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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011
THE JACKSON HERALD
PAGE 3A
Maysville
City council names new
planning and zoning board
BYERINROSSITER
AFTER MONTHS of delay,
the Maysville City Council
appointed six citizens to serve
on the planning and zon
ing board during the regular
October council meeting on
Monday.
Named to the panel were:
Steve Hart, Bobby Jones, James
Lyles, Joel Hammond, Bryan
Neukum and Todd Cooper.
Their terms are for three
years. The new planning and
zoning board will vote on a
chairman and vice-chairman.
Those officer terms are one
year each.
The planning and zoning
appointments followed several
postponements by the council,
which agreed it wanted to gen
erate a fresh pool of applicants
before making any decisions.
Additionally, Laura Lord
Boswell was named to the
downtown development
authority to fill a vacancy on
that board.
Council members said they
still are hoping the authority
will follow its by-laws and gen
erate a list of possible replace
ments to the board since there
are additional vacancies.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business, the coun
cil:
•scheduled its budget work
shop for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.
18
•approved an intergovern
mental agreement with Jackson
County to repair eight-10 pot
holes on Maysvillc's Jackson
County side for the cost of
supplies only.
•agreed that a representative
from the city council would
participate in the 53rd annual
Mayors' Christmas Motorcade
at East Central Regional
Hospital in Augusta on Dec.
8. The events, throughout
Georgia, benefit clients served
by the state’s mental hospitals.
•agreed to take discussion
of a construction estimate to
build an exterior shell onto an
existing city building off the
agenda. However, the council
agreed that a dedicated meet
ing and court room is a prior
ity.
Meet the candidates Nov. 8
A MEET AND greet with all candidates in the Nov. 8 town
election in Maysville has been planned.
The event will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, at the
Maysville Community Club.
The candidates will have a five-minute opening statement and
then will take questions from the audience.
All citizens not registered to vote, must register before the Oct.
11 deadline in order to vote in the Nov. 8 election. Registration
cards are available at city hall.
New voters cards to be mailed
NEW VOTER cards reflecting the redistricting changes will be
mailed out beginning this week.
Voters should replace their old card with the new card after carefully
inspecting them.
If anyone has any questions, call the voter registration office at 706-
367-6377.
The deadline to register and be eligible to vote in the November 8
municipal elections is October 11. This deadline also applies to name
and address changes.
Fall recycling event set Sat.
KEEP JACKSON County
Beautiful will hold its fall
recycling event from 8 a.m. to
noon Saturday, Oct. 8, near the
landfill off County Farm Road,
Jefferson.
Jackson County citizens can
recycle electronics, household
paint, batteries, fluorescent light
bulbs, automotive oil and batter
ies, good used clothing and even
still-in-date food items.
Atlanta Recycling will be
on-hand to take away electron
ics, and American Security
Shredding Inc. will offer docu
ment shredding services.
Shawn Watson, KJCB board
chairman, takes the used auto
motive oil and recycles it for his
business' use.
In April, KJCB recycled more
than 15,000 pounds of electron
ics, 60 gallons of oil, 27 car bat
teries, nine gallons of household
batteries, metals and a pick-up
truckload of used clothing.
For more information, contact
KJCB executive director Susan
Trepagnier at 706-708-7198 or
strepagnier@jacksoncountygov.
com.
‘BreastTest and More’ coming
up at Jefferson health clinic
THE JACKSON County Health Department’s Jefferson clinic
is joining the Georgia Department of Community Health and the
American Cancer Society in commemorating the 16th anniversary of
“BreastTest and More” during the annual Breast Cancer Prevention
and Awareness Week, October 17-21.
On Saturday, Oct. 22, the Jefferson clinic will hold a women's
health event during which women age 50 or older will be able to
receive free clinical breast exams and mammogram referrals.
Breast Cancer Prevention and Awareness Week is a statewide
initiative aimed at decreasing the number of breast cancer deaths by
encouraging women to get regular mammograms.
“Because breast cancer is most treatable when detected in its
earliest stages, it is critical that women get mammograms regularly,”
officials report. “Early detection of breast cancer through regular
mammograms saves lives.”
The “BreastTest and More” program provides clinical breast exam
inations, pap tests, mammogram referrals and covers all or part of the
cost of mammograms for uninsured and low-income women who are
50 or older. Women ages 50 to 64 years who do not have health insur
ance or the resources to get mammograms may be eligible to receive
vital health screenings at no or low cost. Call 706-367-5204 or 706-
335-3895, and ask for the “BreastTest and More” coordinator.
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Nicholson approves zoning map amendment
BY SHARON HOGAN
FOLLOWING A public hear
ing Monday night, the Nicholson
City Council unanimously
approved amending the city’s
zoning map to include prop
erty owned by Bear and Betty
Perkins.
The 2.54-acre tract is located
at 164 Old Kings Bridge Road
and was annexed into the city in
1984, but was accidentally left
off of the city's zoning map.
Council member Chuck
Wheeler questioned Mayor
Ronnie Maxwell about rezoning
the Perkins property. Maxwell
said, “It is not being rezoned.
Chuck, it was left off the zoning
map.”
The 2.54-acre tract will be
zoned the same as the other prop
erty owned by Perkins - which is
suburban residential.
Wheeler continued to ques
tion the issue and refer to the
city's future land use map.
Nicholson Planning and Zoning
Board Chairman Mike Stowers
explained that the future land use
map shows what the property
could be zoned for future use in
a particular area.
