meet again today at 1 o'clock p.m.

where we will hear the following items.

17 agenda items, status update on our county operations assess operational assessment, child of review, standing procedure rules.

You can join us at 1 o'clock p.m.

in person on DC TV, Channel 23 TV.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Davis Johnson.

Commissioner Tetari, are you ready?

Yes, thank you, Madam Presiding Officer.

The finance audit and budget committee chaired by myself with committee members Michelle Long Spears and Shakira Johnson.

Uh we last met on March 10th.

We had a light meeting uh since we took care of the budgets, the previous meeting, and we focused mostly on the um uh goals, uh strategic goals for the committee this year.

Uh a couple things I'll just highlight that we uh said we'd like to work on.

Um we're gonna uh get back to doing our quarterly financial reports.

Um so Zach, I think Director McNabble um plan to come back at the next FAA meeting to do the previous quarter, and then we'll get into that pace of every quarter doing the financials.

We are going to um work with uh the budget director and the administration and the commissioners and committees for FY 2027 um sort of just processes to maybe um help us expedite um our review process, uh especially through the constitutionals, um, so that we can um uh begin those budget discussions a little bit sooner in the process, and maybe that helps get us uh closer to a budget approval um uh before March 1st.

Um we also and we're gonna continue talking about the diversion center, um, the um eviction tenant eviction um assistance information center that judge Beryl Anderson and the magistrate court is creating and see if we can work with them to um support that program to provide lawyers uh for those facing eviction, as well as continuing discussing the water assistance program.

Uh we'll plan to get a an update from the urban league on um the uh water assistance program and their their advocacy that they're doing on behalf of our residents.

And um, I think and then yes, and we'll be also discussing CIP at some point soon.

Um CO Williams, and so we'll plan to you know coordinate on that as well.

And other other some other things I won't get into more detail just to keep it short, but um, but yes, Fab will be a uh very busy committee this year, Madam Presiding Officer.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Terry.

Um Commissioner Bolton is not present, but I do have the copy of the ERPS report, so I'll give that update on her behalf.

Um present at the meeting that was held on March 3rd was Commissioner and Chair Ladina Bolton and as well as Commissioner Messiah absent was Commissioner Davis Johnson.

Um multiple items were approved out of committee, including of course the minutes.

They also recommended for approval on item for the animal shelter operations, which we actually approved at our um voting meeting last week, as well as approved out of committee um integrated security and surveillance products services for facilities management and the amount of 146,000 741 dollars and forty cents.

Also approved out of committee SPLAS one funds under category two H for public safety training facility.

The recommended for approval out of committee, um the usage of SPLOSS One and SPLOS 2 funding to make needed repairs to East Precinct and the police training facility, and then finally recommend approval out of committee on the statewide contract uh for purchasing fund the competitively led statewide contract for purchase and trade in of weapons, and then there was a discussion on um the decab Peach Tree Airport annual report from 2025.

And that concludes the ERPS committee report.

Um Commissioner Long Spears is not a chair of committee, but if she has any committee updates uh for the good of the whole she would like to provide, I'll give her a few minutes.

Thank you very much.

Uh good morning and happy St.

Patrick's Day, everybody.

I see a few of us, well, Madam PO and myself are in green, and maybe y'all have green somewhere, but anyways.

Hope you all have a wonderful magical day.

Um, I did want to give an update on the women's commission.

Thank you very much, commissioners and cities and other entities that have made your appointment.

We're now up to 13 appointees.

We are working steadily behind the scenes on planning for our kickoff meeting this spring.

So stay tuned for more details.

If you have not made your appointment yet and would like to be represented on the women's commission, please do so.

Thank you so much.

Oh, one other quick update.

Um, we are having our third annual State of DeCab Animals address on April 1st, so two weeks and one day away.

Everyone is invited to attend it.

Um doors open at 10:30 a.m.

Program begins at 11.

The luncheons 11 till 1.

Then there are round table learning opportunities from 1 until 2, and it is being held at the new Brookhaven City Center on Peach Tree Road.

Everyone is welcome.

It is a free event, and we're very excited about it.

Thank you so much and yield back, Madam Pia.

Thank you, Commissioner Longspears.

Now full start the review of the proposed executive agenda.

Good morning, Zach.

Good morning, Madam Presiding Officer.

Good morning, members of the board.

I'd like to begin the review of the proposed executive agenda with the first item, which is 0500.

It's record the appointment of Miss Mr.

