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Tuesday, June 24, 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, June 24, 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. 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 June 11, 2025, Regular Monthly Meeting.
b. Minutes of the June 11, 2025, Executive Session.
6. INVITED GUEST - NONE
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 July. 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 ........ $1,507,040.35
Fire Dept. Donations ........ $11,655.91
Cash Reserve Account ........ $167,824.13
Jail Fund ........ $17,003.51
E-911 Fund ........ $3,814.77
DATE Fund ........ $26,201.79
Juvenile Court Fund ........ $13,775.83
Residential Impact Fee ........ $217,076.41
Commercial Impact Fees ........ $39,844.05
C.A.I.P FUND ........ $82,199.98
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
a. 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.
9. NEW BUSINESS
a. Consider one appointment to the Pike County Agribusiness Authority to fill an unexpired three-year term, set to expire December 31, 2025. Applicant has met the criteria.
b. Review and discuss the current classification of J. Joel Edwards Library Manager as exempt or non-exempt.
c. Approve/deny RingCentral Phone System proposal presented by Wired Technology.
d. Discussion and direction on proceeding with Building and Grounds vehicle repair.
e. PUBLIC HEARING: To receive public input regarding REZ-25-04 – McLeRoy Rentals, LLC, owner and Dee McLeRoy, applicant, request a rezoning from C-3 (Heavy Commercial) to M-2 (Heavy Manufacturing) for property located on the west side of Highway 41 South, Griffin, GA 30224. The property consists of 75.02 +/- acres in Land Lot 136 in the 2nd Land District, further identified as Parcel ID: 086 052. The request is to build a Self-Storage Facility and Future Development Area for additional warehouse/office buildings. Commission District 3, Commissioner Ken Pullin.
Action: Discuss/Approve/Deny
f. PUBLIC HEARING: To receive public input regarding REZ-25-05 – Timothy Ingram and Dee McLeRoy owners and Eric McLeRoy applicant, request a rezoning from AR (Residential Agricultural) and C-3 (Heavy Commercial) to C-3 (Heavy Commercial) for property located at 9627 US Hwy 19, Zebulon, GA 30295 and part of 516 McKinley Road, Williamson, GA 30292. The property consists of 7.14 +/- acres in Land Lot 225 in the 8th Land District, further identified as Parcel ID: 066 053 and part of Parcel ID: 066 045. The request is to expand the current equipment and storage yard for McLeRoy Inc. Commission District 1, Commissioner Tim Daniel.
Action: Discuss/Approve/Deny
g. PUBLIC HEARING: To receive public input regarding REZ-25-06 – Jason Pike, LLC owner, and Jason Mask applicant, request a rezoning from AR (Residential Agricultural) to C-3 (Heavy Commercial) for property located at 6834 GA Hwy 362 and part of 260 Kings Bridge Road, Concord, GA 30206. The property consists of 2.355 +/- acres in Land Lots 172 & 181 in the 1st Land District, further identified as Parcel ID: 025 007A and part of Parcel ID: 025 007. The request is to convert the existing house into a Land Management Office and Heating and Air Contractors Office. Commission District 2, Commissioner Tim Guy.
Action: Discuss/Approve/Deny
h. PUBLIC HEARING: To receive public input regarding MOD-25-01 – USC Timber Holdings, LLC, owner and Flat Shoals Energy Center, LLC, applicant, request a modification to zoning conditions placed on the Modified Special Exception (MOD-SE-17-03) granted on November 19, 2020, for a Solar Farm located on GA Highway 18, North Madden Bridge Road and Nixon Road in Land Lots 166, 167, 168,185,186,187, 198, 199 and 200 of the 9th Land District, further identified as Parcel ID 032 012. The property consists of 1,371 +/- Acres and the request is to modify or remove several conditions. Commission District 2, Commissioner Tim Guy.
Action: Discuss/Approve/Deny
i. Discussion of a temporary moratorium on Solar Farms (Chapter 166 of the Pike County Code)
10. PUBLIC COMMENT (Limited to 5 minutes per person) - NONE
11. EXECUTIVE SESSION
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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