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The DeKalb County Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, chaired by Commissioner Robert Patrick and joined by Commissioners Shakira Johnson and Terry, convened at 8:30 PM on October 20, 2026, to review contract actions for the Department of Watershed Management. The agenda primarily consisted of change orders and contract renewals seeking term extensions without additional funding, though one item included a $1 million fund increase. Three major procurement items were tabled pending an audit review by Mr. Campbell's team.
Contract Term Extensions (No Additional Funds) The committee reviewed a series of change orders and renewals presented by Deputy Director Georgina Lacket (filling in for the Director of Watershed Management). These items were primarily aimed at extending current contracts to align with project timelines while sufficient funds remained.
Contract with Fund Increase
Sole Source Purchase
Items Held Pending Audit Review Three significant procurement items were tabled by the Chair as the committee had not yet received feedback from Mr. Campbell's audit review:
Good afternoon, everyone. I'm Commissioner Robert Patrick, and I serve as the Chair of Public Works and Infrastructure. I'm joined by my colleagues, uh, Commissioner Shakira Johnson and presiding officer from District 4, as well as Super 6, Commissioner Terry. Uh we have uh we have an okay agenda, nothing nothing too heavy, I think. Um but let's go ahead and get started with our minutes. Agenda item 2026-1532. This is for all commission districts. Minutes of the October 12th, 2026 special called public works and infrastructure committee meeting. Commissioners, if you're comfortable. Move to approve. Second. Proper motion, proper second. All those in favor, raise your hand and say aye. Aye. All right. Uh moving on. We um so our first one here is the 2026-1333. Commissioners, we actually had considered uh making this a consent item since it was under $6,000. If you're still comfortable with that, we'll just move on. This one, yep. Okay. All right, so let's go to the top of page two, and that is for agenda item 2026-1155. This is for all commission districts. Sol source, cameras, transporters, and lamp two systems, sole source for use by the Department of Watershed Management to obtain and repair cameras, transponders, and lamp two systems awarded to Qs Incorporated, amount not to exceed $600,000. And who do we have to speak about this item? George. Is that our deputy director? Yeah, it is. It is good to see you. What can you tell us about this item? How are you doing? Oh, microphone up. How are you doing today? We're good. Thank you for being with us. I'm Georgina Lacket that did our rate of operations filling in or direct the whales and his access. Understood. Okay, so um, this contract is a sole source contract, and um it is awarded to Qs Incorporated. So we are asking for your approval to um for the I think these are for the lamps and the transporters and the cameras that we use in watershed. All right. Um commissioners, any questions? Just the um Mr.