Columbia County, GeorgiaUpdated October 18, 2026

This week in Columbia County

What the Board of Commissioners and the Planning Commission are deciding, explained from their official agendas.

Automatic summary. The official record prevails: each line links to the agenda item it comes from.

Board of Commissioners MeetingOctober 20, 2026

Board considers renewing Unitrends backup support agreement

The Board will consider renewing an agreement with Mainline Information Systems for Unitrends backup appliance support and online data storage. Item H.1.e, page 1

If approved, the County will pay $117,546.34 for the annual subscription, funded through the IT Operating Budget for FY 2026-2027. Item H.1.e, page 1

Decided by: Board of Commissioners Meeting
Amount: $117,546.34
Meeting: October 20, 2026, 6:00 PM
Where: not stated in the record
Comment: not stated in the record

Read item H.1.e in the official agenda

Board of Commissioners MeetingOctober 20, 2026

Board considers payment for backup appliance year two

The Board will consider authorizing payment of $60,312.96 for year two of a three-year backup appliance cycle. Item H.1.f, page 1

If approved, the IT Department will pay for year two using operating funds from the 2026-2027 budget. Item H.1.f, page 1

Decided by: Board of Commissioners Meeting
Amount: $60,312.96
Meeting: October 20, 2026, 6:00 PM
Where: not stated in the record
Comment: not stated in the record

Read item H.1.f in the official agenda

Board of Commissioners MeetingOctober 20, 2026

Board considers purchasing Genetec servers from Dell

The Board will consider buying four Genetec servers from Dell to replace aging equipment. Item H.1.g, page 1

If approved, the purchase will replace aging camera system servers to prevent failures and security risks. Item H.1.g, page 1

Also on the agenda

Every other item, as written in the official agenda.

Board of Commissioners MeetingOctober 20, 2026, 1 item

H.1.hDeductive Change Order 01 with R.D. Brown for the Sheriff's Detention Dorm

Meetings

Coming up

TuesdayOctober 20
Board of Commissioners Meeting
6:00 PMnot stated in the record
Official agenda
TuesdayNovember 3
Board of Commissioners Meeting
6:00 PMnot stated in the record
Agenda not published yet
ThursdayNovember 5
Planning Commission
6:00 PMnot stated in the record
Agenda not published yet

Recently

ThursdayOctober 15
Planning Commission
6:00 PMnot stated in the record
Official agenda
TuesdayOctober 13

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Board considers renewing Unitrends backup support agreement

The Board will consider renewing an agreement with Mainline Information Systems for Unitrends backup appliance support and online data storage. Item H.1.e, page 1

If approved, the County will pay $117,546.34 for the annual subscription, funded through the IT Operating Budget for FY 2026-2027. Item H.1.e, page 1

Decided by

Board of Commissioners Meeting

Amount

$117,546.34

Meeting

October 20, 2026, 6:00 PM

Where

not stated in the record

Comment

not stated in the record

Meetings

Coming up

TuesdayOctober 20
Board of Commissioners Meeting
6:00 PMnot stated in the record
Official agenda
TuesdayNovember 3
Board of Commissioners Meeting
6:00 PMnot stated in the record
Agenda not published yet
ThursdayNovember 5
Planning Commission
6:00 PMnot stated in the record
Agenda not published yet

Recently

ThursdayOctober 15
Planning Commission
6:00 PMnot stated in the record
Official agenda
TuesdayOctober 13

How this was made

2official agenda sources keptFound by web search, then checked by Nemotron 3 Nano: official, right place, right board. 15 candidates rejected.

104agenda items readNumbered exactly as in the official documents.

104sorted by Nemotron 3 Nano 30BTopic, decision or not, effect on residents, places named. Ten items per request.

12explained by Nemotron 3 Ultra 550BEach sentence checked against the source text: 4 removed. 1 written by Nemotron 3 Super because Ultra gave no usable answer in time.

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Model on Nebius Token Factory	Calls	Tokens in	Tokens out	of which reasoning	Cost
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B	28	36,782	15,222	0