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VOLUME CIII - NUMBER XL
State To Approve Perennial Landfill Location
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Powell Reduces Taxes
Levy May Have To Be
Chattooga County Commis
sioner Harry Powell set the
1988 tax rate for the county
Tuesday. He reduced the levy
for botfi' the incorporated and
unincorporated areas of the
county, in addition to the cut
back approved earlier by the
Chattooga Board of Education.
‘... We feel that we have
levied sufficient revenue, with
other income to operate Chat
tooga County for 1989,” the
commissioner said in a letter to
The Summerville News that ac
com?anied the official levy
notification.
REDUCTION
Including the school, local
and state taxes, the total levy
for unincorporated areas of the
county this year was set at
+19.45 mills, an overall reduc
tion of 1.50 mills under the
1987 figure. The entire levy
this year for incorporated areas
will Ke 22.70 mills, a reduction
of .81 mills under last year’s
total.
~ Powell said in the: levy
notice he had estimated that it
Representative, Challenger Vie For House Seat
Darden Cites Service To Seventh District
His work to secure federal
funding to bypass
Chickamauga/Chattanooga
National Military Park and fiis
opposition to gun contro! are
two reasons why Chattooga
Countians should vote for him,
according to Seventh District
Rep. George “‘Buddy’’ Darden.
Darden, a Democrat, is
seekin%lreelection to Congress
in the Nov. 8 general election.
He is opposed by Marietta
businessman Robert Lamutt, a
Republican. -
ARMED SERVICES
A member of the U.S.
House of Representatives since
1983, Darden serves on both
the Armed Services Committee
and the Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee. He is a
member of the Readiness and
Research and Development
The ~ummerville News
would take $154,447 fewer
dollars to operate the county
this year than in 1987. He
estimated the 1987 expenses at
$2,364,330 and the 1988 total
at $2,209,883.
DUE IN 1989
However, it appears that
1988 proixerty taxes won't be
due until after Jan. 1. The
digest must still be approved
by the State Revenue Depart
ment and bills prepared. Tax
fayers must be given 60 days
rom the time the bills are mail
ed to pay their assessment. If
the digest is factored by the
state this year as anticipated,
the mailing of tax bills could be
dela'\ryed by another two weeks.
he J;adline for paying
taxes during the past several
years has gone into the year
following the official levy.
Under ideal "circumstances,
taxes are collected during the
same year they are levied.
1989 LEVY?
Commissioner Powell said
Subcommittees of the Armed
Services Committee and
several subcommittees of the
Internal Committee, including
Public Lands, National Parks
and Recreation, and Energy
and Environment.
He served as district at
torney in Cobb County from
1973 to 1977. He previously
served as assistant district at
torney from 1967 to 1972.
Darden was elected to the
Georgia House of Represen
tatives in 1980, where he serv
ed until election to Congress in
1983. He said he had the
highest voting attendance
record of any Congressman
during the 100th session.
MAIN ISSUE
Darden said he feels that
one of the main issues of this
election is his representation of
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988
Set Again Due To Factoring
in his letter that it was time to
set the tax rate *‘to operate the
county for 1989.”
The levy for jail bonds will
be .71 mills this year, the same
as for 1987. A mill is $1 tax on
each SI,OOO in taxable
property.
City Seeks Industrial Park Grant
The City of Summerville
has applied for a $200,000
federal grant to improve
utilities in its industrial park,
it was announced Tuesday.
Grady McCalmon, city
manager, told the Summerville
Industrial Development
Authority that morning that
the city is seeking funds from
the Appalachian Regional
Commission to expand water,
sewer and gas utii)ities in the
park. It is located on Highway
100 south of Summervfile.
the Seventh District.
“Whenever an incumbent
seeks reelection, the main issue
is whether the voters think he
has represented the district
well, fairly, and effectively,”” he
said. ‘I believe that I have
represented the entire district
well and with fairness."
Other important issues, ac
cording to Darden, include the
balanced budget amendment, a
cost-effective national defense,
and preservation of the en
vironment, all of which he
supports.
“I think I've represented
the district well in its concern
in these issues,” he said. “‘Of
course, in this type of race, the
challenger willy always con
tradict what the incumbent
says.”
