County adminsitrators report to the Franklin County Commission for September 7th meeting

1- Provide Board with copy of plans and specifications on the 1100 foot section of Alligator Point involved in the lane shift. 
2- Inform Board there is a public information meeting this Thursday, Sept. 9, from 5:30- 6:30 PM, at the Pine St. Firehouse on St. George Island, regarding the proposed improvements at the intersection of Island Drive and US 98.  The Board has already gone on record requesting a traffic signal be installed as part of the improvements.  DOT has responded and said they will perform a new signal study. 
3- DOT has executed the JPA and the Notice to Proceed for improvements to Brownsville Road.  Board action to direct Preble-Rish to prepare plans and specs for project consistent with DOT guidelines.
4- The Board staff has been working on the CDBG project involving the approaches to the bridge over CR 67.  Board action to direct staff to advertise for an administrator and an engineering firm for this project in accordance with CDBG guidelines.  The CDBG program requires that an administrator and engineering firm be selected for each project.
5- Board action to pay the City of Apalachicola the remaining funds budgeted in this year for services related to the Elder Care programs that the City took over.  The Board budgeted funds and paid Elder Care a prorated share for the first quarter of work, but then the City of Apalachicola took over the program in Jan. of 2010.  The remaining budgeted funds to Elder Care should be paid to the City of Apalachicola.
6- GIS Committee has concluded its rankings of vendors.  Because there were two specific functions the committee was looking at they evaluated the vendors in two different ways.  The rankings are below:
Completing the County Base Map                                      911 Mapping

1. Panda Consulting      1. Digital Data Technologies
2. Bruce Harris & Associates     2.  GeoComm
3. HAS Consulting Group      3. Contact One
4. GeoComm       4.  Bruce Harris & Assoc.
5. Contact One       5. HAS Consulting Group
6. Preble-Rish       6. Panda Consulting
7. Digital Data Technologies     7. Preble-Rish
8. Calvin, Giordano & Associates     8. Calvin, Giordano & Assoc.

7-  Remind Board that it has a 2^nd Budget Hearing at night on Sept. 20, and a regular scheduled Board meeting at night on Sept. 21.  The final night meeting for this year will be in Carrabelle on Dec. 21.  

8- Airport Update- The airport has not received written confirmation that it passed its latest inspection, but the inspector indicated the airport did pass but it had a few minor items it needed to work on.
      On a separate issue, the Airport Advisory Committee at its August 16 meeting recommended that Mr. Mosteller be entitled to earn/receive 1% of Administrative fees associated with Airport grants over and above the current County Commission cap of $12,000.
9- Inform that Board that the Eastpoint Cemetary water issue has been resolved.  Mr. Charles Pennycuff, Fisherman’s Choice, is taking the responsibility of getting the tap and making sure that it is used responsibly.  Anyone in Eastpoint wanting to know more about water at the cemetery should contact Mr. Pennycuff at Fisherman’s Choice.
10- Board action to approve a Resolution recognizing Noah Lockley, Sr, and his wife for 70 years of marriage.
11- Presentation to Board of water collected at the source of Chattahoochee River, in far north Georgia.


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