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Tuesday, July 29, 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, July 29, 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 July 9, 2025, Regular Monthly Meeting.
b. Minutes of the July 15, 2025, Special Called Meeting.
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 August. 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 ....... $762,279.57
Fire Dept. Donations ....... $11,655.91
Cash Reserve Account ....... $167,824.13
Jail Fund ....... $17,932.64
E-911 Fund ....... $14,457.95
DATE Fund ....... $26,201.79
Juvenile Court Fund ....... $13,775.83
Residential Impact Fee ....... $257,469.07
Commercial Impact Fees ....... $39,845.80
C.A.I.P FUND ....... $32,109.98
General Obligation SPLOST 2022-2028 ....... $1,848,672.20
L.M.I.G. Grant (DOT) ....... $1,023,416.58
c. County Manager Comment
d. Commissioner Reports
e. County Attorney Report to Commissioners
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - NONE
9. NEW BUSINESS
a. Consider one appointment to the West Georgia Region 4 EMA Council to fill a three-year term, set to expire June 30, 2028. Applicant has met the criteria.
b. Appoint County voting delegate for the 2025 Legislative Leadership Conference Business Session.
c. Joint Board of Elections and Registration storage cabinets for election devices.
d. Discussion of a temporary moratorium on Economic Incentive Program - Extension (Chapter 114 of the Pike County Code)
e. Approve/Deny Board of Education (BOE) Tax Levy Resolution.
f. Approve/Deny Public Facilities Authority Development Agreement and Quitclaim Deed for 70 Gwyn Street Zebulon, GA.
g. Approve/Deny Pike County Parks and Recreation Authority mowers to be sold as surplus.
h. Approve/Deny FY 2024/2025 Auditor Engagement Letter from Fulton & Kozak.
i. Discussion of the Mill Rate options.
j. Discussion of the Griffin Judicial Circuit salaries.
k. Open Sealed Bids for the Melville Brown Road Paving Project.
l. Approve/Deny SUB-25-01– Linda Ballard Birath Owner and Lora Ballard Applicant for Ballard’s Landing, a 14 -Lot Major Subdivision. The Owner and Applicant are requesting Preliminary Plat Approval. Property Location: Eastside of Caldwell Road, West of Gresham Road and on the North and South sides of Kendrick Road, Zebulon, GA 30295. Land Lot: 99, Land District: 2nd, Parcel ID: 076 081D. Acreage: 145.82 Acres. Commission District: 3. Commissioner: Ken Pullin. FEMA Data: Does not lie within a Flood Zone. Code Reference: Article 21, Section 2111, Major Subdivisions.
m. PUBLIC HEARING: To receive public input regarding REZ-25-07 - S.T.S. Development Group Sunnyside, LLC Owner, and Shannon Mullinax Applicant request a Rezoning from AR (Residential Agricultural) to R-2 (Single-Family Residential) for a portion of property located at 14242 US Hwy. 19, Griffin, GA. 30224, having frontage on Deer Lake Drive, Griffin, GA. 30224. The property consists of 3.88+/- Acres in Land Lot 90 in the 2nd Land District, further identified as part of Parcel ID: 074 113. The Request is to create two New Lots for Single-Family Homes that will have access to Deer Lake Drive. Commission District 4, Commissioner James Jenkins.
Action: Discuss/Approve/Deny
n. PUBLIC HEARING: To receive public input regarding REZ-25-08 – S.T.S. Development Group Sunnyside, LLC Owner, and Shannon Mullinax Applicant request a Rezoning from AR (Residential Agricultural) to C-3 (Heavy Commercial) for a portion of property located at 14242 US Hwy. 19, Griffin, GA. 30224. The property consists of 4.77+/- Acres in Land Lot 90 in the 2nd Land District, further identified as part of Parcel ID: 074 113. The Request is to Create One New Commercial Lot and Renovate the Existing Structure for a Commercial Office. Commission District 4, Commissioner James Jenkins.
Action: Discuss/Approve/Deny
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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