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ZEBULON - The second meeting of the Pike County Public Facilities Authority will be held on May 22, 205 at 4 p.m. in the Conference Room in the County Commission Office located at 331 Thomaston Street.

The agenda is below as well as the minutes from the first meeting and a link to the Development Agreement between the county and the authority.

The public is invited to attend this meeting.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from May 2, 2025

IV. OLD BUSINESS

A. TAX ID

B. BANK ACCOUNTS INCLUDING LOCAL ACCOUNT FOR GEORGIA FUND ACCOUNT AND RELATED SIGNATORIES

C. GWYN STREET PROPERTY: Development Agreement with Pike County
pikecountytimes.com/secondary/DevelopmentAgreementfor94GwynStreet5.14.25.pdf

D. COUNTY PROPERTY AND PUBLIC FACILITIES: Board of Education Property

A. RATIFY PREVIOUS ACTIONS

VI. MEMBER REPORTS/COMMENTS

VII. ADJOURNMENT

[Note from the Editor: The first meeting was not publicized like it should have been--especially since there are 3 commissioners on this board so it HAS to be public, but this is being corrected by the New Business item to ratify previous actions. I am thankful for the concern that was shown for open meetings by this Board by ratifying everything in the new meeting to be sure that things are done properly.]

MINUTES- INITIAL MEETING MAY 2, 2025
PIKE COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY

I. CALL TO ORDER. The initial meeting of the Pike County Public Facilities Authority was called to order at 4:00 p.m.

II. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. Jack Hancock moved to approve the agenda, and the motion was seconded by Tim Guy and was unanimously approved.

III. INTRODUCTIONS. The Board Members, Briar Johnson, Tim Guy, Ken Pullin, Jenne Rae Overton, and Jack Hancock, introduced themselves as did the county manager, Rob Morton.

IV. ELECTIONS.
A. CHAIRPERSON. Tim Guy moved to appoint Jack Hancock as Chairperson, which was seconded by Ken Pullin and unanimously approved.
B. VICE CHAIRPERSON. Tim Guy moved to appoint Ken Pullin as Vice Chairperson, which was seconded by Jack Hancock and unanimously approved.
C. SECRETARY-TREASURER. Ken Pullin moved to appoint the county manager, Rob Morton, as the Secretary-Treasurer, which was seconded by Briar Johnson and unanimously approved.

V. BUSINESS ITEMS

A. AUTHORIZE TAX ID. Jenna Rae Overton moved to obtain a tax identification number for the Authority, which was seconded by Tim Guy and unanimously approved.

B. AUTHORIZE BANK ACCOUNTS INCLUDING LOCAL ACCOUNT FOR GEORGIA FUND ACCOUNT AND RELATED SIGNATORIES. Tim Guy moved to open a Georgia Fund account for the Authority as well as an account with United Bank in connection with the Georgia Fund account, which was seconded by Briar Johnson and unanimously approved.

C. GWYN STREET PROPERTY. Rob Morton provided background information regarding the approved property transfer to the Authority. There was much discussion regarding the approved transfer of property by the Authority including the request for Rob Morton to obtain an updated market valuation.

D. COUNTY PROPERTY AND PUBLIC FACILITIES

1. Debt Obligation. There was discussion regarding the County’s debt obligation related to county property.
2. Sheriff’s Operations and Jail. There was discussion about a proposed facility for the Sheriff’s operations and jail.
3. Conduit for the County regarding the debt and financing issues. There was discussion regarding serving as a conduit to pay off the existing debt obligation.

E. CLARIFICATION OF TERMS. Jenne Rae Overton moved to clarify that the terms of the non-commissioner authority members (Overton and Hancock) shall be for three (3) years beginning January 1, 2025, which was seconded by Jack Hancock and unanimously approved.

F. FUTURE MEETINGS. The next meeting of the Authority will be May 22, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. A called meeting can be scheduled if necessary. [Note from the Editor: This was changed to 4 p.m. when another meeting was scheduled at 5:30 prior to the 6:30 2nd Reading of the Budget ... all on the same day.]

VI. OPEN FORUM. There was discussion about quorums and open meeting requirements in connection with the meeting(s) of the Authority.

VII. ADJOURNMENT. Ken Pullin moved to adjourn the meeting at 4:08 p.m., which was seconded by Briar Johnson and unanimously approved.