Marion Williams to post eight of the DeCab County Planning Commission.

And so that's a recording of the appointment.

The next item would be which um what post is that again?

Post eight.

As a CEO post.

I I believe so.

Okay.

And then I think we're looking into the the BOC appointed position as well.

Do you want me to check?

Yeah, I think um attorney Welch Manifio um we were trying to figure out exactly the same.

Yes, I saw those emails floating around.

Okay, thank you.

Okay.

Uh the next item under proposed preliminary items.

Uh the first one is under the airport.

Item number 0499, termination of standardized T Hanger space lease agreement with Charles E.

Taylor at no cost of the county.

Consent, please.

The next item under community development is item number 0497.

Extension of the contract time provision for the City of Tucker ADA transportation plan.

And we do that on consent or it's an extension of time.

Or we can do it to PECS.

Whatever you prefer.

Transportation, it would be PECS and uh PWI.

Uh well it's it's it's it's an award from community development to the city of Tucker for a ADA project, but uh whatever you prefer.

PWI today works I was gonna say because then we could get it moved.

And we can move back forward.

Okay, that was PWI.

Okay.

Um PWI.

So next item under executive assistant, chief operating office is item 0478, an allocation up to 300,000 to contract with a firm to perform research and analysis of the county's water si water and sewer system.

This analysis will determine how the county's water and sewer system function can best be managed to ensure the long-term health and stability of the county's water and sewer assets and whether the optimum service delivery would be achieved through the existing structure, reorganizing, outsourcing in whole or in part, or the creation of a water and sewer authority.

PWI.

PWI and then presenting officer, can we uh also have that go through PAB, please?

PWI and Fab.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next item under finance item 04, or I apologize.

0504, a resolution authorizing the issuance and stale and sale of tax anticipation notes for 2026 due September 15, 2026, in the aggregate principal amount, and we will fill that in once we make final determination.

But the order of magnitude is going to be about 150 million.

Um then we will fill in the name of the winning bidder for the purpose of obtaining temporary loan to pay current expenses during the 2026 calendar year.

Fab.

Yes, I think uh in the past, did we get all that vote?

We didn't have a winning bid until sort of that morning, or was it the the week before?

Right.

It'll be the morning of the final vote.

But we will have the dollar amount in the next couple weeks.

But yeah.

Okay.

Then ultimately we put it out to bid and then we vote on it.

That's right.

Are you vote on it that day, yes, sir?

Okay.

Fab.

Next item under risk management is zero five one three.

Um and this is the 2026-2027 health care benefits.

The next item under fire and rescue services, item 0555, intergovernmental agreement between the city of Stone Crest and DeCab County for land exchange.

This is for the purpose of building a fire station.

So next under GIS, consider consenting to the de-annexation of property located at 5499, Woodsong Trace in Stone Mountain.

And GIS is typically ops.

Okay.

Next under purchasing and contracting, uh, we have each of the committees.

Uh the first is ERPS, one item.

Um we'll send that to ERPS.

Next under ops, we have a total of Madam Ops Chair, are you?

Seven eight items looks like ops is good.

PWI is good.

PWI is good.

PECS has a total of two items.

Absence of the PEX chair.

We'll go on and send those to please.

Yes, please.

The final two items uh for presentation are under recreation parks and cultural affairs.

The first item is 1759, Park Pride Atlanta grant award for Wade Walker for districts four and seven.

This next is approval of a contract between DeCab County government and the DeCab County School District.

We'll send both of those to PECS.

Yes.

What is the um four oh nine?

Is that the I'll get you the details on that on the contract between the county and the school district?

Yeah.

So let me get you the details.

I believe it's probably the summer feeding.

Yeah, it's some summer.

Oh, the summer camp program.

Yep.

Yes.

And we will put more descriptive information there.

I have nothing further.

All right.

Thank you, sir.

So at this time, are there any walk-ons?

Thank you, Commissioner Davis.

Commissioner Patrick.

On behalf of my good colleague, uh Commissioner Masai.

Uh she does have um you gotta stop being so nice.

I'm making you do all the walk.

Uh this is for the appointment of Denise Carter to as the district three nominee.

And um let me pass these items over.

District three nominee for um parks and recreation cultural affairs board.

Okay, so then I think that was going to Pex or is that consent?

Is it substitute?

Thank you.

Ah, thank you.

So it's a sudden on a walk-on.

District one stays in line.

Thank you.

Yep, yes, Commissioner Terry.

