Board of County Commissioners - Regular Meeting

With an invocation by Commissioner Goodman, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Gentlemen, remove your covers, please. Let us stand. Let us pray. Our Father and our God in heaven, we come to thee with humble hearts tonight. We pray for guidance. We pray for wisdom. We pray for acceptance of one another. Father, there are those in this community who have been bereaved. And we pray for their comfort and for their restoration. Father, we pray a special blessing for the loss of a young life in a car wreck. We pray that those who survived will heal quickly. Father, we pray for the loss of Robert Bauer. One of your faithful servants, a man who came here quite often and defended

Moving on to agenda amendments. I understand we're going to remove number five from the agenda. Move on to adoption of the agenda. Do I have a motion to adopt the agenda with the removal of item number five?

So moved. Second, Mr. Chairman. I have a motion and a second.

All in favor? Motion carries. Move on to the approval of the minutes from the July 21st, 2026 regular meeting and the executive session minutes. I assume everybody has read those. Any deletions or corrections? Seeing none, do we have a motion to approve the minutes as presented?

I'll second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor?

MOVE ON TO WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. ONE IS GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTING AWARD.

Any questions? Thanks, ladies. Great work. Appreciate you being here. Good luck on your career.

Excellent work. Okay, moving on to our next presentation, Human Firewall Project.

So on a scale of 1 to 10, how did we do as a county overall? Fantastic. Oh, really?

Thanks, Okay, we'll move on to the first public comment section. These are comments related to items on the agenda. Comments related to three minutes. When you come up, state your name and your address. Okay, anybody signed up? Nobody signed up. Does anybody wish to speak to the board? Just come up to the podium.

Move to adjourn the regular meeting and convene a public hearing. Entertain a motion to do that.

We have a motion and a second. All in favor? Cassie.

Okay, does anybody in the audience wish to speak for the item? Anybody like to speak against the item? Okay, seeing none. Make a motion to adjourn the public hearing and reconvene the regular meeting. Second.

Motion carries. Move on to the regular meeting. Item number one, Cassie.

Okay, you haven't heard the item. Do we have a motion?

We have a motion and a second. Any discussion?

Any other questions? We have a motion and a second. All in favor? motion carries thank you thank you move on to item number two uh bear with me uh jared were you gonna present this oh i'm sorry

Are you ready for this? It's a force of habit.

Okay, Captain Goble, you're going to present item number three, request to purchase the JHB fire safety simulator.

Mr. Chairman. Questions from the board? I guess we entertain a motion.

Now second. We have a motion and second discussion.

Make a motion to approve the purchase of the self-contained breathing apparatus cascade system. Second.

We have a motion and a second. Any discussion?

Yes, sir. Is this cascade system fixed or portable? And headquarters for the benefit of the public is where?

Okay. Any other questions, comments? We have a motion and a second. All in favor?

Okay, item number five, we're going to, it was removed from the agenda, so we're going to move on to item number six. Captain Sears is here. Yep, there he is.

OKAY. HAVING HEARD THE ITEM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

We have a motion and a second. Any discussion?

No more discussion. We have a motion. All in favor? Motion carries.

Let's get a second. Okay, I'll second. We have a second.

That's the contender, right? The contender?

Any further discussion? All in favor? Motion carries. Thank you. Okay, move on to item number eight, which is a reappointment of Ann Weston to the Camden County Public Library Board of Trustees. Entertain a motion.

Motion carries. Okay, moving on to reports. No change in the calendar. Joey, you have any comments?

Are you going to reschedule the first one?

Move on now to the additional public comment section. Anybody has signed up to speak? Katie? Nobody signed up. Anybody wish to speak to the board about any item?

Appreciate that. Awesome. Anybody else? Coming to the podium.

Seeing none. Move on to the commissioner comments section. Commissioners, any comments? Discussions?

Anything else? Okay, now we'll entertain a motion to adjourn the regular meeting and convene an executive session to discuss IT, litigation, and personnel.

Mr. Chairman, it is with great anticipation for moving to a warmer room that I make a motion that we adjourn for executive session.

All in favor? We'll be back. Executive session and reconvene the regular session.

I'll second. Motion and second. All in favor? We have two items to deal with from the executive session. I think Ben.

We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All in favor? Motion carries.

All in favor? Motion carries. Motion to adjourn. I'll second. All in favor? We're adjourned. Thank you.