Habersham assessors send McCormick proposal for review, leaving contract unresolved

Habersham County’s Board of Assessors unanimously voted June 26, 2023, to send McCormick Solutions’ contract and pricing information to the county manager for review. The board’s action was a referral, not an award: its recorded motion did not approve a contract, authorize the proposed work or establish that the company had begun it.

The unresolved proposal concerns services connected to the county’s assessment operation, where decisions about specialized help can affect the administration of property valuations and public confidence in the way the county obtains that help. The practical stakes are still open: whether the county would accept McCormick’s terms, seek changes or decline the proposal, and what services and financial commitment any eventual agreement would include.

The referral came after the assessors reviewed a quote from McCormick Solutions and discussed the company’s contract language. Questions about page 7 of the contract and about billing invoices surfaced during that discussion, leading the board to send the material to the county manager rather than take up a direct approval of the proposed arrangement.

Board members’ recorded position was to seek county-manager review of the quote, contract and pricing after the questions were raised. McCormick Solutions was the company whose proposal was under discussion. The record does not show a final response from the county manager or an accepted position from either side on the contract’s terms, price, scope or invoices.

Completed action is limited to the board’s unanimous referral. McCormick’s pricing and contract remained a proposal in this proceeding, and the meeting minutes do not document county-manager approval, a signed agreement, a final price or accepted terms. They also do not establish that the contemplated work was performed, amended or abandoned.

The next public indication of a decision would be a county record showing the county manager’s review or later county action on the McCormick proposal. Until then, it remains undecided whether the county revised, awarded or carried out the work—and, if it did move forward, what authority, services and cost the county accepted.