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Mayor Buffington
presides over first
Milner council meeting
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
Newly sworn Milner
mayor Kathy Buffing
ton presided over her
first city council meet
ing April 18, asking for
patience while she learns
the ropes. She asked
her father-in-law Arthur
Buffington deliver the
invocation.
Buffington attended
Milner High School and
worked 10 years as an
auditor for the William
Carter Company. She
spent time as an elemen
tary education teacher,
has lived in Milner for
over 48 years and fills in
sometimes at the Milner
Library.
“1 have always loved
being in Milner. The city’s
finances are tight. This
will be an ongoing con
cern due to the econo
my,” Buffington said.
One financial drag
on the city is its water
tower for which the city
is still in debt but is
near useless. “The water
tower is too short. We
only use it to fill tankers.
The estimates to fix it are
into the six figures. It’s
just not worth it,” city ad
ministrator Tausha Grose
said.
Also discussed was
the need for a fire station
in Milner. The old station
building houses a fire
truck but only ambu
lance service personnel,
Grose said.
In other action, the
council:
•Heard from Bill Dan
iel who is running for the
county commission.
•Heard from Ryran
Traylor who is running
for county commission
chairman.
•Discussed 25 foot
buffers on the borders of
Woodall Estates subdivi
sion. Chip Gardner of
212 Wilson Rd. said the
buffers are absent along
some stretches and some
of the newly constructed
houses encroach on the
buffer zones. “Henry
County got into the
shape it is in because the
cities and county could
not agree on zoning. La
mar County and its cities
should work together,”
Gardner said.
•Discussed problems
with stray dogs and the
virtual non-existence
of animal control and
an animal shelter in the
county. Council member
Regina Stephens said
dogs are dropped off all
the time on Liberty Hill
Road. Councilman Mi
chael Floyd said neither
the city nor the county
have the resources
to deal with stray or
dangerous dogs. Daniel
noted the current county
animal control ordinance
‘has no teeth in it’. Tray
lor said a shelter would
be built soon.
•Heard early voting
and library updates from
Bill Christopher.
•Learned repairs to a
faulty sewer lift station
will cost about $11,000.
•Introduced new city
attorney Monica Ham-
lett of the English Law
Group in Thomaston.
Previous attorney Scott
Mayfield of Smith, Webb
and Welch in Barnesville
stepped down from the
post.
•Discussed building
an IT systems security at
city hall.
•Approved routine
minutes.
•Heard Grose’s
monthly reports as well
as the financial and po
lice reports.
•Approved routine
minutes.
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
County proclaims National Nurses Week
The Lamar County commission proclaimed May 6-12 National Nurses Week at its regular meeting April 19. Pictured (l-r) are
nurses Sherry Farr and Stephanie Durham of the health department and commission chairman Charles Glass.
County okays minor property subdivisions
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
After public hearings,
the Lamar County com
mission voted unani
mously to approve two
minor property subdivi
sions at its regular meet
ing April 19. Only one of
the two faced opposition
from neighbors.
That request came
from David and Gail
Addison who want to
divide nine acres at 743
Ethridge Mill Rd. into six
lots. They were also seek
ing a zoning change from
agricultural-residential to
residential.
Speaking out against
the proposal were Cheryl
Idol, Bonnie Shockley
and Marshall Woodall.
They pointed out the
area is prone to flood
ing and
home to
an ancient
bridge.
They asked
the county
to go with
five-acre
lots, a size
common to
the area.
David Addison said
his house had been giv
ing him trouble since he
moved there and that it
“must have been built by
two drunk carpenters”.
“We’re not wanting to
mess up Lamar County
or Ethridge Mill Road in
any way. We’re just trying
to recoup enough money
to build a new house,” he
said.
The commission ap
proved the rezoning with
the stipulation that lots
be at least two acres and
homes be
stick-built.
The subdi-
vison of the
property
was tabled
pending a
new plat
meeting the
stipulations.
Also approved was the
division of property on
Barnesville Avenue into
two lots as requested by
David Edmondson.
In other action, the
commission:
•Approved routine
minutes.
•Proclaimed Nurses
Week.
•Appointed Dorothy
Carter, Kellie Mercer,
Sherry Farr, Fanny Hosley
and Jean Buchanan to
the senior center board.
Carter replaces Kelly
Hughes while Hosley
replaces Dorothy Banks.
•Okayed a contract
with MCCi in the amount
of $97,378.23 for the
scanning and indexing of
old county records now
stored in boxes in vari
ous places. The project
involves over 555,000
pages of records.
The county also ap
proved a $7982.25 soft
ware package to support
the effort. ARPA funds
are being used for this
project.
•In a similar move,
the commission okayed
spending $80,000 for the
scanning and indexing of
deeds and land records
from the period 1970-
1989. This involves some
40,000 documents and
will also be paid for with
ARPA funds.
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