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yVamer Robins Supply in Perry celebrates its fourth anniversary: Pictured are: Mike Lee, Millworks Manager;
Karl Butler, sales; Darrin Bryant, Yard; Mike Toliver, Yard; Perry Kiser, Guard; Valinda McLemore, Receiving
Manager, and Cfay Wilson, Assistant Store Manager. Not pictured are: John Garlock, General Store Manager;
Gwen Robbins, Executive Secretary; Allen Duncan, Yard Manager; Rob Martin, Driver and Tommy McFarling,
Outside Sales.
Walker returns to mayor's seat
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
Warner Robins Mayor
Donald Walker made his
return to the city’s top
leadership role Wednesday.
Actually, he said he has been
back in charge for the past
three weeks - the length of
time he said he had been
coming back to the (his)
office, visiting departments,
et cetera.
Wednesday, however, he
made it official during a
press conference and to a
crowd of well-wishers that
included at least 20 from
the police department -
Sheriff Cullen Talton was
also there - and as many
who also work for the city
in other capacities, a couple
representing the county,
the Warner Robins Area
Chamber and even one or
two leaders from Perry.
“I’m here to declare myself
present,” Walker said. “I’m
ending my administrative
leave from a little illness
I have. I declared myself
absent and I’m declaring
myself present.
“To tell you a little bit
about my medical problem,”
he added. “I have a cardiolo
gist at Emery and another
doctor that has to sign off
for me to be able to have the
foot surgery. They have not
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eventual vote, which looks
very favorable - be used for
hunting.
The city is also slated
Monday to have the first
reading for an ordinance
regarding hotel/motel taxes.
That is simply to bring the
city in line with what the
state is doing, explained City
Attorney Jim Elliott.
Two other ordinance
readings the council has on
its agenda is one regard
ing “nuisance abatement”,
it too to bring the city into
state standards and one for
the amending the strength
of the fire department. It
would add four lieuten
ant positions - those bud
geted but currently vacant
due to retirements, Walker
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Celebrating four years
"I'm here to declare myself present.
I'm ending my administrative leave from
a little Illness I have. I declared mysell
absent and I'm declaring mysell
present."
- Warner Robins Mayor Donald Walker
done so at this time. I have
scheduled surgery but the
doctors will not let me do
it until they have released
me.
Releasing him, he said
later - and he added he
couldn’t give a timeline as
to whether he was facing
months or years down the
road - would be based on
“circulation.”
“Right now my circula
tion is not right,” he said,
describing the treatment he
does have as a sort of cast
on his heel acting to “sort of
fuse my foot together. “My
heart is fine but my circula
tion is not,” he continued.
“They won’t do the surgery
until it is.”
Walker added, however,
that he felt good and that
he was ready to do the job.
In fact, he even had a “first
order of business” telling
employees he had heard
there was talk of not giving
explained.
And it has on its agenda
for approval or disapproval
a sign ordinance for the cor
ner of Glenwood Ave. and
South Houston Lake Road.
The sign would go from
300 square feet to approxi
mately 378 square feet and
would change from the com
mon type normally seen
to an LED one. And, the
requestor offered up that
it could be used for Amber
Alerts and/or special events
for the city.
In addition there are the
re-appointments for seven
members of the Keep Warner
Robins Beautiful committee.
They are: Carolyn Watson,
Arthur Head, Jim Cheshire,
Terry Duernberger, David
Carr, Rob Cooper and
Francis Wilson. Their terms
would end, if approved by
the council, Nov. 18, 2010.
them their merit raise.
“I assure you, you will get
your merit raise,” he said.
“I assure you we have the
money for it.”
Walker went on to say
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he couldn’t thank Acting
Mayor Clifford Holmes Jr.,
enough for enabling him to
get some rest.
He added the city has a
number of projects in the
works but, “We’re facing
hard times,” he said. “The
city of Warner Robins is in
good shape but I’m worried
about next year. It’s about
time to work on next year’s
budget and it’s going to be
tough.
“But I know you’re up
for it. I appreciate you for
holding the city of Warner
Robins together.”
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“The maßter plan is a doc
ument you have to look at
as an evolving document,”
he said. “Things will come
along. Opportunities will
come along. Other opportu
nities will go away.
“The master plan should
be looked at as a living
document. It should be
mixed with documents the
city can use to tinker with
for the future. It provides
a blueprint for moving
forward, a guide for vari
ous opportunities, how to
bundle opportunities into
initiatives.”
He added that a master
plan is also a great pro
motional plan for the city
because its representa
tives can now meet with
developers and show them
“you have your act togeth
er. You’ve thought about a
lot of things very carefully
and in fact we’ve found the
master plan to be like fly
paper. It begins to attract
others.”
And, he added, that pro
cess is beginning now as
he said Warner Robins
Redevelopment Agency
Executive Director Gary
Lee had told him he had
already been approached by
other companies, et cetera,
who are interested.
As far as the rest of the
presentation, it did contain
a refresher of what had been
presented during Phase II:
A variety of housing - 73
percent geared toward
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continuing enhancements
and then constructing their
headquarters. And then the
other concept is to complete
a new stadium designed to be
like a model of one they like
out of Waco, Texas.”
He added that he thought
the group was slated to meet
this last Thursday or Friday.
He also added he was hoping
they would make a recom
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younger people and couples,
17 percent for “empty nest
ers” and retirees and 10
percent traditional families
- and uniquely designed/
specific types of housing;
a variety of businesses and
all based on a three-circle
radius where everything
is accessible by walking
within those three circles
(a major emphasis in the
plan is for people to be able
to walk places).
Something new, however,
was a briefing from Geoff
Koski, senior consultant
of Robert Charles Lesser
and Company Real Estate
advisors out of Atlanta. He
talked about the different
types of retail envisioned
for the plan.
It was defined as “new”
types of retail not typically
seen elsewhere in Warner
Robins. About 350,000
feet has been envisioned
for that retail (about three
Wal-marts broken down).
One and a half million is
envisioned for office space
and there is still the vision
to put a new hotel (135-
140 beds) on Watson Blvd.
Complimenting that are
eateries - ranging from cof
fee shops up. Approximately
20-25,000 square feet (out
of he 350,000) is allotted for
that and it was described
by Koski as the “anchor”
for all the rest.
And finally about 500,000
square feet is also envi
sioned for the new aero
space corridor and another
500,000 for “flex” or light
technology type business
es.
mendation to their govern
ing body at that time, and
that they - Warner Robins
- might hear from them
shortly thereafter (with good
news).
In the meantime - or
county Attorney Mike Long
said he hoped they had it in
front of them as they met
- the authority has also sent
them, as mentioned earliet,
something to help sweeten
the deal: Thirteen pecan pies
from Priesters.