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Perry Council OKs
participation in
UGA study
HBlßy City Council
held a special called meet
ing July 27 to discuss par
ticipation in a study by the
University of Georgia.
The study will focus on
the Service Delivery Strate
gy as required by the law
created by House Bill 489.
Council approved the
participation but added the
stipulation the City of Perry
would not be bound by the
study findings.
Councilman Billy Jerles
said by not binding the
City to the study’s findings,
it reinforces the City's pur
pose to determine what
services are being provided
by which entity and which
services are being over
lapped.
City Council also
approved the invitation of
Houston County Chairman
Sherrill Stafford, and
Houston County Council
members Tom McMichael
and Larry Thompson to the
next council meeting to
discuss the City's position
on the study.
County
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Tom mcmichael in the
absence of Commission
Chairman J. Sherrill
Stafford who was absent
because of illness.
In other business, the
Commissioners:
V Voted down an increase
in The county's occupation
al taxes, which are paid by
businesses in the unincor
porated areas of the county
at the first of each tax year.
The annual fees range from
S7O for businesses with 1 -2
employees to $1025 for
businesses with 99 to 499
employees.
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City lands major transportation funds
Br Torey Jolley
" The (Trorgiabepart merit oi Transporta
tion has notified by letter the City of Perry
has been approved for $700,000 in trans
portation enhancement funds.
The City of Perry’s application for
Transportation Enhancement Activity
{TEA} funding for the Fiscal Year 2000-
2001 was selected by State Transporta
tion Board Chairman Frank C. Pinkston.
The TEA project includes $700,000 in
federal funds to apply to the total project
cost of $987,500.
In the selection process, there were $47
million in TEA funds available to distrib
ute. There were 210 applications received,
totaling more than $l2O million in
requests, a spokesman for the DOT said.
The selection process for this competi
tive program involved extensive review
and comment by the Transportation
Enhancement Advisory Panel. This group
evaluated all applications to aid the State
Discussion
cerned about getting the
written plan to the Depart
ment of Community Affairs
on schedule.
Centerville Mayor Mary
Ann Weigand challenged
Horton by asking why the
Warner Robins leaders’
objections to the state
mandated H 8489 plan had
come up so late in the
process.
“Why did it take two
years for this to surface?"
Weigand asked. “Why did
all this come up six weeks
before the deadline? Was
there a reason for that?"
Others at the meeting
urged a resolution in time
to avoid losing state fund
ing. Every county in Geor
gia is mandated by the
state to submit a written
plan for delivering services
and avoiding double taxa
tion and duplication of ser
vices. Houston County
missed the original July 1
deadline due to objections
raised by Warner Robins
Mayor Donald Walker.
City and county officials
are now hoping to meet the
extended deadline of Oct. 1
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in order to avoid losing
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grant funding. The plan
must be signed by all four
governing bodies.
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall
said. “If we were to miss the
deadline, this county would
never recover.”
Worrall said there is a
provision in the HE3489
guidelines for the service
delivery plan which allows
governments to continue
negotiating details for a
year after signing the plan.
The county government
has already offered to take
over the full cost of the
Houston County Develop
ment Authority, and also to
contribute more funds to
library projects.
McMichael and Thomson
both balked at the idea pre
sented by the Warner
Robins delegation that the
county should also pay the
entire cost of the E-911 ser
vice. Thomson said over 60
percent of the calls that are
made to E-911 are made in
Warner Robins.
Although arguments
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the project selections.
The TEA funds will be available after
Oct. 1. and are subject to meeting all state
and federal program requirements.
The TEA program is not a grant funds
are disbursed through a contract between
the sponsor and the Department of Trans
portation, the spokesman said.
The funds will be used for a variety of
improvements including new sidewalks,
corridor beautification, and landscaping
along major roadways in the City of Perry.
Further plans have not been fully devel
oped.
The City of Perry is responsible for pro
viding all necessary project design, con
tract administration and construction
supervision; completing federal environ
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ty acquisition in accordance with the Fed
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basically stalled the
process since April, and
county finances are a mat
ter of public record, none of
the elected officials appear
to have any detailed infor
mation or data to specify
the areas where this dou
ble-taxation occurs.
McMichael asked several
times if the elected officials
present would agree having
a study done and any
inequities worked out after
the submission of the pro
posal to the state on Oct. 1.
His suggestion was that an
impartial agency be hired to
study county finances and
determine if there are
inequities in taxation, with
the advance agreement that
any inequities found would
be corrected.
Although Worrall and
Weigand both nodded in
agreement to this plan,
Horton of Warner Robins
said that he did not under
stand it. Walker of Warner
Robins, who arrived at the
meeting late in the discus
sion. said. “Y "all just come
up with a-vehicle that’ll get
ui where-We.want to go.”
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
98CX-076-388-003
The City of Perry will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Monday,
August 16, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council
Chambers for the purpose of discussing the approved activ
ities of the City’s Community Development Block Grant
Program. On May 11, 1999, the City was awarded a grant
in the amount of $499,963 to renovate the wastewater treat
ment facility located adjacent to the Heileman Brewery and
will assist in the opening of a Cagle's, Inc. poultry process
ing plant at the site. Items to be discussed at the Hearing
include:
• The amount of funds received and a description of the acti
tivities.
• The amount of funds available for each activity and the
amount of funds tha will beenfit low and moderate
income persons.
* The plan, if applicable, to minimize or prevent displace
ment of persons and the plan to assist persons who may
be displaced.
* Fair Housing laws and City's plan to further Fair Housing.
The public is invited to attend this Hearing to become
informed of the project activities. Persons with special needs
relating to handicapped accessibility or foreign language
shall contact Brenda King at 912-988-2712 prior to August
16, 1999. Ms. King can be located a City of Perry, Cit Hall,
1211 Washington Street, Perry, GA 31069 between the hours
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