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Wednesday, May 10,2023 Fayette County News A3 Report of Unidentified Baby Leads to Arrest for Multiple Felonies Leah Banks Investigative Reporter leah@fayette-news.net PEACHTREE CITY - On Friday, April 28, Peachtree City police arrested two of fenders for multiple felonies including possession of stolen property and forgeiy/fraud, following a report of an un identifiable baby. According to reports, of ficers responded to a call about a suspicious person and ve hicle on Eastbrook Bend. Employees of an East- brook Drive business re portedly told officers that a couple brought a newborn baby into the establishment but could not provide proof that the baby was their child. The couple, later identified as Heather M. Spurlock- Goode, 36, and Joshua A. McCormick, 34, were allegedly suspected by the employees to be in possession of a vehicle that did not have a tag on it. Officers were able to iden tify the vehicle’s VTN number from the front and processed it through state identification systems, finding that the ve hicle was stolen out of West minster, Colo. The vehicle was confirmed stolen by Westmin ster Police Department, ac cording to reports. Officers located McCor mick first, who was taken into custody. Spurlock-Goode was then taken into custody in ref erence to warrants that were confirmed out of Colorado in full extradition. The pair was transported to Fayette County Jail pending further charges. No further in formation was provided re garding the newborn baby. The following unrelated arrests and charges were re cently reported by the Fayette County Sheriffs Office: Andrew N. Burden — drug possession/sale/manufacture, fleeing/eluding law enforce ment, possession of firearm/knife during commis sion of crime, along with mis demeanor counts of possession of marijuana less than one ounce, headlight re quirement during sunrise/set/rain, failure to maintain lane, reckless driv ing, and speeding. Alisa L. Faatuai — false statements and writings, along with misdemeanor affray. Julian M. Felix — felony probation/parole violation. Deangelo M. Gibson — five counts of financial identity fraud. Ashley M. Graham — bench warrant (failure to ap pear only). Anthony B. Hines — flee ing/eluding law enforcement and financial identity fraud, along with misdemeanor counts of obstruction of officer, reckless driving, excessive tint on windshield, improper back ing, two counts of passing on right, improper U-turn, two counts of failure to maintain lane, and open container. Joshua A. McCormick — two counts of drug posses sion/sale/manufacture, along with misdemeanor counts of giving false name to officer, theft by receiving stolen prop erty, possession/use of drug related objects, and ob scured/missing license plate. Quinn J. McFarlin — bench warrant (failure to ap pear only). Dontavious M. Parks — four counts of financial iden tity fraud, along with misde meanor obstruction of officer. Heather M. Spurlock- Goode — theft by receiving stolen property, two counts of drug possession/sale/ man ufacture, along with misde meanor possession/use of drug related objects. Coby S. Williams-Jackson — two bench warrants (failure to appear only). Jesse R. Toomer — theft by taking; theft by receiving stolen property. Daniel L. Williams — fel ony probation/parole vio lation. Tipton H. Davis — drug possession/sale/manufacture, possession of firearm/knife during commission of crime, along with misdemeanor counts of giving false name to officer and theft by receiving stolen property. Leslie D. Slaughter — theft by receiving stolen property, along with misdemeanor counts of remove/false/deface tag, no insurance, obscured/missing license plate. Brittany L Haynes - felony probation/parole violation. Brandon J Lanford - sen tenced on previous offense. Anthony S Lankford - RICO Act; conspiracy to de fraud a political subdivision; false statements and writings. Fayetteville Adopts UDO Update Sydney Spencer News Reporter sspencer@fayette-news.net Following a presentation by Community and Eco nomic Development Director David Rast, Fayetteville City Council unanimously ap proved adoption of its up dated unified development ordinance during the May 4 meeting, which combines and creates multiple zoning districts. “As you’re aware, we adopted the comprehensive plan back in 2022. As we went through the UDO and some of the revisions that we needed to make, and get that ready to bring before you to night, we’ve identified a cou ple of things within the com prehensive plan that we would like to amend,” ex plained Rast. “I think we are ready to night to move this document forward,” Rast said. “We have amended the UDO based on the discussion at the work session we had a couple of weeks ago. We have reviewed that internally. We are hopeful. It includes every thing we talked about.” Rast said staff rec ommends approval of the UDO, stating that “some minor amendments” were made that morning, one being the table of contents. Another included requiring notification of properties within 1,000 feet of all con ceptual site plans and prelim inary plats submitted to city staff. Rast concluded his pres entation by presenting rec ommended amendments for the official zoning map as they relate to the recently adopted UDO. “As a part of the UDO, we are looking at combining sev eral of the zoning districts that we currently have,” ex plained Rast. “We will have some new zoning classifica tions. Most of the residential will stay the same. We have the downtown mixed-use dis trict, which is taking all the properties within the bound aries of that district and cre ating eight different sub-districts.” FHS Hosts Juneteenth Youth Poetry Contest Leah Banks Investigative Reporter leah@fayette-news.net Fayette County high school students are eligible to participate in Fayette Histori cal Society’s 2023 Juneteenth Youth Poetry Contest, with en tries due by June 1. Juneteenth is commonly recognized as America’s “sec ond Independence Day” due to the historical impact that events from June 19, 1865 have