The Habersham County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, in the jury assembly room at the Habersham County Courthouse, 295 Llewellyn St. in Clarkesville.
The agenda includes presentations recognizing the Habersham County 4-H Program and participants and an employee spotlight for Deputy Andrew Rabern and Deputy Darius Dorsey of the sheriff’s office.
Under new business, commissioners are scheduled to consider an automatic aid agreement with the City of Cornelia for fire response within Demorest city limits. They also are set to consider amended master agreements with Kimley-Horn for airport planning services and for airport engineering and design services.
Other new business items include a resolution required for a pre-application for grant funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for a ball field lighting project and amendments to intergovernmental agreements for Habersham County’s provision of animal control services to the municipalities of Alto, Baldwin, Cornelia, Demorest and Mount Airy.
The consent agenda includes minutes from the Aug. 17 Board of Commissioners meeting and executive session, amendments to a lease agreement with Horizon Dreams, LLC for airport hangars H-1 and H-2, adoption of bylaws for the Habersham County Airport Commission, several contracted instructor agreements for swim and aqua aerobics programs, ratification of a contract award for tennis and pickleball court resurfacing and ratification of an expenditure for an unanticipated pool filter repair.
Commissioners also are scheduled to consider Clean Water Act Section 319(h) subaward agreement documents with Georgia DNR/EPD for implementation of the 2026 Soque River Watershed Protection Plan for the Black Hawk Fly-Fishing Mitigation Project, an agreement with Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership for streambank and riparian enhancement projects in the Upper Chattahoochee River and Lake Lanier watershed, purchase of one grapple trailer for Public Works, authorization for the chairman to sign documents for an FY 2028 Section 5311 Rural Transit Program grant application with GDOT, ratification of a business associate agreement with Emergency Billing, LLC, revisions to an EMS and/or fire training reimbursement agreement and a lease-purchase agreement for 46 Tasers for the sheriff’s office.
The consent agenda also includes an alcohol license application or renewal for 2476 Cannon Bridge Rd Ventures, LLC, doing business as Country Boy, located at 2467 Cannon Bridge Road in Demorest, for malt beverage and wine package sales.
County Manager Tim Sims is scheduled to give a county manager’s report and a PTRLOST update. The agenda lists no old business.
Appointments are listed for the Avita Community Partners Board of Directors for the remainder of a three-year term ending June 30, 2027; the Development Authority for the remainder of a six-year term ending Feb. 17, 2028; and the Chestatee-Chattahoochee Resource Conservation & Development Council for the remainder of a one-year term ending Dec. 31, 2026. The agenda lists resignations by Brenda Hochmuth, Mike Franklin and John Hagadorn in connection with those seats.
Members of the public may address commissioners on agenda items other than public hearing items. Speakers who signed up to speak are allotted three minutes, while people whose names are listed on the agenda are allotted five minutes, according to the agenda.
