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t ♦ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2008
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If there was a recurring
theme overall from the com
munity, it would have to be
that it was just really bad
timing - mainly with the
economy being what it is
right now.
“I represent the business
probably the hardest hit,”
said Mark Bayer of Warner
Robins Supply, “which is the
building industry.
“My company (as started
by his father) is the oldest in
Warner Robins, 61 years old.
We’ve been in Centerville for
probably three years now.
“Being in this business
long enough, I can tell you
that I have never seen any
thing remotely close to
what we’re going through
in the housing economy. Our
community is full of new
houses for sale. Full of fore
closed homes. Full of par
tially finished homes. We all
know what’s happening in
the economy market. And
the bailout well, hopefully
they’ll work short term.
But speaking from someone
who’s never done anything
than what I’m doing, I can
say I’ve never seen it this
bad.
“We’ve never had to lay off
anybody in 61 years in busi
ness. In the past year we’ve
had to lay off 13 for lack
of work. If a tax increase
comes, we will possibly lose
some more jobs. And this is
something we want to avoid
at all costs.”
There was also the ques
tion of “why”, as posed first
by Sam Hazel (the second
question asked overall).
When it was asked, Mayor
Bubba Edwards turned and
inquired if any councilman
wanted to address it. None
spoke up to the amusement
of several members of the
audience. (Note: Each of the
councilmen did later take
about five minutes to explain
their position.)
Edwards, who was the only
one to vote against the pro
posal to start with, did so on
their behalf.
“The city over the past 11
years,” he said, “has literally
dipped into the Enterprise
Fund. Now, the Enterprise
Fund is what we make from
selling water and sewer.
Sewer is a money loser but
water is how the city does
make some profit. A meager
profit before anyone starts
saying to reduce water rates.
“The water rates are set
and we do make money
into the Enterprise Fund so
that fund is so that we can
expand the infrastructure,
overhaul the infrastructure
of the city.
“And I believe two mills
was proposed by the council
members based on the fact
they wanted to start paying
back this fund for the money
that had been sent over to
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Brig. Gen. (Air Force retired) Sam Hazel was one of the
first Centerville residents to question the need for the tax
increase with the council members.
the General Fund each year
to offset the overruns in
General Funds costs.”
The third mill it was
explained later was for
Downtown Development.
Edwards said that current
ly Downtown Development
can’t even get started
because the city has no land
to offer any developers to
build on. In summary, they
want to put some money
into it, to “kick-start” it.”
As far as the councilmen,
Cameron Andrews said it
was the “most difficult”
decision the council has ever
had to even discuss. He also
said he did not support a
three-mill increase but that
he did support an increase to
cover the “obligations we’ve
got.”
One of the concerns he said
he had was sewerage. He said
he was concerned of a failure
in the system and said if it
happened, it would not cost
thousands to fix, but “hun
dreds of thousands”.
Randall Wright said the
council just put the three
mills on the table “to get
feedback from citizens.
He too had long-term con
cerns, however. His was for
the fire department. He said
in the past they had taken
advantage of a grant for fire
services. He said the total
amount they were looking at
was $495,000.
“The first year will be
$27,000,” he said. “But that’s
going to increase each year.
It’s going to have to come
from somewhere.”
“It’s just a proposal folks,”
he said. “The decision has
not been made.”
Said Councilman Edward
Tucker: “To get to the bot
tom as to why raise the mill-
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plest terms, our Enterprise
Fund has ceased as a savings
account. The figures were
put out that we’ve basically
taken $4,000,000 out of there
in a number of years.
“We haven’t raised the
millage rate that you’re
looking at on the tax digest
looking but .5 over past six
years. The bottom line is the
millage rate is to cover the
expenses of the city.”
“This year if the mill rate
is not raised, we’ll probably
have to take another $300,000
out of the Enterprise Fund.
Simply put, if this were a
household, we couldn’t oper
ate that way. This city to
prepare for the future cannot
operate that way.
“This city, 71 percent of
the tax revenue is coming
from the residents. Eleven
years ago it was 59 (percent).
Commercial was 41 percent.
Developers have done a great
job developing residential
- revenue streaming I guess
you could call it. We have a
beautiful, beautiful city.
“At the same time, the
growth has not kept up with
the revenue we need.”
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