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APRIL 2019 • VOLUME 25 NUMBER 4
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CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA'S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED LOCALLY OPERATED NEWSPAPER
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Four Carroll County
Board of Commissioners
meetings cancelled due to
(expected) lack of quorom
CURRENT MEETING
SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY, APRIL 18:
Work Session 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAY, APRIL 23:
Meeting 6:00 p.m.
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Hartsfleld-Jackson CEO
presents airport’s growth
plans: $6B / 20 years
by Prissi Sullivan
Page 12
“DUI ruling has huge impact”
- Jason Swindle
Page 22
Saturday April, 20,2019
Time: 12pm—2:30pm
Annual Easter Egg Hunt at
Mclntoch Reserve
Page 27
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Who’s Carroll?2019
COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO
INFLUENCE THE QUALITY OF
LIFE IN WEST GEORGIA
see Part 3 beginning on
Page 9
Spring Home &
Garden 2019
beginning
Page 24
Restaurant inspections
Who passed? Who failed?
Where are you eating this week?
Marriage Licenses • Births
Pistol Permits • Cattle Sales
Page 32
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Secretary of State
releases request for
stateswide voting
system proposals
This is an Open Bid process
: from press release
The Georgia Secretary of State’s office has
formally released the Request for Proposals
(RPF) for “Statewide Voting System” for the
state of Georgia. This is an open bid process
and the Secretary’s office encourages all inter
ested parties to submit a proposal.
Any potential bidders and their representa
tives are reminded that all communications
regarding the procurement should be made
through the Issuing Officer.
Other communications with Secretary of
State staff are prohibited as described in the
Georgia Procurement Miinual Section 4.4.2.
Qualifying for commission chairman set for April
24-26; district seats qualifying to be held May 8-10
Two current district commissioners, two former district commissioners, and one former
county school board member have announced intention to run for chairman position
by Prissi Sullivan
A plethora of potential candidates have
come forward to announce their intention to
run for the position of chairman of Carroll
County Board of Commissioners; a seat
vacated by the resignation of Chairman Marty
Smith on March 15, 2019 (his term was to
expire December 31, 2020) to take a position
with the State of Georgia. The winner of this
Special Election will fill the remainder of
Smith’s four year term. Another election will
be held for the position of chairman at the
November 2020 General Election.
Two former district commissioners are in
the mix, Vicki Anderson and John Wilson.
Wilson said he decided to run because he
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for
Carroll County Board Commission
CHAIRMAN
and
Carroll County Board of Commission
DISTRICT SEAT(S)
(if necessary)
ALL COUNTY PRECINCTS
WILL BE OPEN on ELECTION DAY
- EARLY VOTING DATES TBA -
County’s Snake
Creek Treatment
See SPECIAL ELECTION page 7
County commission approves $716,508 f^nt^to upgrade
purchase using “Sourcewell”, a
“service cooperative”: no bids
Open bids were nol: taken: four $179,127 mowers were approved
to be purchased from the Dothan, Alabama company SunSouth
by Sue Horn
According to the county attorney, the
Carroll County Board of Commissioners
utilized Georgia law OCGA § 36-69A-2
“Interlocal Cooperation Act” to make a
$716,508 SPLOST purchase instead of an
open bidding process. This vote to purchase
four John Deere Saber 25 Series Mowers at
$179,127.20 each was taken at the Tuesday,
April 2, 2019, meeting of the Carroll County
Board of Commissioners. The vote was 5-1 to
approve, with the one vote against cast by
Interim Chairman Geoige Chambers.
See NO BIDS page 31
to 12MG per day
Current peak demand pushing 8MGD
by Sam Gentry
During the Thursday, March 28, 2019
work-session of the Carroll County Board of
Commissioners, Matt Windom, executive
director of the Carroll County Water
Authority, presented a plan for upgrades at
the Snake Creek Water Treatment Plant in
Whitesburg. The upgrade is the first of its
kind in over 15 years.
See 12M GALLONS PER DAY page 17
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Carroll County Board of Commissioners with new interim chairman
Shown above is the Carroll County Board of Commissioners as of Tuesday, April 2,2019. This is, most likely, the last time this
particular group of board members will meet. Two district commissioners, District 4 Michelle Morgan and District 5 Lee Powers,
have announced their intention run for the open chairman position. Qualifying for the chair position is April 24-26. As a district
commissioner, Morgan and Lee are required to resign from the board to run for chair (vacated midterm by Marty Smith in
March). Left to right: Powers, Morgan, Interim Chairman/District 6 Commissioner George Chambers, District 3 Commissioner
Tommy Lee, District 2 Commissoner Clint Chance, and District 1 Commissioner MontreU McClendon.
The board is shown above at the April 2nd meeting voting on the $716,508.80 purchase of four John Deere Saber 25 Series
Mowers for the public works department (see story above). Chambers, at his first meeting as chairman, was the lone vote against
the purchase. Chambers will serve as interim chairman until the June 18th Special Election. Photo and information by Sue Horn
