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SUPT. DON HAYES (C) READS MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
Residents Crowd Room As Board Members Listen
FOR SUMMERVILLE
New Center Set
Summerville's Mayor and
City Council Monday night
gave final ap%roval to a rezon
ing request that will result in
the construction of a new shoF
g{ing center in the Lyerly
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area.
Grading work on the center
is expected to begin in four to
five weeks and g:lilding con
struction is scheduled to start
during the second week in
March.
Five lots near Jones Street
and Henley Street were rezon
ed from R-2 residential to C-2
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Grocery Store, Drug Store Expected To Open Early This Fall
Indians Romp!
--See Page 10-A
Che Summeruille News
ties Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn.,
indicated at the panel's
December meeting that the ad
ditional five lots were
necessary to development of
the center because the location
of Town Branch had caused
some problems.
Initially, the firm had
hoped to relocate the stream
bed but studies showed the
proposal was not feasible.
INGLE'S
Mike Davis of Crown Pro
perties said the center will con
tain 51,665 square feet and will
include a 32,415 square foot
food store. The Ingle's chain
SUMMERVILLE. CHATTOOGA COUNTY. GEORGIA — THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1987
will locate in the building, he
said Tuesday. .
A drug store will be located
in an 8,450 square foot building
adjacent to the food store.
Although Crown has a phar
macy under contract for the
building, Davis said it couldn’t
be announced as yet.
There will be room for a
future variety store as well as
four or five local shops, Davis
said, although the fluildings
won't be bui%t until leases are
signed.
Around 258 parking spaces
will be providetf at the center.
Completion of the initial
see NEW CENTER, page 9-A
Recreation Fees
--See Page 9-A
Superintendent-Board
Issue Fizzles Monday
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
An expected confrontation
over the board’s December re
quest for School Supt. Don
Hayes’ resignation dig not oc
cur monday night at the
January meeting of the Chat
tooga County Board of Educa
tion. A record crowd attended
and it was reported that sup
porters of Hayes would each
demonstrate a show of support
at some point during the
meeting.
NO COMMENTS
Although visitors were
given two formal opportunities
to speak and were invited to
stand and be recognized at any
point during the meeting, no
mention was made of the
resignation issue by visitors
during the nearly two-hour
meeting.
Approximately 100 persons
attended the meeting in the
superintendent’s office
building on College Street. The
crowd overflowed the board
room and into the outer lobby.
A number of persons stood in
an adjoining office to hear the
proceedings. The crowd includ
ed residents of various county
school districts, at least two
members of the Trion Board of
Education, five county school
principals and numerous
teachers, several Trion
residents, contractors and
members of the news media.
MINUTES
The only mention of the
December resolution calling for
Hayes' resignation came sfiort
ly after 8 f).m. as Hayes read
minutes from the previous
meeting. Several board
members objected to the wor
ding of the minutes in which
Ha{les said board members
“‘collaborated" in asking for his
resignation.
“My dictionary says the
word collaborate means actinfi
in a traitorous manner,”’ boar
member Leroy Massey said. ‘1
object to that wording. It
should be changed to agreed.”
“Change my part where it
says I said the board had lost
confidence,” board Chairman
Joel Cook requested. “‘I had
Building Specifications
Inadequate-Contractor
Members of the Chattooga
County Board of Education
were chided by spectators
Monday that their attempt
save architects’ fees may have
backfired. The board had decid
ed 11st summer to create plans
ar i sficifications for their new
UAice buiiding without the hddp
of an architect to save the fee
of six percent.
Contractor Charles Duke of
Pioneer Builders Inc. said that
drawings and specifications
provided to contractors for bid
din% were ‘‘impossible to bid
fairly’* and were ‘‘unclear and
incomplete.”
DEFICIENCIES?
Duke told The News Tues
CONFLICTING STORIES
School Carpet Donation Muddled?
Conflicting reports surfaced
this week over whether
Bigelow-Sanford Inc. offered to
provide carpeting free or at
greatly reduced cost for the
new Summerville Middle
School and whether Chattooga
County School Supt. Don
Hayes failed to pursue such an
offer.
A proposal of that nature
had the potential for saving the
county school system
thousands of dollars in con
struction costs at the new
school, located on Bolling
Road.
Company officials said flat
ly that such an offer was made
to Hayes before the new school
was built. However, the
superintendent said no offer
was made, or if it was made, he
has no recollection of the
Sales Tax Brings In $1.2-million
Chattooga County’s
government received
$1,197,288.86 from the one per
cent special purpose sales tax
for roads and bridges during
1986, according to the State
Revenue Department.
Chattooga County's
schools received $504,762.86
from a separate one percent
local option tax while Trion
received $188,211.83 for its ci
ty schools from the same tax
last year. Both school systems
received a combined total of
$629,974.83 in 1986.
However, while the tax for
roads and bridges was in effect
for the entire calendar year, the
schools received only six
checks because collections
begnan in April and the systems
didn't receive their first checks
until June, 1986.
This year, the schools will
receive a full 12 months in sales
tax collections.
Unlike the county schools,
the funds collected for Trion's
Prison Funds Asked
--See Page 1-B
lost confidence, but I didn't
speak for nobody but myself. I
asked each boarti' member what
they thought.”
Board member Joyce
Johnson said her cop{‘ of the
minutes did not read the same
as Hayes' verbal report.
