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Letters To The Editor
Powell On Bodyguards
(Editor's Note: The following letter was sent
from Chattooga County Commissioner Harr
Powell to Chattooga S)'len'ff Gary Mc(,‘onne?;
last week. Commissioner Powell mailed aco y
to The News and indicated he wanted it a{.:'o
to be published as a letter to the editor. It is
in resimnse to a letter from McConnell asking
Powell for more specifics about the commis
sioner's earlier request for a bodyguard).
Gary McConnell:
I received your letter today in reference to
body guards. You stated that you would like
to know if I was requesting a guard seven days
a week, twenty-four hours a g:y or what time
frame I would like for him to serve me. Would
I like him to accompany me traveling to and
from work or what procedures would Frequest
his presence?
[")lease be informed that I am not asking for
body guards for myself or the office because we
are sure that we will be able to take care of
ourselves better than some 5.0.8. who has been
hired to do the job. I don't believe it is fair for
the taxpayers of Chattooga County to furnish
Ron Turner, Greg Latta, Herman Latta, Lewis
Wilson or anyone else to body guard an out-of
county resident at bid-opening time. Let me
assure you that this newspaper man is nothing
but a puff in the wind and is being pushed on
by the same old group that has tried to dispose
Thanks For Coverage
Dear Editor:
Thank you for the coverages that The News
has given the Chamber in tiis past year. We
appreciate it very much and your good work.
Your favorable reports has helped to ad
vance the county and we need alFthe good
works of our people to help our county to ad
vance and reach a greater level of service to all
of our people.
Lung Assn. Thanks
Dear Editor:
The American Lung Association of Georgia
thanks your paper and the citizens of your
county for supporting the 1986 Christmas Seal
Campaign.
Because thousands of citizens throughout
the state gave to Christmas Seals, new research
will begin this year to learn more about lung
disease and how to control it. Money for
Christmas Seals also goes to educate patients
and teach children tfie dangers of cigarette
smoking. Your Christmas Seal donation allows
the American Lung Association to increase
awareness of lung disease in your community.
‘Col. North For President’
Dear Editor:
If within the limits of human experience
there's a condition that might be described as
intolerable pleasure, the s%\ark of the liberal
media are feeling it. The subject is, of course,
the Iranian Arms incident.
It's entertaining, viewing the evening news,
to watch those salivating jackals fight over
what they would have us believe are t%e bones
of Ronald Reagan. Their sanctimonious
hypocrisy, delivered under a guise of *‘fear for
the Presidency,” and *'concern for our interna
tional image,” is comical. They haven't enjoyed
anything so much since Watergate.
The same thing is true of their compeers in
the print medium. The editorial and op-ed pages
of the liberal press are loaded with the works
of columnists who have already tried and hang
ed Reagan.
Visigle on every face and in every paragraph
is the trace of a dream. Each of these hopefuls
envisions himself accepting a Pulitzer prize for
“‘Best coverage of Irangate.”” Each sees himself
at a Georgetown cocktail bash, handing out
autographed copies of his book, in which would
be detaifi:d his torturous pursuit of truth. Then
gloriously on to your local theater where it will
turn up as a movie. The vision of tomorrow is
intoxicating.
Since Watergate, the working ants of the
liberal media have militated to become the
fdurth arm of government. They want nothing
less than equzfily-shared access to all military
and State Dept. secrets. Their demeanor toward
government officialdom is almost always
hostile. Their criticism of Lt. Col. North, when
viewed against the radically-changed style of
national defense, is premature and unfair.
North, a giant among the pyfmies of the
liberal media, and the let’s-surrender-now gang
in the U. S. Congress, knows the name of the
game is opportunism. He knows that Congress
won't be afi)owed a month to declare in the next
conflict; that the boys won't march to the trains
while bands play and flags wave. Those days
are gone forever.
