In a brief meeting Tuesday, the Bryan County Board of Commissioners approved several items, including the two-item Consent Agenda, a Library Board appointment and an amendment to the Bulloch County Water & Sewer agreement.
Most notable, however, was an approval for a bid towards the Harris Trail Road and Timber Trail Road Signal and Sidewalk Project totaling $718,896.95 from Platinum Paving and Concrete, LLC.
The project aims to provide a traffic signal at the intersection of Harris Trail and Timber Trail Roads, as well as the addition of a five-foot sidewalk along the southeast side of Timber Trail Road. This initiative is a joint project between Bryan County and the City of Richmond Hill.
The Commissioners also approved a motion to authorize staff to “negotiate and execute” a contract with Peek Pavement, LLC for $209,696.08 towards the 2025 Road Striping Project. According to the motion, the project will be funded by 2025 LMIG-SAP funds, which were received by Bryan County in August 2025, alongside grant match funding from TSPLOST.
And the approved Water & Sewer amendment “revises the cost sharing of the original Water & Sewer agreement between Bryan County and Bulloch County and allocates initial water and sewer capacity to Bulloch County.”
In other news
Bryan County Library Board member Martha Coffield was reappointed to the Board for a full term, starting July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2029. Coffield initially served to fill a vacated position.
Towards the end of the meeting, Bryan County Tax Assessor Liz Todd gave a special presentation regarding the new tax assessment notice, which is said to be “different from last year’s” as a result of HB 581 and so might be confusing for homeowners.
“The purpose of getting the notice is to show the [property] value,” noted Todd in her presentation.
More information can be found online at the Bryan County Tax Assessor’s webpage.
During public comments, Richmond Hill resident Amy Mitchell again pleaded to the Commissioners to consider taking action to “protect Bryan County's historic resources from demolition, neglect, and serious alterations.