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August 12, 2024
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Vol 52 Issue 33
City approves
hiring
consultant
• Two infrastructure
grants accepted
By Pamela Permar-
Shierling
The Brunswick City Com
mission voted last week
(Wednesday, Aug. 7) to con
tract with the Peachtree Gov
ernment Relations (PGR) con
sulting firm to advocate for
the city at the state level.
City Manager Regina
McDuffie said the firm will
help with advocacy with state
entities including the Depart
ment of Community Affairs,
Dept, of Transportation, Dept,
of Natural Resources, and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The city is looking for infra
structure and housing grants.
The contract includes a
$4,000 per month fee plus
additional expenses such as
travel, mileage, printing, cop
ies, and postage that the city
approves.
PGR duties also include
working with the General As
sembly, the Governor’s office,
state elected officials, and
business and industry leaders.
PGR plans to create a stra
tegic plan for the city.
Three PGR members were
introduced to the commission.
They were Don Bolia, princi
pal, and lobbyists Tyler Lewis
and Janelle Adams.
In other business:
• The city accepted two
grants relating to the Albany
St. storm drainage project.
A $600,000 grant has been
received from the Southeast
Crescent Regional Commis
sion (SCRC) for a State Eco
nomic and Infrastructure
Development grant. No local
match is required.
The Georgia Environmen
tal Finance Authority (GEFA)
has awarded the city $1.6 mil
lion for a Clean Water Sewer
Overflow and Stormwater
Municipal Reuse grant.
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City consultant
100 years of Kiwanis
The Kiwanis Club of Brunswick was honored at the Georgia State Capitol for their 100 years of
service to Brunswick and neighboring communities. House Resolution 929 honoring the Club was
read and adopted on January 29. At the capitol from left were: Don Lewis, Kiwanis Club President;
Rep. Rick Townsend, Kiwanian; Bruce Foisy, Kiwanis Vice President; Cate Gooch-Coolidge,
Kiwanian; Shaw McVeigh, Kiwanian and former State Representative; Ralph Staffins, Brunswick
Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce President & CEO; Sam Tostensen, Field Representative for
Governor Brian Kemp; and Cosby Johnson, Mayor of Brunswick. Photo provided
Brunswick Kiwanis Club celebrates 100 years
By Pamela Permar-Shierling
If you ask any member of
the Brunswick Kiwanis Club
why he or she joined, the an
swer will be “for the children.”
On Thursday, August 15
the Brunswick Kiwanis Club
will celebrate 100 years with a
Gala at Historic City Hall with
music, food, and speakers.
The Brunswick Kiwanis
Club was organized in 1924.
One of the charter members
was the late Carley Zell whose
grandson, Dickey Zell, is a
current member.
Carley lived in three cen
turies: he was born in 1899
and died at 106 in 2006. He
was celebrated in 2003 as the
oldest Kiwanian in the world.
He was also the last surviving
charter member.
Carlton Morrison, who died
in 2021, was a past president
of Kiwanis.
Hubert Lang Jr., deceased
as well, had 42 years of per
fect attendance during his of
50 years of membership.
Ben Slade, a past presi
dent, was president in 1967
when the Boys and Girls Club
was founded in Glynn.
And of course the Onion
Man himself - Bill Brown.
Bill accounted for 90 percent
of Brunswick Kiwanis’ onion
sales each year and a lot of the
Club’s levity during the years.
Brunswick Kiwanis holds
two fundraisers each year: the
Christmas tree sale and the
Stewbilee.
One hundred percent of the
money earned from each of
these events stays in Glynn
County and goes to local youth
organizations.
Shaw McVeigh, who joined
Kiwanis in 1982, reminisced
about the organization.
“Roy Smith of H&H spon
sored me into the club,”
McVeigh said. “What attracted
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Kiwanis
County-Wide News - Read County-Wide
Page 3 - County keeping Juvenile Justice building
project under budget
Page 4 - D.A. King - Looking for a Better Life
Page 5 - CCGA's X-Ray program
Page 9 - Port City
Page 10 - Pew / Obits
Page 11 - Events at The Nest
Page 12 - Back Talk
Khurana appeals
BOE decision
• Sec. of State's ballot
deadline missed
By Matthew J. Permar
Brunswick resident Laura
Khurana is seeking the At
Large Post 2 seat on the Glynn
County Board of Commission
ers (BOC) as an independent
candidate.
Challenging incumbent
Republican Walter Rafolski
for the seat, Khurana was re
quired by state law to submit
petitions with signatures from
5% of registered Glynn Coun
ty voters or 3,098 signatures.
She submitted those to
Glynn County’s Board of Elec
tions (BOE ) by the July 9 dead
line, however, upon review by
the BOE, 1,079 of those who
filled out the petition were in
complete and rejected.
Khurana was informed by
the BOE in a letter dated July
30 that her petition had been
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Khurana
BOE considers
millage rate
By Pamela Permar-
Shierling
The Glynn County Board
of Education (BOE) was pre
sented with four possible mill-
age rates to consider during
last week’s (Thursday, Aug. 8)
work session.
The fiscal year (FY) 2025
budget is based on a 15.15
millage rate which is a .25
millage rate reduction. Even
though this is a reduction in
millage from fiscal year 2024
which was 15.4 mils, it is still
considered a 4.81% tax in
crease since the rollback mill-
age rate is 14.455.
The 15.15 millage rate gen
erates an additional $655,400
in property tax revenues.
The BOE was presented
with three other millage rate
scenarios:
• 14.9 mills which is a .mil
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