Habersham commissioners unanimously approve $70,135 youth-uniform contract

Habersham County commissioners unanimously approved a $70,135 contract with Go Sports Warehouse on July 15, 2024, authorizing the company to provide youth athletic uniforms for the county’s Parks and Recreation programs. The Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 after Commissioner Palmer made the motion and Commissioner Mealor seconded it, according to the meeting minutes.

The purchase affects families participating in county youth sports, where uniforms are a basic part of seasonal programs and their costs can influence registration fees. County staff described Go Sports Warehouse as the lowest-cost, most responsive bidder; the approved proposal also included a $2,000 sponsorship and a stated three-week turnaround once an order is placed.

The contract first appeared as a proposed action on the commission’s July 15 agenda, which identified Go Sports Warehouse as the intended vendor for Parks and Recreation youth athletic uniforms. That agenda established only that commissioners would consider the deal. Later, the minutes from the same regular meeting recorded the motion, second and unanimous approval, supplying the documented outcome the agenda did not contain.

For county Parks and Recreation, the contract provides a vendor for uniforms used in youth athletics. Go Sports Warehouse was selected after staff characterized its bid as both the lowest-cost and most responsive. Commissioners, acting as the county’s governing board, approved the contract without a dissenting vote. The minutes also say the contract amount was about $24,000 below the county’s fiscal year 2024 spending on uniforms.

The board’s approval is complete and documented in the July 15 minutes; it was not merely a pending agenda proposal. The $70,135 contract and its $2,000 sponsorship are therefore approved terms. But the three-week turnaround is tied to an order being placed, and the identified records do not establish when, or whether, the county placed an order, received uniforms or put them into use.

No later official action or future public step is documented in this matter. The next record likely to clarify implementation would be a county purchasing, contract, parks or commission document showing an order, delivery or use of the uniforms; until then, the timing of fulfillment and the effect on particular recreation seasons remain undecided in the public record identified here.