Darden said he feels that he
see DARDEN, page 18-A
‘Starved For Affection’
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Powell reduced the levy for
unincorporated areas of the
county by 1.19 mills, from
11.91 mills to 10.72 mills. He
also reduced the tax rate for in
corporated areas by a half-mill
from 14.47 mills to 13.97 mills.
see POWELL, page 17-A
NEGOTIATING
The city is r;figotiating with
a carpet-related industry to
locate in the park. McCaFmon
said at the I]%A's September
meeting that one possibility
calls for the firm to locate in
the citgl's speculative building
providing another 10,000
square feet is added to the
structure. Sixty to 70 new
highly skilled jobs would be
added under the first phase if
the com%dan locates in the
building, c(%almon said at the
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REP. DARDEN
Plastic Liner, Drainage Will Be Ordered
The state expects to issue a
letter later this week or early
next week declarin% that a
tract of land near the Perennial
Springs community is accep
table as the site of a new Chat
tooga County landfill, The
Summerville News has learned.
The letter will mean that
the county’s engineering firm
may proceed with drawing up
a development and (g)eratxons
plan for the site. Before an
ogerating germit is issued by
the state, the plan must be sub
mitted to the EPD for its
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LIMITATIONS
Acceptability of the site by
the state will also be tied to
several limitations likely to be
imposed by the Environmental
Pl:'ote(t}:tion Di\gsion (EPD) 0;
the Georgia Department o
Natural }§;sources.f'
One of the limitations will
require that the landfill be lin
ed with a heavy-duty plastic
material and networked with a
drainage system. Both would
be designed to help prevent
contamination of groundwater
supplies. State and local of
ficials have estimated the cost
of lining a typical landfill at
some SIO,OOO to $50,000 per
acre. o
Based on those estimates,
%fi; of lining the 50-acre
“Pérennial site could range bet
ween $500,000 and
$2.5-million. A similar liner
wou!dlflrobably be required at
any other site in the county,
state officials said.
25 OF 28
Of 28 landfills approved by
the state during tfie past 12
months, 25 were required to
have liners, EPD officials
noted.
The Geologic Survey
Branch of the %PD recom
mended last week that the site
be approved. The News had
reported in late September that
the Geolo‘fic Survzf would
recommend approval of the
Perennial location.
A final decision on accep
tability of the site had to be
made by the EPD’s Land Pro-
time.
If a second phase were to be
added by the firm, another 200
low to medium skilled jobs
would be added, he continued.
A Belgium-based plastic ex
trusion com%any was in
terested in the speculative
building but decideg to locate
in Auburn, Ala., because of tax
incentives available in that
state.
BONDS
If both phases of the carpet
Lamutt Urges Vote For Political Philosophy
Chattooga Countians need
to start voting for a political
candidate’s philosophy rather
than his political party, accor
ding to lgepublican candidate
Robert Lamutt, who is seeking
the Seventh District seat in
Congress.
Lamutt is running against
incumbent Rep. George “Bud
dy” Darden in the Nov. 8
general election.
The Marietta resident also
said he would spend more time
in the northern portion of the
district, alleging that Darden
seldom visits t%\at area, par
ticularly around Rossville and
Fort Oglethorpe.
MILITARY FAMILY
Lamutt, 32, is a native of
Colorado Springs, Colo. He
grew up in a military family
and has lived in two foreign
tection Branch. A letter outlin
ing :gproval of the tract is sup
posed to be issued within the
next several days.
LETTER
That letter was being
prepared at mid-week for the
signature of Harold F. Reheis,
assistant director of the DNR,
Environmental Protection
Division. Peilodtaona
The letter will officially
notify Chattooga Commis
sioner Harry Powell of the ac
ceptability of the Perennial
site, said Harold Gillesgie, an
engineer with the Land Protec
tion Branch of the EPD. He
declined te discuss all the pro
posed limitations on the site,
sayinF that some might be
modified by the end of the
week.
“EXPENSIVE”
A liner and leachate collec
tion system will be among the
limitations, Gillespie said. “‘lt’s
usually very expensive for a
small county,” he added. The
liner would hkeli' be a high den-
Sit¥l polyethylene material
ra?der than clay, the engineer
said. .
