Change order 39 on the SR 369/SR 400 interchange project is on the agenda Tuesday. Thirty-nine.
The 3 items worth your attention
The Sheriff’s Office wants to apply for a nearly $935K DOJ grant to buy a mobile command and communications vehicle, and the county wouldn’t have to put up a single dollar of local match (V-2). These vehicles run law enforcement operations at large-scale incidents, and the application has to go through the board before anything else can happen.
A $1.4M federal CMAQ grant application for a roundabout at SR 9 and Hopewell Road is up for discussion, and this one does come with strings: the county would be on the hook for a $280K local match if the grant comes through (V-12). The item is flagged time-sensitive, so the board’s direction Tuesday shapes whether the application goes in at all.
The 2027 employee health plan is getting a full review. The board will look at High Deductible Health Plan options and how much the county contributes to Health Savings Accounts, and whatever they decide will affect every county employee’s out-of-pocket costs starting next year (V-1). Tuesday’s discussion isn’t a final decision; it’s a direction to Employment Services to move forward with the broker on whichever design the board prefers.
Roads & property
- The county would pay the City of Cumming about $1.3M for water and sewer relocations already completed along the SR 369/SR 400 interchange corridor. The work is done; this is settling the bill (V-8).
- A $400K budget amendment would add money to the Roads and Bridges asphalt program for resurfacing work countywide (V-5).
- Croy Engineering is up for an on-call right-of-way services contract to support capital projects as they need it, with no fixed dollar amount set at this stage (V-11).
- The lease with United Futbol Academy at the Polo Fields Athletic Area is up for renewal (V-9).
Where the money’s going
- $935,492.00 DOJ grant application, mobile incident command vehicle, Sheriff’s Office, no local match (V-2)
- $1,400,000.00 CMAQ grant application, SR 9/Hopewell Road roundabout design and right-of-way, $280,000.00 local match required (V-12)
- $1,344,528.52 to City of Cumming, SR 369/SR 400 utility relocation reimbursement (V-8)
- $430,000.00 Georgia EPD Solid Waste Trust Fund grant application, glass recycling program expansion, no local match (V-4)
- $400,000.00 budget resolution, additional asphalt funding, Roads and Bridges program (V-5)
- $125,040.00 Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust grant application, Accountability Courts, no local match (V-3)
- $101,573.00 to Freese and Nichols, Inc., engineering for Daves Creek Lift Station Phase Out (V-16)
- $77,624.71 change order 39 to Vertical Earth, Inc., pavement striping at SR 369/SR 400 (V-13)
- $68,055.00 change order 5 to Hussey, Gay, Bell & Deyoung, Inc., Bennett Park Redevelopment engineering (V-14)
- $35,000.00 to Cogle Group, AI consulting and governance roadmap (V-6)
- $25,000.00 GRPA BOOST grant, afterschool and summer programs, Parks and Recreation, no local match (V-10)
- $22,443.80 to SwiftComply US OpCo, Inc., SaaS platform for backflow and FOG compliance programs, Water and Sewer (V-15)
- $2,000.00 Thanks Mom and Dad Fund grant, chairs and supplies for Sexton Hall and Central Park senior facilities, no local match (V-7)
Also notable
- ESG Engineering’s conversion from a corporation to an LLC means the county needs to formally transfer its existing service agreements to the new entity; no rebidding, just paperwork (V-17).
- The county manager will recognize 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Day, as designated by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (IV-1).
The work session starts at 9 a.m. on September 8 at the Forsyth County Administration Building. Public comment procedures are listed on the county’s website at forsythco.com. The Forsyth Docket is an independent publication with no affiliation with Forsyth County government. Spot an error? Reply.
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