I just have a question because I I don't think I have a walk-on because it looks like it's a yeah, I think we determine it's substitute.

Is it substitute substitute as well?

Yes, okay.

Okay, so we're are we doing well.

I also have a I think we'll do the substitute when we do the uh review of the um the next section.

We'll do the substitutes over how no walk-on.

We're good.

I have a question.

Yes, ma'am.

Uh thank you, madam PO.

Um, Miss Ganga, the um item that you prepared for the appointment of Roseanne Blankney to the DeCab County Women's Commission.

Is that a walk-on?

I don't see it listed in the agenda.

Unless we're I think the district two items should have been added, but we're left we're left off.

But so though they will not be considered a walk-on, but they will be added.

Okay, so the that's my understanding.

Is that yes?

Okay, so all six of them will be added to the agenda by the meeting next week.

All five.

She had five.

Oh, is it five?

Okay, okay, great.

Um, I do have a question though, uh, Madam Presiding Officer, related to the arts council.

So we did a little homework into it, and it looks like folks are listing it differently on the agenda.

And so I think we just need a little clarity about how actually to title it in the agenda item itself.

So for example, um, for district three 0535, record the appointment of Camille Gilmore as the district three appointee to the DeCab Council for the Arts.

However, the executive order states under Section 5 membership B, agencies and organizations with non-voting privileges, and can participate as friends of the DeCab Council for the Arts as invited, and that's one member selected by each district or DeCab County Commissioner.

And I don't know if Mr.

May is at the podium to respond to this question.

You are yes, okay.

How do you how do you all I guess the lawyers, administration, or madam the or whoever want us to represent our arts council appointees in our agenda items?

We're actually going to get with the uh with the administration with the law department as well to kind of get some uniformity around the language so that as it's brought forward, we're all on the same page and saying the same thing.

Could you all get together?

Um, hopefully, so we're trying to get to the meeting next Tuesday.

So I'll anticipate we'll have substitution substitutes to make sure that all the language is clear and in the same order.

Yes.

So we'll be clear before we vote on Tuesday.

May I ask the lawyers a question?

Um so I heard you attorney Phillips.

Say it earlier about substitute.

Um, if an item is printed, and we can use that one that I just said as an example on the agenda.

So 2026 0535, district three, and I don't mean to pick on district three, it's just the easiest, it's at the top of the page.

Um the appointment to the DeCab Council for the arts, but you can't you don't do substitutes during the committee of the whole.

So if we corrected the item prior to next Tuesday, are we still required to bring forward a substitute if we correct it before the official agenda goes out?

No.

Thank you.

That's what I thought.

Thank you, Miss McKenzie.

Okay.

Let's just provide clarity for everybody.

So we're all on the same page.

If it's a new item, first appearing on the committee of the whole today, then no, we will just do the correction.

It's not officially a substitute.

Okay.

So Madam PO, I guess we don't need to do the substitutes unless we have changes after it's printed on the business meeting agenda in the case.

Correct, right?

Okay, thank you for that clarification.

I appreciate it.

Yield back.

Thank you.

I'm a great vantriloquist.

So good attorney Phillips.

So multi-talented.

Good morning, Mr.

May.

How are you?

Good.

Good morning.

Good morning.

How are you all today?

Doing well.

Do good.

Good, good.

I want to thank Dion for throwing me in the fire this morning.

Thank you, Dion.

It's good to be here.

Let's begin with the recap of uh the um uh executive branch, if we could.

Um item 20260500.

That's a record the appointment of Marion Williams to Pulse 8 of the Cab County Planning Commission.

We have proposed preliminary items under airport.

We have item uh 2026 0499 consent.

Correct.

Uh we have item two zero two six under community development zero four nine seven preliminary um headed to PWI.

Correct, correct uh under the executive assistant, chief operating office, uh item 0478 um with the uh preliminary item with the stop to both PWI and the Fab committees.

Actually, I have a question for Mr.

Fab Chair Do we really need this in PWI and Fab when two members are both on both committees?

Oh, you're talking about 0478?

Yeah.

Um my opinion is that this agenda item is a very big question for the county.

No, I agree with that.

I guess my question is both you and I are both on PWI and on Fab.

I'm not on PWI, though.

I just wanted to make sure that's I'd like to hear it.

Okay, that's just one of the clarifications.

Then I have a question.

Why is it going to fab?

I mean, that was my question.

But why is it going to fab?

