Dade County Commission — Work Session & Regular Meeting Preview

Location: Dade County Administrative Building — Commissioners’ Public Meeting Room
Regular Monthly Meeting: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 — 7:00 PM
(O.C.G.A. § 50-14-1(d–e))

Work Session — Agenda Highlights

• AGENDA
  1. Approval of agenda
  2. Approval of previous meeting(s) minutes
  3. Review Personnel Status Report
  4. Board Appointments and/or Proclamations (if any)
  A. Proclamation: Adoption Awareness Month – November 2025
  B. Proclamation: Hospice Month – November 2025
  C. Resolution (R-41-25): Appointment of member to the Special Use Permit Board – District 3
  D. Resolution (R-42-25): Appointment of member to the Special Use Permit Board – District 4
  5. Resolution (R-43-25): Reallocation of 2021 SPLOST Budgeted Projects
  6. Approval of SPLOST – Capital Equipment (if any)
  A. Dade County IT Department / Director Alex Case – 3 new servers
  7. Memorandum Of Understanding – Dade County / UGA Cooperative Extension
  8. Resolution (R-44-25) change January 2026 meeting date due to federal holiday
  9. Proposed Solar Ordinance – Commissioner Melissa Bradford
  10. Dade County Opioid Settlement Funding Policy and Procedures – Melissa Bradford
  11. Amendments to Code of Ordinance / Chapter 14 – Animals
  12. Resolution (R-45-25): Sale and/or disposal of County Capital Equipment as declared surplus
  property

Regular Monthly Meeting — AGENDA

1. Call to Order
   A. Meeting announced
   B. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance
   C. Statement of proper notice entered into record
   D. Roll call recorded by the County Clerk

2. Citizens Participation

3. Point of Personal Privilege
   A. County Commissioners — District Reports
   B. Executive Update — Don Townsend

4. Appearances
   A. Online: Ms. Lydia Soucy, Manager, Dade County Public Library
   B. In-Person: Ms. Sandy White, President & CEO, Alliance for Dade, Inc. — Chamber of Commerce
   C. Online: Mrs. Laura Beth Cunningham, 4-H Agent, UGA Extension Dade County

5. Fiscal Matters
   A. Monthly Financial Reports — Rebecca Jones, CFO
   B. Approval of Monthly Financials & Investments

6. Legal Matters

7. Unfinished Business

8. New Business
   A. Consideration of all items from the work session agenda

9. Executive Session (if any)

10. Adjournment