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May 27, 2019
Judges seek
courthouse help
from BOC
• Space & security are
key issues
By Matthew J. Permar
Glynn County Senior Su
perior Court Judge Stephen
Scarlett and Judge Stephen
Kelley, along with Sher
iff Neal Jump, spoke to the
Glynn County Board of Com
missioners (BOC) during last
week’s (Tuesday, May 21)
work session asking for some
financial assistance with an
expansion project at the Coun
ty Courthouse.
The two main issues in
the courthouse are lack of
space and security regarding
inmates. The financial assis
tance could come in the form
of the next year’s potential
Special Purpose Local Option
Sales Tax (SPLOST) 2020.
The judges asked the BOC
to appoint a citizens commit
tee to review a 2014 needs
assessment study that was
done for the county by Heery
Design.
The study was based on
the possibility of re-using the
now-demolished Glynn Coun
ty Detention Center. It took
the Courthouse and the Pate
Annex office building into con
sideration in terms of office
space.
The Courthouse, which is
on property adjacent to the
Historic County Courthouse
and across the street from the
Pate Annex office building,
opened in 1991 and according
to Judge Scarlett, was imme
diately at capacity.
Since then Glynn County
has grown from about 62,500
to 79,600, according to the
2010 census. Along with the
population growth, Scarlett
pointed out that the Superior
Court now has five judges,
instead of the four it had in
1990.
Before turning the podi
um over to the judges, BOC
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Courthouse
Surfin’
Established in 1972
Maritime Day - May 22
Golden Isles Maritime Day is celebrated annually on May 22 in remembrance of merchant mariners
who died at sea. Participating in the ceremony on the St. Simons Island pier last Wednesday
were (left to right): Bill Dawson, general manager of the Port of Brunswick and President of the
International Seafarers Center who tolled the bell with Mimi Rogers, Curator of the Coastal Georgia
Historical Society. Looking on are Jeanne Earle and Jack McConnell with the wreath that they
tossed into the ocean in memory of the deceased mariners.
Pat Stokes, International Seafarers Center board member welcomed everyone to the memorial;
Father Chris Hassel, Saint Francis Xavier Church, offered the invocation. A Wallenius ship passing
in the Sound sounded it’s horn three times as the Pilot boat pulled up to the pier..
The Brunswick High School Navy JROTC posted the colors and trumpeter Rich Wagner closed the
memorial with ‘Taps.’
National Maritime Day is a United States holiday created to recognize the maritime industry
and observed on May 22 which is the date in 1819 that the American steamship Savannah left
Savannah, Ga. on the first ever transoceanic voyage under steam power. The holiday was created
by the U.S. Congress on May 20, 1933. Islander Staff Photo - Permar
County and Fishing Club come to terms on new lease
By Matthew J. Permar
It’s been a couple years or
more since the St. Simons
Boating and Fishing Club (SS
BFC) has had an active lease
for the St. Simons Marina
they have operated for Glynn
County for many years.
That will change soon when
the Glynn County Board of
Commissioners (BOC) ap
proves a new lease that was
agreed to in good faith last
week during the BOC’s work
session on Tuesday, May 21.
The BOC consensus was in
the support of the new lease,
which was worked out be
tween County Attorney Aaron
Mumford and Clement Cul
lens, who is an attorney and
member of the SSBFC.
The lease will likely be offi
cially approved during a regu
lar BOC meeting in June.
The issue came up about
two years ago when County
Commissioners Peter Mur
phy and Allen Booker re
ceived comments from people
who thought the marina was
a private, membership-only
facility.
While that was being dealt
with Hurricanes Matthew and
Irma came through causing
damage to the docks prompt
ing the SSBFC to seek finan
cial assistance from the coun
ty to help with the repairs.
During that time it was
discovered that the lease be
tween the county and the
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SSBFC
MEMORIAL DAY
May 27, 2018
Vol 47 Issue 21
BOC looks at FY
2020 budget
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
Glynn County staff pre
sented the Board of Com
missioners with the county’s
estimated $132 million to
tal budget and an estimated
general fund budget of $72.3
million during their Tuesday,
May 21 work session.
The general fund is bal
anced without the use of the
fund balance, saving it for
emergencies.
County-wide revenues and
expenditures reduced approx
imately $1.7 million between
2019 and 2020.
According to Tamara Mun
son, Interim CFO and Finance
Manager, comparison with the
2019 budget is difficult due to
changes in the 2020 budget’s
fund structure.
Changes for next year in
clude a reduction in millage
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County budget
JIA approves
The Moorings at
Jekyll Harbor
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
The Jekyll Island Author
ity approved a revised concept
plan and a schematic design
review for The Moorings at Je
kyll Harbor during their regu
lar monthly meeting, May 21.
The condominium units
will be concentrated on 5.3
acres on both sides of Harbor
Road which goes to the Jekyll
Marina and Zachry’s River-
house restaurant.
JIA Executive Director
Jones Hooks said changes in
the concept plan were brought
about because the Authority
felt the plans were too ambi
tious for the marina area.
Hooks said the 48 units
were much more contained
and less manicured.
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