FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — County Commissioners have a full slate of 23 agenda items to consider when they meet in a work session today (Aug. 9) in the Administration Building, 110 East Main Street in Cumming.

Commissioners will discuss renewal of the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) and the negotiation of the intergovernmental agreement with the City of Cumming.

The two governments must come to an agreement on the distribution of funds generated by the local option sales tax (LOST) by Sept. 1 or they will have to submit to non-binding agreement or mediation. Commissioner Laura Semanson has represented the county in those negotiations.

The Board will also consider a budget second amendment to the services agreement with Common Courtesy, Inc. that will more than double the cost of the original not-to-exceed contract from $140,000.00 to $290,000.00.

Additional items to be discussed include:

• Authorization for the Sheriff’s Office to accept the award of
  the BJA FY 22 Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding in the amount of $235,000 with no required match;
• Approval of a Memorandum of Understanding for contractors
  to provide treatment services, substance screening, and 4th Amendment waiver;
• Approval of a Sub-Grant Agreement with the Georgia
  Department of Transportation (GDOT) for the award of FTA 5311 Operating Grant Funds in the amount of $170,671.00 with a 50/50 required match;
• Authorization to apply for the State of Georgia FY2023 Local
  Maintenance & Improvement Grant (LMIG) for an amount not to exceed $2,739,311.67 with a required match of up to $1,173,990.60;
• Approval to award Bid 22-47-1514 to provide all labor,
  materials, and equipment for the renovation of the Central Park Recreation Center to Cooper & Company General Contractors, Inc. in the amount of $7,400,000;
• Approval of the purchase of 518 Stream Buffer Mitigation
  Credits in the amount of $95,830.00 from Three Creeks Mitigation Bank, LLC for the McGinnis Ferry Widening Project (PEW08 – widening portion only);
• Acceptance of the FY22 BJA Byrne Discretionary
  Community Project Grant in the amount of $90,000 with no required match;
• Authorization to implement a 4% Cost of Living Adjustment
  (COLA) for FY 2022, as of September 26, 2022, for specific positions identified to receive a Market Salary Adjustment in FY 2023 in the following Departments: Sheriff’s
  Office; Fire; and, E-911 in the not to exceed amount of $827,750.00;
• Authorization to amend Revenues and Expenses on behalf
  of the Department of Parks and Recreation in the amount of $51,000;
  (11) A Board generated rezoning for ZA3952, Yousef Emtairah. In accordance with UDC 8-5.5(I), if an application for a
  Land Disturbance Permit has not been submitted within 18 months of zoning approval, the Board may consider rezoning to a constitutional zoning designation;
• Modification(s) to the Forsyth County Sign Ordinance and Unified Development Code regarding Electronic Message Boards and Window Signs for certain commercial purposes – Planning;
• Amendments to the Unified Development Code related to Variances to Parking Surfacing within Chapters 8 and 17;
• Correction, realignment, modification, and clarification to the boundaries and site plan of the Coal Mountain Town Center;
• Amendments to the Unified
  Development Code related to the Coal Mountain Overlay within Chapter 21, to include amendments that would incorporate the Coal Mountain Town Center Design
  Standards into the existing Overlay;
• A County-Initiated Amendment to Zoning Conditions for ZA2548 tax map/parcel 237-002;
• Ratification/approval of the ARC LCI McFarland Feasibility Study Contract, that was the product of RFP 21-179-3130, where the Board awarded the RFP to KimleyHorn on February 17, 2022;
• Approval to add an Indigent Defense Director position for the
  remainder of FY 2022, as of September 26, 2022, in the amount of $37,700.00;
• Approval of proposed amendments to the Procurement
  Policies and Procedures dated April 28, 2015;
• Approval of an agreement for sale of realty between
  Forsyth County (Buyer) and James D. Irvin (Seller) for Parcels 159-018 and 180-069 in the amount of $627,500.00;
• Approval of a Conflict Waiver for Jarrard & Davis, LLP to
  represent the County and Dhawani Associates, LLC regarding Agreements from the preparation of the initial sale agreement documents through the closing of certain land acquisitions;
• A proclamation declaring August 7, 2022 through August 13,2022 as Health Center Week in Forsyth County.