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Tuesday, November 25, 2025 – 6:30 p.m.
Courthouse, Main Courtroom, 16001 Barnesville Street, Zebulon, Georgia
Courthouse Doors on East/South Sides open at 6:00 p.m.
Town Hall Meeting at 6:15 p.m.
ZEBULON - The Pike County Board of Commissioners will meet in the upper courtroom of the courthouse on Tuesday, November 25, 2025 – 6:30 p.m. for a regularly scheduled meeting. There will be a Town Hall Meeting at 6:15 p.m. for anyone who would like to speak to the commissioners about any issues that you may have.
Click here to see the documents that have been uploaded with the agenda on the Pike County government page.
The meeting is open to the public will be broadcast live on The Pike County Board of Commissioners YouTube at: www.youtube.com/@pikecoga.
1. CALL TO ORDER ........ Chairman J. Briar Johnson
2. INVOCATION ........ Silent Invocation
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ........ Chairman J. Briar Johnson
4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA - (O.C.G A. § 50-14-1 (e) (1))
5. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES - (O.C.G.A. § 50-14-1(e) (2))
a. Minutes of the November 12, 2025, Regular Monthly Meeting.
6. INVITED GUEST
a. The Pike County Fire Department to recognize employees for their outstanding service and heroic actions in the line of duty.
7. REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS, DEPARTMENTS, COMMITTEES, AUTHORITIES
a. Monthly Reports submitted from County Departments and County Authorities, including a Revenue/Expenditure Statement for all departments and a summary check register. There are no Department reports as they will be provided during the first Board meeting of December.
Revenue/Expenditure Statement and Detail Check Register is included.
Discuss/Approve/Deny
b. County Manager Report
Update on County finances for the following funds/accounts:
General Fund ........ $1,778,952.41
Fire Dept. Donations ........ $12,159.13
Cash Reserve Account ........ $214,999.09
Jail Fund ........ $23,250.43
E-911 Fund ........ $64,434.32
DATE Fund ........ $18,362.32
Juvenile Court Fund ........ $14,547.70
Residential Impact Fee ........ $388,059.51
Commercial Impact Fees ........ $40,670.79
C.A.I.P FUND ........ $29,390.45
General Obligation SPLOST 2022-2028 ........ $1,199,164.61
L.M.I.G. Grant (DOT) ........ $1,213,843.45
c. County Manager Comment
d. Commissioner Reports
e. County Attorney Report to Commissioners
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - NONE
9. NEW BUSINESS
a. Discussion of the draft list of updated paving projects.
b. Approve/deny the proposed amendment to the existing Memorandum of Agreement between the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. Carl Vinson Institute of Government and Pike County, Georgia.
c. PUBLIC HEARING: To receive public input regarding Text Amendment to multiple articles of the Unified Development Code to add regulations and requirements for Data Centers.
d. APPLICATION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
PUBLIC HEARING: To receive public input regarding REZ-25-12 Jason Betsill Owner, and Applicant request a Rezoning from AR (Residential Agricultural) to RR (Rural Residential) for property located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Campground Road and Georgia Highway 18, Zebulon, GA., 30295, in Land Lots 123 & 124 of the 8th Land District, further identified as Parcel ID: 092 017. The property consists of 182.751+/- Acres and the request is to rezone the property for the purpose of constructing a 43-lot Single-Family Subdivision. Commission District 3. Commissioner Ken Pullin.
Public Notice: Rezoning Application Withdrawal From Tonight's Pike County Commission Agenda
The agenda item for Rezoning Application REZ-25-12 concerning 182.751 acres located at Campground Road/Highway 18 (Land Lots 123 & 124), previously scheduled for a Public Hearing before the Board of Commissioners tonight, November 25, 2025, has been withdrawn.
The County has received a formal withdrawal request from the applicant.
As a result: The rezoning request will not be heard at tonight’s meeting. No further action will be taken on this application at this time. The public hearing and consideration of this rezoning request are officially withdrawn. We appreciate the community’s attention and understanding regarding this matter.
10. PUBLIC COMMENT (Limited to 5 minutes per person) - NONE
11. EXECUTIVE SESSION - NONE
12. ADJOURNMENT
Agenda subject to change.
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