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The Led County Ledger Your Hometown Source Of Local News Hometown Newspaper of Gary and Sarah Lynn Loudermilk Volume XXXIV - Number 4 Leesburg, Georgia - - September 14,2011 Fifty Cents BANK of LEE COUNTY A Division of Bank of Terrell Nov 15, at 7:00 p.m. at the Smithville City Hall. Ten Permits Issued For New Homes In August During the month of Au gust 2011, the Lee County Building Permit Office is sued nine permits for single family dwellings in the unincorporated area of Lee County and one permit for a new home in the City of Leesburg. The estimated construction cost of the nine homes in the unincorporated area of Lee County was $1,043,945.00. The construction cost for the new home in Leesburg was $77,250.00. During August, one permit was issued for a multi-fam ily dwelling in the unincor porated area of Lee County. To Subscribe Call 229-759-2413 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony At the end of the Mon day’s Lee County School Board meeting the board approved a motion by Dr. Robert A. Clay, Vice- Chairman, to suspend their pay for six board meetings. This action relates to the reduction of the number of days that the school is reduced and for which the teachers’ pay has been reduced six day from the 190 days for which they are normally paid. In other business, the Lee County Board of Education adopted the class waiver supplied by the state department of education. Dr. Larry Walters, Super intendent, told the board members that the classes were still under the state mandated limits but were approaching that number thus the waiver may be needed. He noted that the waiver was the same that is used throughout the state. The current economic cli mate dictates the use of the class waiver. On a report of SPLOST collections. Dr. Walters ex pressed optimism with the just received proceeds from the July SPLOST collec tion. This July’s funds was the highest since 2006. The board approved the list of athletics and aca demic supplements for the current school year. The supplements were recom mended by the superinten dent. While the board reviewed the food service report, they discussed the percent age of high percentage of participation in the lunch program by the students. The middle school has a 92 percent participation rate of students eating lunch. The board approved out- of-state trips for the high school speech and debate team. They will participate in tournaments at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama September 23 and 24 and at Blue Key - LTni- versity of Florida October 28 - 30. Tom Matheny, Cross Country Coach, received approval for his team to participate in the Girl Inc. 5K road race in Panama City, Florida October 7. 3000 N. Slappey Blvd., Albany (229) 446-0102 FDll www.bankofleeco.com Friends of the Lee County Library Re-organizational Meeting 5:30 PM Thursday, September 22 Leesburg Library Free & Open to the Public F/M/l 759-2369 Photos by Susan Bryan The Lee County Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new HeritageBank of the South branch located at 104 Heritage Lane, across from Publix. Jimmy Wilson, Lee County Market President, and branch manager Sean Hunter welcomed over 75 guests to the new location. Guests were treated to boiled peanuts and lemonade, as well as, a nice rain gauge. The new branch is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. -1 p.m. Doherty, Duggan & Rouse Insurors AN EMPLOYEE OWNED COMPANY Home • Auto • Business • Life/Health P.O.Box 71628 (229)888-2040 Albany, GA 31708-1628 800-628-2040 2301 Dawson Road (31707) Fax (229) 435-3036 www.ddrins.com Smithville City Council will meet Thursday, County Commission Hears Update On Capital Improvement Plan Bill Ross, of Ross and Associates, presented the commissioners with an update on the Capital Improvement Element of Fee County Comprehensive Plan during their meeting Tuesday night, September 13. The purpose of a capi tal improvement Element (CIE) is to establish where and when certain new capital facilities will be provided within the county. It also defines how they may be financed through an impact fee program. The plan defines the geographic area in which public facilities provides services and the level of service to be provided. The future growth projec tion shows that Fee County should reach a population growth to 62,338 by 2026. At that time, Feesburg’s population should be 4,824 and Smithville’s population will be 1,068. The commissioner heard a report from the planning department on the Trans portation Improvement Act. With the approval of additional SPFOST sales tax for transportation. Fee County will received major road improvements to meet the transportation needs of the community. Mr. Bob Alexander, Di rector of Planning, present ed the commissioners with a proposal from Georgia Power for street lights at the intersection of Hickory Grove and Highway 82. Delinquent Lee County Garbage Accounts Listed on Page 9A School Board Votes To Reduce Its Pay