on American society. On that day, 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and announced that the 250,000-plus en slaved black people in the state were free by executive decree. This newfound freedom has been recognized as a fed eral holiday as the post-eman cipation period provided hope, uncertainty, and strug gle for America during the re construction period. Today, Juneteenth is seen by some as a time to com memorate a changing tide, a brighter future, and a path to ward equality. This year, the Fayette Historical Society and the Juneteenth Planning Committee are commemorat ing the holiday by hosting a youth poetry contest. The theme for the contest is “Hope for a Brighter Tomor row.” The contest is open to all Fayette County high school students, but minors must have their parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to enter, according to FHS offi cials. Entry guidelines specify that the poem should explore the theme “Hope for a Brighter Tomorrow” and only one poem per student will be accepted. Only original works will be considered and cannot contain previously published and/or copyrighted material in any part by any third party. The poem cannot be offensive or inappropriate and it cannot be longer than 30 lines. Poems must be printed in an easy-to-read, non-italic, black font that is 12-point or larger. Entries of poems that are inspired by or modeled after another poem should indicate such, with a note below the title reading, “after [the title of the poem], by [the name of the author].” Entrants are asked to pro vide a document with the text of the original poem or a link to the poem online. Entrants will include their name, grade level, school, teacher’s name, and title of poem. Poems must be submitted electronically as a PDF file to lauriejstoker@gmail.com by June 1, at 11:59 P-m. Parents or legal guardians must also email lauriej- stoker@gmail.com by June 1, at 11:59 P-m-, giving permis sion for student’s entry. First-, second-, and third- place winners will be recog nized at the Juneteenth Cele bration on June 19 at noon on the Fayetteville Courthouse lawn. Families are invited to attend. Cash prizes will be awarded: first place - $100, second place - $75, and third place - $50. City of Peachtree City NOTICE OF FY 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET Staff will be submitting a proposed FY 2024 Budget to the City Council for re view and discussion at a budget work shop meeting on Tuesday, June 20, at 6:30 PM. The fiscal year will begin Oc tober 1, 2023, and end September 30, 2024. A public hearing will also be held to gain public input on the Proposed FY 2024 Budget, and is currently sched uled for Thursday, July 13, at 6:30 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers lo cated at 151 Willowbend Road, Peach tree City. • Following the workshop meeting, a de tailed copy of the City Manager’s pro posed budget will be available for review at City Hall during the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday - Fri day, in the City Hall lobby. It will also be available for review on the city’s web site, www.peachtree-city.org. Sewer Spill, Continued from Front stream, specifically near co ordinates 33.43268N, 84.47837W and Pinevale Court in Fayetteville. CWS notes that the spill occurred because of struc tural damage caused by land erosion, tree roots, and breakage in the underlay- ment of the plant’s water system, but was stopped by 6 p.m. the same day via temporary plug with a by pass pump. Since that time, CWS of ficials have posted signs in affected neighboring com munities, contacted the local health department via email, and contacted the Georgia Department of Nat ural Resources. For more information, call 770-460-4237 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily or 770-997-5189 after 5 p.m. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FY 2023 AMENDED BUDGETS The Mayor and Council of the City of Fayetteville will hold a public hearing to amend the Fiscal Year 2023 budgets for the Genera I Fund* ARPA Fund* Capital Projects Fund* Impact Fee Fund, The Building Fund,* TAB Fund, Water & Sewer Fund, BI)A Fund* Main street Fund, Veterans Memorial Fund, and the Self Insurance Plan Fund on Thursday, May IS, 21123 at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers located at 210 StiinewalL Avenue West in Fayetteville. Per (Section 2.13(h)) of the City ordinance, the text of the nriginaL ordinance and the full text of the proposed ordinance shall be available at City Hall for public inspection at the City ClcrlCs office during regular business hours of 8:0(1 AM and 5:0(1 PM, Monday through Friday. Information pertaining to these requests is available at City Hall between the hours ofH;00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. A summary of the amended budgets are as follows: FY 2023 FY 2023 FY 2023 FUND ADOPTED BAI AMENDED GENERAL FUND 21*876,204.(10 1,121,301.00 22,997*505.00 ARPAFUND 6.618,404.00 10,000.00 6,628*494.00 CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND 2,119,656.00 211,343,00 2,330,999.00 IMPACT FEE FUND 472,296.00 47,000.00 519*296.00 BUILDING FUND 286,200.00 960,000.00 1,246,200,00 TAD FUND 610,000.00 65,000,00 675,000.00 WATER & SEWER FUND 8,992*682.00 10,202.00 9,002*884.00 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT FUND 244,000.00 7,850,00 251,850.00 MAIN STREET TOURISM FUND 1,124,229.00 14,900.00 1,139,129.00 VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND 180.00 20,00 200.00 SF.LF FUNDF.D INSURANC E PLAN - 2,060,000.00 2,060,000,00 TOTAL ALL FUNDS $42,343,941.00 S 4,507,616.00 $46,851,557.00 A complete copy of the amended budgets for fiscal year 2023 is available at City Hall for public review. City Hall is located at 210 Stonewall Avenue West, Fayetteville, GA. The public is encouraged to attend the public meeting, and/or submit wrilten or oral comments or questions concerning the proposed budget a m e n d m en ts. I n forma tio n m ay be obta i n ed by telep ho»e a t 770-461 -602 0, extension 4161 or 4169,
