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Page 6, June 24, 2019, The Islander JWSC Continued from Page 1 with past due bills, effective July 1 the JWSC will remove accumulated late fees provided a customer has kept their current bill current for six months, and is on a payment plan for the past due amount and has paid the agreed upon payment amount for six months. Also starting July 1 JWSC cus tomers who want to help those in need pay their water and sewer bills may round up their bill, pledge a monthly amount or make a one-time payment. The donations will accrue in an escrow account held by the Coastal Georgia Area Community Action Agency (CAA) and will be paid out as funds are available. Andrew Burroughs, JWSC’s Act ing Executive Director, pointed out that amounts available will depend on donations, and it may take a while for the money to accrue. The JWSC will pre-qualify those who can apply for assistance. Those names will be turned over to the CAA for further qualification and counseling. The CAA will notify the JWSC the names of those who have qualified. Each qualified person will receive a voucher from CAA which they must take to the JWSC’s cus tomer service to get credit off their bill. The money is then transferred to the JWSC by CAA. Burroughs said customers must be on an active payment plan to qualify for the monetary assistance. He also said these customers would receive a letter from the JWSC noti fying them of their pre-qualification. Projects • The JWSC approved $325,228 in project funding for smoke testing 25 mainland sewer basins. Burroughs said staff ran flow rates during dry and wet weather and compared the results to deter mine which basins needed to be smoke tested. “Anything over 100 gallons per minute we will smoke test,” he said. Staff conducting the flow test ing will save the JWSC well over $300,000 which is what the flow test ing cost to determine which basins on St. Simons to smoke test. More than twice the linear feet of piping tested on St. Simons will be tested on the mainland. While the testing will be done county wide on the mainland, much of the test ing will be done on the south end of Brunswick. According to Burroughs the RFP (Request for Proposal) will go out in July, contract awarded in Au gust, and the smoke testing should be done by September. Funding will come from the Repair and Replace ment Capital reserves. • In August 2018 the JWSC signed an MOU (Memorandum of Under standing) with the Georgia Dept, of Transportation (DOT). The DOT planned to pave almost seven miles of Highway 341 from the southern end of Yellow Bluff Creek south to the intersection of Highway 17. The JWSC agreed to adjust 47 man holes and 55 water valve boxes to grade at DOT’s estimated cost to the utility of $77,250. DOT awarded the paving con tract to Plant Improvement Co., Inc. in April 2019. The actual cost of the JWSC’s portion increased to $101,929, a difference of $24,679. The JWSC approved increasing their portion of the project from $77,000 to $102,000. Funding will come from the Repair and Replace ment Capital reserves. • The JWSC awarded a CIPP con tract (Cured In Place Pipe) to Inland Pipe Rehabilitation Southeast, LLC for $2,550,519. The project is part of the 2016 SPLOST funded North Mainland Phase II and Phase II Sewer Improvement project. The repair includes 7,800 linear feet of 30 inch pipe and 425 linear feet of 42 inch pipe and 70 manholes. The repair area of the gravity sewer mains is from B and W Grade Road to the Academy Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. The contract is for 120 days. Sea Palms Coastal Realty specialties: Housi Sell YOUR Sell YOU a Manage YOUR Property Rent to YOU Short-term, Long-Term, A or Vacatiomgf&&' k about our ership icenti iea Palms Rest '638-6660 or l-8?7- xy.seapalmscoastath SSI McKinnon Airport Continued from Page 1 former car wash. Ragsdale also had questions about the tree ordinance. IPC member Patrick Duncan pointed out that three other commis sions, the airport commission, the Brunswick Glynn Development Au thority and the county commission, all oversee and approve issues at the airport. “There is no lack of citizen over sight at the airports,” said Duncan, “The airport commission is very good at what they are doing.” Duncan also noted that when the old Airport Rd. was widened and re named Demere Rd. the reason was to take the heavy traffic off of the tree line stretch of Demere that is now called Old Demere Rd. He said it was done to avoid cutting the trees and to keep commercial uses away from the residential property. Duncan made a motion to approve the airport’s request and Michael Torras seconded. Saying he didn’t like to modify things “on the fly,” Ragsdale request ed the original motion be amended twice. Once to require a site plan if the use of an existing building changes. The other amendment included re quiring all three tracts to comply with the tree ordinance. It also cleaned up language regarding special and conditional use permits so all three tracts have the same requirements. Ragsdale and member Odessa Rooks both wanted to defer any ac tion so they could see the revisions before they go to the County Board of Commissioners. Willis said, “If there is any prob lem with the language, I will go to the county commission and ask them to send this back to us.” When the motion was called, Wil lis, Torras and Duncan voted in fa vor, while Ragsdale and Rooks voted against. The IPC is required to take action and action requires four votes, so Wil lis asked if anyone wanted to offer a motion to deny. Ragsdale said the would change his vote to yes. So with one more round of voting the airport’s request was approved with three changes on a 4-1 vote. Rooks voted no. The entire approval process was confusing, but it appears restaurants are now an allowed use in the airport PD text for tracts B and C. Tract A uses of the PD text previously includ ed restaurants. Library program Tuesday June 25, 2019 - 5:00 pm Spanish for Kids 208 Gloucester St., 912-279-3740 Brunswick-Glynn County Library This is an informal Spanish class for school-aged children. The group meets each Tuesday in Meeting Room 2 at the Brunswick Library. Rising 3rd graders and older are invited to attend. 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