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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL REDUCE From page lA Air Force Materiel Command, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center’s parent command headquarters, will absorb approximately 1,200 of the overall 2,000 cuts Air Force wide since it has a majority of the civilian workforce in the U.S. Air Force. The number of positions being affected at Robins and other AFMC field activities is currently being finalized by the headquarters. The positions and employ ees to be affected here will be determined by a Robins management team and will be identified by October 1, the beginning of FY 2007. These positions will be eliminated throughout the year and employees who are offered and accept the sepa- CONTRACT From page lA and will respond to all requests for service to “in flight emergency” response. “We are pleased to have been awarded the contract with Robins Air Force Base,” said Dr. Tony Alford, CEO of Houston Healthcare. “Our EMS service has transi tioned from a static deploy ment system to a true high performance system, includ ing response time perfor mance.” DEBT From page iA a low of $8.85 to a high of $267 for combined water and sanitation debt. Only 17 were less than $lO and 20 were more than SIOO over all. Of the nine routes, Route 10 (Elko) had the fewest (one) and lowest amount with $61.82 in water and sanitation uncollectible debt. Route 30 (Elberta) had the most debtors with 122 and the highest overall uncol lectible debt with $6,271.46. Route 60 (Sandy Run) had the next highest com bined amount of debt with $4,037.11, then Route 80 (Sandefur) at $3,327.98, Route 20 (Bonaire) at $2,798.71, Route 40 (Kathleen) at $1,031.20, Route 70 (Hayneville) DOWN From page iA meeting, set for Sept. 21. She said a decision is expect ed at the following meet ing in December on a new chairman and other board officers. . Wiggins is not leaving the Partnership Tebbe said, only stepping down in January as chairman. “We wouldn’t let him get away that easy.” Tebbe said Wiggins is “ready to pass the torch. He has a lot on his plate. He’s been tapped by a national committee headed up by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley.” Wiggins, Tebbe said, is respected in Washington, “he certainly created the BUILDING From page iA The vote for the purchase was unanimous by all the present council members (Councilman Dean Cowart had to leave the meeting Perry High School Football ■ jftBBMPjM The Patriot mm IIU m Right Watim Rot Talk fi tyrtfh; are teaming up. Listen to Brian Nash, Chris Kirby, and michael Felix for all of Perry High's football play by play action on 103.9. Pregame starts at 7:30 ration incentive will then retire in a defined process managed by the person nel office. The majority of authorization reductions are expected in the center and wing staff offices. Robins officials, accord ing to the release, believe attrition and the Voluntary Separation Incentive Program will prevent the need for a reduction in force. Applications for the “buy outs” will be accepted for retirement, Voluntary Early Retirement Authority and resignations. Employees identified for this program will be eligible to receive a one-time incentive pay ment of up to a maximum of $25,000 before taxes. The incentive amount depends upon whether the employee is currently eligi ble for optional retirement, early retirement, or resigna- “Through our recent agreement with the Houston County Fire Department, and endorsed by the Houston County Board of Commissioners, we strate gically located some of our ambulance posts into the county fire stations, Alford said. “We believe that by demonstrating this partner ing throughout our county, and by having local over sight of the service and local resources available, we became the most obvious choice for this service.” Houston Healthcare will at $291.93 and Route 50 (Henderson) at $247.68. Route 90 is the unincor porated areas of Warner Robins, which are on city water but still have county trash collection. The uncol lected debt for that area is $3,158.75. Of that debt, 37 accounts totaling $1,627.69 have been filed in Magistrate Court. In a related matter, the board approved chang es for dispatching of water department employees for reconnection calls. Water department employees will not be dispatched to any call for reconnection or cut-on service between the hours of 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. The change was made due to safety con cerns of employees. “Service workers are by themselves at night and have occasionally had to encoun ter upset and angry cus tomers,” explained County template for base sup port with the 21st Century Partnership.” The Partnership is a vol unteer group of middle Georgia community leaders - business, civic and govern mental - that promote and support Robins Air Force Base. Tebbe said the group was created by Wiggins along with Bob Hatcher, for mer Macon Mayor George Israel and people involved in the Middle Georgia Military Affairs