10 06 26 Council Meeting

The Statesboro Mayor and City Council meeting was held October 6, 2026. Procurement and infrastructure actions included approval of a $1,195,700 master services agreement with Kimley-Horn for design of the Burke Hall Road transportation improvements, with the city and Bulloch County each funding $597,850; a $195,700 increase to the related intergovernmental agreement for design services; and a $25,000 additional-services request to P. Dawson Consulting Engineers for traffic-signal design and analysis. Council also approved purchasing two 2026 Ford work trucks from JC Lewis Ford for $99,193 and awarded White Gills Incorporated a $647,819.48 contract to install about 2,300 feet of water main on Broad Street. The costs were assigned to identified city, county, SPLOST, or FY2026 capital-improvement funding sources. Council approved acceptance of a 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grant, stated in the transcript as $634,545.45, for firefighter medical support and replacement breathing apparatus. It also approved a preliminary subdivision plan for the Abbey Road workforce-housing project and authorized an application to the One Georgia Workforce Housing Initiative; a related development agreement with Spanish and FS2 Development LLC was presented, but its vote is not clear in the transcript. The consent agenda included surplus vehicles and public-utilities equipment.