A drainage system would
father leachate from the land
ill and deposit it in some sort
of a catch gasin, he continued.
The ideal solution would be to
drain it into a sewerage
system, Gillespie said. In some
areas, the liquid is sprayed
back over t?xe landfifl and
covered with earth, he
indicated.
The state will also require
extensive groundwater
monitoring wells in and around
the_land_fifi: Gillespie said.
It will be “hard” for the
county to submit a complete
design and operations plan for
a new landfifl to the EPD by
the current Dec. 31 deadline,
according to Clark Reynolds,
North Georgia regional
manager for the EPD. “But if
they get down on it, the Sro
bably could get it approved by
then.”
DEC. 31 DATE
The state had entered into
project ‘were approved,
Mcéalmon said last month, the
IDA would be called on to issue
some $4-million in revenue
bonds. The city would have im
proved water and sewer service
to the park, he said.
Meanwhile, Sue Spivey, ex
ecutive vice president of the
Chattooga County Chamber of
Commerce, told I%A members
that the county needs the
freeport exemption and im
provement of its transporta
see CITY SEEKS, page 18-A
countries and several areas of
the United States. He attend
ed the University of Colorado
for one year, before transferr
ing to the University of
Ge%xigia.
e was a member of the Phi
Kaé)pa Phi Honor Society there
and graduated with a BBA
degree in finance. He received
a graduate assistantship in a
statistics lab at the university
and graduated with a master’s
degree in business
administration.
From there, Lamutt
became a systems filanner for
Delta Airlines and has worked
as a stockbroker for Prudential
Life Securities. After that, he
served on the staff of Sixth
District Congressman Newt
Gingrich in constituent
services.
Lamutt has been involved
Bridges Cancelled
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an enforcement agreement
with the county earlier this
year to close the Penn Bridge
Road landfill on Sept. 30 and to
open a new facility by Oct. 1,
according to Reynolds.
However, when the state EPD
saw that the deadline couldn't
be met, it entered into another
enforcement agreement with
Powell on Aug. 20. That agree
ment called for the current
landfill to be closed by Dec. 31
and a new facility to be open
ed by Jan. 1. : .
In an ad in this week’s edi
tion of The News, Commis
sioner Powell contends that the
state deadline was still Oct. 1
although he acknowledges that
the EPD gave the county an
‘“‘extension.”’
Powell angered several local
commercial garbage collection
services and several industries
when he imposed a partial ban
on use of the facility as of Oct.
1, saying that he was ordered
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confused. Gail Rush points out that the tree has both
springtime blooms and red fall berries. Most of the
leaves on the tree have already changed to a brilliant
dark red but other sprouts are bright green. The tree
is located in front of the Chattooga Sounty Department
of Family and Children Services office, South Commerce
Street, Summerville. (Staff Photo).
with politics since 1976 and has
worked with Cobb County
Republican races since 1981.
He said he has worked in two
congressional races, five state
legislature races, one gover
nor's race, and three local
races. He was elected as a
dele%ate to the state conven
tion for four consecutive years.
Another important issue in
this campaign, Lamutt said, is
an increase in taxes to balance
the national budget. Lamutt
said he would ieave voted
against an sll-million tax in
crease that Darden supported.
“Raising taxes to balance
the budget is a dumb idea,”
Lamutt said. “The poeple of
our district are already taxed
too much, and the bilY would
only create more problems
than it solved.”
see LAMUTT, page 18-A
to do so by the state EPD
board. He r?eats that conten
tion in this week's ad.
However, Reynolds has said
several times that the state did
not order Powell to befl the
partial ban, although it had no
objection to the commis
sioner's actions.
Because of the high cost of
lining landfills, the EPD of
ficial said, smaller cities and
counties may eventually have
to go to a centralized disposal
system. Under such an opera
tion, cities and counties would
collect garbage and debris
throughout tEeir areas and
take it to a central collection
point. It would be picked up
and transported to a central
landfill location owned or
operated by several govern
mental agencies.
Citizens traditionally don't
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