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Jerles pushes for tax cuts
at council budget session
By Torey Jolley
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Pern' City Council mem -
tiers met May 27 for a work
session focusing on a pre
liminary fiscal year budget
and including, real estate
acquisition discussed in
executive session.
According to
Councilman William Jerles
Jr.. “We’re spending a mil
lion dollars more than we
are taking in. We need to
make cuts. We should not
tax the people more."
Jerles said. “We have to
balance the budget.
Cutting money from carry
overs is a smart way to go.
We have a sufficient
reserve."
The reserve is approxi
mately 2-3 months of
money required to run the
city.
According to Skip
Nalley. Perry City Manager.
After making some more
cuts we are closer to meet
ing our budget."
However. Nalley said it is
wise for a city to maintain
"at least a six month
money reserve in case of a
disaster."
Jerles said Perry is “6-8
mills above others in the
county."
The city expects rev
enues to loial .8 I 1.5 mil
lion. The general fund will
contribute slightly more
than $6.1 million to the
total revenue while the
water revenue will provide
$2.4 million and the gas
revenue will total just shy
of $2.4 million. The expen
ditures are almost $11.9
million
Several departments are
requesting new vehicles.
Harold Deal. utilities
superintendent, comment
ed that the department
needed to get a new half
ton truck and a pickup
t,-uck because “the ones in
use are a piece of Junk.”
Danny Walker, water/
waste water superinten
dent. said his department
is “in good shape." Though
it will cost $132,000 for
the clearing of the exten
sion of new service lines,
“we will recoup the cost
later.”
The sewerage depart
ment requested a one-ton
truck with a service body
similar to the one the
water department uses
currently, a traffic divert
trailer, and a screen for the
waste water plant which
will take the grease, wood,
and such out of the system
before sending it on to be
treated.
"t is not EPA mandated,
but we are trying to update
when we can." slated
Walker, adding the cost of
the screen is about
$84,000. He, also, added
they would like to get a
sewer camera for the 4" to
6" lines mostly. He told the
council members that the
demonstration the sewer
camera company did for
them saved the city $3,000
alone.
The camera would go
into the sewer lines and
the department could
identify problems and
repair them quickly and
with less cost.
Perry Police Chief
George Potter said his
department needs ten new
vehicles.He explained out
of the department s cur
rent vehicles "one was
wrecked and nine others
had over 120,000 miles on
them." He suggested a
lease/purchase of ten Ford
Crown Victorias with the
police packages.
“They are the best deal
for the money." stated
Potter. The cost of the ten
vehicles is $93,000. He
said the department had
twenty-eight officers on the
road with a 24/7 rotation
in three zones.
In addition, he request
ed traffic; accident soft
ware. five notebook com
puters to ease the report
generating work for the
officers, forty new Georgia
code books, new guns, and
two new officers.
Perry Fire Chief Gary
Hamlin said he depart
ment needs two new fire
fighters. one for each shift.
He said in the capital out
lay area, the department
needs a new valve on the
hook-n-ladder truck and
uniforms and clothes for
the new firefighters.
The council members
also discussed having a
downstairs display featur
ing gas products, such as a
fireplace with gas logs.
Though the new City of
Perry administration
building does not use any
gas. they want to market
the city's gas.
Mayor Worrall men
tioned the city needed to
focus of selling its gas
more. He continued that
Flint Electric changed its
name and maybe getting
into the gas market as
well.”
Other items discussed
were looking into an early
retirement plan.
Recreation Department
budget and need for new
lighting at Rozar park, sell
ing signs to local company
on the baseball fence, new
equipment for Recreation
Department sports teams,
irrigation ol grass in park,
and upgrading the 91 1
system.
Panthers finish spring training
By ALLINE KENT
Home Journal Staff
The Perry Panthers fin
ished up spring training last
week after two weeks of
practice with the varsity
and a one week of introduc
tion for the rising Bth
graders.
“We definitely have a good
group coming up from the
middle school. " said Coach
George Collins at the end of
the third week. “Most will
be playing JV this fall, but
we are still looking for a few'
answers on varsity.
Traditionally, there has
always been a few that tran
sition from the middle
school straight to the varsi
ty-"
The Panthers graduate
several hard to replace and
very talented seniors
including Dontarrious
Thomas and Anthony Lane
who were three year letter
men and Dante
Holmes and Eddie Gary
who were four year letter
men.
Collins commented that
his rising junior class is
already stepping into the
leadership roles voided by
the seniors and described
his juniors as a “solid, excit
ing' group".
The Panthers spent most
of their time working on
fundamentals but did hit
three days.
With the amount of play
ers who play both offense
and defense, it is hard for a
AA team to full scrimmage
successfully. Another thing
that Collins said was in the
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ANTICIPATION - Kids at Tucker School
wait impatiently to see their principal
A promise is a promise, and a pig is a pig
Last laTTT’nncipai John
Gordon told the students at
Tucker Elementary' School
that if they earned 7.005
points in the school’s
"Accelerated Reader
Program", he would kiss a
P>g-
The students not only
met the challenge; they
surpassed it. earning over
8.000 points. The reading
program is designed to
encourage children to read
for fun. and provides points
for each book read. The
children can then redeem
the points for prizes.
back of his mind was keep
ing his team physically fit
for the upcoming fall.
“We were very cautious
and didn't work too long
and get wore down. That's
where you get injuries.”
Going into the 1998 sea
son, Collins made several
coaching changes. This
year therewill be just one
major one. the addition of
Coach Don Sherwood who
replaces defensive line
Coach Carl Thomas.
Thomas, who coached
Perry's boy's basketball
team to their first back to
back region championships
in 25 years, will continue to
coach basketball and soccer
for the
Panthers but leaving his
fall open will allow him
more time to concentrate on
basketball season which
overlaps football.
Coach Sherwood comes
to Perry after being defen
sive coordinator of a highly
successful program at
Mount De Salles in Macon
for five years.
Perry will have their first
mandatory practice July
26th but Collins said that
he knows that his players
will work some on their own
until then. The team set a
goal of working as individu
als 3-4 days a week in the
weight room this summer.
“We have a lot of hope
going into the season,"
Collins remarked. "The
group of seniors that we are
losing left us with a taste of
success that makes us hun
gry for more."
keep his promise to kiss a pig.
They got their big prize
when their principal kept
this promise - in front of
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