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A13J 20H www.starnewsgaonline.com StarNews monthly traditional print publication/StarNews Online daily local news VOTE FOR CHAIR ON JUNE 18 LEARN MORE: VOTEMICHELLEMORGAN.COM StarNews "Faithfully Reporting on What Matters" gg»2" 1 ********* i *'ALL FOR ADC 300 project j&liiSSSS&WB HI St il •«* MAY 2019 • VOLUME 25 NUMBERS CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA'S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED LOCALLY OPERATED NEWSPAPER StarNewsGaOnline Villa Rica council considering placing chief of police and city attorney under contracts Page 5 Restaurant inspections Who passed? Who failed? Where are you eating this week? Page 32 LIKE US at facebook.com/ Governor Kemp signs new law giving voters return to paper trail proof New voting machines will replace 17 year old electronic system that has no paper trail by Sue Horn Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has signed legislation (House Bill 316) making it law to replace Georgia’s 17 year old electronic vot ing machines with a touchscreen and paper ballot election system. The new system will provide a paper record to verify vote counts. The state’s 27,000 direct recording elec tronic (DRE) voting machines - that do not have a paper ballot back-up - will be replaced by a new ballot-marking device system. Prior to the DRE system, voters used the “bubble” marking paper ballot. See PAPER BALLOT TRAIL page 16 Five seek office of commission chairman: four are past/immediate past district commissioners by Sue Horn / Prissi Sullivan Five candidates have qualified for the office of Chairman of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners (Commissioner of Roads and Revenue). Four have served as a district commissioner for Carroll County; one from District 2, two from District 4, and one from District 5. The fifth candidate retired from AT&T. Qualifying was held for two and a half days, April 24- 26. Each of the five paid the $2725 qualifying fee. These monies ($13,625) were paid directly to the Carroll County government, with the purpose of paying for the cost of elections). A Special Election will be held Tuesday, June 18th. If necessary, a Special Run-Off Election will be held Tuesday, July 16th. See CHAIRMAN CANDIDATES page 8 - SEE PAGE 6 - CANDIDATES QUESTIONS Vicki Michelle Daniel Anderson Morgan Phagan SPECIAL ELECTION TUES., JUNE 18, 2019 for Carroll County Board Commission CHAIRMAN and Board of Commission DISTRICT SEATS 4 and 5 ALL COUNTY PRECINCTS WILL BE OPEN on ELECTION DAY Lee Powers John Wilson Carroll County bidding process underway: bids taken on bridge; road striping/marking Shown above (center back) is Carroll County Public Works Department Superintendent Charles Pope as he opens bids Monday morning, April 22, 2019, while County Purchasing Agent Janice Duff documents the proposals. The county put out for open bids on two projects: a bridge; and roads re-striping/pavement remarking. Six companies bid on the bridge project; four companies bid on the roadwork re-striping. See story this page. Photo and information by Sue Horn Proposed commission budget shows $250,741 per month increase County takes bids on bridge project; road project; 2 trucks; and 9 SUVs by Sue Horn The county took bids on Monday, April 22, 2019, on two projects in April: one for a bridge, Tyus-Carrollton Road over the Little Tallapoosa River; and one for 50 miles of roadway re-striping/ pavement markings. Bids were opened by Public Works Superintendent Charles Pope while County Purchasing Agent Janice Duff documented the proposals. A total of six companies bid on the bridge project, and four companies bid on the road project. The low bidders on each project received unanimous approval of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners during the Tuesday, April 23rd Special Called Meeting. Low bidder on the bridge project was Baldwin Paving Company for $1,146,770.93. The low bidder on the 50 miles of county roads re-striping/marking project was Tidwell Traffic Solutions for $169,824.60. The Georgia Department of Transportation added funds to the project, and the county will now be able to re-stripe 60 miles of county roads. Also, the county put out for bid for two See BIDS TAKEN page 32
