DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawsonville City Council unanimously approved a change order in the amount of $42,361 for sod and irrigation alternates at Main Street Park for TriScapes during Monday’s council meeting.

City Manager Bob Bolz explained the additional funding would be used to pay for additional sodding and irrigation and would be paid out of General Fund reserves then paid back out of SPLOST VI funds when available.

Bolz said the additional funding would “include taking the original two-foot strip in the original contract and widening to five feet, sodding the smaller portion of the amphitheater, the larger portion of the amphitheater and sodding from the bottom of the grand stairway to the intersection of the sidewalk slope by the retention pond. The change order will take the contract amount from $125,775.51 to $168,137.33.

Council removed a request for approval of a Local Maintenance Improvement Grant (LMIG) for milling, paving and striping 4,150 feet of Perimeter Road from the agenda for further discussion. If approved, the city would be responsible for a 30 percent match in the amount of $9,381.91.

Council also tabled a request by Sachinkumar Patel for a five acre parcel located at 60 Hwy. 136 East near the intersection of Hwy. 9 be annexed into the city. Sachinkumar has not closed on the land yet. He told council members that the closing will take place before the city’s next council meeting in November. But City Attorney Dana Miles recommended council wait until the land legally belongs to the applicant before acting.

Council unanimously approved Financial Administrator Hayden Wiggins request to renew an annual software maintenance agreement with Edmunds GovTech in the amount of $10,345. The city has utilized the company since 2015 and the agreement will expire on Dec. 31.

Mayor Mike Eason asked for and received council approval that Clint Harper and Laura Barr be appointed to the city’s Design Guideline Committee.

Council also presented service certificates to John Davis (1-year service award), Clay Moss (1-year service award), Donna Blanton (2-year service award), Hayden Wiggins (2-year service award), Tracy Smith (Sept. Employee of the Month), John Davis (Summer Employee of the Quarter), Clay Moss (for successfully passing the National Recreation and Parks Association Certified Playground Safety Inspector exam.

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