Columbia County | Development and Planning Services Committee Meeting (October 13th)

Columbia County committee meetings—Management and Internal Services, followed by Development and Planning Services—were held October 13, 2026. The Management and Internal Services Committee approved or advanced several spending items: a coroner’s-office maintenance agreement with Augusta Chiller for $2,738.28 annually; Mainline Information Systems’ Unitrends support renewal for $117,546.34 through the Omnia Partners contract, along with a related Unitrends appliance payment whose amount was not stated; and a $67,473.55 Dell Technologies purchase of video-management system servers, funded by SPLOST and procured under a state contract. The committee also approved a required budget adjustment to keep departments within budgetary limits and a deductive change order for the Sheriff’s Detention Dorm phase-two project with Arty Brown Contractors, returning $71,426.12 to the county because the project finished under budget. The December 8 schedule for the county’s committee meetings was also approved.

In Development and Planning Services, the committee approved alcohol-license applications, including one for Augusta Kitchen Company for off-premises beer and wine sales, and approved applying Vault 221’s previously paid $1,125 retail-consumption license fee to its renewed application rather than charging it twice. It also approved a residential waterline encroachment into a utility easement and road-name changes with code variances. Staff presented options for adding the Board of Commissioners meeting date to public-hearing signs; no action was taken, and potential sign, installation, and fee impacts were discussed. No other procurement awards were identified in this committee’s agenda.