'lghe war of tomorrow is already here. We're
in it now. It's an ongoing series of ‘*hot-foots”
that — unless we stay on top of them — may
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special singers at the New Year's Eve
“'singspiration”’ at Summerville Church of
God, Rome Boulevard, from 8 p.m. to
midnight Dec. 31. Pictured, from left, in
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ot me for several years,
No!!! I don't need a body guard and I will
have my own driver and I am sure if anything
should happen to me or anyone of our group
that we wSFhe able to take care of the trouble.
In answer to you that you would wait on
hearing from me before any action would be
taken on providing another officer, 1 fully
believe that you already have at least fifteen
that could be laid off in your Department. I
have just made a survey of four otger counties
and find that your Department is more than ful
ly eauipped with officers,
ou showed me very little respect when I
was shot and onl aske(fv about me one time and
that was shortl‘;' after I was shot. If you
remember, you were the last officer to appear
on the scene the night I was shot. | have never
been able to find out why the G. 8.1. and the
F. 8.1. almost ignored this incident. I would like
to cooperate with and have cooperation from
the Sé)eriff‘s Department but most of your
deputies have been informed to stay away from
this office unless they are on a mission with Mr.
Toles. lam sending Mr. Toles a copy of this let
ter and I hope he will have it printe! in the local
Eaper. because I have been the only subject that
e has had since he has been with The Summer
ville News.
Harry Powell,
Chattooga County Commissioner
Keep up the good work and many thanks
again.
May the holidays be all that you would have
them to be and may the coming year be greater
for our county.
Sincerely yours,
Hugh T. Henderson
President
Christmas Seals continue a 79-year tradition
of grassroots financial support combatting lung
disease. Although Christmas is over, don't let
Christmas Seals’ message of health' and hope
to be forgotten.
I invite those of you who have not yet
answered your Christmas Seal letter to do so
today and extend a grateful thank you to those
of you who have already contributed to our
camspaign this year.
incerely,
Drayton M. Sanders, M. D.
President
American Lung Association of Georgia
erupt into a nuclear exchange.
So, this near genius, who masterminded the
successful Grenada operation; who snatched
the Achille Lauro seajackers from a dark
Mediterranean sky, apparently has pulled off
the deal of the decade. He allegedly propped up
the shaky Iranian military with some cheap
hardware with a sale that conned the senile
Ayatollah Khomeini out of S3O million, then,
supposedly without pocketing a cent of it, turn
ed the profit over to the Contras to be used
against the Soviet buildup in Central America.
That's something our bfeating sheep in the
U. S. Congress aren't willing to do.
For that he has been accused 01 ‘‘dealing
with the enemy.” It is to giggle. Franklin
Roosevelt allowed the army to use the late
mafia figure, Albert Anastasia, head of the in
famous ‘‘Murder Inc.” to train army dock
workers during WW 11.
Harry Truman snatched Hitler's top rocket
expert, Wernher von Braun from the hands of
the Russians and installed him in a high posi
tion at our White Sands, Ordinance Lab. —
later moving him to Huntsville where he pro
ceeded to father our entire space program.
During World War 11, von Braun conceiv
ed and developed the infamous V-2 rocket, that
had it been introduced earlier, might have won
the war for Hitler. Over 1,300 of them were
launched against England and Belgium. Hardly
a friend in those days, eh?
Our intelligence units used captured
Gestapo types to interpret and advise, and it
was refiorted that the late John Kennedy tried
to strike a deal with some Mafia leaders that
would have had them assassinate Cuba's
Castro. Talk about dealing with the enemy!
This entire feeding frenzy is being force fuel
ed to enhance the personafyities of a gaggle of
liberal congressmen, all of whom want to be
president worse than they want to go to heaven;
and to advance the carrers of a sorry lot of
media types whose singular, burning ambition
is to become another Bob Woodward.
Suggested bumper sticker: **Colonel North
For President!"
