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U.S. 27 Contract Friday?
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no mistakes were made in the
tabulations, that the Matthews
bid meets all state re
quirements and if the bid came
within DOT's cost estimates
for the project,
A decision on the U, S, 27
project was e?ected late this
week, Wolford said Monday,
and if the bid is awarded to the
Matthews firm, it will be an
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' South Commerce St. Phone 857-1115
nounced at 10 a.m. Friday in
Atlanta,
The project calls for 4.134
miles of wi&ening to five lanes
and plant mix paving, beginn
infi at First Street in Summer
ville and continuing to First
Street in Trion. It would in
clude construction of two con
crete bridge culverts, one at
Town Branch and the other at
Henry Branch, both in Sum
merville, The deadline for com-
pleting the work is Dec. 1,
1987,
The DOT had to obtain 223
tracts for rights-of-way along
U. S. 27 for the project. That
phase of the work began in Oc
tober, 1984,
Summerville officials early
this week had not received any
indication whether the Mat
thews bid appeared to meet
state specifications, If a con
tract is awarded Friday. the ci
fi' hopes to sit down with Cary
arbgck Inc., Americus, and
neqlotlate costs on relocating
utilities and clearing the right
of-way. The Harguck grm
earlier submitted a low bid of
$1,032,949 for the work and
recently ::freed to extend the
effective date of its bid until
Aug. 22 to allow for more
negotiations.
Summerville has received a
Ble(’ilge of $200,000 from the
OT for the Harbuck cost and
$99,540 in another state grant.
The DOT also has agreed to
loan the city $453,460 at six
percent interest. Still, unless
negotiations succeed in lower
ing the cost, Summerville
would face a $279,949 shortfall.
Meanwhile, the DOT will
announce Friday if it will
award a contract on sidewalk
and widening work on
Hishway 100 in Summerville
and on Highwafi' 337 in Menlo,
as well as another project call
ing for the construction of two
concrete bridge culverts, one in
Summerville and the other on
Oak Hill Road.
A. W. Headrick Construc
tion Co., Summerville, submit
ted an apparent low bid of
$304,667.75 for the Summer
ville and Menlo pro'{‘ects, accor
ding to Wolford. The project
calls for building a sidewalk
from Highway 114 along
Highway 100 to the Summer
vilfia Recreation Department
and widening and sidewalk
work on Bolling Road at the
new Summerville Middle
School and at entrance to the
Summerville Industrial Park.
The Menlo work would involve
| widening Hifhway 337 from
| Menlo School to Highway 48,
|as well as construction of
| sidewalks. All the work would
! have to be finished by May 1,
| 1987, if the contract is award
| ed Friday.
| Wolford said Headrick sub
| mitted the only bid for the pro
! jects and would probably
| receive the contract.
‘ Don Hammond Inc.,
‘ Gainesville, submitted an ap
arent low bid of $246,659.05
! For construction of concrete
bridge culverts, one at Mosely
J } Springs on Oak Hill Road and
— | the other at Town Branch on
| Bellah Avenue. If awarded F'ri
| day, the work would have to be
| completed by Sept. 1.
The following classes are
scheduled to begin the week of
Aug. 4 at Berry College. To
register or for more in%orma
tion, contact the Office of Con
tinuing Education at the Col
lege at 236-2270.
Computer I, II and III:
Understanding Them, Pro
gramming Teciiques and Ad
vanced Microcomputing.
Saturdays, Aug. 9-12, 1-4 p.m.
These courses are designed to
acquaint the student with com
puters and their uses, and
students will learn the steps to
writing a com(f)uter program.
Participants do not have to
have a fxome computer. Enroll
ment is limited and ages 8 and
up may register. Fee: sls per
class or $45 total.
A New Image for You.
Thursdays, Aug. 7-21, 7-9:30
p.m. This class includes per
sonal color analysis, figure
analysis, wardrobe planning,
accessories, defining your per
sonality type, face shape, ap
pr(()f)riate hair styles, skin care,
and make-up. Class size is
limited. Fee: $35.
Scuba. Mondays and
Thursdays, Aug. 4-28,
6:30-10:30 f).m. This four-week
course includes classes of in
struction in the classroom and
campus pool, a session of
testing, and certification dives
in open water. Particisants
must be 15 years old and able
to pass a swimming proficien
cy test. Fee: $95, plus the cost
of a mask, fins, snorkle, and
weight belt.
