The Walker County Board of Commissioners will hold its regular scheduled meeting Thursday, February 5, at 6 p.m. at Courthouse Annex IV, located at 201 S. Duke Street in LaFayette. The meeting will also be streamed live on the county’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.
The agenda includes routine business such as approval of the agenda and minutes from the January 8 meeting, financial, committee and department reports, and comments from Chairwoman Angela Teems.
Commissioners will hear a presentation from F.H. Paschen/Gordian regarding courthouse remediation and containment efforts, followed by a public hearing on multiple planning and zoning requests. County code limits public comment on each zoning request to 12 minutes for proponents and 12 minutes for opponents, with each side able to divide that time among multiple speakers.
Eight rezoning requests are scheduled for the public hearing, including proposals from G&W Metalworks, Ralph Paul Leming, Thomas Guthrie, Joan Brown, Alfredia Spence and Willie Shropshire, Joseph Hawkins, See Rock City, and Linda Jones, involving properties in LaFayette, Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain.
The consent agenda includes a Georgia Indigent Defense Services Agreement and a resolution to reduce the speed limit on West Armuchee Road from Georgia 136 to the Chattooga County line from 55 mph to 50 mph.
Under new business, commissioners are expected to consider several resolutions and contracts, including:
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Awarding a contract to Southern Clinical Services to establish a health and wellness clinic for Walker County employees.
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Authorizing the application and expenditure of funds for 2029 Transportation Improvement Plan projects through the Chattanooga-Hamilton County/North Georgia Metropolitan Planning Organization.
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Awarding a contract to Allied Electrical & Control Systems, Inc. for a generator project funded through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
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Awarding a contract for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) business management software.
Several purchase orders funded through SPLOST 2020 are also on the agenda, including more than $168,000 for Phase 2 containment and remediation work at the Walker County Courthouse, a generator purchase for the Elections Office, and funding for the county’s annual Fire and Rescue Personal Protective Equipment program.
Commissioners will also take action on the rezoning requests following recommendations from the Planning Commission, which include approvals, one denial recommendation, one request with no recommendation, and one approval with conditions.
Public comment, commissioner comments, and a possible executive session are also scheduled. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Commissioners will be held Thursday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m.