Tom Greeson
the front row, are Johnny Lindsey, Al
Painter and Carole Painter; back row,
Mark Lindsey, Terry Teems and Don
Campbell.
Concessions ‘Hot’ At Meeting
from front page
answer | received was the
50-Yard Club was going to get
the money. And I &ink it's six
of one and half-dozen of the
other, but nevertheless, it cer
tainly makes some difference if
we sfrould have a claim because
I'm not sure the school's liabili
ty insurance policy would pay
off on a claim..."
The mayor said he wrote his
Nov. 25 letter to the 50-Yard
Club זסק'' you all's actions as
far as mbllity was concerned
and health certificates were
concerned, I think were in our
interests to protect the Town
of Trion. I will not go into the
details of Wometco's conversa
tion but that's why I wrote the
letter like I did. As I mention
ed, you all, this same request
has come up many times. And
we, the Town of '['z"ion officials,
have always honored the con
"...Bo6תס
MOTION
I make a motion that the
request made by the board of
education be accepted and that
the concession stand be run
under the supervision of the
athletic department,” said
Councilman Stansell.
“I second it,”" said Coun
cilman Bowers.
“Now the board of educa
tion hasn't requested
anything,” said Mayor Woods.
“It's the athletic Xe artment
that's requested it. ’lPhe board
of education hasn't requested
it
“They approved it,”" said
Stansell, “‘writing us a letter on
a called meeting of the board of
education . .. I'll rephrase the
motion if that'll better suit the
mayor."
“That's what their last
aragraph...”
. “%‘hep way [ see it, the
school boar({' s approved all
this,” said Councilman Hoyt
Williams. “‘ls that the way you
all see it?"”
Several Council members
agreed.
“If the school board ap
proved it, it's alright with me,”
said Williams.
CONTRACT?
“*We're still going to ignore
our contract with Wometco,"”
said Mayor Woods.
‘“We're not ignoring
anything. Wometco has given
us ... " said Stansell.
““Written permission,” said
Bowers.
‘... They gave טסץ 8
stipulation. We're not ignoring
‘anything,” with Wometco,
| 5810 Stansell.
“Then you don’t think
we're breaking our contract
with Wometco?'' asked Mayor
Woods.
“*You asked for and receiv
ed a year's exemption,” said
‘Williams.
“1 didn't ask for it,” Woods
said. ‘‘That's what they said
they would do...it's just a
matter of us not honoring a
contract. That's what concerns
סח . .
Stansell said the Wometco
agreement ‘‘just goes on
forever'’ and when ‘‘you come
up on a situation that requires
a change in a contract and it's
mutuafiy agreed on, then the
contract is still g00d... we
haven't broken the contract.
Wometco has given us permis
sion to deviate from tge con
tract . .. so we haven't broken
any contract or any obliga
tion .
**‘Course, I'll have to
disagree with you,” said Mayor
Woods.
Woods called for a vote on
the issue and it passed with all
Council members casting a
ballot in favor of Stansell's mo
tion and Woods voting against
the measure.
LETTER
After the vote, Stansell
moved that Mayor Woods
write a letter to the athletic
department or 50-Yard Club
notifying it officially of the
Council’s action and that it be
done within three business
days. The action sparked a
heated debate.
“I don't mean to be hard,
but basketball season is
already going on,”’ said
Stansefi. “I don’t mean in any
way to insult the mayor or the
government of Trion but I'd
also like to make a motion that
the letter be handled in an ex
peditious manner so that the
50-Yard Club and the athletic
department are notified
without waste of any addi
tional time. I regretfulf; make
the motion that this be done in
a time frame of three working
days.”
“I don't know how long it
will take me,” said Woods.
“NOT DRAG”
*“That’s why I want it'man
dated from the City Council
that the mayor not drag
around for another month
before he notifies them, with
basketball season being almost
over. So I make the mo
ך"... מסג}
*The motion's alright but I
don’t have to abide by it," said
Mayor Woods.