Day Camp. Daily for ages
6-14, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Activities in
clude swimming, sports,
movies, arts and crafts, and
much more. Fee: S4O per week.
Berry Seminar
A seminar in how to
manage or deal with difficult
people will be held from 4 until
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, at
Berry College. The program
will include a meal. Title of the
course is ‘‘Difficult People —
Stop Trying to Change ’Fhem,
Learn How to Deal With
Them.” It covers such areas as
disagreeable co-workers, in
decisive bosses and do-nothing
subordinates. For more infor
mation, call Berry at 236-2270.
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The Summerville-Trion Optimist Club
donated special CPR booklets to the Chat
tooga County Ambulance Service to give
to countians. The booklets also wilflbe
presented to participants in this Satur
da¥’s CPR classes sponsored by the Am
bulance Service at 9 am., 1 p.m., 4 p.m.
and 7 p.m. at the community room next
to the Chattooga County Tax Commis
CHATTOOGA TO GET GRANT
Audit Issue Continues
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lack of information that we
needed from Hendri & Bailey
and have not received same,”
he said.
The News contacted Tim
Bailey of the Dalton firm of
Hendyry and Bailey and asked
if the firm had failed to turn in
formation over to the county or
the Rome accounting firm.
Bailey denied that the firm had
faile(g, to turn anythinf over to
Finney and Moore and got Jim
Finney on a conference call
with The News.
NO WAIT
‘“We're not waiting on
anything from Hendry and
Bailey,”” Finney said, but add
ed that further comments on
the audit’s status would have
to come from Commissioner
Powell.
The News asked the com
missioner if he meant in his let
ter that additional information
was needed from Hendry and
Bailey, or if he meant the data
were actually needed from
Holland, Knowles and
Peterson.
“I meant it just exactly like
that because I gave them SSOO
more dollars and now then, the
men who's here right now do
ing my audit — Moore and Fin
ney — are at a standstill
because they need a beginning
figure from 1984 into 1985,”
Commissioner Powell said.
*“See, that's my audit, 1985 is.”
Told of The News conversa
tion with Anderson, Bailey and
Finney, Commissioner Powell
asked, ‘“Where's my SSOO that
I gave Hendry and Bailey? I
didn't get any information
from that so I'm still ioing to
stick to my word.” The com
missioner said he had sent
SSOO to Hendry and Bailey for
extra information on the coun
ty tax office last summer but
had not received the data.
Mrs. Powell acknowledged
that the Chattanooga firm was
withholding data from the
Rome company until the coun
ty pays its $15,000 bill.
“ABOVE $75,000”
The commissioner also said
in his letter that Hendry and
Bailey was paid ‘‘above
$75,000, then turned around
and sued the county because I
refused to pay an additional
$15,000 more.”’
The 1984 audit controversy
began in early 1985 after Com
missioner Powell assumed of
fice from former Commissioner
Wayne ‘‘Pete’’ Denson. In
May, 1985, Powell wrote
Baif;y of Hendry and Bailey
that he thougfi't the firm
wanted more than $72,000 for
the 1984 audit. The Dalton ac
counting firm in June, 1985
sued the county for $16,536 it
said it was owed for work on
the uncompleted 1984 audit.
The lawsuit was settled out
of court in December, 1985, a
settlement Bailey revealed
Monday was arranged by the
State Auditor’'s Office. The
county paid the firm some
$14,600. BaileXl said his com-
Eany’s legal bills likely would
ave been around $2,000, the
difference between the bill and
the final settlement. During
the time of the litigation, his
firm did withhold its ‘‘working
Eapers" on the 1984 audit,
ailey confirmed, but after the
settlement it allowed Holland,
Knowles and Peterson, which
had been hired by Powell to
complete the 1984 audit, to
copy whatever information on
county finances it desired from
Hendxg and Bailey's papers.
And Bailey said the Finney
and Moore firm is now welcome
to whatever information it may
have on the county’s books.
