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Barrow County’s only award-winning Georgia Press Association member newspaper Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Barrow k Journal www.barrowjournal.com Barrow County’s Legal Organ Newspaper VOL. 8 NO. 38 24 PACES 2 SECTIONS, PLUS INSERTS A PUBLICATION OF MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. WINDER, BARROW COUNTY GEORGIA 30680 50« COPY Barrow Briefs Heath Expo planned Aug. 18 The Barrow Health and Wellness Expo will be Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Winder YMCA from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sponsorships and exhibitor booths are still avail able and may be reserved by contacting the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce at 770- 867-9444. To be a gold sponsor, the cost is $1,500 and a silver sponsor is $600. Chamber members may reserve an exhibitor booth (8x10) for $250 or an over sized space (8x20) for $425. Non-member exhibitor booths are available for $450. Outside booths may be reserved for $100. Exhibitors will set up from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and the Expo will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be ticket drawings for prizes and a "Taste of Barrow” will be available with the pur chase of a $5 wristband. Local restaurants will be offering samples from their menus. Diabetes Support Group to meet The Diabetes Support Group’s meeting will be Monday, July 18, at 6 p.m. in the third floor conference room at Barrow Regional Medical Center on N. Broad Street in Winder. The speaker will be Toni R Miles, MD, PHD, from the University of Georgia, College of Public Health. The speaker for the Aug. 15 meet ing will be Cheryl Williams from Longstreet Clinic. The Diabetes Support Group meets the third Monday of each month. Inside: Index: Church News 10A Classifieds 4-5B Legals 6-11B Obituaries 11B Pets of the Week 10A Public Safety 6-8A Sports 1- -3B,12B Contact Info: Phone: 770-867-6397 Mail: 77 E. May Street, Winder, Ga. 30680 Fax: 706-621-4115 www.barrowjournal.com “Like us” on Facebook Mailing Label Below Winder approves FY2017 budget By Cliris Bridges Journal Editor It’s official: the City of Winder has a budget for the new fiscal year. City council members unani mously, and without discussion, approved a proposed budget Tuesday night at an increase of $1.8 million from 2016. The bud get calls for $40.9 million in revenues with $37.1 in general expenditures and another $3.8 million in other expenses such as debt payment services. Some of the highlights of the FY2017 budget include: •$1 million in water and sewer capital projects with funds from Barrow County Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. •An addition of one city employee, bringing Winder’s total to 163. •Four new vehicles for the police department and computers for patrol cars. •$32 million for water and sewer work and upgrades, includ ing $800,000 for the ongoing McNeal Road project. ALCOHOL LICENSES The city council also approved four alcohol license requests for new business owners at Tuesday’s meeting including locations at 72 McNeal Road, 113 South Broad Street, 56 South Broad Street and 243 North Broad Street, Suite A. KUSSt:L, :.JT‘ U: SCW0 « UtUcm Chairman R'oey Btiity »'Ce Chanmao tfflvr board members Rolando Alvarez Daniel H Cromer Will Dunn RmjiHoIIm Garey H Hull Sr Lynn Stevens ComeWavn •a-'j FIGHTING THE CLOCK AND THE CALENDAR Road work continues around the area of the new Russell Middle School. With the new school year set to begin Monday, Aug. 1, city and school officials don’t expect upgrades in the area of McNeal Road and Chandler Street to be finished by the start of the new school year as once hoped. The Winder Police Department and Barrow County Sheriff’s Office will help with traffic in the area which will be extremely congested with the new RMS being close to Winder- Barrow High School. Photos by Jessica Brown In Bethlehenv Road work on tap if SPLOST is re-approved By Cliris Bridges Journal Editor Barrow County officials are in the process of putting a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum on the November ballot. If voters approve another round of SPLOST collections, Bethlehem officials will use its portion mostly for addition al road repair, mayor Sandy McNab said this week. McNab attended a meeting with county and other munic ipal officials last week and updated Bethlehem council members at their July meeting. "They are going to try and get it on the November ballot,” the mayor said. “This way, if it doesn’t get approved, there will still be time for another vote before this one expires in 2018.” The current SPLOST, approved by Barrow voters in 2011, expires June 30, 2018. Bethlehem is set to collect $531,576 from the current SPLOST. McNab said if the SPLOST continues the mayor estimates Bethlehem will use future funds for needed road repair along with any needed drain age work. The mayor said he would continue updating the council on future SPLOST meetings with county officials. Also at Monday’s meeting, Bethlehem officials approved a business license for Clear Lee Washed, a window washing operation. Open House set for new RMS location An open house is sched uled for Friday, July 29, from 10 a.m. until noon for the new Russell Middle School facility. The new location, at the corner of Candler and McNeal, will be open for the 2016-2017 school year, which begins Monday, Aug. 1. Auburn officials approve 19-acre rezoning request By Sli aron Hog'an Journal Reporter The Auburn City Council approved a rezon ing request for 19 acres on Mount Moriah Road at its July 7 council meeting. The application, submitted by Ricky and Pamela Wright, requested a rezoning from C-2, General Business District to R-100, Residential Family District. See Auburn on Page 3A READY FOR THE WORLD SERIES Practice makes perfect: Madison Maney and the Barrow County 10-and-under All-Star softball team continued preparing last week for its trip to the World Series in Mississippi. See today’s sports sec tion for more coverage of the local All-Star softball team. Photo by Jessica Brown
