Commissioners Amend General Fund Budget

The Meriwether County Commission approved six budget amendments at their meeting October 12.

The amended items were: airport grant, $400,281; clerk technical fund, $7,724; GACP grant, $23,000; Manchester animal fines, $1,315.77; tournament fees,$3,666; and the Ware Foundation grant, $37,500.

The Commissioners tabled to the November 9 meeting the purchase of a 2027 Dodge Durango for the Sheriff’s Department. The cost of the vehicle is $45,680, and outfitting it for use is another $14,000. If the county makes the purchase, that would allow the Sheriff’s office to release one vehicle to be used by Code Enforcement.

In other business, the Meriwether County Commission:

• Awarded a bid of $1,242,597.78 to Piedmont Paving for the Pigeon Creek Road Culvert;

• Approved a bid of $1,082 for an alternative method to vent restroom fans at the Courthouse in a way that does not involve cutting through the roof;

• Approved declaring a 1981 foam fire truck as surplus so it can be donated to the Salem Volunteer Fire Department in Upson County;

• Approved hosting a Thanksgiving luncheon for county staff on November 12;

• Approved dates for a proposed rodeo of June 11 and 12, 2027, and asked that the contract for the rodeo be reviewed by counsel;

• Discussed the possibility of adding an additional pavilion at Lake Meriwether; and

• Approved paving the parking lots for Buildings A and B at the county offices at a cost not to exceed $85,000.

The next regular meeting of the Meriwether County Commission will be Tuesday, October 27, at 6 p.m.