COURT COSTS
Commissioner Powell said
he agreed to settle the Hendry
and Bailey bill to save on court
Optimists Donate Booklets
costs. But he said the Dalton
company ‘‘charged Denson, the
former commissioner, almost
SIOO,OOO — $70,000 — for,
the¥ called it bookkeeping and
so forth all along during the
year, which is something
unusual for Chattooga County,
a little county like this. So then
when I came in, there was still
quite a bit of money owing on
it and I refused to pay it. \sell.
of course, they put in a suit
against the county ..."”
Powell said he dismissed
the Dalton firm because it had
not completed the 1984 audit
and hired the Chattanooga
company.
Bailey disputed the figures
used by Commissioner Powell
regarding the 1984 audit’s
costs. The Dalton accountant
said the county paid his firm
around $29,000 in August,
1984 for the 1983 audit, not the
1984 audit.
Bailey said he discussed
with the commissioner in ear
; }‘y’Jan’u‘ary, 1985 the firm's bill
or work done in 1984 on the
1984 audit, a sum amounting
to $11,940. He said his com
pany then submitted a bill to
the county for $4,595 for work
on the 1984 audit done between
Jan. 1 and Jan. 15, 1985. The
total, Bailey said, was $16,536
for the 1984 audit — not
$72,000.
The accountant said a
$37,829 figure used previously
by the commissioner as part of
the cost of the 1984 au<§t was
actually the gross amount for
the 1983 audit, from which
$8,500 was deducted by the
firm as ‘‘community service,”
leaving a net bill of some
$29,000.
ESTIMATE
Bailey also said that Com
missioner Powell in early 1985
asked how much it wouin take
to comFlete the 1984 audit and
was told an estimated $17,963.
The total gross cost of the 1984
audit would have been around
$34,000 Bailey said, had his
firm been allowed to finish its
work. However, Bailey said his
company was never paid the
817,936 because it was
dismissed.
Commissioner Powell did
appear to be correct when he
said the state had not exactly
accepted the first 1984 audit
report produced by Holland,
Knowles and Peterson in late
1985.
The matter of acceptance or
rejection is open to question
because of the State Auditor’s
policy last year of leniency in
dealing with cities and counties
turning in audits to the state.
A new state law required cities
and counties to submit audit
reports to the state last year
and the State Auditor decided
on a policy of ‘“education”
rather than strict compliance.
One Audit Department of
ficial told The News that as
long as a report strictly ac
counted for state funds used
for construction and
maintenance of roads and for
other state grants, it was not
“rejected,” a%ghough it may not
have adhered completely to the
state law or state standards.
MORE DATA
The first version of the 1984
audit covered only the commis
sioner’s office, the official told
The News Tuesday and the
county was notified that a
more complete accounting
would be needed, especially for
future audits. Holland,
Knowles and Peterson then
completed a second 1984
report, using the Hendry and
Bailey papers which were
unavailagle to it the first time
due to the lawsuit and non
payment of the firm’s bill by
the county. That second 1984
report was turned in to the
state earlier this Kear. the of
ficial said, and although it had
deficiencies, the state ‘‘took
sioner’s office on South Commerce Street.
All proceeds from the classes Saturday
will ge donated for the fund-raising efforts
for the Life Pack 5. Shown left to right are
Jimmy Bennett of the Ambulance Ser
vice, Optimists Dale Housch and Steve
Weaver, Ambulance Service member,
IB)lomll(ie Fowler and Optimist Charles
ack.
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However, the state will not |
be lenient on the 1985 coun;i' i
audit, according to the official,
who requested anonymity. Full ~
enforcement of the audz't law |
after last lyear‘s period of t
“grace’” will be required this |
year for last year’s audit, he ,
indicated.
