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Page 4, December 2, 2024 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 $43 per year in Glynn County and $53 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 onhne at 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. 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King Phone Number 912-265-9654 email: ssislander@bellsouth.net Web: theislanderonbne.com Award Winning Newspaper 1975 1980 1985 • 1976 19811992 1977 1982 1999 1978 1983 2002 1979 1984 2008 2012, 2016 Island Gateway Continued from Page 3 governments offer supplemental in surance coverage for eligible first responders diagnosed with PTSD. The coverage includes a one-time $3,000 cash benefit and monthly in come replacement up to 60% of the responder’s salary (up to $5,000 per month) for up to 36 months. This benefit aims to give first responders sufficient time to seek treatment and recovery without financial hardship. The new provisions will take effect on January 1, 2025. • authorized a letter to the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) requesting certain Glynn County bridges be considered for their Local Bridge Replacement Program over the next 20 years. The DOT has sev eral Local Bridge Replacement Pro grams to help local governments with bridge replacement. According to county staff, it takes several years for the DOT to program a bridge replacement so staff re viewed the current standing and age of local bridges and identified three that will need to be replaced over the MPC meets By Matthew J. Permar Glynn County’s Mainland Planning Commission (MPC) meets on Tuesday evening, December 3 at 6:00 in the Historic County Courthouse. The agenda includes three items: • a site plan for 1026 Glynn Park Road for an addition to the existing J&J Tire business. The site plan proposes the addition of four new service bays. The project received site plan approval in 2022, but the approval has expired. The 7,600 sq. ft. addition includes the four new service bays. Five service bays currently exist. The applicant is also requesting a buffer modification for the required Type E along Glynn Park Rd. A Type E is required along the road, but due to the existing parking lot and fence, a 10 ft. buffer cannot be installed with out removing pavement and reducing parking. • an amendment to an existing Planned Development (PD) district that would include, but not limited to, the addition of ‘car wash’ as a use at 2668 and 2678 Highway 17 South. The property is on the north side of Hwy. 17 a short distance from Andy Tostensen Rd. The owner is also asking for modi fications to the buffer requirements adjacent to a neighborhood. The buf fer modification would reduce a por tion of the buffer from 50 ft. to 12 ft. and would include a 6 ft. high privacy fence bordering the adjacent Boykin Ridge residential subdivision to the west. The staff report notes that typical buffers between commercial and resi dential are either 12 feet with a 6 foot privacy fence or 20 feet of landscap ing. The existing 50 foot requirement of the PD exceeds this. • The final item on the agenda is approval of the site plan for the new car wash at 2668 and 2678 Highway 17 South. next 20 years. Staff is requesting that the fol lowing bridges be considered for the DOT’s Local Bridge Replacement Pro gram: Well Creek Bridge (5 years), East Beach Causeway at Blackbank River Bridge(10 years), and Peninsu la Drive at Blackbank River Bridge (15-20 years). • awarded a contract to Curb and Gutter Professionals, Inc. for the Dungeness Drive Extension Road Project in the amount of $789,425 with $100,000 in funding to be pro vided by SPLOST 2016 Funds and $689,425 to be provided by ARPA funds. • authorized the reallocation of $5,500 currently budgeted in the FY 2025 Fleet Fund for the purchase of one riding lawn mower for the Fire Department, to instead purchase one truck bed cap and deck storage sys tem for a Fire Rescue Fire Inspector vehicle. Fire Rescue has begun purchasing smaller pick-up trucks for use as fire inspector vehicles. The vehicles have a lower purchase price than full size pick-up trucks and consume less fuel. This project is being requested to increase overall storage space in the truck bed and provide a secure cover for the equipment. • accept a grant award from Crimi nal Justice Coordinating Council on behalf of Glynn County Fire Res cue in the amount of $57,700. This grant supports opioid and other drug overdose reduction activities within Glynn County and also supports the development of a community strategic plan to reduce the county’s overdose death rate. • accept the Patrick Leahy Bullet proof Vest Partnership grant from the Department of Justice in the amount of $7,901. This grant supports a 50% reimbursement to the Glynn PD for any eligible vests ordered by the department. • award the contract for the Blythe Island Regional Park Bathhouse #1 upgrades to ELM Solutions, Inc., the lowest responsive bidder, in the amount of $64,135 with funding pro vided by the District 1 capital alloca tion. Bathhouse 1 primarily serves the RV campground and the project will be similar to the upgrades at the Casino building on St. Simons Island. 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