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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2008
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
PACE 3A
Homer approves terms for franchise ordinance
STORMREADY RECOGNITION
Barry Gooden, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service, Peachtree City,
recognized Banks County as a Storm Ready county at a ceremony on Thursday. Shown (L to R) with
the StormReady signs are: Rickey Cain, commissioner; Deidra Moore, Banks County Emergency
Management Agency Director; Dan Yeargin, Georgia Emergency Management Agency; Gooden;
Charles Chapman, Banks County Sheriff; Gary Pollard, Banks County Fire Chief; Gene Hart, Banks
County Board of Commission Chairman; Major Kyle Bryant, Investigator, Banks County Sheriff's
Office and Joe Barefoot, Banks County Commissioner. Photo by Sharon Hogan
County receives StormReady recognition
BY SHARON HOGAN
B anks County received
StormReady recogni
tion from the National
Weather Service at a brief cer
emony held Thursday morning at
the Banks County courthouse.
Barry Gooden, Warning
Coordination Meteorologist,
National Weather Service,
Peachtree City, presented a
sign to Banks County Board of
Commission Chairman Gene Hart
and Deidra Moore, Banks County
Emergency Management Agency
Director, at the ceremony.
Other officials on hand for the
ceremony were: Dan Yeargin,
Georgia Emergency Management
Agency; Eddie Gilbert, Jackson
County StormReady; Charles
Chapman, Banks County Sheriff;
Major Kyle Bryant, Investigator,
Banks County Sheriff’s Office;
Gary Pollard, Banks County Fire
Chief; Jason Cook, Banks County
Emergency Management Services;
Rickey Cain and Joe Barefoot,
Banks County Commissioners.
Moore said: “We are blessed to
be in the county we are in. We
are a family community and the
citizens have helped with this in
large part.”
Gooden said a lot has to do with
the commissioners and what they
allow Moore to do in the job she
has to do to get Banks County
StormReady.
StormReady is a program that
was started in 1999 with the pur
pose of recognizing counties that
have reached a certain level of pre
paredness when it comes to severe
weather, Gooden said.
StormReady allows for the coun
ties to be recognized for their
efforts.
It is a partnership between the
National Weather Service, the local
emergency management agen
cy and the Georgia Emergency
Management Agency, Gooden
said.
Some of the criteria that Moore
had to go through to make sure
Banks County’s application was
in full was: 1) to have a 24-hour
warning point, 2) having an emer
gency operations center, 3) having
multiple ways of receiving weath
er information from the National
Weather Service, 4) being able to
monitor the local weather condi
tions in Banks County and get
that information to the National
Weather Service, 5) having mul
tiple ways of alerting the public
on how to get through the weath
er information warnings as they
might need to, 6) having a formal
hazardous weather plan, 7) having
trained spotters within the county,
8) having periodic drills and exer
cises 9) getting out in the commu
nity and talking with the citizens
to let them know what they need
to do to be more prepared in the
event of hazardous weather.
Gooden said most counties have
all the criteria there, it is just a
matter of filling out the applica
tion, dotting all the Is and crossing
all the Ts.
“Deidra has done a great job
of that and here we are today,”
Gooden said.
BY SHARON HOGAN
Homer City Council members
approved the terms of its franchise
ordinance at Tuesday’s, July 8,
council meeting.
The council approved a term of 25
years with a four percent fee. Homer
Mayor Doug Cheek and City Clerk
Carol Ayers were approved to sign
off on the ordinance once the paper
work is completed.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business at the meeting:
•Cheek announced the next meet
ing to discuss the city’s compre
hensive plan was scheduled for 6
p.m. on Tuesday, July 15, at city
hall. Adam Hazell with the Georgia
Mountain Regional Development
Commission was scheduled to dis
cuss the comprehensive plan. Ayers
said 10 Homer residents have agreed
to work with the city on this proj-
The race for chairman of the Banks
County Board of Commissioners
and sheriff are the local race that
have been the most expensive so
far for the candidates.