The $15,000 state grant will }
be used to pay Holland, |
Knowles and Peterson for that |
second 1984 audit report, Com- |
missioner Powell said. “I've |
already paid them for the first |
one,” a comment confirmed by ‘
Anderson. i
Commissioner Powell re- |
mained convinced Tuesday |
that some county monies re- |
main unaccounted for from |
Denson’s administration. |
“CONFUSING” i
‘lt is one of the most con
fusing things that's ever been |
to wafk in to a $1.2-million debt |
here of unpaid bills and so |
forth, some of them five and six
yearsold . .. It's most confus
m% to walk into and I don't
believe anybody would actual
ly understand it. I just don’t |
know. And what we're trying
to understand; and I'll go to
my grave saying that
something went with that
money because it wouldn't go |
like it's going now. I don't
know what went; I'm not ac- |
cusing, but something had to
go with that money . . . 'B3 and
'B4. The simple reason is when
you look at this book here and
see how much, even the
sheriff's department received
Dear Friends,
I'm not a politician. I am a lifelong resident of this area
who wants a better place for all of us to live and raise
our families. It disturbs me to see the stable economy in
Georgia passing our District by. When I'm elected, | will
hold monthly meetings in each area of the District to
make sure you and | communicate regularly. That way
we can work together and share ideas to solve our Dis
tricts problems and make our District grow. | promise
that [ will always give you 110% of my efforts.
Sincerely,
DAVID HARTLINE
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| & STATE
& REPRESENTATIVE
AUGUST 12, 1986
Paid Political Advertisement Paid For By David Hartline
The Summerville News, July 31,1986 .. ..
Steam Excursions
Slated On Aug. 9
Steam train excursions on
the New Georgia Railroad will
depart at 10 a.m., noon, 2 X.m.
and 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug.
9, from the Zero Mile Post near
the former entrance to
Underground Atlanta, on an
18-mile circle of the city.
E:fl)erience the nostalgia of
the ol passenfer steam trains
and listen to a ascinamcom
mentary of the sights ding
Georgia State University,
Oakland Cemetery, the new
PigEyback facility, Inman
Park, Emory University, nor
thwest Atlanta and various
battlesites, Georgia Institute
of Technolo%y. the head
auart,ers of Coca-Cola, and
owntown Atlanta.
Engine 750, which will pull
this excursion tour, was built
in 1910 at a cost of SIB,OOO. It
ran on real estate magnate
Henry Flafier’s Florida-East
Coast Railroad until 1935.
Engine 750 then pulled trains
on the Savannah & Atlanta
Railroad until 1962 when it
was donated to the Atlanta
Chapter, National Railway
Historical Society (NRHS). -
Tickets cost $lO for adults
there, you can’t comprehend it
to save your neck. I'm not say
ing who got it. I don’'t know
where it went, it's just not on
the books. The books were kept
in here (commissioner’s of
fice).”
If the audit issue isn’t settl
ed, Commisioner Powell said
Tuesday he may go before the
Chattooga County Grand Jury
next Monday, as hinted in his
letter to the editor this week.
“It's come up three times
before the Grand Jury and I
think it should be mentioned
until it's taken care of and that
means ur;iaid taxes; and if the
audit’s taken care of, we'll be
hapgy. :
ut G. W. Hogan, chief of
the state Audit gepartment,
said, ‘“The problem up there is
not an auditing probfiem.” He
would not elaborate. Another
Audit Department official who
asked for anonymity said Com
missioner Powell's questions
about the county’s finances go
beyond the scope of a routine
audit.
Accident Victim
An unidentified man was in
jured in a tree accident at Gore
Wednesday afternoon and car
ried to Floyd Medical Center
by Chattooga County
Ambulance.
The man, who was still
undergoing treatment at the
hospital Wednesday evenines.
was not immediately identified.
and $5 for children ages 3-12,
There is free admission for
children two years and under.
& fi:irkingrkiis free at v:itl:
se ng gar
en%rnnce pat %g&nt;gle Ave.
Security guards will direct
visitors to the train.
For reservations, call
656-3253 or 656-0769.
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BIRTHDAY
MEMORIES
TO DOROTHY
(DOT) CAMPBELL
ON AUG. 2
Happy birthday
dear sweet Mom, even
though from us you're
gone. Your memories
still with us unchanged
grow sweeter eveß' day.
On this day we’ll sing
our song.
Happy birthd‘g’y
mom all year long. We
love you dearly, but
miss you more. We'd
love to see you walk
through the door, but
we all know that this
can’t be. Because you're
with God and not here
with us. In our book he
took the best when he
took you home to rest.
You're in heaven this
we know ’cause that’s
where angels always go.
In our hearts you
will remain and
precious memories
never change.
Thank you God for
our memories.
Your Loving
Family,
Walter, Paula,
Sarah, Jackie,
Evydie
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