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THE
^ISLANDER
Published by
Permar Publications
www.theislanderonline.com
ssislander@bellsouth.net
December 3,2018
Established in 1972
Vol 46 Issue 49
IACP review of
County Police
complete
By Matthew J. Permar
After a year or more the
International Association of
Chiefs of Police’s (IACP) au
dit of the Glynn County Police
Department has been com
pleted and turned over to the
county.
The Glynn County Board
of Commissioners (BOC) got a
brief review of the IACP’s 154-
page ‘Operations and Manage
ment Study’ during their work
session on Tuesday, Nov. 20.
Thanking retired police
chief and IACP consultant
Joe Price and IACP Project
Manager Amanda Burnstein
for their work, Commissioner
Mike Browning said he first
suggested an audit of the po
lice department back in 2014.
Last year, shortly after he
was named interim county
police chief by County Man
ager Alan Ours, John Powell
suggested having the IACP
perform the study since the
organization is expert in the
law enforcement field and
performs these types of audits
regularly.
According to county offi
cials, the number one goal in
the County’s Strategic Plan is
a ‘Safe Community.’
It states on the county web
site, “The Glynn County Police
Department has a large role in
the County’s effort to ensure
that our community is safe for
our citizens and visitors.”
“In an effort to meet the
objectives for a safe Commu
nity that are outlined in the
Strategic Plan and to pre
pare the Department for the
growth that is taking place in
an expanded population and
increased level of visitors, a
comprehensive operations
and management study of the
Glynn County Police Depart
ment was conducted by the
International Association of
Chiefs of Police (IACP).”
Turn to Page 6
Police audit
A downtown Christmas
Above: Jekyll Square
in downtown Brunswick
was decorated and
ready for Christmas last
week in preparation
for the Lighting of the
Christmas Tree Friday
night and the reading
of Clement Moore’s
'Twas the Night
Before Christmas’ by
Production Director
Kali Kold of Heart®
Media’s, WBGA and
WQGA.
Below: After being
delayed a week due to rain, Santa Claus arrived at Jekyll Square by horse drawn carriage to the
cheers of city children. Islander Staff Photos - Permar
Cobb County refuses to pay for upgrade
By Matthew J. Permar
Cobb County, Georgia has
refused to pay for media relat
ed upgrades to Glynn County’s
Information Technology (IT)
system that Cobb requested
for a murder trial.
When the Cobb County
court system relocated the
Justin Harris murder case to
Glynn County in 2016, they
asked Glynn’s IT department
to extend fiber optic media
connectivity from the media
room in the County Court
house to the satellite vehicles
across the street.
The cost to Glynn was just
over $8,000 and was recorded
as a receivable from the Cobb
County Court. But it never got
paid back.
Cobb County Administra
tor Tom Charron and District
Court Administrator Rich
ard Denney of the First Judi
cial Administrative District
were included on the e-mails
requesting assistance from
Glynn’s IT department.
Charron approved the
invoice from Glynn, but nu
merous attempts to collect the
money have been ignored by
Cobb.
Even though it was Cobb
County that requested the IT
upgrade, their finance depart
ment said the upgrades were
not agreed upon or a neces
sary trial cost and they have
been instructed not to pay.
Last week Glynn County’s
finance committee recom
mended that the $8,000 be
written off as uncollectible.
URA chairman
talks about
Conference
Center and hotel
possibilities
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
In a telephone interview
with The Islander last Friday,
LaRon Bennett, Chairman of
the city’s Urban Redevelop
ment Agency (URA) explained
the proposal he has made to
the City of Brunswick.
Bennett also discussed the
group interested in building a
hotel at the conference center
site.
Bennett maintains that
along with the construction
manager at risk, which is
what the URA has chosen
Elkins Construction for the
Oglethorpe Conference Cen
ter, the City and URA need a
Turn to Page 5
Conference center
County considers
extra staff for tax
digest work
By Matthew J. Permar
Due to the decision in the
Coleman tax lawsuit against
Glynn County, the County fi
nance committee voted last
week (Nov. 27) to recommend
that the county commission
allocate $85,000 to hire four
temporary employees to de
termine the correct property
values for the 2019 tax digest.
Due to the lawsuit, Glynn’s
Director of Administrative
Services & CFO Tonya Miller
said, “It is imperative that
Glynn County determine the
correct values for the next
digest.”
“After meeting with the
County Attorney’s office and
discussing ideas,” said Miller
in her report to the finance
committee, “we met with the
Chief Property Appraiser who
Turn to Page 6
Tax digest
County-Wide News - Read County-Wide
Page 2 - GMS sidewalk finally under way
Page 3 - KGIB welcomes new board members
Page 8 - Browning receives recognition
Page 9 - Library to partially reopen
Page 10 - Pew
Page 11 - Begin New Year with Blue Grass
on Jekyll Island
Page 12 - Back Talk
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