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City of Villa Rica reduces budget by $438,380 by transferring two projects over to SPLOST
budget; and cutting some renovations, concessions stands, and new vehicle for maintenance
Council member Shirley Marchman is elected Mayor Pro Tern with resignation of Council Member Leslie MPherson who is running for position of Mayor
story by Janice Daniel
The Mayor and Council of the City of Villa
Rica held a Special Called Meeting Tuesday,
September 5, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose
of conducting two items of business, and hold
ing the last Public Hearing on the 2023/2024
Fiscal Year Budget.
Public Hearing was held, but no one spoke.
One item of business was election of Mayor
Pro Tern. Council member Shirley Marchman
was nominated and unanimously approved to
serve as Mayor Pro Tern to finish the term of
Leslie McPherson who stepped down from the
council to mn for mayor. Marchman’s term
will end at 12/31/23.
The other item of business was the adoption
of amendments to the City of Villa Rica
FY2023-2024 Budget to reduce the budget by
$438,380. With this reduction, the FY2023-
2024 Budget is now $20,493,159 ($24.49M).
These amendments were passed by the coun
cil unanimously. These cuts included:
- $100,000: Gold Dust, repair/replace
bleachers in basketball gym
- $75,000: Old library, renovations of current
space (approx. 5,000 square feet)
- $45,000: V-Plex, training center, renova
tions, HVAC, carpet, restrooms and nets
- $45,000: library, labor to retrofit with LED
lighting
- $45,000: new Ford F-250 vehicle with
service body
- $19,000: V-Plex, alarm system, replacing
ceiling tiles, repaint interior and build storage
area
- $15,000: Avanti building, painting the right
side of the building
- $9,133: V-Plex, three concessions stands,
countertops, cabinets, water fountains
- $10,000: V-Plex, outdoor workout station
- $5,781: administrative costs subtracted
from both revenue and expenditures
Transfer two projects from General Fund to
2021 Carroll SPLOST:
1. $114,864: Scoreboard replacements -
Gold Dust (4); V-Plex (9)
2. $25,164: replace/new scorer’s stands -
Gold Dust (2);V-Plex (2)
Commission unanimously denies zoning for overnight tractor trailer parking
property are to provide monthly leases on a
maximum of 238 parking spaces for tractor
but his company will have to be compliant with
whatever DOT decides needs to be done; that
trailers who need to be parked
for an extended period of
time. This is not for over
night parking or sleeping
there. Facility would be
gated and property would be
monitored 24/7.
Chairman Michelle
Morgan asked Skipper if the
re-zoning is approved, what
else could it possibly be if it
gets zoned industrial? Skipper
Rhett Harmon of Carrollton
stated his company’s plans
for this property are to
provide monthly leases on a
maximum of 238 parking
spaces for tractor trailers...
not for overnight parking or
sleeping there. Facility would
be gated and property would
be monitored 24/7.
his engineer will be work
ing with them to decide
how this traffic coming
from the north will be able
to safely access the turn into
this facility; and that noth
ing has been finalized with
DOT. Hannon emphasized
the four alternate routes that
already have access to his
proposed parking lot for
tractor-trailers.
story by Janice Daniel
Canoll County Board of Commissioners met
on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. All
were present, District 4 Commissioner Steve
Fuller by attending phone.
The Consent Agenda, prepared during the
September 28th work session was read and
approved unanimously (see story Page 4).
In Public Comments, Tammy Smith of 2675
Highway 113 North, Temple, advised the board
about a creek at highway marker 4 where
Canoll County owns a small strip of land, and
there are dead trees on this piece of land, which
she feels is concerning.
In the Zoning Session, Ben Skipper, director
of Community Development, presented a
Request for Rezoning from Commercial to
Industrial for a distribution warehouse and trac
tor trailer parking at Parcel #073-0008, Lot
220, by Owner/Applicant MonTonSon
Development LLC. Rhett Harmon of
Carrollton stated his company’s plans for this
said “it could be used for all
other permitted uses in the industrial zoning
category.”
District 5 Commissioner Ernie Reynolds
stated concerns about how tmck traffic coming
from the north could safely enter the premises.
Applicant stated that there are already other
ways to access the property by tractor-trailers,
District 4 Commissioner
Steve Fuller’s question was in regard to Miller
Academy Road, and the applicant assured him
that his company’s property is nowhere close to
Miller Academy Road. Tmcks will have to get
in and out of the property through Highway 27.
A motion was made by District 6
Commissioner Danny Bailey to deny the appli
cant’s request, seconded by District 2
Commissioner Clint Chance. Motion carried 7-
0 to deny this zoning.
In Business Session, Chairman Morgan
advised that the discussion about the 5th Floor
of the Court House has been postponed.
Finance Director, Alecia Searcy, presented
the financial report for the two months ended
August 31, 2023. Revenues were at $7,153,813
or 9.77% of Budget, and expenditures were at
$13,236,846, or 18.08 % ofBudget.
Lastly, each commissioner named their
appointment of a person to the AG Advisory
Board, as follows:
Montrelle McClendon
Clint Chance
Tommy Lee
Michelle Morgan
Steve Fuller
Earnest Reynolds
Danny Bailey
Meeting was adjourned
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