Paulding County BOC Work Session Meeting 10-13-2026

Paulding County Board of Commissioners work session, October 13, 2026. Procurement items included proposed awards for an Object First backup-hardware expansion to SHI for $91,216.55 (general fund); FY2027 roadside vertical mowing to AAA Landscape Management for $103,881.70 (general fund); and the Seven Hills Boulevard/Naturewalk Parkway roundabout project to Backbone Infrastructure LLC, with the award amount garbled in the transcript. Commissioners also heard a request to authorize a $325,000 Union Park Phase Two agreement with Queen Home Services, funded through SPLOST. The proposed $127,248.74 Bobcat track-loader purchase from Bobcat of Atlanta was removed from the agenda because of an error and deferred. The transcript does not record votes on these procurement items. A proposed $11,932 increase and 60-day extension to TRP Construction Group LLC’s thermoplastic striping contract would bring the total to $222,990.75; the transcript records its presentation but not a vote.

A commissioner moved the proposed development-division fee schedule to new business for explanation. Staff described increases and new fees intended to better cover review, permitting, and inspection costs; examples included a residential land-disturbance permit fee doubling and a commercial example increasing from $1,350 to $2,700. The meeting also featured extensive public comment and discussion about proposed data-center development and its siting, impacts, and potential tax revenue, but no data-center decision or procurement action is recorded. The board voted to enter executive session for real estate, litigation, and personnel matters and adjourned from that session.