When the council meeting was
called to order, Wheeler made
the motion to approve adding the
Perkins property to the city's offi
cial zoning map, council mem
ber Howard Wilbanks seconded
the motion and council member
Lamar Watkins voted in favor
of the motion as well. Council
DISCUSS ZONING MAP AMENDMENT
The Nicholson City Council, city clerk and chairman of the planning and zoning
board discussed an amendment to the city’s official zoning map at Monday’s coun
cil meeting. Pictured (L-R) are: council members Howard Wilbanks, Chuck Wheeler
and Lamar Watkins, Mayor Ronnie Maxwell, city clerk Wendy Carter and Nicholson
Planning and Zoning Board
member Bobby Crawford was
absent from Monday's meeting.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business at Monday’s
monthly council meeting:
•the council tabled action on
a golf cart ordinance resolution
that would allow golf carts to be
driven in subdivisions in the city.
The resolution is currently being
prepared.
•the council tabled action on
the adoption of several streets
into the city - Ivy Plantation,
Pine Ridge Road, Harbo Lane
and Church Street. Documents
Chairman Mike Stowers.
are currently being prepared on
this.
•Maxwell asked the council
to allow him to proceed with
having city clerk Wendy Carter
draw up a termination letter
effective 10-3-11 to send to city
attorney Tricia Hise. Hise was
absent from Monday’s meeting.
Council member Wilbanks said,
“If they are going to be our attor
ney, they need to come to the
meetings.” The council agreed
that Maxwell should proceed
with this.
•Maxwell asked the council
Photo by Sharon Hogan
to allow him to sell the city’s
old lawn mower for scrap metal
price. Maxwell said, “We have
only had one person call and
offer us scrap metal price for the
mower, even after it came out in
the paper.” The council agreed
with the sale.
The Nicholson city coun
cil will hold its monthly work
session meeting at 7 p.m.
on Thursday, Oct. 20, in the
Nicholson Community Center.
The November council meeting
is set for 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov.
7, in the community center.
Pendergrass City Council
No changes in proposed budget, millage rate
BY SHARON HOGAN
THE 2012 budget and
millage rate for the City of
Pendergrass is proposed to
stay the same as the current
figures.
At the monthly coun
cil meeting last week,
Pendergrass city administra
tor Rob Russell presented
the proposed 2012 city bud
get to the Pendergrass City
Council for review. The total
of the proposed 2012 budget
is $299,200.
The 2012 millage rate is
projected to stay the same as
it has been for a number of
years at 3.0 mills.
“There is probably not a
hundred dollars difference in
this budget and the current
one,” Russell said. “Again
there is nothing in the bud
get for employee benefits,
pay raises, merit increases
or retirement. We are very
fortunate that we have the
employees we have.”
Russell highlighted the
projected 2012 revenue totals
with the largest amount -
$84,000 - coming from local
option sales tax (LOST),
followed by $75,200 pro
jected in franchise/utilities/
enterprise fees, $55,000 in
alcohol/excise fees, $50,000
in fines and forfeitures from
police services, $26,000 in
property taxes, $4,000 in
solid waste fees, $3,000 in
other revenues and $2,000 in
general government fees.
The largest expenditure for
the city is public safety -
including salaries, fuel, auto
repair, equipment, etc. - pro
jected at $71,145, followed
by $35,000 for legal fees/
expenses, $30,000 in pay
roll taxes, $29,840 for city
hall salaries and supplies,
$28,200 for the city adminis
trator’s office salary and sup
plies, $18,600 for the profes
sional services of the city
attorney and the accountant,
$15,600 for public works sal
aries and equipment purchas
es, $14,461 for real estate
mortgage on the city hall,
library and police depart
ment, $12,000 for automo
bile, property and liability
insurance, $11,964 for utili
ties - phone, fax, internet and
electricity, $10,440 for city
street lights, $9,500 for solid
waste (fuel, driver and scale
fees), $5,500 for the annu
al state audit auditor’s fee,
$5,450 for municipal court
salaries for the judge, inter
preter and public defender,
$$1,000 depot rental paid
to the railroad company and
$500 for mayor and council
training.
Russell said the mayor
and council would again not
receive a salary in 2012.
Russell said plans are to
hold three public hearings
on the proposed 2012 budget
in October and November,
hold the first official reading
of the budget at the October
council meeting set for 6:30
p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25,
and adopt the budget and the
millage rate at the November
council meeting set for 6:30
p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29.
In other budget news,
Russell advised the council
that as of right now the 2011
revenues are projected to
total $310,000 to $320,000
and expenses are projected to
come in at $300,000.
“We anticipate a small sur
plus at the end of 2011,”
Russell said.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business at the
monthly council meeting:
•Russell reported the lights
have been installed and are
working at the Chris Ruse
Park. Russell said the city
plans to hold its Halloween
event on Saturday, Oct. 29, in
the Chris Ruse Park.
•city clerk Renee Martinez
announced advanced voting
starts Tuesday, Oct. 18, and
continues through Friday,
Nov. 4, at city hall. The
hours to vote will be the
normal city hall operating
hours, which are 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday,
closing from 12 to 1 p.m. for
lunch each day. “We will not
be open Saturdays for vot
ing,” Martinez said.
•Martinez presented the
September library report
showing 174 patrons and 65
computer users. During the
month of August, the follow
ing items were checked out:
250 books, 47 non-cataloged
paperbacks and unclassified
items, 134 DVDs, 31 videos
and eight CDs, for a total of
470 items. Martinez said four
new patrons were registered.
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