“Then you'd be in con
tempt. I would think that ... "
“You haven't read the
charter,” said Woods with a
chuckle.
‘““We can change the
charter,” said Councilman
Bowers.
“We can chahge the charter
ifit's that way," said Stansell,
“You'll have to go through
Iveflslation," said Mayor
oods.
“INSULTING"
“We've got the time if you
have,"” Stansell said. ‘lt is in
sulting to me and for the City
Council to make a decision and
then the mayor to subvert that
decision by fieing able to delay
something from now on.”
“Well, what have I done to
merit that remark?" asked
Woods.
““Nothing, I'm not goinf to
argue with you sir,”" replied
Stansell.
“I just think you're accus
ing me falsely,” Woods said.
I do not mean .פּכּוֹצֵס\סקֶיֶ זײ
to make any accusations,”
Stansell said.
“Okay, are you through?"”
Woods asked.
*I made a motion that it be
done within three days, three
workinfi days,” Councilman
Stanse saic{
“I'll second the motion,”
said Councilman Dwight
Arden.
All voted in favor of the
proposal except Woods, who
abstained and added, *‘l'll
write the letter when I want
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PERMIT
The Council also became
embroiled in a discussion over
whether to grant a building
permit to a woman who plann
ed to build a house on the Back
Penn Road. Councilman
Stansell said the Council had
voted earlier against granting
permits in areas within Trion
not served by city utilities un
til those utilities were
provided.
Recorder Ricky Bowers
later revealed that the woman
had already started work on
the house in violation of city
regulations, an act Stansell
said he was not aware of when
he made a motion to modify
the city's policy.
Developers of a tract along
Back Penn Road were getting
ready to extend a six-inch
water line along the roadway
without cost to the city,
Stansell said. The panel voted
earlier in the fall to allow the
water line extension after the
city had failed to come up with
a water-sewer line expansion
policy during the last several
months.
“*NO RESPONSIBILITY"
*I would like 0 make a mo
tion that since it (water expan
sion) has started down through
there that we go ahead and
issue a building permit . .."
said Stansell. “‘But, that it be
included in the building permit
that the Town of Trion accepts
no responsibilities on the time
frame for the water and that
relieves us...the reason we
made the motion and passed it
to begin with was fear of future
financial obligations.”
Mayor Woods was critical
of the proposal, saying ... 1
don't see lln)ow Ricky and I can
run our jobs if we're going to
be changing rules every
month. . ;'
Recorder Bowers said he
told the building permit appli
cant that if she could get him
signatures of the three
developers that they would
have her water on or about
completion of her house, then
he would bring it to the Coun
cil. But she never brought the
signatures to him by late
Thursday, the recorder seaid.
STARTED
In checking the building
site, Bowers said he found that
a foundation to the house had
already been prepared “‘and 1
don't think that's right . . . She
went against what I had ask
ed her to do...we said a
building permit would not be
issued until water hit the pro
perty line.”
** ... My understanding of
that was that we would have to
change that policy as soon as
the water became avail
able..." said Councilman
Williams. “‘l'm just saying that
in reference to you (Woods')
saying ‘you can't change the
rules every month." That's
right. But we've got to change
this particular rule as the time
comes.”’
Woods said a building per
mit would be issued when
water becomes available.
Recorder Bowers asked if
the woman didn't receive water
when she expected it from the
developers, ‘‘who is she going
to be crawling down?"
COMMENDED
Stansell commended
Recorder Bowers for his
diligence in the matter but said
Bowers' proposal would also
have been a cfiange in the city's
water policy.
“The mayor acts like it's
always me wanting to make
the changes," sais Stansell.
“But that would be an excep
tion just as much as what ! 0
pro Posed or commented on
earlier. I don't want to make
any more exceptions than what
has to be done, but the reason
we gather once a month in
stead of once a year is so that
when something doesn't fio
just . according to the
guidelines . . . that we can sit in
here and make hopefully in
telligent decisions and handle
those situations.
