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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2008
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
PACE 3A
Maysville City Council mulls budget
Planners recommend approval
of auto repair shop rezoning
SPLOST TALK
Maysville’s city attorney Gary Freeman explains the situation on the use of
SPLOST funds to the council during Monday’s meeting.
Photo by Justin Poole
The B anks County Planning
Commission recommended
approval Tuesday night for
a rezoning request that will
lead to an auto repair shop
locating on Hwy. 51.
The planners recommend
ed approval of a condition
al use permit request from
Charles Hooper to operate
Deadline set for
Wed., Dec. 3
The deadline for accepting
photos for MainStreet News
papers’ annual children’s
Christmas section will be
Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m.
Parents are asked to submit
photos early, as photos re
ceived after the deadline will
not be published.
The special section will
be in the news stands of The
Jackson Herald, The Com
merce News and The Banks
County News on Wednesday,
Dec. 24.
The newspapers will be ac
cepting photographs of chil
dren age 8 years and younger.
The child must live in Jackson
or Banks counties. Photos of
grandchildren will be taken
only if the child resides with
the grandparents (which must
be stated when submitting the
photo).
Please submit the follow
ing information along with
the child’s photo: The first
and last name and age of each
child shown, as well as the
parents’ names, their city of
residence and phone number.
Photos submitted without all
Census Bureau
to seek help
in updating
address list
The U.S. Census Bureau is
looking for people who can
count.
Early next year, the bureau
will hire 100,000 people
nationwide to help update
its address list. Those work
ers will use GPS-equipped
hand-held computers to veri
fy, add and delete addresses.
There are other jobs to be
offered, including clerical
staff and recruiters.
Applicants will take a
30-minute exam with 28
questions and must have two
forms of identification.
Testing will take place
at the Commerce Public
Library, South Broad Street,
from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday,
Nov. 14, and Wednesday,
Nov. 19.
Applicants will be paid
during training. To apply,
call 1-866-861-2010.
Emergency
food bank
hours listed
The hours of opera
tion of the Banks-Jackson
Emergency Food Bank,
located at 111 Atlanta
Avenue, Commerce, are
from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday.
The food bank provides
one-time emergency food
supplies for individuals and
families referred by church
es or social service groups.
Deadlines at noon
on Mondays:
Submit your news,
school and social items
and letters to the edi
tor to The Banks Coun
ty News by noon on
Mondays.
the business at 2953 Hwy.
51.
The Banks County Board
of Commissioners will take
action on the request when
it meets at 6:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the
board room in the new court
house annex, located at 150
Hudson Ridge.
of the information may not be
published.
Black and white or color
photos can be used, but no Po-
laroids or photographs printed
out from a computer onto la
ser paper will be accepted, as
they do not reprint well.
Digital photos with the
above information may be e-
mailed to news@mainstreet-
news.com. The e-mail MUST
contain the subject line
“Christmas Kids Photo” as a
title, or the child’s photo may
not be published. Also, the
child’s photo and information
requested above must be sub
mitted in the same e-mail. Do
not submit multiple e-mails
for the same child.
Once photos are submitted,
they may not be replaced with
another photo.
The photos may be dropped
off at or mailed to any of the
newspaper offices and may be
picked up there after Dec. 24.
BY JUSTIN POOLE
Decisions on a possible
water rate increase, a possi
ble tax hike and several other
items were put on hold by
the Maysville City Council
Monday night.
That leaves the 2009 city
budget still up-in-the-air. The
council plans to have another
meeting to discuss how to pro
ceed with the city’s finances.
The city’s general fund bud
get for 2009 is currently at
$677,800, up 6.5 percent from
2008. The water fund budget
is at $721,500, up $78,200
from 2008.
City attorney Gary Freeman
said the council may have
to approve an operating bud
get for the water department
and rework the final budget
with rate increases. The water
budget has to be balanced, he
said.
Mayor Jerry Baker said
that if the water rates have to
increase, raising the millage
rate as well would not help the
residents.
In other business, Lyn
Villyard said that current
Maysville DDA members
have been asked to voluntary
resign so that the DDA can
be restarted with better guide
lines.
In other business, the coun
cil:
•approved $500 to cover the
cost of the portable toilets
from D&H Portables used
during the festival.
•approved a $1,105 bid to
replace the window panes at
city hall, coming from the
Banks County SPLOST
funds.
•approved the resolution for
the comprehensive plan not
ing the service area.
•approved an amendment to
the business license procedure
and appointed the city clerk,
Barbara Thomas, as the plan
ning and zoning administrator
for the purpose of approving
licenses. The council will still
have applicants come before
the council to answer ques
tions about the type of busi
ness.
•approved a quit claim
deed for the unused por
tion of Pritchett Road, basi
cally swapping land with the
owner.
•approved Chuck Floyd for a
business license upon meeting
the requirements for a home
occupation business and the
approval of the administrator.
•approved three city spon
sored events: A citizens din
ner on Nov. 22; the Christmas
Tour of Homes on Dec. 13;
and the December “Movie in
the Park” on Dec. 20.
•Mayor Baker commented
that the holdup on the side
walk improvements is due to
the railroad, but that a decision
should be made sometime this
week. He said that around the
first of the year, work should
start on the project.
•Clay Dorsey commented
he was proud to see the Dollar
General open and to have
Community Bank & Trust in
the city.
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