NAHUNTA — Three sealed bid proposals for Brantley County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan were opened Tuesday by Chairman Skipper Harris and read by County Manager Joey Cason inside the Commissioner’s Meeting Room.
A Hazard Mitigation Plan, which is overseen by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS), is a communityguided document which identifies local natural and human-caused threats and sets long-term strategies to reduce injury, property damage and economic loss.
Key purposes are risk deduction, grant eligibility and mandatory updates. Risk deduction outlines proactive measures to break the repetitive cycle of disaster damage and reconstruction.
A Hazard Mitigation Plan is required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for state, tribal, and local jurisdictions to qualify for nonemergency hazard mitigation project funding.
The plan has a mandatory five-year update which is reviewed and resubmitted for official approval to maintain active status and funding access.
Cason read the proposed bids just after 2 p.m., August 25 with the first being $28,750 from Disaster Solutions LLC out of Roswell, Ga. The second bid was $31,500 from Hilton Land Planning. The third was for $25,000 from South Georgia Regional Commission.
The county manager explained the proposals would be put on the agenda for the Board of Commissioner’s Tuesday (September 1) work session with a vote during the Thursday night (September 3) regular monthly meeting.
“Understand,” said Cason to the three residents in attendance, “for them to choose someone other than the lowest bid, there would have to be a specific reason why they decided to go with someone else other than the lowest bid. We (commission administration) haven't had anybody or had any comments that would preclude us to make a recommendation other than following the lowest bid.”
Cason explained once someone is awarded the bid, there are steps which would be followed.
“There is the plan, an update and a timeline in getting to a pre-update meeting and a public hearing,” stated Cason. “This would be scheduled next year (2027). There would be the public hearing and three workshops.
“Residents would be able to ask questions during the work shops or the public hearing.”
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