Grovetown City Council approves facility design contracts, adopts 6.948 millage rate and amended budget (first reading)
July 13, 2026 | Grovetown City, Columbia County, Georgia
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Grovetown City Council on July 13 approved a package of facility contracts and budget measures, including an $89,500 architectural and engineering scope addition for a new Water Utility Maintenance Office and a design-phase fee and construction-administration package for a new Fire Station #1.
The council voted unanimously to enter into scope addition/fee agreement 179-2025 with Johnson Laschober and Associates for architectural and engineering services for the Water Utility Maintenance Office and storage building in the amount of $89,500. It also approved fee agreement 2026-147 with the same firm for Fire Station #1: a $25,000 design phase fee and approximately $315,000 for construction administration services, according to the agenda item descriptions.
In budget actions, the council adopted the 2026 millage rate at 6.948 mills and approved first reading of Ordinance 2025-05-01B to adopt the amended 2025–2026 balanced budget. Both measures passed unanimously; the transcript records the approvals but does not provide vote counts.
Other unanimous approvals included updated bulk waste guidelines and dates, first reading of Ordinance 2026-07-01 to update city-code references to state minimum standard building codes, the Georgia Department of Transportation request for a traffic signal at Robinson Avenue and Old Wrightsboro Road/Hardy Drive, and an updated General Services Department program assistant job description (Grade 7). The agenda listed committee reports and director reports; the transcript records those items on the agenda but does not include their substantive content.
The meeting also included ceremonial items recorded on the agenda: a five-year service award for David Toulson, Employee of the Month recognition for Phillip Knight, a Vietnam Veterans recognition for Elliott Norman and a business spotlight for Pelican's Snoballs. Citizens' comments were listed on the agenda, but the transcript contains no verbatim public-comment text. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. and adjourned at 7:51 p.m.
The approvals recorded in the agenda and passed by the council will move the Water Utility Maintenance Office and Fire Station projects to the next design and administration phases. The budget ordinance recorded as first reading will return for any required subsequent readings or adoption steps per the city's ordinance process.
The council voted unanimously to enter into scope addition/fee agreement 179-2025 with Johnson Laschober and Associates for architectural and engineering services for the Water Utility Maintenance Office and storage building in the amount of $89,500. It also approved fee agreement 2026-147 with the same firm for Fire Station #1: a $25,000 design phase fee and approximately $315,000 for construction administration services, according to the agenda item descriptions.
In budget actions, the council adopted the 2026 millage rate at 6.948 mills and approved first reading of Ordinance 2025-05-01B to adopt the amended 2025–2026 balanced budget. Both measures passed unanimously; the transcript records the approvals but does not provide vote counts.
Other unanimous approvals included updated bulk waste guidelines and dates, first reading of Ordinance 2026-07-01 to update city-code references to state minimum standard building codes, the Georgia Department of Transportation request for a traffic signal at Robinson Avenue and Old Wrightsboro Road/Hardy Drive, and an updated General Services Department program assistant job description (Grade 7). The agenda listed committee reports and director reports; the transcript records those items on the agenda but does not include their substantive content.
The meeting also included ceremonial items recorded on the agenda: a five-year service award for David Toulson, Employee of the Month recognition for Phillip Knight, a Vietnam Veterans recognition for Elliott Norman and a business spotlight for Pelican's Snoballs. Citizens' comments were listed on the agenda, but the transcript contains no verbatim public-comment text. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. and adjourned at 7:51 p.m.
The approvals recorded in the agenda and passed by the council will move the Water Utility Maintenance Office and Fire Station projects to the next design and administration phases. The budget ordinance recorded as first reading will return for any required subsequent readings or adoption steps per the city's ordinance process.
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