“I had already changed it,”
Hayes explaine(i,
day that he had been aware of |
the problem with the plans |
since he picked up a copy two |
weeks ago and that he attend- |
ed the board meeting to bring |
up the deficiencies in the plans. |
However, he did not raise the |
issue until late in the meeting |
after-the bid had hemawarcf i
ed to the apparent low bidder, |
Bill Ramsey Inc., Lyerly, for |
$93,000.
Cook had asked for in
dividuals or dgroup spokesmen |
to stand and be recognized if |
they wanted to comment |
before the board opened bids |
for its new office.
“We afiive ever{one achance |
to speak,” Cook explained, |
progosal.
oel Cook, chairman of the
Chattooga Board of Education,
said neither he nor the board
was aware of any offer until
after the school had been built.
OFFICIALS
The News contacted
Bigelow-Sanford officials about
the purported offer and they
agreed to discuss the issue on
ly on the condition that they
not be identified.
One said Bigelow-Sanford’s
corporate headquarters was
contacted by locg.l company of
ficials about the %ossigility of
assisting the school system
with costs at the-then propos
ed new school by supplying
carpet at no cost, at the mill's
cost, or below cost. One
thought was also that the mill
schools actually go to the
Mayor and Council which then
make distribution to the city
schools.
Distribution by the state of
sales tax funds traditionally
runs about three months after
the taxes are collected locally.
As of Nov. 18, the county
government had $443,000 in
the bank as aresult of the sales
tax collections for roads and
bridges. The money was in a
non-interest bearing account at
the time.
In late November, the coun
ty received another check for
$107,669.96. And in late
December, it received a check
for $105,454.60. At year's end,
the county should have had
around $646,000 in the sales
tax account, less any checks
written during the last month
and one-half of 1986. Another
check for around SIOO,OOO is
expected later this month by
the county.
CHANGES
Hayes and Cook had
discussed making changes in
the minutes that morning.
Cook requested that the entire
text of the resolution read in
December by Massey be in
cluded in the minutes.
“I will put it however you
want it andp add his resolution,”
Hayes said.
“but we talk one at a time. You
are free to be recognized at any
time."”
No visitors requested to
speak at that time.
The board received and
opened bids from three con
tractors. Cook said thé bids
were for “turn-key’’ construc
tion. The bids were: Harold
Bishop Inc., $119,645; Bill
Ramsey Inc., $93,000; and
Donald Blackmon, $189,500.
The board unanimously ac
cepted the bid of $93,000 by
Ramsey after a motion by
board member Leon King and
a second by board member
Leroy Massey.
could then illustrate the quali
ty of its carpet by showing its
durability in a school.
Superintendent Hayes was
approached on three separate
occasions before construction
of the school had been com
pleted, company officials said,
and he was asked for school
plans so the company could
determine how much carpet
would be needed.
However, they said Hayes
never pursued the offer or pro
vided any plans to the
company.
FOURTH TIME
After the school had been
completed, Hayes was con
tacted a fourth time and asked
why he hadn’t taken Bigelow-
Sanford up on its offer, com
pany officials continued.
The sgecial purpose tax for
roads and bridges was apj)rov
ed by county voters in June,
1985, and collections began
later that year. It will expire
Powell Out Of Hospital
Chattooga Countgf Commissioner Harry Powell was
dismissed from Floyd Medical Center Sunday after being
hospitalized since last Dec. 30.
Mrs. Elizabeth Powell, his wife, said Tuesday that the
commissioner would be returning to work after he had
regained his strength and felt better.
He afpparently suffered a bout with influenza and a
touch of pneumonia in one lung, accordin(f to his staff.
Whether the commissioner had also undergone cardiac
testing, including a heart catherization, could not be
confirmed.
“T'll tell you what do . . . call Dr. Young and I'll bet you
he can give you any kind of information that you want,”
said Mrs. Powell when asked if the test had been conducted.
“I've never heard the like in my life.”
Commissioner Powell was hospitalized twice in 1986,
in March and May, suffering from a heart condition.
PRICE 20c
, “We want to get the true in
| tent of the motion,” Cook
| replied. “Thedeant the full ex
' tent of his (Massey's) resolu
| tion.”
| On the motion of Mrs.
| Johnson and a second by
| Massey, the December minutes
| were z}pproved with the excep
| tion of several paragraphs con
see SUPERINTENDENT, page 7-A
WANTED TO BID
I wanted to bid the %roject
myself,” Duke said. “But it
was impossible. In fact, there
was just no clear specs on the
job at all to tell you what they
really wanted down there. You
couldn’t bid the job guessing
what they wanted.
“It cannot be done for
$93,000. Just what is Ramsey
going to do for $93,000? There
is nothing on the sizes of the
windows or doors, whether
they are hollow or solid core. It
says nothing about paving,
sidewalks, curbing or gutters.
Is the county going to be
change-ordered to death?”
see BUILDING, page 5-A
The superintendent told
them that he had gotten in
touch with a woman employee
of the mill in the meantime who
said the company ‘‘couldn’t
touch” the price the school
system had obtained from a
firm which ended up installing
the carpet, they said. But com
pany officials said the
employee named initially by
Hayes would not have been in
volved in the company'’s offer.
The News talked with the
employee and she, too, re
quested that her name not be
used. However, she did say she
had heard rumors that Hayes
had told company officials he
had talked with her about the
school carpet. But she em
phatically denied telling him
that the mill “couldn’t touch”
see SCHOOL CARPET, page 5-A
| after four years.
§ The special sales tax for
i local schools was ?ipproved in
| December, 1985 and collections
| began in April, 1986.