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VOL 151, NO. 4
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25,2023
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Tyrone Council Approves $23,800 oJNewTech, A2
Southern Crescent Chorale Benefit Concert Set Feb. 11, B5
PTC Council Discusses Annexation of Tyrone Property
Leah Banks
Investigative Reporter
leah@fayette-news.net
PEACHTREE CITY -
On Jan. 18, the Peachtree
City Council held a special
called workshop in council
chambers to discuss the
Highway 54/75 displaced
left turn (DLT) signage de
sign and to deliberate the
de-annexation of property
from Tyrone by General
Assembly.
Regarding the DLT, the
Georgia Department of
Transportation has been
working to design inter
section improvements at
the intersection of High
way 54/74 and coordi
nating with Peachtree City
since 2017, according to
the interoffice memoran
dum written by Peachtree
City Manager David A.
Borkowski, P.E., M. ASCE.
Since 2017, the staff
has been working with
GDOT to incorporate var
ious lighting, a traffic sig
nal, and sign support
upgrades to the DLT proj
ect, according to Bor
kowski.
Stantec, an engineering
company, has been work
ing on different designs
and presented various
concepts to the Peachtree
City Council at the Dec. 15,
2022 council meeting, ac
cording to Borkowski.
The purpose of this dis
course was for council to
See Annexation, A7
IIGA Coach Kirby Smart
Visits Sandy Creek High
It was a meeting of champion leaders as University of Georgia football Head Coach Kirby
Smart touched down at Sandy Creek High via helicopter on Friday afternoon. Smart met with
Brett Garvin, head coach of the state champion Patriots, along with school administration and
Staff, as part of a tour around the State. Courtesy of Fayette County Schools
Fayetteville’s Hidden Gem: Patricia King
Sydney Spencer
News Reporter
sspencer@fayette-news.net
The City of Fayetteville
is home to nearly 20,000
residents and has experi
enced historical change
throughout the years. Pa
tricia King, who has been
living and working in Fay
etteville for more than 50
Patricia King, right, with Alison and Timothy Rorabaugh after
Timothy returned from Operation Desert Storm
years, has been able to wit
ness those changes first
hand.
King, known as “Ms.
Pat,” has worked for the
City of Fayetteville in the
Building and Finance De
partment since 1971, con
tributing to the success of
the city. Currently, she
works in the finance de
partment, dealing with
daily deposits, business li
censes, and other issues.
She is the only person re
maining to have worked in
all three city hall buildings
for Fayetteville.
King spoke about how
the city halls have changed
throughout the years and
why she continues to work
for Fayetteville. She ex
plained the sites from the
beginning and how tech
nology has shaped how
city hall business is con
ducted.
“I’m the only one that
worked at all three build
ings,” commented King.
“We were in the house in
front of the depot when I
first started working.
When I first started, every
thing was paper. Com
puters hadn’t ever even
been thought about by
then. I was in the building
department for 20 years
and building stopped, so
they moved me, gave the
building department to
another outsourcing place,
and transferred me to the
finance department.”
King faintly re
members Desert Storm
and what her job entailed
See Patricia King, A7
A map of the proposed de-annexed location from Tyrone
to Peachtree City Courtesy of PTC
'I Want Them to
Know They're in
Peachtree City!'
Council Members Debate
Lighting on Stanchions
Leah Banks
Investigative Reporter
leah@fayette-news.net
PEACHTREE CITY -
During the Jan. 18 special
called workshop of the
Peachtree City Council,
members debated the de
sign of a sign and structure
that would line Highway
54/74. The debate in
cluded whether residents
and passersby could
clearly see and read the
sign that held the city’s
logo.
Discussion included
whether the logo was too
large or too small and
whether the sign should be
well lit for nighttime driv
ers.
When city staff pre
sented the possibility of a
vertical lit structure with
the city’s logo placed
center on the column,
council members re
sponded with positive re
marks about the sign being
lit but questioned the size
of the logo that would be
used.
“I like that it’s lit,” said
Councilman Phil Prebor,
“but how would that work?
Could you have lights be
hind it? How could you do
that?”
Peachtree City Mayor
Kim Learnard agreed with
See PTC, A7
Mayor Learnard
Holds PTC State
of The City Address
Leah Banks
Investigative Reporter
leah@fayette-news.net
PEACHTREE CITY -
The Peachtree City Council
prides itself on keeping cit
izens informed on the la
test developments and
hopes for its future, and in
the Jan. 19 council meet
ing, PTC Mayor Kim Lear
nard held her State of the
City address.
This was Learnard’s
second address to the city
and residents of Peachtree
City, and she was evidently
eager to express her hopes
and expectations for the
new year.
“Last year, I gave the
State of the City after two
weeks on the job,” Lear
nard said, “So, this time
around, it feels a lot more
See State of the City, A5
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