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JULY 10, 2022 • VOLUME 28 NUMBER 7
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June 21st Runoff results
certified by Secretary of State
460,602 votes cast
from press release
On July 1st, the Georgia Secretary of State’s
Office certified the June 21st Primary Runoff
election results. 460,602 ballots were cast
statewide in the runoff. (Georgia has just over
7 million registered voters.)
“The success of the primary and runoff
reflects the tremendous work of our county
See RUNOFF RESULTS page 4
Dugan visits with League of Women Voters:
discusses rail port system, possible Carrollton bypass
submitted by Margery Bouris
Senator Mike Dugan recently
spoke to the League of Women
Voters of Carrollton-Carroll
County, and answered ques
tions about the Southeast Rail
Port system that is relieving
transport tmck traffic on our
Georgia interstate highways.
By moving containers out of
the deep ports of Savannah and
Bmnswick by way of rail, tmck
traffic in Georgia can begin fur
ther inland at the rail ports in
the southwest (Cordele), the
northwest (Murray County),
and the northeast (Hall
County).
The port in LaGrange will
See DUGAN page 4
Shown above speaking at the recent “The State of the Cities”, left to right, are Temple Mayor Michael
Johnson, Carrollton Mayor Betty Cason, and Villa Rica Mayor Gil McDougal. Photo by Sue Horn
Mayors give consensus view on the state of their cities:
steady growth while watching for changes in housing trends
by Wayne J. Reynolds Robert Tisinger Community Center room, Carrollton.
On June 7th, the Carroll County Chamber of The mayor of Carrollton Betty Cason, the mayor of
Commerce hosted the “State of the Cities” with mayors Temple Michael Johnson, and the mayor of Villa Rica
from three of the county’s seven munipahties. The early Gil McDougal, took turns speaking to the large crowd,
morning breakfast meeting was held in the Carroll EMC g ee MAYORS page 4
County commission approves new
budget of $67M: 20.63% increase
over year that just concluded
FY2021-2022 Budget totaled $55.56M
by Janice Daniel increase of 20.63% - $11,463,987
In a 7-0 vote, the Carroll County (S11.4M) - over the budget ending
Board of Commissioners approved June 30th. This vote occurred at the
the FY2022-2023 Budget of Tuesday, June 7th regular meeting.
$67,037,386 ($67M), a steep See $67M page 14
City of Carrollton’s FY2022-2023
budget of $58.17M: 6% increase
by Janice Daniel ing. Council heard from City
The Mayor and City Council of Assistant Director of Finance Kevin
Carrollton met Monday, June 6, Bush who presented highlights of
2022 for their regular monthly meet- See $58.17M page 15
County school board of education
approves new budget: $158.6M
9.3% increase over year that just concluded
FY2021-2022 Budget totaled $145.1 M
from press release includes a $2,000 teacher raise that
The Carroll County Board of was included in the state budget ear-
Education voted to approve a her this year, and extends it with
$158.6 million FY2022-2023 local funds to other Carroll County
budget at its June 23, 2022 board educators who are paid on a teacher
meeting. The budget includes salary schedule. Additionally, there
employee raises, additional teacher are step raises for all eligible
hires, bus purchases, technology employees and a cost of hving raise
upgrades, additional safety meas- for classified staff
ures, and several facility The budget adds 31 new teaching
improvements. positions and 6 non-instmctional
The budget recommended by positions to start the next school
Superintendent Scott Cowart See $13.5M INCREASE page 7
Southwire’s new copper rod
plant in Carrollton will house
two furnaces: replacing the
40-year-old one furnace operation
from press release project should be complete by late
Southwire broke ground on the 2022. The steel for the furnace bay
construction of its new copper rod and most of the equipment have
manufacturing plant in Carrollton, arrived, and pipe work to connect
in August 2021. Constmction is the facility’s important systems con-
progressing at the plant, and the See TWO FURNACES page 11
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