County Council - Regular Meeting

open the Hamilton County Council meeting of July 1st, 2026. Mr. Auditor, can I have a roll call?

Ken Alexander. Present. Brad Beaver. Here. Tim Griffin. Here. Mark Hall. Present. Sue Mackey.

Here.

Amy Maslamany. Present. Steve Nation. Here.

stand and bow your heads. Almighty God, we thank you for the freedom you have given us for 250 years and pray that you continue to bless the United States of America. Place in our hearts the desire to study our history and to read the independence read on the Independence Day, the Declaration of Independence which provides that our rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are given to us by you, almighty God, and not by government, and that the purpose of government is to protect those rights that you have given us. We pray for all those who maintain this great country. We finally, tonight, we ask that you bless and protect, lead and direct each one of us on the council as we serve the citizens of our county. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Okay. I need a motion to approve the memorandum of the

Joint executive session? Second.

On favor?

Aye. And I need a motion to approve the minutes of the June 3rd council meeting. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? That passes. Now's the portion for public comments. If you are not on the agenda and have something you want to say, now's the time. I see nobody moving forward. We'll go on to... Committee and officer reports. Presidents? I have none. Vice President? I have none. Highway? Highway did not meet. Finance? We did not have a meeting. I spoke to Mr. Reuter by phone a couple days ago, and I passed that information on to you. Personnel?

We met, and we had a poll. That information was provided to the council.

Okay. Major projects?

We did not meet.

Anybody got anything under miscellaneous? Okay. I see no unfinished business. I see no table business. So we'll go to new business. I need a motion for approval of vendor claims. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? That passes. I have a resolution CC07-01-2026-1. concerning purchase of real estate for 146 in Hazeldale. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? That passes. At this point, I need to open a public hearing for additional appropriations. The first one is out of County General. The Commissioner's Office requests a transfer of $4,203,461.10. So moved. Second. On favor? Aye. Opposed? That passes. Court of Administration is requesting a transfer of $155,000. So moved. Second. On favor? Aye. Opposed? That passes. The Extension Office is requesting a transfer of $8,494.80. So moved. Second. On favor? Aye. Opposed? That passes. Sheriff's Office is requesting a $144,000 amendment. So moved. Second. On favor? Aye. Opposed? That passes. Fund 1025, which is the airport capital fund, is requesting a reduction of $500,000. So moved.

Second.

On favor? Aye. Opposed? That passes. And the airport state and local grant is requesting additional $500,000. So moved. Second. On favor? Aye. Opposed? That passes. Fund 1203, state tax requesting an additional $7,000. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? That passes. Fund 1222, emergency operations requesting 144 amendment. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Nope. That passes. Nope. Questions? Yes.

Any questions?

Okay.

I'm sorry. I'm on.

She's interrupting my cadence.

Let's keep talking about this, at least for the next minute and 41 seconds.

1237 opioid restricted fines requesting $29,170. So moved. Second. All in favor?

Aye. Opposed? That passes. 1237 opioid restricted requesting a reduction of $10,420. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? That passes. 2,500, 2,505 deferral program requesting a transfer of 26,000. So moved.

Second.

All in favor? Aye. Opposed? That passes. Grant? Motion to combine grants one through three. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed?

Second.

All in favor? Aye. Opposed?

That passes.

I will close the public hearing at this time. Sheriff, do you have any announcements?

Nothing at this time.

Council attorney? No, sir.

Auditor? I'm going to ruin it for you, Mr. President. I'm sorry. I have to. You've been paid by.

Keep going. Keep going. You've still got about five seconds.

Hampton Southeastern Schools, you should see this on your desk in front of you, has submitted the required statutory notice to the county council. regarding his proposed 2026 operating referendum. No actions required by the council. They just have to provide it by statute. Thank you. And the second part, your audit came back clean this year again.

I was there for that.

I'm sick. That's all I have. I have to do that. You can close it now.

Okay, thank you.

Oh, it's 7.07. I still hold the record.