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Page 4, November 4, 2019, The Islander Publisher's Statement THE ISLANDER (USPS 002430), A member of the Georgia Press Associa tion and Glynn County’s only weekly newspa- per is published 51 weeks a year for $35 per year in Glynn County and $40 per year in the United States outside Glynn Comity by Permar Pub lications, Inc., 1604 B Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA 31525. Periodicals post age paid at Brunswick, GA. The Island er is also available to subscribers online at www.theislanderonline.com. Contents of The Islander, including advertising, may not he reprinted or re produced in any form without written permission of the publishers. POST MASTER send address change to The Islander, P.O. Box 20539, St. Simons Island, GA 31522. Publication Deadline Publication Date: Every Monday Deadline: Thursdays, 12 PM for ads and news copy for the following Mon day’s edition. Holiday Schedule On Monday Post Office holidays, The Islander is printed on the Friday before. 2019 Postal Holidays Tuesday, January 1 New Year’s Day Monday, January 21 Marlin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Monday, February 18 President’s Day Washington’s Biilhday Monday, May 27 Memorial Day Thursday, July 4 Independence Day Monday, September 2 Labor Day Monday, October 14 Columbus Day Monday, November 11 Veterans Day Thursday, November 28 Thanksgiving Day Wednesday, December 25 Christmas Day Holiday Deadline: Wednesdays, 12 PM for ads and news copy for the following Monday’s edition. Mission Statement: to publish the truth without fear or favor. Established 1972 Matthew J. Permar - Publisher Elise J. Permar - Publisher 1972-2003 Gertrude Bradshaw - Co-Editor 1972-1991 Managing Editor & Advertising Manager Pamela P. Shierling 912-265-9654 Sports Writer Dave Jordan Pew News Patty Gibson - 912-638-8844 Contributors Ginny Johnson Phone Number 912-265-9654 email: ssislander@bellsouth.net www.theislanderonline.com Award Winning Newspaper 1975 1980 1985 • 1976 19811992 1977 1982 1999 1978 1983 2002 1979 1984 2008 2012, 2016 Finance committee Continued from Page 1 the third option year for 2020 to RSG, which includes an annual increase. The county currently pays $102.72 per customer for ‘weekly household garbage collection and disposal.’ This cost for 2020 will increase by approximately 2% to $104.76. The current cost to the county for ‘biweekly recyclables collection and processing is $ 40.68 and will increase to $41.52 next year. County residents pay $125 a year for these two services. That amount, which is paid on the county property tax bill, will likely remain the same through the end of the five option years on RSG’s contract, which ex tends through 2022. Depending on contract negotiations at that time, the cost to customers for those two services may be adjusted de pending on the new contract. Along with the two basic services, weekly household garbage collection and biweekly recyclables collection, RSG currently offers five optional ser vices for which the customer pays an additional fee. Under RSG’s proposed third option year contract renewal for 2020, these optional services will increase in cost for the customers that subscribe to them. The services, their current cost and next year’s proposed cost are as follows: • an additional household garbage container will increase from $102.72 to $104.76; • an additional recycling container will increase from $40.68 to $41.52; • biweekly collection of yard trash will increase from $87.39 to $89.14; • back door pick up services will increase from $212.24 to $216.48; and • drop-off centers will increase from $ 28.00 to $29.00. Again, the cost increases for the op tional services will be passed along to the customers who subscribe to them, but the base fee of $125 a year for gar bage and recycling pick up will remain the same. Last week the BOC’s Finance Com mittee recommended approval of the third option year contract with RSG. In other business, the Finance Committee: • recommended accepting a $297,691 the Georgia Governor’s Of fice of Highway Safety. The grant is for the Highway Enforcement of Ag gressive Traffic program (HEAT) that the county has been involved in for several years dating back to former Police Chief Matt Doering; The grant funds are to be used to help offset three HEAT officers’ sala ries and purchase three new HEAT vehicles. The local match will be met by the county with the HEAT officers’ benefits (health insurance, retirement and FIC A/Medicare); • recommended approval of retiring two police service dogs, Rex and Thor, and authorization of a Request for Proposal for the purchase and train ing of three new police service dogs. Police Chief John Powell said, for the safety of the police dogs and their handlers and to ensure the K9 pro gram is the best it can be, the police department recently had their four dogs assessed by an expert in the field of Police dog training; After testing, two of the four dogs were determined not suitable for po lice service and will be retired. Rex will go back to his original owner who donated him to the police department, while Thor, who was donated by the Humane Society of South Coastal Georgia, will be adopted by a county police officer; • recommended accepting the 2019-2020 Victims of Crime Act Grant Award from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council in amount of $64,734; • recommended accepting a $104,547 Coastal Incentive grant from the Georgia Department of Nat ural Resources, subject to the approv al of the County Attorney. The federal grant distribution is $45,000 with an in-kind match of $59,547. The funds will help support the second year of the Shoreline Protection Implementa tion Plan. The local in-kind match of $45,717 for Glynn County will be met with em ployees’ time. The remaining in-kind match will be met separately by Jekyll Island Authority with $4,184 and by the City of Brunswick with $$9,646 comprised of employees’ time working on this project. 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