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Carrollton City Council votes to reduce millage rate from 4.490 to 4.082 mils
story by Janice Daniel
On Thursday, August 17, 2023, the Mayor
and Council of the City of Carrollton met for
their monthly work session, and to vote on
some items since this meeting was advertised
as a voting meeting. Councilmember Brett
Ledbetter absent. Present were Mayor Betty B.
Cason, Council Member Jacqulene Bridges,
Council Member Jim Watters, and Council
Member Bob Uglum.
In the first order of business, a motion was
made by Uglum to rollback the City of
Carrollton Millage Rate from 4.49 mils to
4.082 mils for the 2023 calendar year. Watters
seconded the motion. Motion passed 2-1.
Watters and Uglum voted to reduce the tax.
Bridges voted against. Mayor Cason abstained.
In other business. City Engineer Tommy
Holland detailed the Canterbury Drive Culvert
story by Janice Daniel
On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, the Carroll
County Board of Commissioners met for a regu
lar monthly meeting. All members were present,
Commissioner Danny Bailey by telephone.
Commissioner Clint Chance offered the
Invocation. Commissioner Tommy Lee led the
Pledge of Allegiance. No one spoke during the
Public Comments portion of the meeting.
Community Development Director Ben
Skipper presented a rezoning request made by
MonTonSon Development, LLC, for approxi
mately 14.2 acres at 1121 West Villa Road.
These are 12 parcels in Land Lot 165 of the 6th
District, Commission District 3. Requested
rezoning is from Manufactured Home
Subdivision to “industrial zoning” for the pur
pose of building climate-controlled storage
warehouses and storage spaces for RVs.
Replacement Project, stating that the project
will replace about 45 linear feet of 30-inch rein
forced concrete pipe which is currently failing
underneath Canterbury Drive, with a 42-inch
double-barreled HDPE pipe. Council voted
unanimously to award the bid for this project to
Carl Owen Construction, LLC at a price of
$ 185,000. This company had the lowest bid as
well as the highest final score.
City Engineer Holland then gave a Capital
Project Update on the water treatment plan set
tling pond project, which is on schedule for
completion next summer (2024). He said the
Lake Carroll Park Phase 2 project should have
the boardwalk completed mid-October, and the
North Park Street Bridge project is slated for
transferring the movement of lanes at the
beginning of September. He said that project is
currently estimated to be completed in the fall
Approval was given by the Planning & Zoning
Commission.
A representative from MonTonSon Develop
ment, Brett Hamion of Carrollton, along with
Doug Dickinson, presented their plans to the
commission and also answered questions about
their proposal. There will be no truck parking, a
six-foot privacy fence will surround the perime
ter, security lights will be pointed down (not
out), cameras will cover the property in all areas,
and people with RVs stored there will each have
a specific code which will allow them access to
the property during the night. Approximately
40% of the property, that portion located at the
back, will be gravel, but the front portion will be
paved and the entrance will have a rock or
stucco marker. The office and storage buildings
will also have rock and stucco incorporated into
the vertical metal material. The applicant pro
of next year. Holland said city staff is prepar
ing bid documents for the Midtown Water Park
project which should go out in the next month
or so, and added that the Longview Pickleball
Court project is also slated to be bid out in the
next month. He advised that the 2023 Aslphalt
Paving Bid had an addendum issued extending
the bid opening date to August 29th.
Rezoning Requests were presented by
Community Development Director Erica
Studdard. On Myrtle Street (0.46 acres) Parcel
C02 0270008, applicant would like to split the
lots to build two new single-family homes.
Planning Commission recommended approval
with the condition that the petitioner shall pro
vide driveway access to the adjacent property
to the east. At 424 Dixie Street (Parcel C06
0010016) applicant wants to put an art-tattoo
studio, and the Planning Commission approved
poses to install cul-de-sacs at both S. Van Wert
Road and W. Villa Road to control access to the
facility, so the only way in or out will be from
Highway 78. Applicants pointed out that there is
200 to 300 feet of commercial properties in front
of their proposed business, and the area along
the back has been listed as residential in the
Future Land Use map. No one spoke in opposi
tion of this project. Request was approved 7-0.
The Multi-item Consent Agenda that was pre
pared at the prior Thursday work session was
read and approved unanimously.
Linda Blanchard, CHINS Team Coordinator,
was at the meeting to ask for consideration of
approval of the Edward Byme Memorial Justice
Assistance (JAG) Grant for fiscal year 2023 that
was awarded to the Carroll County Juvenile
Court. The grant will be used for psychological
evaluations and counseling for juveniles that do
with four conditions, which will be listed at the
Regular Monthly Meeting in September, when
these two items will be voted on by council.
Grants Manager Hayley Beaver advised
council that the police department would like to
apply under the Community-Based Violence
Intervention Eligibility Allowance section of
the Edward Byme Memorial Justice Assistance
Grant to implement a program to reduce gang
recmitment in elementary and middle school
neighborhoods in the City of Carrollton. This
request requires Mayor and Council review.
City Manager David Brooks detailed city pro
jects underway, including Gateway signage and
2024 Amphitheater scheduling.
Mayor and Council went into Executive
Session, fter they returned to Open Session, no
further business was discussed and meeting
was adjourned.
storage spaces for RVs
not have health insurance. The county govern
ment will pay the money up-front and be reim
bursed by the Grant. This request was approved
unanimously.
Public Works Director Danny Yates presented
consideration of a Resolution finding that a por
tion of West Villa Road measuring 1.131 acres
more or less, lying in Land Lot 166 6th Section
of Carroll County, has ceased to be used by the
public to the extent that no substantial public
purposes are served. He asked the commission
ers authorize the abandonment thereof, authoriz
ing the chairman to dispose of the abandoned
property for all purposes. A legal ad must be
published in the legal organ and a Public
Hearing must be scheduled and held before this
item can be completed.
There being no further business, meeting was
adjourned.
County commission approves new climate controlled warehouses and
INOVENTIVE BENEFITS CONSULTING
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PHARMACY
BENEFIT MANAGERS
PBMS
Practices under scrutiny:
• Spread pricing
• Rebates
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