BOC to consider new lights for Rock Creek Park

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. –The Dawson County Board of Commissioners listened to a presentation by Parks and Recreation Director Lisa Henson Thursday requesting new lights for the soccer fields at Rock Creek Park.

Henson said the only lights at the park now are on the track and parking lot. The work would include installation of 10 galvanized steel poles, lighting, service panel and warranty. The cost would be $396 770 for LED outdoor lighting option plus a 10% contingency of $36,070. The work could be completed by the end of the year and would be paid from the voter-approved SPLOST VI.

Emergency Services Director Lanier Swafford asked commissioners to consider an amended fee schedule for ambulance services, something that hasn’t been done in 10 years.  The amended rate would set the fees for basic life-saving non-emergency transportation at $350, basic life-saving emergency transportation at $400, advanced non-life saving emergency at $350, advanced level 1 emergency at $500, advanced level 2 emergency at $675 and mileage at $13 per mile.

Swafford also requested a renewal of the county’s contract with Chestatee Regional HospitaI for the purpose of clinical learning opportunities for students and employees of Dawson County Emergency Services.

Cameron Burt presented a contract with North Georgia Network (NGN) to provide backup internet services at the Dawson County Government Center and asked commissioners to consider approval at a cost of $6,000 per year.

The contract, Burt said, would allow for a true backup internet system and the NGN circuit would be used for future offsite data backup transmission. The size of the circuit is larger than current infrastructure and will allow transmission of data to the cloud for offsite storage and replication. This will give the County the redundancy that it has needed for disaster recovery. Furthermore, this will allow IT to provision certain data traffic at the Government Center and Sheriff’s Office for the use of large amounts of data that needs to be transferred to other facilities and agencies. NGN will be installing a 1GB circuit for a one-time charge of $100. This fee is at a greatly reduced rate compared to original terms.

These items are expected to be voted on at the regular meeting Sept. 22.