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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
RACES
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Former Congressman Mac
Collins had a solid victory
over James Neal Harris and
will face incumbent Rep.
Jim Marshall, D-Macon,
for the Bth District House
of Representatives seat in
Washington. In Houston
County, 4583 voters picked
Collins over 1118 voting for
James Neal Harris.
In some key races, Houston
Countians went against
the state or district trends.
FEES
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Gilmour, “the park space
formula could not be greater
than other areas of service,
or you would have to upgrade
the rest of the city.”
Because the impact fees
cannot be levied unless they
are part of the city’s com
prehensive plan, the step
has been taken to ensure
the option is included in the
plan.
The next steps will be to
accept proposals from con
PLAN
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new kitchen will be on the
first floor.
The second floor of the
tower, which will connect
with the second floor of the
hospital and women’s cen
ter, will have 16 beds. The
third floor will have 20 beds,
the fourth will have 12 step
down beds and 36 medical/
surgical beds.
If the certificate of need is
approved it will add 20 beds
to the hospital, explained
Christie.
“We’re making the space
more useable for taking care
of a lot of needs at the hos
pital with the patient load
we’re seeing today,” he said.
“There will be more working
space, wider doors and we’ll
get nursing care more close
to patients.”
Christie said that is cur
NO
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The second scale will be pur
chased from Albany Scale
at $143,000 and the canopy
will be purchased from Meco
of Macon for $28,421. The
purchases come out of the
landfill enterprise fund, paid
for by users, not from prop
erty taxes.
In other business,
the commissioners
approved:
■ Transmitting the com
munity assessment and
community participation
program portions of he 20-
year comprehensive plan
update to the Middle Georgia
Regional Development
Center and then to the
Georgia Department of
Community Affairs for offi
cial review. Warner Robins
took similar action Monday
to send its portion of the
comprehensive plan to the
Middle Georgia RDC.
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While Casey Cagle beat
Ralph Reed handily at the
state level in the battle for
the Republican nomination
for Lieutenant Governor,
Houston County Republicans
gave Reed 3304 votes over
2768 for Cagle. Cagle will
face either Jim Martin or
Glen Hecht, depending on
which of the Democratic
candidates wins the run-off
election set for Aug. 8.
Cox -Taylor
In the Democratic Primary
for Governor, Houston
sultants and to have doc
umentation prepared for
council review.
Langston Road
Langston Rd continues to
be an issue that brings out
neighbors. Langston Road
residents were out in full
force opposing the further
development of their coun
try road.
Representatives of The
Knight Group, Inc. present
ed a plan for the Langston
Place subdivision that will
bring 120 homes to the area
and sprawl over 43.78 acres.
rent in the conceptual design
phase. “We’re meeting with
department heads. It’s an
ongoing process,” he said.”
The Emergency Room and
lobby will be expanded in
the existing building into the
space of the existing kitchen,
Farrow said. Priorities for
renovation to the existing
building include the clinical
lab, hospice suites, the wom
en’s unit and staff offices,
Farrow said.
The Health Institute is
$1.3 million of the Phase
1. Occupancy for that is
expected in 10 months.
When asked about the
certificate of need, to be
sent to the state, Houston
Healthcare CEO Dr. Tony
Alford said, “the state recog
nizes the need for 12-20 new
beds in this area. ” v t
“We are also converting
16 current psychiatric beds
to medical/surgical,” Alford
said. “These are steps we
are taking to alleviate some
“It’s a well prepared doc
ument,” Walker said. Jim
Boswell did an outstanding
job,” Walker said of the com
mittee chairman.
He also had praise for
Engle and Jacob Cox who
provided technical support
from the county.
■ Appointed Houston
Healthcare EMS Manager
Dave Bourghelli to fill the
unexpired term of Carla
Weese on the Region V EMS
Council.
The term will expire
June 30, 2008. Commission
Chairman Ned Sanders said,
“Bourghelli is well situated
to do it and is willing to do
SO.
■ Paying the bills for one
week. It was only a week
since the last commission
meeting so the county only
spent $916,699.78, of which
Sanders noted “almost a
third is from SPLOST (the
special purpose local option
sales tax). I’m happy to see
the SPLOST moving, taking
off and doing well.”
987-5211
County gave Secretary of
State Cathy Cox 2176 votes
over Mark Taylor’s 2017.
Nichols-Sellier
Houston County
Republicans voting in the
House District 136 race,
gave Meg Nichols the lead
(364 votes) over 288 for Tony
Sellier, but Sellier got a solid
victory in the final district
wide tally, with 54.7 percent
of the votes. He will now
face Warner Robins busi
nesswoman Beth Pererra,
who was running unopposed
in the Democratic Primary.
Development would begin in
March 2007 and continue
into 2010.
Several Langston Road
residents complained that
problems of water run-off,
traffic, and a lack of infra
structure already exist.
“This is not going to make
an improvement on prob
lems that are already out
there,” said Cynthia Ballard
of 436 Langston Road.
She said she has already
spent thousands replacing
her pool liner due to damage
caused by current develop
ment.
of the problems we’ve had in
the past, with long waits in
the ER for beds.”
The entrance is chang
ing, added Christie, “we’ll
be keeping the same curb
cuts, but need to combine
two into one with a decel
(deceleration) lane,” but he
also noted that will depend
on the requirements from
the state Department of
Transportation on Watson
Boulevard.
There also will be some
additional parking where the
church used to be, Farrow
said.
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