Board of Commissioners regularly scheduled meeting November 3, 5:30 p.m.

The Bulloch County Board of Commissioners’ regularly scheduled meeting was held November 3, 2026. On the consent agenda, the Board approved a longleaf pine straw contract with Brian T. Powell for $23,270 and a FireLand E-115 GPM side-mount rescue pumper purchase for approximately $731,736, along with other routine items. The proposed $285,000 drainage and paving contract with Southern Civil Tracks LLC was pulled from the consent agenda; the transcript does not clearly establish its final disposition. The Board also approved road-project actions: proceeding with option one for J. Hart Road (estimated $1,090,514.93), option two for Lee Road (just over $1 million, with conditions to avoid trees associated with a donation), and option three for Moore Road ($1.2 million, with no additional funding required). These scope decisions were discussed in connection with available T-SPLOST funds and reallocating savings among projects. An additional paving item for Anderson Cemetery Road was approved, though the transcript provides no cost or contractor details.

The Board approved abandonment of a portion of County Road 71 and several zoning requests, including industrial, highway-commercial, and conditional-use applications. Two conditional-use requests for a proposed surface mine on adjoining properties were approved with conditions after residents raised concerns about truck access, road conditions, water lines, and neighborhood effects; a motion to table the first request failed for lack of a second. The Hospital Authority presented its annual report and a $1,914,453.38 check to the county. No county procurement action was identified in that presentation.