TIME AND PLACE OF THE MEETING

The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners was held Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in the Catoosa County Administrative Building, 800 LaFayette Street, Ringgold, Georgia.

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Commissioner Hill gave the invocation, which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Clark called the meeting to order. The following Commissioners were present: William H. H. Clark, Chairman; Ken Marks, Commissioner District One; Robert Winters, Commissioner, District Two; James F. Emberson, Commissioner, District Three; and Dewayne Hill, Commissioner, District Four.

SET AGENDA

Additions: Contract for Leak Detection System for Underground Storage Tanks Remove: SPLOST 2009 Referendum Resolution; Intergovernmental Agreement with City of Ringgold, City of Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa Utility District providing for the 2009 SPLOST projects. Chairman Clark called for all those in favor of approving the agenda as amended do so by saying aye. By unanimous consent the agenda was approved as amended.

MINUTES

Chairman Clark called for approval of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of May 6, 2008 and Called Meeting of May 13, 2008. There were no corrections and the minutes were unanimously approved as presented.

ADMINISTRATIVE-FISCAL MATTERS

BUDGET AMENDMENT – FISCAL YEAR 2007-2008 Carl Henson, Chief Financial Officer, presented the Board with the proposed budget amendment resolution for fiscal year 2007-2008. Mr. Henson stated the County has completed 6 months of the current fiscal year and due to changing needs in revenues and expenditures, line items need to be redistributed in the current budget. Mr. Henson stated the major portion of the amendment deals with the run-out or notice to terminate the contract for fire department services. The budget amendment resolution is as follows: Chairman Clark called for all those in favor of approving the resolution to indicate so by saying aye. There was no opposition and the resolution passed by unanimous consent.

PROPOSED 2008 LARP CONTRACT County Attorney Skip Patty presented the proposed 2008 LARP contracts with the Georgia Department of Transportation. Mr Patty stated the contracts are for the paving of several sections of County Roads for the upcoming year. [Contract on File in Commissioner Office] Chairman Clark called for all those in favor of approving the contract to indicate so by saying aye. There was no opposition and the contract was approved by unanimous consent.

RDC BOARD APPOINTMENT County Manager Mike Helton stated he would like to recommend to the Board that they appoint Olney Meadows to replace his position on the RDC Board due to conflicting schedules and the fact that Mr. Meadows is and will be involved in several of the projects pertaining to the Board. Chairman Clark called for all those in favor of appointing Olney Meadows to replace County Manager Mike Helton on the RDC Board to indicate so by saying aye. There was no opposition and the appointment passed by unanimous consent.

CONTRACT FOR LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM – UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS – GEORGIA OILMAN’S ASSOCIATION Chief Financial Officer Carl Henson stated EPD requires that everyone with underground gas storage tanks have a reconciliation method to determine leak detection and without an automatic system they require you to use a third party or independent contractor. The County will be required to read the tanks on a daily basis and report to the independent contractor who will calculate the inventory to determine if there is a leak. Mr. Henson stated the fee for the service is $12 a month or $144 a year and is through the Georgia Oilman's Association. Chairman Clark called for all those in favor of approving the contract to indicate so by saying aye. There was no opposition and the contract was approved by unanimous consent.

REPORTS

COUNTY MANAGER REPORT

County Manager Mike Helton reported on the following:

· Stated Commissioners should have received the monthly department reports and the projects administration report to review.

· Invited Board to attend the Business Expo at the Colonnade Thursday from 11 am to 7 pm, County staff will have a booth promoting water quality and other environmental issues in the County.

· Informed Board of upcoming work session and public open house on May 29^th pertaining to new d firm(flood maps) for the County.

· Attended meeting with members of the tri-state region to discuss homeland security for the area.

FINANCIAL REPORT Chief Financial Officer Carl Henson reported on the 7-month fiscal year period ending April 2008. [Exhibit A]

NEW BUSINESS

PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS:

Mr. Donald Brown presented the following rezoning recommendations:

Case No. 1033-08,Joseph Morgan, Old Lafayette Road, R-1 to C-2. Mr. Brown stated the applicant is requesting a re-zoning from R-1 to C-2. Mr. Brown stated the Planning Commission approved the request 5-0. Chairman Clark called for all those in favor of approving the Planning Commissions recommendation for rezoning indicate so by saying aye. There was no opposition and the recommendation was approved by unanimous consent.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION – STOP SIGN CHANGE AT INTERSECTION OF BLEVINS DRIVE AND GRACIE AVENUE Charles Taylor, Public Works Director, presented the proposed resolution for stop sign change at the intersection of Blevins Drive and Gracie Avenue. Mr. Taylor stated that the current intersection poses a public safety hazard during wet and icy conditions due to a 8degree downward slope with a stop at the bottom on the west side of the intersection on Blevins Drive. Mr. Taylor stated the change should not affect traffic flow due to there only being 4-5 homes on the north side of the intersection which dead ends on Gracie Avenue. Chairman Clark called for all those in favor of the resolution to indicate so by saying aye. There was no opposition and the resolution was approved by unanimous consent.

APPEARANCES

Phyllis Williams, resident, said she would like to first ask what the status is on the pending lawsuit regarding Mac Smith Road. County Attorney Patty stated the City of Fort Oglethorpe has answered the complaint where the County is seeking to recover the County Roads and it is in the discovery stage and he is in the process of filing for a summary judgment. Attorney Patty stated there is no disputing the facts and the County is going to ask the judge to rule on it as a matter of law as a illegal annexation. Ms. Williams questioned if the property the City just annexed the Edmonson Property if the judge rules in the County's favor will that property and those people be deannexed. County Attorney Patty stated that yes they would be deannexed. Ms Williams further questioned why Mac Smith Road is on the County's LARP paving list as stated earlier when in actuality the road currently belongs to no one. Attorney Patty stated that as part of the County's service delivery strategy the County agreed that certain city roads would be included on the LARP list and would be selected along with County roads. Ms Williams stated she would like to thank Chairman Clark and Commissioner Winters for not going to the ACCG Savannah meeting and spending her money because she has reviewed the credit card bills from the trip and even though they were not too high in todays times money should be spent carefully. Ms. Williams stated Commissioner Marks spent $1591.64, Commissioner Hill spent $1,619.43, and County Manager Helton spent $1,163.24 and right now everyone has to cut back on their budgets and need to find a way to economize better because those credit card bills were not good. Ms. Williams stated she would have to get Commissioner Emberson's bill next time because it was not available at this time.

COMMISSION COMMENTS

None

EXECUTIVE SESSION Chairman Clark said the Board would go into executive session for the purpose of legal. The vote was taken by roll call and the Board unanimously voted to go into executive session for legal matters at 6:24 p.m. The Board voted unanimously to come out of executive session at 7:11 p.m.

ADJOURNMENT There was no further business, and the Board unanimously agreed to adjourn the meeting at 7:12 p.m.