‘*‘And that's what you
(Bowers) were trying to do and
it was very commendable in
the way you were tr in% to do
it," Stansell adde(f., זֶפּװןנֶ ײ
don’t want to be put out here
like I'm the only one making
exceptions. That would be an
exception equal to the one |
was talking about awhile
ago. .. "
ANGER
During Stansell's com
ments, Mayor Woods put his
head down on his arms on the
meeting table, aqparently
angering the councilman.
“I can lay my head down חס
the desk, too, if that makes me
seem a little more intelligent. {
hate that it gets this way but
I try to treat you (Woods) with
respect and ... "
“You're not talking to me
are you?'' interrupted Woods,
raising his head.
“0.. And i there's
something that you don't like,
I hear a ‘Uuuuhhh!’ and this!
I'm just ... it's not fair!" said
Stansell.
*“...Why are you raking
him (Recorder Bowers)
over ... 7" asked Woods.
AN EXCEPTION TOO
didn't rake him over!” {יי
said Stansell. ‘I commended
him for the job that he did. 1
think that what he tried to do
was commendable. You com-
mended him for it. I commend-
ed him for it. But ‘it wasn’t a
change, it wasn't an exception.’
And when I try to do
something which was really an
exception the same as Ricky's,
but to make sure that the town
of Trion was relieved of respon-
sibility or liability or obl;fation
there, then that was totally dis-
ferent. And, it's not.”
''l emphasize again that it's
Ricky’'s job,"” sa?f Woods. י
think Ricky has been trying to
work it out and come back and
ask you all to accept or reject
his proposal . . . you have that
choice. That's all Ricky was
trying 60 de...’” ‘But the
mayor said the women seekin
the buildingJ)ermit had "tries
to go around’’ Bowers.
It looks like the people will
think that you don't want
anybody to live in Trion,” in
terrupted Dicky Anderson,
who was in attendance at the
meeting. Anderson had been
involved in a lengthy con
troversy with Woods and the
city last summer and fall over
whether he would be able to ob
tain water for a house he has
under construction. “When
mine gets through, it's for
sale...you done told me
mayor that you didn't want me
living in your town . .. That's
just the way it is. You don’t
want anybody to come in your
town and live. All this crap just
makes people think that."”
NO COMMENT
“1 have no comment to
make to your statement,”
Woods said. After some hesita
tion, Woods said, "' I'll back off.
I will say this to Dicky or you
councilmen or anybody else,
that nobody's fought as hard
to try to get property on the
digest as I have for 22
years ..
Councilman Roy Bowers
said what the woman did *'was
wrong’" and ‘‘she just jumped
the gun.”” He said he coultfn't
vote for her to have the permit
until water was at her building
site because she violated city
regulations in starting a foun
dation without permission.
Stansell's motion died for
lack of a second.
The city has been embroil
ed in the water controversy
since earlier this year. The
issue arose after Riegel Textile
Corp. sold most of its city
holcrings to developers, who
then asked for utility service.
Mayor Woods has been op
posed to city participation in
the cost of expanging the
utilities, at least until after the
city has established a policy
covering additions to the city's
water and sewer systems.
DEVELOPMENT
Councilman Stansell has
been outspoken in his belief
that many people feel Trion is
opposed to development
because of policies advocated
by Woods. He has urged city
participation in the cost of ex
fianding services to the former
iegel tracts within the city.
The Council voted at its
Oct. 23 meeting to allow the
Back Penn Roag developers to
expand the water system with
a six-inch water line at their
cost, and to allow a two-inch
line to be run to two Club Drive
properties.
However, a comprehensive
water-sewer policy has yet to
be proposed.
