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Royston officials put a proposed award to Fortson Well Company for installation of a permitted 8-inch water well on a July 2025 agenda. The item called for consideration of the company’s bid for a three-step installation, but the agenda does not document a vote, an executed contract or a final award.
The decision would move a water-system project identified in Royston’s FY2026 budget closer to implementation. A new permitted well could affect the city’s water-supply infrastructure and taxpayer spending, yet residents cannot evaluate central practical questions from the agenda alone because it does not name the proposed site or state Fortson Well Company’s bid amount.
The public record presented here begins with the July agenda item, which tied the proposed well to the FY2026 budget and brought a specific contractor’s bid before officials. That sequence shows the project had advanced beyond a general budget reference to a proposed procurement action, but it stops short of showing that the city selected the contractor or authorized work to begin.
City officials were positioned to decide whether to award the bid, while Fortson Well Company was the company named for the proposed contract. The agenda describes the work as a three-step installation of a permitted 8-inch water well. It does not include statements from city officials, the company or residents explaining their positions, nor does it identify competing bids or objections.
The contract award remains a proposal, not a completed act established by the agenda. The record supports that the well project was included in the FY2026 budget and that officials planned to consider Fortson Well Company’s bid; it does not establish a signed agreement, drilling, a construction start date or completion. The agenda identifies July 2025 but gives no exact meeting date or final decision.
The next public marker is a meeting record or later city action showing whether Royston awarded, rejected or deferred Fortson Well Company’s bid. Until then, the outcome of the proposed contract—and the price and location of the permitted 8-inch well—remain undecided in the public agenda record.