Because I would assume if I'm a member of ops and I want to hear it, I would go to BWI.

Rather than bringing it to ops.

So why is it going to Fab when it's a PWI matter?

That's my question.

Understood.

I would uh I would just suggest that the component of this, I guess, study or research as a financial analysis.

That's kind of what we're come down to, right?

Is what are the financials of having a separate water and sewer authority?

Um but I would be happy to have it discussed in the committee of the whole.

Um I have one committee.

I think sorry, it it is a PW item.

So it's definitely standing.

Well, so we'll start with PWI.

We'll find out the rest of this.

Um you can continue, Mr.

May.

Okay.

All right.

So with the stop in PWI only.

Is that is that what we're saying?

Okay.

All right.

So that's item 0478, preliminary stop in PWI.

Um then we have um out of finance um item 0504, preliminary with the stop in Fab.

Yes.

Okay.

Finance risk management.

We have preliminary um item um 0513 uh with a stop in ERPS.

Correct.

Okay.

Fire and rescue services, preliminary item um with the stop in ERPS as well.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

GIS, uh preliminary item.

You all um mentioned a stop in ops.

Um my question for you is this is a G GIS item.

Would you want it in ops or PECS?

I think PECS is the um uh area of jurisdiction for it's also for a de-annexation.

That seems more PECS related.

Okay, just want to clarify PEX.

So PEX, yes, please.

Okay.

Uh that's 0491 with the stop and PECS.

Absolutely.

All right.

Then in purchasing and contracting, we have a number of those items, purchasing and contracting um to ERPS committee.

We have item 0281.

Um items uh uh with the stop and ops committee.

Uh we have a number of those.

Uh item 0339, item 0340, item 0401.

Item 0402, item 0405, 0410, 041, 0414, and 0439.

Yes.

Okay.

Uh now going to PECS committee, these purchasing uh contracting items headed to PECS committee, item 0384.

Item 043.

Item 0406.

That's PI.

That's PWI.

Okay.

Here's the heading of the very last yes.

Okay.

Oh, okay.

Right.

And uh 0462?

PWI.

PWI.

Gotcha.

Gotcha.

Okay.

Okay.

And uh the last is uh out of uh uh rec park and cultural affairs, last two items headed to PEX item 1759, uh 2025 1759, and then item 2026 0409.

Correct.

Correct.

Okay.

Um we have uh Board of Commissioners, District 3.

We have uh item um 053.

Mr.

May, I think there's two items at the bottom of page seven for district two, oh should do thank you, thank you, thank you.

Uh two items uh uh actually for district two, uh items 0508 and 0521.

Okay.

And those are to record the appointments of uh Ben Bell to the Friends of the DeCab Sports and Kyle Williams to the Friends of the DeCab Arts Council as District 2 representatives.

Yes, and these would be consent.

Oh information only, got it.

Okay, these are all to be recorded.

All right, um district three.

We have uh 0533.

Um that one is labeled to record, but actually that should be one for vote.

Okay.

Um so that's a substitute.

Okay and then we have 0535, uh Commission District 3.

Sorry.

Um Madam PO may ask a question, Mr.

May?

Yes.

So 053 will go to PECS, right?

I think that's the district representative.

No, that's so I don't think that would go.

I thought for sure, lawyers that we had to I can't recall now to be honest.

Do we have to interview the RPCA?

The reason I remember, like we interviewed Jocelyn O'Neill last year in committee.

Is there a requirement to do so?

I'm not sure that there's an actual requirement, but you are allowed to do so if you choose to, and I believe you chose to the last time we had one of these come up.

We have um I might do a little homework into that.

Okay, thank you so much.

Commission I've certainly pulled off a consent if needed.

Commissioner Davis Johnson.

With uh Jackson O'Neill, that was the state appointment, and that was a question as to that appointment by the state.

That's the only reason that went.

Yeah, my appointment did not get interviewed.

It was just appointed.

Okay, good.

I'm on the agenda.

Yes.

All right.

Continue, Mr.

Mayor.

Okay, uh item.

I don't know if I re uh stated this if it's a repeat, forgive me, 0535, Commission District 3 to record the appointment of Camille Gilmore as a district three appointee to the DeCab Council for the Arts Incorporated.

Okay.

Um Board of Commissioners District 5.

We have uh four um uh items uh 0494, an item to record the appointment of London Hornsby to the DeCab County Women's Commission, 0512, uh District 5 uh to record the appointment of Ron Mayle to the DeCab Council for the Arts Incorporated as the District 5 appointee.