Councilman Stansell last
Thursday asked for a correc
tion of the Nov. 20 minutes so
that they would reflect
remarks by Councilman
Williams that his committee
appointed to study the issue
had not met formally on the
issue since being appointed on
SeFL. 25, but that נֶ)ו? had held
informal discussions with
Councilman Henry Miller,
another committee member,
and Mayor Woods, ex officio
member of the group. The cor
rection was made.
Woods also said last week
the committee didn't have a
recommendation to present to
the Council on the issue.
PATROL CAR
The issue of a patrol car for
The Summerville News, Thursday, December 25, 1986 .
Chief Starkey ended on a mild
note last week.
The Council had voted
Sept. 25 to turn the vehicle
over to Starkey and to have a
police radio and new tires in
stalled and the car painted. The
proposal was owosed at the
time by Mayor Woods.
At the Oct. 23 meeting,
Councilman Roy Bowers asked
what work hat{ been done on
the car and Woods said
Starkey had been ill and no
work had been done to carry
out the Council's action.
Woods at that time asked
Bowers to reconsider his
action.
Woods was not at the Nov.
20 meeting due to a commit
ment elsewhere and Bowers
again asked about the vehicle.
Mayor Pro Tem Williams,
who presided, said, ‘lt has to
be done by the chief financial
officer and I can’t spend it."”
“It should have already
been handled,”’ Bowers said at
the time.
But Mayor Woods brought
up the issue at last wee%('s
meeting.
COUPLE MONTHS
A couple of months ago, |
guess, you voted to let the chief
use the old police car to drive
back and forth to work and
then later voted to buy equip
ment for the car,” Woods said.
“And then I noticed in last
month’'s (meeting) the com
ment was made about the
equifiment ...1 806 6ס
bought any equipment because
I was waiting on what it was
going to cost the taxpayers of
Trion to do what we voted on,
hoping that you fellows who
made the motion and seconded,
you fellows that voted on it,
would give it some serious con
sideration on whether or not it
was in the interest of the tax
payers to spend that much
money to give transportation
to and from home to work.
“So, I've listed the cost,”
Woods said, in distributing a
sheet to Council members. 'Fhe
figures were radio, $2,256;
paint, $350; tires, $200; in
surance, $575; lights and siren,
$1,170; and ‘‘loss of revenue
fund,” SI,OOO, for a total of
$5,551, Woods said.
COSTS
“This sheet should tell you
why nothing has been done,”
the mayor added. “‘Then, last
week or 10 days ago, Mr.
Starkey finally did what I ask
ed him to do, to start using the
car back and forth to werk
because that was the original
intent, which was done. And
vesterday, or day before
yesterday, he had to put the
car in the garage and it's going
to take $553 to get it running,
and that doesn’t include the
crankcase or bearings. So that
brings you u? to date in addi
tion to this figure how much
more it's going to be to get roll
ing,”” Mayor Woods said. 0
I'm asking you fellows as
elected officials to reconsider
the motion and not spend this
SHHSI. .
“What's this ‘losg . of
revenue fund?’ ' asked Coun
cilman Roy Bowers.
“If we sold the car, it's
estimated we'd get a thousand
dollars for it,”” Woods replied.
“You mean we couls sell
that car for a thousand
dollars?”" Bowers asked.
“That'd be the most we've
ever got for one,” the mayor
said.
“That's what the bid was
זס} I:7'' Bowers continued.
“We haven't had a bid,”
Woods said. *'l asked a used
car dealer what we should ex
pect to get for it.”
“But we never have,” said
Bowers.
“That's what I'm talking
about,” the mayor said. *'lf we
got a thousand dollars, it'd be
the most, but of course the
price of cars has gone up. That
was the price he quotecf me on
it 2t
BIDS
Bowers then asked how
much the city got for the last
car it sold. Woods left the
Council meeting room to
search for the information. On
his return, he said it sold for
SSOO and the one prior to that
brought $766.
Bowers moved that the
We can usually insure your house, furnishings, out
buildings," mobile home or business at a big saving to you.
