10/04/11 Regular Session Minutes

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The Gordon County Board of Commissioners held their Regular Meeting on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. in the Conference Room of the Administration Building.

Chairman Bailey called the meeting to order.

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Invocation was led by Rev. John Allen and the pledge of allegiance was led by Chairman Bailey.

WELCOME
Chairman Bailey welcomed everyone to the meeting.

EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION
Chairman Bailey read the list of names of employees with anniversary hire dates in October. Commissioner Hood drew the name of Patsy Sutton as Employee of the Month.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Chairman Bailey asked if there were any additions, omissions, or deletions to the Minutes for the Work Session September 13, 2011, the Regular Meeting September 13, 2011, and the Special Meeting September 27, 2011. Commissioner Long made a motion to approve the minutes. Commissioner Hood seconded the motion and all voted aye. Minutes approved.

ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
Administrator Dowling read the report.

COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT
None

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC – GERMANE TO THE AGENDA
None

CONSIDERATION OF OLD BUSINESS
None

CONSIDERATION OF NEW BUSINESS

• RESOLUTION TO APPLY FOR A GRANT FOR A MURAL AT FT. WAYNE
  County Attorney Smith advised the Board that this is for Board consideration to authorize the submittal of a grant application to the Rural Development Enterprise Grant Program for the United States Department of Agriculture. The Board had authorized submitting this grant last year for the proposed mural at the Ft. Wayne historic site. The grant was not awarded to Gordon County. The new grant cycle has now come up and the Board had asked at a previous work session to re-submit the grant application. One item that needs to be re-submitted with the application is a new resolution from the Board authorizing submitting the grant application. Commissioner Long made a motion to approve the resolution authorizing submitting the grant application. Commissioner Hood seconded the motion and Commissioners Long, Hood, and Townsend voted aye. Motion passed.

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC – GENERAL
None

ADJOURNMENT
Commissioner Long made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Hood seconded the motion and all voted aye. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:20 a.m.