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The Macon-Bibb County Board of Commissioners held a pre-commission meeting followed by a regular meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at approximately 6:15 PM. The pre-commission session featured extensive staff presentations and commissioner discussion on a wide array of items, including funding approvals for the new arena, storm debris contracts, IT and operational needs for the District Attorney's Office, and multiple grants for public safety and juvenile justice. The regular meeting formally adopted an amended consent agenda encompassing all items previously discussed, and issued proclamations for Retired Educators Day and Lafayette Laughing Haines and Old School Music Headquarters Day.
The regular meeting approved the consent agenda (Items A through O, as amended) unanimously. This bundled approval included all items discussed in the pre-commission meeting, specifically:
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Macon Bibb County Board of Commissions Pre-Commission meeting. Uh, we apologize being a little bit late today, but we've had uh other business to take care of, and uh unfortunately things happen, but if that's the least of your problems, we're doing pretty darn good. So we appreciate everyone being here. We've got a uh a pretty decent sized meeting, and there will be a need to go into executive session uh in just a little bit. Uh Commissioners, uh, you should have a copy of your document on your desk uh that Ms. Ross passed out just a moment ago. And what I'm asked to do is to amend the agenda to add this item. Uh and we'll we'll take care of discussing that and voting it up or down uh after executive session to give you an opportunity to make sure you read it all and understand it. But at this time, I want to entertain a motion to add a resolution on the Mac and Bibb County Commission authorizing the investment of funds related to the new arena project in the Georgia Fund One program of the state of Georgia office, the state treasure treasurer, and designating the county representative for the purpose of managing and viewing fund information and for other lawful purposes to the agenda. Can I get a motion to add? Motion by Mayor Pro Tem, second by Commissioner Stewart. All those in favor of the motion, please say aye. Opposed, nay. All right, that item will be added to the end of the agenda, and we'll explain it further when we get to that point. Can I get a motion to approve? Motion by Commissioner Cook, and we had a second. Second by Mayor Pro Cham. Got a motion and second. Uh Commissioner K, you got a question. It was some corrections on there. And I was trying to see if they were made before we do that. You asked somebody to make corrections. Um I asked about the um, it was like 13 million that you were moving, but 15 million was in one spot. And then you had Chairperson on the end of cook. So just making sure that everything like that was put in place before we approve these. Okay, we have a motion second. All those in favor said aye. And that motion passed. Thank you very much. Uh new alcohol beverage license. We just had one. This particular item was to check food mart thirty-five sixty five Pine on Avenue. Uh, this was deemed a vice mark. Uh, code enforcement went out to inspect several times.