Why? Because:
We are a Co-op Mutual Co.
We are exempt from all taxes and licenses.
We are a non-profit association and prohibited by state
laws from making a profit.
We have no agents — so you pay no agent’'s commission.
You deal directly with an officer of the company. You deal
with homefolk in buying your insurance and paying claims.
We are the largest and oldest Farmers Mutual in Georgia,
organized in 1892 and insuring property in our area ever since.
CONTACT BILL TATE
AT TATE FURNITURE CO.
734-2281
WE DO NOT INSURE AUTOS
vehicle be turned back to the ci
ty of Trion and sold on sealed
bids, along with an old city
Bobcat loader, leaf machine
and truck.
Councilman Dwight Arden
seconded the proposal and it
passed unanimously.
Bowers said after the
meeti:E that he had intended
to make the motion before
Woods brotht up the matter,
The Councilman said he had
learned prior to the meeting
that the vehicle would require
extensive repairs he and other
Council members were not
aware of in September when
the original motion was made.
... This is fair as I know
to be to the taxpayers of Trion,
not necessarily against you
felows or against an employee
because tfiat's all I'm in
terested in is doinwhat's best
for the town,” Woods said
prior to the vote.
REPORT
In other action, the Council
received a financial report from
Mayor Woods. It showed the
general fund SII,OOO in the
lack, administrative fund
$4,452 in the black, water
works $419 in the black, golice
department $246 in the black,
sanitation department $Bl3 in.
the black, public works def)art
ment $2,137 in the black,
capital improvements fund
$1,541 in the black, fire depart
ment $777 in the black,
cemetery fund $575 in the
black and civil defense $37.50
in the black.
The mayor also said the gas
department received $147,712
iin revenue last month and
$138,160 in expenses for a net
of 89,551 before transfers to
other funds. After transfers,
the balance was $4,319, he
said. The department had 998
customers last month, com
pared to 976 at the comparable
month in 1985.
Woods also said the city’'s
annual gas leak survey reveal
ed a total of 20 leaks, t]{ree that
could be hazardous, five not
hazardous but needing repair
and 12 minor leaks. file grst
two categories have been
repaired and the third category
will be repaired within 30 days,
he said.
The sewer department
received $62,172 in revenue
last month and spent $54,335,
Woods said, putting it in the
black $7,838 before transfers
and $1,662 in the red after
transfers.
Trion's recreation depart
ment received $2,343 in
_revenue and spent $7,659 last
month, putting it $5,316 in the
red before transfers and $8,650
in the red after transfers,
Woods continued.
PERMITS
Recorder Bowers said two
building permits value at
$14,626 were issued last month
by the city.
Woods said $20,000 in city
tax had been collected as of
Nov. 30. The deadline was
Monday, Dec. 22.
No work had started on the
Park Avenue sewer line
because of inclement weather,
the mayor told the Council.
Plans for a flood control
project had been reviewed and
the city’'s engineers were ex
pected back in the city last Fri
day, Dec. 19, said the Mayor.
COMMITTEES
The city's various commit
tees were announced and plac
ed in the minutes. They include
planning and zoning, Celeste
Florence, chairman; Mildred
Blalock, secretary; Billy “Jug”
Hayes, Eldred Barrett and
J. W. Greenwood; board of ap
peals, Harold Broome, chair
man; and George Scoggins and
Jake Stephens; Chattooga
Library Board, Grace Sim
mons and Mrs. Florence;
building inspection, Recorder
Bowers andp James D. Sim
mons; county municipal plann
ing commission, Mayor
Woods; handicap committee,
Orville Bethune, Inez Brown
and Annie Ruth Housch.
The Council approved 89
categories of business licenses
for the city for 1987.
Mayor Woods also said he
hoped to meet soon with a
recreation consultant about
developing new facilities at the
Trion track area on Central
Avenue.
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