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The Led County Ledger
Your Hometown Source Of Local News
Hometown Newspaper of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Prince
Volume XXXVI I- Number 21
Leesburg, Georgia - - January 21,2015
Fifty Cents
Rep. Ed Rynders Named Chairman of
House Governmental Affairs Committee
Special to the Ledger
The Georgia House of
Representatives’ Commit
tee on Assignments named
State Representative Ed
Rynders (R-Albany) as the
Chairman of the House
Governmental Affairs
Committee. Rep. Rynders
will also serve as the
Secretary of the Health &
Human Services, Appro
priations, and Legislative
and Congressional Reap
portionment Committees,
as well as Ex-Officio of the
Ways and Means Com
mittee. In addition. Rep.
Rynders is a member of the
Intragovernmental Coordi
nation and Transportation
committees.
“I appreciate the confi
dence Speaker Ralston and
the Committee on Assign
ments has shown in me,”
said Rep. Rynders. “I look
forward to helping make
Georgia
even stron
ger through
good public
policy.”
The House
Governmen
tal Affairs
Committee
oversees leg
islation con
cerning the
operations
and manage
ment of state,
county, and
municipal
government. It also has
jurisdiction over state elec
tion law.
The House Committee
on Assignments, chaired
by House Speaker David
Ralston (R-
Blue Ridge),
is charged
with making
all House
commit
tee assign
ments for the
members of
the Georgia
House of
Representa
tives.
For a
complete list
of all House
Committee
assignments, please click
here.
Representative Ed
Rynders represents the citi
zens of District 152, which
includes all of Lee and
Worth counties, and a por
tion of Sumter County. He
was elected into the House
of Representatives in 2002,
and is currently the Chair
man of the House Govern
mental Affairs Committee,
Secretary of the Health &
Human Services, Appropri
ations, and Legislative and
Congressional Reapportion
ment Committees, as well
as Ex-Officio of the Ways
and Means Committee.
Rep. Rynders is a member
of the Intragovernmental
Coordination and Transpor
tation committees.
Rep. Ed Rynders
Submitted Photo
(L to R) Col Davis, Tim McClelland, C/2ndLt David Tawzer, C/2ndLt James Michael Roberts,
Jerry Smith (Albany Marine Corps League), Commissioner Rick Muggridge.
Submitted Photo
(L to R) C/2ndLt James Michael Roberts and
Commissioner Muggridge with Mitchell Award
in hand.
Civil Air Patrol Holds
Recognition Ceremony
Submitted Photo
2nd photo: (L to R) Col Davis and C/2ndLt
David Tawzer with Mitchell Award in hand.
On January 12th 2015 ,
Marine Corps Logistics
Base Albany Commander
Colonel Donald Davis
and Lee County Commis
sioner Chairmen, Rick
Muggridge participated in
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Red Cross
Blood Drive
Thursday,
February 5
from
2 p.m. - 7 p.m
Leesburg
United
Methodist
Church
Fellowship
Hall Leesburg
Commissioners Set
Budget Calendar
During their meeting
January 13, the Lee County
Board of Commission
ers approved the Budget
Calendar for Fiscal Year
2015 - 2016.
Budget documents will be
distributed to elected offi
cials, department heads and
outside agencies February
13. From February 13 until
February 27, they will pre
pare their budget requests.
By February 27, the
various FY 2015 - 2016
budget requests are to be
submitted to the finance
director. The finance staff
will consolidate the budget
requests from February 27
to March 13.
The county manager will
review the budget requests
from March 16 through
April 17. The county
manager will submit his
recommended budget to the
budget committee and the
commissioners April 20.
The commissioners will
hold workshops to review
the recommended budget
from May 4 to May 15. On
May 15, the commission
ers will determine final
revisions to the proposed
budget.
A public hearing will be
held June 9 on the budget.
On June 23, the commis
sioners will approve a reso
lution adopting the Fiscal
Year 2015 - 2016 Budget.
The approved budget will
then be implemented July
1, 2015.
a recognition ceremony
at the Albany Composite
Squadron of the Civil Air
Patrol (CAP). During the
recognition ceremony, two
cadets (David Tawzer and
James Michael Roberts)
were presented with the
prestigious Mitchell Award.
The evening ceremony was
made complete as citizen
ship awards were presented
to the two Mitchell Award
recipients. The citizenship
awards were presented by
Tim McClelland, Comman
dant of the Albany Marine
Corps League and Jerry
Smith of the Albany Ma
rine Corps League. Later
during the CAP meeting,
all cadets in the Albany
CAP Composite Squadron
had the opportunity to
benefit from some awesome
leadership advice provided
by Col. Davis, Commis
sioner Rick Muggridge and
Jerry Smith.
For more information
about your local Civil
Air Patrol Squadron,
contact Fred Broome
(Squadron Commander) at
229.449.1259.
To Subscribe Call 229-759-2413
Submitted Photo
Kelly Burnett, Administrator and Kay Standley,
Director of Nursing.
Lee County Health
& Rehabilitation
Accepts Centers of
Excellence Award
Special to the Ledger
After a year of outstand
ing service, Lee County
Health and Rehabilitation
celebrated their dedication
and commitment to patients,
their families and associates
as they accepted a Bronze
award for Centers of Excel
lence from Ethica Health &
Retirement Communities.
During the recent award
ceremony, Lee County
Health & Rehabilitation was
commended on the high
point ratings they earned
based on survey criteria that
focused on six areas of lead
ership: Survey/Certification,
Family Satisfaction, Associ
ate Satisfaction, Financial
Performance, Quality Mea
sures and Environment.
Please congratulate Lee
County Health & Rehabili
tation on their prestigious
award and for all the hard
work and commitment to
the people in the communi
ties they serve.
Distinguished Young
Women of Leesburg
and Lee County
Saturday, January 24 at 7:00 p.m.
14 girls will be competing this year for
the title of DYW of Leesburg and DYW of
Lee County in Lee County High School’s
Clay Auditorium.
Tickets are $7 per person and will be
available at the door.
Smithville Council
Approves Budget
The Smithville City
Council approved their
operating budget for 2015
during their meeting Janu
ary 15.
The City of Smithville
anticipates receiving
revenue in the amount of
$454,895.00. The major
sources of income will
come from property taxes
and local option sales tax.
Total property taxes
include real property tax,
public utility, motor vehicle,
mobile home and franchise
tax. The City of Smithville
anticipates receiving
$168,775.00 in property
taxes.
The City of Smithville
budgeted Local Option
Sales Tax at $192,000.00.
This was the amount col
lected in 2014.
The Smithville City
Council anticipates spend
ing $424,895.00 to operate
the city during 2015. If the
council can keep expenses
at that level, the city will
end the year with $30,000
left over for the fiscal year.
The major concern
expressed at the meet
ing was not being able
to reestablish the police
department. Mayor Jerry
Myrick pointed out that
with the reduction in Local
Option Sales Tax funds, the
council could not employ
one officer. Positive com
ments were awarded to
Sheriff Reggie Rachals and
the sheriff’s department for
their immediate responses
to the need of Smithville’s
citizens.
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Daddy
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Dance
Saturday
Feb. 7
FMI call
759-2096
