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Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – 9:00 a.m.
Courthouse, Main Courtroom, 16001 Barnesville Street, Zebulon, Georgia
Town Hall Meeting at 8:45 a.m.
ZEBULON - The Pike County Board of Commissioners will meet in the upper courtroom of the courthouse on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – 9:00 a.m. for a regularly scheduled meeting. There will be a Town Hall Meeting at 8:45 a.m. for anyone who would like to speak to the commissioners about any issues that you may have. The meeting is open to the public will be broadcast live on Pike County Times' Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/pikecountytimes.
[Note from the Editor: It will be nice when our county joins so many of the surrounding cities and counties to record and broadcast its meetings in a central place so citizens who cannot attend the meetings can watch at their convenience and the sound will be a better quality than what I can produce in the courtroom.]
Click here to see the documents that have been uploaded with the agenda on the Pike County government page.
1. CALL TO ORDER ..... Chairman J. Briar Johnson
2. INVOCATION ..... Kyle Garner
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 May 22, 2025, Workshop.
b. Minutes of the May 22, 2025, Special Called Meeting.
c. Minutes of the May 27, 2025, Regular Monthly Meeting.
6. INVITED GUEST
a. Employee Recognition for service to Pike County
• David Fields – Pike County Public Works
b. Fulton-Kozak to present the FY 2023/2024 Audit
c. Tyler Brock with Sun Tribe Development
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.
Discuss/Approve/Deny
b. County Manager Report
Update on County finances for the following funds/accounts:
General Fund ..... $431,461.64
Fire Dept. Donations ..... $11,655.91
Cash Reserve Account ..... $167,824.13
Jail Fund ..... $16,873.71
E-911 Fund ..... $11,548.17
DATE Fund ..... $26,201.79
Juvenile Court Fund ..... $13,775.83
Residential Impact Fees ..... $183,196.46
Commercial Impact Fees ..... $39,844.05
C.A.I.P FUND ..... $85,221.87
General Obligation SPLOST 2022-2028 ..... $2,221,942.10
L.M.I.G. Grant (DOT) ..... $368,663.36
c. County Manager Comment
d. Commissioner Reports
e. County Attorney Report to Commissioners
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - NONE
9. NEW BUSINESS
a. Consider request from Christine Curry to use the Courthouse Lobby for the SlowExposures Photography Show (21st year), from Thursday, September 18, 2025, through Sunday, September 21, 2025, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily.
b. Consider one appointment to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Region Six Regional Advisory Council to fill an expired three-year term, set to expire July 31, 2027. Applicant has met the criteria.
c. Consider one appointment to the J. Joel Edwards Public Library Board to fill an unexpired three-year term, set to expire December 31, 2026. Applicant has met the criteria.
d. Consider three appointments to the Parks and Recreation Authority to fill a three-year term, set to expire June 30, 2028. Applicants have met the criteria.
e. Clarification of the employment status of the Board of Commissioners, part-time/full-time, and clarification of the Chairman’s compensation structure.
f. Discuss request from the City of Zebulon regarding the placement of Bicentennial Celebration banners on the Courthouse grounds and the use of the County parking lot in support of the event.
g. Approve/deny the FY 2026 Contract for Indigent Defense Services provided by the Griffin Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office in Pike County.
h. Consider request to use Impact Fees allocated to the J. Joel Edwards Public Library for purchase of a storage building.
i. Discussion of the status of McKinley Road and the potential need for curb and gutter improvements.
j. Second Reading of Text Amendment to Article 16, US Highway 19 & 41 Overlay District, of the Unified Development Code to add a provision outlining the allowable and prohibited colors allowed within the Overlay District.
k. Final Adoption of the FY 2025/2026 Budget.
10. PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE
a. County Manager Rob Morton requests an Executive Session to discuss the possible acquisition of real property pursuant to O.C.G.A. 50-14-3 (b)(1).
12. ADJOURNMENT
Agenda subject to change.
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