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THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Swarming defense
Lamar County defenders swarm Pike quarterback Gage Lee (10) during Friday’s big road
win. Closing in on Lee are (l-r) Christian Bostic (9), CJ Allen (3), Channing Buckner (5), Donavan
Sanford (18 on ground) and Ray Talmadge (54). The Pirates did not earn a first down until the
third quarter, according to unofficial stats from the game.
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Dialed in
Trojan defensive coordinator Greg Busby (left) and head coach Travis Ellington were stud
ies in intensity during Friday’s Battle of Potato Creek. Lamar routed Pike County 28-7 to give
Ellington his first career win. LC travels to Crawford County this week.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF BARNESVILLE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROJECT (CDBG)
CDBG Grant #19p-x-085-2-6047
The City of Barnesville has completed its FY 2019 CDBG project,
CDBG #19p-x-085-2-6047.
The following activities were completed:
The City rehabilitated and replaced aging and failing sewer and water lines
within the Phase One Jackson Street Target Area to include Jackson Street, First
Street, Washington Street and Jenkins Street. A total of 64 residents were served
by this project, with 95% being low to moderate income.
Notice is being given that a Public Hearing will be held on September 1, 2021 at
12:00 PM at the Barnesville Civic Center, 685 Forsyth Street, Barnesville, GA
30204. The purpose of the healing is to inform citizens of the availability of the
final quarterly report, to review project accomplishments, and to receive citizen
comments. All citizens are invited to attend this healing to discuss the project.
The City will hold the public healing in accordance with acceptable social dis
tancing and other COVID-related guidelines.
The City of Barnesville is committed to providing all persons with equal access
to its services, programs, activities, education and employment regardless of
race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, disability or age. For
reasonable accommodation or if you need an alternative format or language,
please contact Niki Sappington at 770-358-0181 or niki.sappington@cityof-
barnesville.com prior to September 1, 2021.
The City has reviewed the Department of Community Affair’s Analysis of
Impediments and is providing the following link for review https://www.dca.
ga.gov/sites/default/files/analysis of impediments 2016.pdf
Milner Library controversy
continues; Lighthouse also
KAY S. PEDROTTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
Although Flint River
Regional Library Services
director Natalie Marshall
clarified some ques
tions about financing of
the Milner Community
Library last week, some
city council mem
bers still want
more information.
Marshall said
the agreement
with the state of
Georgia for receiv
ing about $780,000
with a 20-year
capital outlay
bond was made about
2005. She described the
library as a “true, active
community center,” and
added that the campaign
to obtain funding and
build the library was a
“great achievement” by
members of the Friends
of the Library Milner and
the previous city
administration.
She said also that
the city is as
sumed, as a part of
the Georgia Public
Library Service
of the Board of
Regents, to have
an obligation to
continue financial sup
port for operation of the
library after construc
tion, for the length of the
bond.
Mayor pro tern George
Weldon, now serving
as mayor after Andy
Marlowe’s resignation,
has been on the council
and a part of the library
board since the begin
ning efforts of Friends
of the Library Milner.
Some council members
including Skip Seda
insisted on “seeing the
contract” before releas
ing any more money to
support the facility. Nine
pages of copies of initial
agreements, furnished by
Marshall, were emailed to
all council members and
The Herald Gazette, but
pages 2 and 5 were miss
ing; Marshall said later
that the documents were
MARSHALL
A.
WELDON
given to Grose “as
1 received them
from city hall at
that time.”
In an interview
two days after last
week’s meeting,
Weldon said that
former city admin
istrator Wayne Patterson
had gathered all
the documents
on the library
situation “three
years ago” and
Weldon did not
know whether the
copies were still in
city hall.
In the inter
view, Weldon said the
city created the
library board as
one of the steps
toward obtaining
the state grant. He
said former mayor
Joe Bostwick and
the council ap
proved a $50,000
appropria
tion from SPLOST
funds in 2005 to
aid in the con
struction costs;
another SPLOST
appropriation
brought the total
city support at
that time to about
$109,000, said Weldon.
About $216,000 from
local donors went into
the matching funds
also; during and
since the construc
tion, local donors
have offered “thou
sands of hours”
of work and many
kinds of books and
other donations.
There is still
controversy over wheth
er SPLOST funds went
into the library account
at the Barnesville-Lamar
County portion of the
Community Foundation
of Central Georgia.
The library board
financial report at the
meeting was praised by
SEDA
can make a deci
sion about city
funding.
In other busi
ness, council again
postponed a vote
on whether to
settle on a price
for Lighthouse
Restaurant operators to
buy the building from
the city. The lease for the
operators has been ex
tended beyond the Aug.
31 deadline. Discussion
resumed on the posi
tives and negatives of the
city’s ownership of the
building; the “re-forming”
of the Downtown Devel
opment Authority, which
at present owns
the Lighthouse
building but has
no members; and
whether the city
has the legal right
to “turn around
and sell” the
facility to another
buyer if negotia-
Michael Floyd as contain
ing “better information
than before” but still
not helping determine
whether the city council
GROSE
tions don’t work out for
the operators’ purchase.
The operators have of
fered $180,000, to which
Seda and others have
said that amount is “not
enough” and “not fair
market value.”
Woodall Estates devel
opers were unable to be
present, so no discussion
ensued on the state of
streets and roads
in the new subdivi
sion. Expenses in
curred by the Civic
Committee mem
bers for the police
benefit festival for
signs, banners, tro
phies and portable
bathroom facili-
will be submitted for
city reimbursement.
Council approved the
“Master Water Meter
Project,” to be financed
with CARES funds. The
new meters will insure
that all Milner water us
ers will be billed for the
exact amount of water
used, no more and no
less, Grose said. The
meters do not require
hands-on readings by city
staff, she added.
Persons with hearing disabilities may contact the Georgia Relay Service, at
(TDD) 1.800.255.0056 or (voice) 1.800.255.0135 if they require assistance.
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