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Courthouse committee
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“Straight forward, we need to do
something about security,” said Bash
am, “This is an immediate need. Com
ing from my world, I see this as an
urgent issue. There are areas where
the public and courthouse staff and
prisoners are in the same area. The
staff has concerns about going to the
bathroom. We would be remiss if we
don’t deal with the security issue
immediately.”
Saying they had not put a cost on
security at this point, Ben Hartman
said security at Office Park was par
ticularly inadequate.
Commissioner Allen Booker asked
if the security could be done for less
than $50 million.
Murphy said they needed to know
the scope of the security upgrades.
Basham said if they deal with se
curity the space issues would be at
tached. He said they needed bath
rooms for the public, bathrooms for
the prisoners and bathrooms for the
staff.
Basham said the committee agreed
with the judges’ assessment.
He said, “The security issues exac
erbate the problem because the cur
rent building footprint does not allow
for changes in security, so we need to
address the spaces issues as well.”
Tuten said security seemed to be
the top priority. He said the sugges
tion in the Heery study to build a
building adjacent to the courthouse
was a good idea and they could ad
dress security while doing that. “And
with some planning and common
sense we can deal with issues at the
Juvenile Court,” he said.
Basham said, “Demands are going
to continue to grow and at the end
of the day you will need to facilitate
these future needs. Your court sup
port staff needs to be in the immediate
vicinity to be able to do their jobs, with
access to records and information. We
need to address the space issues and
incorporate security with it.”
Hartman said they needed another
adjacent building, but that decision
was up to the county.
Tuten agreed, saying a building
connected to the courthouse would be
a good start and then they could do
the courthouse itself.
In response to a question by Mur
phy, Tuten suggested using the Heery
study as a master plan for the project.
“The Heery study is very specific,”
said Tuten, “it’s good, it’s almost a
master plan itself.”
Basham asked if they could meet
with the people from Heery.
Judge Kelley agreed security was
the top priority but felt the $50 mil
lion figure that had been talked about
was too much.
“The $40 million in the study,” said
Judge Kelley, “is for the Cadillac ver
sion, I don’t think Glynn County needs
that. Also, the District Attorney has
done some renovation that has helped
in that area. I think $25 million gets
us going.”
Murphy said, “Okay, let’s get with
the Heery folks and if it’s not $50 mil
lion then so much the better.”
Basham agreed saying the commit
tee did not have enough information
to develop a cost estimate.
Murphy noted that the issue deals
with a critical part of the community
and while the situation is not critical
yet, it is a problem and now is the time
to get going on it.
Tuten said he would work with
Assistant County Manager Kathryn
Downs on contacting Heery to ask
them for an update on the study.
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By Pamela Permar Shierling
At the regular Brunswick Glynn
Joint Water and Sewer Commis
sion (JWSC) meeting (August 22) the
board approved sending several ordi
nance revisions to the City and County
commissions.
The two with the most impact to
customers are the new leak adjustment
ordinance and the ordinance governing
the metering of sewer only customers.
The main objective of the revised
leak adjustment ordinance is to sim
plify it for customers. The current or
dinance does not allow for adjustments
in irrigation accounts or on accounts
with outstanding balances. The new
ordinance specifically allows for these
types of adjustments.
Currently sewer only customers are
billed a flat rate of 7,000 gallons per
month if their private water supply is
not metered. According to JWSC In
terim Executive Director Andrew Bur
roughs there are customers on these
flat rate accounts that have delinquent
accounts. Some of them have never
paid for sewer service.
Burroughs said about $40,000 is
owed from sewer only customers and
the JWSC has no practical way of dis
connecting them due to non-payment.
The revised ordinance requires de
linquent sewer only users to install
an accessible (to the JWSC) cleanout
if their water supply is not metered.
A lockable plug will be placed on the
cleanout if the account is in arrears or
closed.
The JWSC will work the Glynn
County Board of Health to install the
lockable plug. Customers will receive a
letter from the JWSC allowing them 30
days to have the lock installed.
The Health Department can con
demn the property if the sewer is
turned off.
These ordinances will go into effect
when the City and County Commis
sions approve them.
Last week (August 21) the JWSC
finance committee deferred approval
of a GEFA (Georgia Environmental
Finance Authority) loan resolution
for $15 million and an interest rate of
2.38%.
The loan funds will be used to reha
bilitate the Academy Creek Wastewa
ter Treatment Plant, sewer line CIPP
(cured in place pipe) work, and inflow
and infiltration reduction projects.
“Once the loan documents are ap
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months to start to draw on the loan.
We will pay a continuation fee if we
don’t draw within those six months.”
According to Burroughs the design
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March 2020 and construction could be
gin June 2020.
The loan resolution is expected to
be approved by the finance committee
at their September 18 meeting and
by the full board at the September 19
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