Uh item 0528 um district five, uh that's to record the appointment of um Caitlin Brewster to the District 5 Community Council Board uh and then uh item 0529 uh commission district five and item to record the appointment of Peter Butts to the District 5 Community Council Board.

Okay, all right.

Then we have Commission Dis Board of Commissioners District 6, item 0527, um record the appointment of Lauren Kiefer to the friend of the DeCab Arts Council as a super district six representative and madam presenting option.

We have a correction, so okay, so this is the we were saying earlier we're gonna determine whether the title is friends of the CAV Arts Council versus the actual arts council.

And that's the item that you had emailed last night, I think.

Yeah, well I think I was I was correcting it to just be the cat the DeCab Arts Council um because Zach left Mr.

May the um the no it's fine.

We can I mean we can talk about offline, but the the email that was sent out from the event last Thursday, it it sort of just said here's the DeCab Council for the Arts and it had all these people on there.

Um so it it appeared as if our appointees that were making here are the DeCAP Council for the Arts, but the executive order I think says it's sort of a friends of and not voting and not the actual board.

So this is the I these items will get the language cleared up before we vote on them.

Absolutely.

We're gonna meet and we'll discuss we'll we'll hammer out.

Appointment's not going to change, but then the title will be clear.

Yes, absolutely.

Okay.

All right.

Uh we have preliminary uh board of commissioners, uh, item 0523, uh, all district appropriate approval of minutes for the March 17, 2026, committee of the whole meeting.

Consent.

Consent.

Uh item 0557, Commission District, all commission districts to amend item 2025 1598 as previously adopted on November the 2nd, 2025, adopting the Board of Commissioners 2026 regular business and committee of the whole calendar.

Um, I think we need to discuss this one.

So the changes that we have, Commissioners, we added the night cow meetings, and I'm also working um to adjust the July calendar that as requested um tentatively, we would have a BOC on July 7th and July 28th with no cows.

That would I think it was Commissioner Terry that requested time off in July, that would give us two weeks off in July, but we are working to confirm with TJ that we can get the millagerate vote done and all the public hearings completed before July 7th.

So Ms.

McKinsey just wanted to highlight the two the change that is on here for the night meeting.

Urban night meetings, yes.

So if we don't get the confirmation on the July information, it could stay on consent because it would just be the night meetings.

Um but we're still working to get that other change that we had discussed previously, and yes, Commissioner Davis Johnson.

You said that change was we would not have any committee meetings in July.

That would give us the middle two weeks of no meetings.

Okay.

So July 7th, we would meet with a voting meeting, and July 28th, we would meet with a voting meeting.

And you would set the agenda.

I would have to, yes.

Madam P.O.

is that due to NACO as well?

Because NACO does follow NGOI.

That's correct.

Is that why?

Okay.

That's another well, I was just gonna say NACO is one of the considerations.

One of the considerations and also just being able to take some time off.

Understood.

That was the discussion we had had when we were setting the agenda at the end of last year.

I'm good.

Okay.

Madam PO, um, after the committee meeting, I'd have a quick thing to run by you on calendar as well, just to keep you up to date.

Understood, thank you.

Okay, thank you.

So we'll leave it on consent for now unless we need to pull it off to have more discussion.

Got it.

So 0557 is consent now.

Okay, great.

Okay, board of commissioners, district two, uh, item 0507, um allocation of five thousand dollars from district two reserved for appropriation to Paul's Atlanta to support their uh their pet food bank.

Consent.

Consent.

All right, uh item zero uh district three, item 0536, two items.

Uh first to uh uh 0536 to appropriate 10,000 dollars from the district three reserve for appropriation to how big is your dream for the 2026 spring break and summer academy consent consent item 0550 district three to adopt an ordinance to amend the code of DeCab County to address public safety, vagrancy, unauthorized camping, and certain public new and news nuisance behaviors.

Um I think that would have to be ERPS preliminary stops.

Because it's not really I think we're talking more about the code itself.

So PECs, I believe.

Yeah, okay.

I'm gonna definitely not consent.

Definitely not definitely not consent.

Preliminary with a stop in pecs, then that's item 0550.

All right, uh District 6, uh item 0530 to appropriate an amount not to exceed $8,700 from the super district six reserved for appropriations to out of hand theater incorporated for two educational and civically engaging theater productions in 2026.

Consent.

Consent.

All right.

Commission super district seven.

