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“They’ve got a great team,”
Gilbert said. “They played
well as a team, but we just
capitalized offensively, made our
free throws and we got it done.”
White said he was more
concerned about the Wolverines’
defense than what they did on
offense.
“I thought we gave up a lot of
easy baskets that we’re normally
not accustomed to giving up,
and that just shows how well
they were executing their game
plan,” White said. “They were
a great team, a great opponent
and I’m just proud of how they
responded.”
Allatoona shot 51.6 percent
from the field, but had 23
turnovers, 10 less than Miller
Grove. The Wolverines had 15
steals.
White said he was proud
of how the seniors responded
this season after falling in the
playoffs last season.
“They showed resiliency,
they showed the ability to be
able to have character and to
be able to lose it, and then gain
some from losing,” White said.
“I tell them all the time [that]
sometimes you have to lose in
order to win, and I think that’s
what they showed throughout
the season. They were
determined to get to this day and
try to win this day.”
Senior Aaron Augustin led
the team with 16 points.
Miller Grove fans cheer on the team. Photos by Travis Hudgons
Miller Grove guard Alterique Gilbert prepares to shoot a free throw.
Miller Grove’s Raylon Richardson backs down a
Allatoona defender.
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at least five years’ experience
“in a supervisory capacity as an
employee, director, administrator,
or manager of a city or county
government or a state or federal
agency or equivalent experience in
the private sector.”
In the case of a vacancy for
the county manager, the position
cannot be filled on a permanent
or interim basis by a sitting
commissioner or for two years after
the commissioner leaves office.
The legislation changes
the makeup of the Board of
Commissioners to a chairperson
elected at large and seven district
commissioners. Currently, the
board is made of five district
commissioners and two super
district commissioners who each
represent half of the county. The
commission is led by a presiding
officer elected by commissioners
for a one-year term.
Millar’s bill would set up “what
one would call a weak chairman
form of government,” Phyllis
Mitchell, the county’s director
of intergovernmental relations,
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told attendees of a recent
community meeting sponsored by
Commissioner Sharon Barnes
Sutton.
“Essentially the chair would
only be able to vote in the case
of breaking a tie,” Mitchell said.
“The chair would not participate
in setting the [commissioners’]
agenda. It would not participate
in managing departments. That
role would be left to the county
manager.
“He will however supervise the
county manager,” Mitchell said.
Because the effective date for
the bill is 2019, “the current race
now for CEO would sunset in two
years. All commission districts
would sunset in two years and
everybody would have to run
again,” Mitchell said.
Millar’s bill passed the Senate
on Feb. 26 and now is being
considered in the House.
Another bill, introduced by
Rep. Scott Holcomb, also would
abolish the CEO position, establish
a county manager and elected
commission chairperson.
Holcomb’s legislation, House
Bill 1099, would abolish the CEO
position on Jan. 1,2021, allowing
the next CEO to serve a full term,
unlike Millar’s bill.
Instead of the seven
commissioners in Millar’s plan,
Holcomb’s bill calls for eight district
commissioners who are limited to
three consecutive four-year terms.
After serving three consecutive
terms, a person would have to sit
out a term before being eligible to
run again for a commission seat.
The elected chairperson would
be limited to two consecutive
terms, according to Holcomb’s
legislation.
Vacancies on the commission
would be filled by a special election
when at least 180 days remain in
the unexpired term. If there are
fewer than 180 days in the term,
the commission can appoint a
resident to fill the position.
In both Holcomb’s and Millar’s
bills, the salary for commissioners
would be $40,000, plus a $300
monthly expense allowance. The
full-time chairperson’s salary would
be set at $153,000, under both bills.
Holcomb’s bill had a second
reading in the House on March 2.
If passed, both bills call for
county voters to decide their fate in
a referendum in November.