Committee and was instrumental in the past base realignment and clo sure (BRAC) rounds. “The people of Middle Georgia owe him a huge debt of gratitude,” Tebbe said, “for the way he’s car ried the Partnership.” The upcoming quarterly early to attend a family event). During council comments, Councilman Doug McDowell, noted for the record that the council passed an ordinance back in February asking for monthly updates from city boards. tion. Personnel officials expect this program to provide a “soft landing” for those who are affected as a result of the position reductions. The tie breaker for multiple quali fied applicants is seniority based on the Leave Service Computation Date. “A significant percent age of our workforce is eligible for optional retire ment today,” said Michael O’Hara, Personnel director. “Realistically we feel the majority of the incentives will go to the employees in that category. “Based on our numbers and the systematic way these reductions are being targeted, we do not see any adverse impact on our ability to fulfill our mission. In fact, this is a golden opportunity for some folks who are cur rently eligible to retire to do replace a Macon ambu lance service, Mid Georgia Ambulance, at the base. Houston Healthcare previ ously served the base, before the change in contract to the Macon service. In addition to stationing an ambulance on base 24 hours a day/seven days a week, Kinnas said, Houston Healthcare has committed to using a Systems Status Management system and posting plan which flexibly relocates ambulances where the next potential call will occur. This system works to Director of Operations Tommy Stalnaker. “The majority of these calls are for non-payment thus the customer’s water service was terminated (pad-locked at the meter) until payment is received.” McMichael said “it’s already a volatile situation,” but emphasized the restric tion does not apply to leaks, breaks or failure, which will still continue to be dis patched 24 hours a day. The commissioners also approved a utility package update for the water depart ment at a cost of $70,000 plus $7,000 for a project manager and $14,000 for file conversion expenses, so the water department can use the same software as the personnel and accounting departments. The current system developed in-house 15 years ago does not let the meeting for the 21st Century Partnership is Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. in the Art Gallery on the second floor of the Museum of Aviation. It is a change in location from the third floor meeting room at the Museum. Maj. Gen. Tom Owen, the Warner Robins-Air Logistics Center commander will be guest speaker. He will address such topics as base community relationships and other hot issues affect ing Robins Air Force Base. Other agenda items include the Capital Campaign, an explanation of summer Department of Defense actions affecting Robins, including the reduction in civilian and military person nel. “I am asking for the CVB (Convention and Visitors Bureau) and DDA to come to the next meeting and tell us what they are doing (with the property/area).” The DDA had been tasked with the redevelopment of Commercial Circle. LOCAL so with a buyout,” he said. “The Air Force is trans forming itself in an effort to guarantee it will dominate air, space and cyberspace now and into the future,” he added. “Therefore, the Air Force must recapitalize to meet future threats. One way to fund recapitalization is to better manage person nel costs.” Applications, also accord ing to the release, will only be accepted via the web and must be generated from a .mil (dot mil) address. Those interested should go to the Robins Home Page and click on VERA/VSIP or use the following link to go direct ly to the application mod ule: https://veravsip.robins. af.mil. The Air Force is scheduled to reduce its force by 40,000. Airmen in addition to civil ian reductions. ensure the response time requirement is met, even when the assigned unit is on a response, explained Kinnas. To meet the RAFB con tract requirements, Houston Healthcare will deploy an additional staffed unit to the system 24 hours a day/ seven days a week above and beyond their current deployment, Kinnas said. Under the terms of the con tract, Houston Healthcare will participate in RAFB and military health facility exer cises. department set up accounts as the want to. WE BUY GOLD! i Satterfield & § Dempsey Jewelers 100 H. Houston lake Rd • Centerville GO "Trust me, there’s no such thing as good vibrations." Come in for a Midas Touch™ courtesy Check. JF %'|| 5 29 95 Midas Touch™ Maintenance Package Expires 12/31/06. showcasing GEORGIA MUSIC ' y' * j •> I ' '-I featuring Koci $ t.cill Ho, -J ht-.r-o I & Gnyrur'y-' owo.'.j *<■/;>»<>' 1 SAM MOORE J foodluilfamily MUSIC ■ hct)k ‘XOIC t«> Hitt *. < t l(\ <[( MjCl'lK Kl'fl'isjl l Mvdif-is.i «tn»r < .'»iu >1 r > , i -»<«. t hr.-.i' A lii<. t IM.ir;i. Sdaiir. «.:>■> I ;y»»i *. Monr v I »*»'( !:>rmft/jif. , ».i< .>« »JiM) <• thi’iiftu. Main. 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