Candidate campaign disclosure
reports were due this week. The
contributions and expenditures for
the candidates in the BOC chair
man’s race are listed below.
Gene Hart reported a total of
$6,247 in contributions and $3,913
in expenditures. Contributions
reported include the following:
Gabe Martin, $250; Scott Nichols,
$300; Linda Ingram, $800; Larry
and Martha Threatt, $600; and Bev
and Romayne Thompson, $200.
Hart also reports $600 in indi
vidual contributions of less than
$101 each.
Hart’s expenditures include the
following: The Banks County
News, $158; Banks County Probate
Court, $1,080; Logo Express,
$375; Mountain Printing, $40; U.S.
Postmaster, $21; MainStreet News,
ect.
•the council held a brief discus
sion on the city’s sign ordinance.
City Attorney Gary Freeman said
the sign ordinance either has to be
enforced or changed if the council
feels it is not suitable. Freeman said
the current ordinance does not allow
pennant signs in the city at all. Any
sign application for the historic dis
trict should come before the coun
cil and the planning commission,
Freeman said. “It is a balancing act,
Freeman said. “You don’t want to
put an additional burden on your
citizens.” Cheek said, “We do want
the town to look nice.”
•council member Jerry Payne
reported on the 75th annual Georgia
Municipal Association conference
that he attended recently. Payne said
one of the sessions he attended at the
conference was on tourism. Payne
$165; Owens Farm Equipment,
$107; American Sign, $1,636; The
Banks County News, $165; and
MainStreet Newspaper Inc., $165.
Milton Dalton reported a total of
$2,040 in contributions and $5,632
in expenditures. Contributions
were all individual ones of $101
or less each.
Expenditures include the follow
ing: North Georgia Signs, $3,912;
The Banks County News, $290;
Republican Party, $1,080; Owen’s
Farm Equipment, $124; and
Chamber of Commerce, $150.
SHERIFF
Contributions listed by Sheriff
Charles Chapman include: Thomas
Hinsley Jr., $200; Scott Nichols,
$250; Tim Farmer, $500; and
Cheryl Williams, $1,500.
Expenditures listed by Chapman
include the following: Probate
Court, $1,616; The Banks County
News, $45; The Banks County
News, $165; The Banks County
News, $165; WCON Radio,
said, “We need to look at what the
town has and use this as a selling
point.”
•the council discussed the upcom
ing Banks County Holiday Festival
planned for Friday, Aug. 29,
through Sunday, Aug. 31, in down
town Homer. The festival pageant
is planned for Saturday, Aug 16,
in the Banks County High School
auditorium. The pageant is open to
girls ages 0 through 18 years old,
Ayer said. Council member Sandra
Garrison said attractions and enter
tainment is still being worked on for
the event.
•Garrison reported that the July
4th fireworks show was good and a
large crowd attended.
•Cheek announced the annual
Sunday School Celebration sched
uled for Saturday, July 29, in the
downtown park.
for Banks races
$299; Commerce Printing, $196;
American Signs, $100; Absolute
Signs, $1,609; Racetrac, $220; and
Baldwin Chevron, $205.
Sheriff candidate Carlton Speed
listed the following contributions:
Billy Speed, $442; Davidson Well
Drilling, $1,017; Billy and Martha
Speed, $1,430; Scott Ledford,
$1,500; Joe Amerling, $500;
Jerry and Betty Jackson, $200;
Hulsey Plumbing, $500; Dowdy
Enterprise, $150; Brenda Bellamy,
$619; Signs Super Cheap, $907;
School Tools, $256; and School
Tools, $256.
Speed also reported $2,019 in
contributions of less than $101
each.
Expenditures listed by Speed
include the following: Premier
Printing, $560; Adolph Signs,
$2,547; Probate Judge, $1,616;
DC Screen Print, $180; MainStreet
Newspapers, $120; MainStreet
Newspapers, $165; Sam’s Club,
$172; and Quality Foods, $269.
Campaign disclosure forms given
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