Uh item 0551.

An item to allocate $2,000 of reserve for appropriation funds to 100 black men of DeCab County.

Legacy is not extinct.

Event for enhancement of educational programming for youth.

Consent.

Consent.

And item 0543.

There is a correction for that.

That should be under the recording.

Yes.

Um versus uh a vote.

Yes, thank you.

Okay.

And super district seven, item 0544.

An item to allocate $5,000 to DeCab Schools Educational Foundation Incorporated.

From the District 7 reserve for appropriations funds for the state of the district supporting educational programming.

Consent.

Consent.

Item 0552, an item to allocate $2,000 of the reserve for the appropriations, district seven funds to Black Boy Blueprint for student participation in the blueprint legacy summit.

Consent.

Consent.

Item 0553.

An item to allocate 1,000 dollars of the district 7 reserve for appropriation funds to horizon over the spectrum for sensory.

Friendly family programming.

Consent.

Consent.

Item 0554.

An item to allocate $2,000 of the District 7 reserve for appropriations.

Funds to the DeCab Symphony Orchestra for 2026, DeCab Symphony Orchestra Outreach Concert.

Consent.

Consent.

Then we have one item under the clerk to the Board of Commissioner and CEO.

Item 0518.

Approval of the minutes of the Board of Commissioners meeting of March 10th, 2026.

Consent.

Come on.

Morning, Commissioners.

This one as the title indicates, it is just simply to record the appointment.

It's just in the wrong section.

So this one will need to be moved to recording.

This is a unilateral appointment by our tax commissioner.

It just needs to be recorded on the minutes per state law.

Understood.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Madam PO.

So it is required by state law to do that.

And I actually wrote down the site, ma'am.

Okay.

OCGA 485128.1 gives her the unilateral authority to appoint, but it is to be recorded on y'all's minutes.

Understood.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Attorney Wilkes.

Okay.

Did you write down that state law?

Oh, no.

No.

No one wants to read that, huh?

Okay.

Thank you, Matthew.

And that does recap all of our items for the BOC agenda.

All right.

Thank you, Mr.

May.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

See no other items.

Oh, yes.

I'd like to call on the District 3, LaShawn Atwater, uh Chief of Staff.

Uh, we're we took care of all of District 3's requirements for today.

Yes.

Thank you much.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President.

We're good.

You just make sure you don't get in trouble.

That's absolutely right.

Absolutely right.

Always keep your friends.

Appreciate that.

One quick second.

I'm apologize, Madam PO.

Ms.

Genga, the 59,000 for the hundred black men at DeCab, that's not a walk-on, is it?

No.

Okay, thank you very much.

Yes, Mr.

May.

We do have two items here from District 2.

Um item uh 0548, uh allocation of $59,263 to 100 black men of DeCab County to support the DeCab Youth Explorers program.

Consent.

Consent.

And then item 0545, uh appointment of Roseanne Blakeney to the DeCab County Women's Commission.

Recording of appointments.

Recording of appointments.

Okay.

Thank you.

We're all clear now.

We're good.

All right.

So now we do have two discussions for executive session.

If I can get a motion to recess.

Motion to recess and join executive session.

They are litigation.

For litigation.

For litigation.

Can I get a second?

Second.

All in favor.

Aye.

Unanimous.

Thank you.

We are in recess.

Thank you.

Can we redo that motion to recess to executive session?

Motion to recess to executive session for legal discussions.

And litigation.

Okay.

Litigation.

I have a motion and a second all in favor.

I'm not going to do it.

No, the movie is an equal thing.

Good morning, everybody.

If I can get a motion to come out of recess.

So move.

Second.

A motion and second.

All in favor.

Aye.

Aye.

That is unanimous.

We do have a motion to read out of the discussion from executive session, Commissioner Davis Johnson.

Okay.

I move that the Board of Commissioners approved payment and the total amount of fifty-five thousand dollars to settle HVH Mechanical Partners, LLC's lawsuit against the Camp County.

To resolve the lawsuit, the Cab County will pay two HVH Mechanical Partners LLC and his legal counsel the total amount of fifty-five thousand dollars in return for and conditioned on HBH Mechanical Partners LLC's dismissal with prejudice of his lawsuit and HVH's mechanical partners LLC's execution of a settlement agreement with release of claims that is satisfactory to the uh interim county attorney, which will include a mutual release of claims.

All in favor?

That is unanimous.

Thank you.

Second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Thank you.

Have a good day.