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Monroe County Commis-
sioners put the county's north
and south water systems on
the same billing cycle.
County manager Jim
Hedges told commissioners
on Tuesday, June 4 that water
bills were being delayed at
times as a result of outsourc-
ing their processing and
mailing to North Carolina.
Hedges said the county's wa-
ter management firm, Utility
Partners, has the capability
in-house to do billing, so
he recommended shifting
the responsibility to Utility
Partners, which will allow
the bills to be sent out on the
same o/de.
Bills will now be marled out
on the 30th of each month
and will be due on the 10th
of each month. A 10 percent
late penalty will be added
starting on the 1 lth of each
month and ffthe bill remains
unpaid by the 20th, then the
customer is subject to having
his water cut off. Hedges said
269 county customers had
their water cut off for unpaid
bills last month alone.
Hedges said the billing
changes will take effect on
Aug. 1 and said customers
would receive notifications of
the changes prior to the start
date.
By Richard Dumas vehide outside of Monroe County 2018 meeting.to,allow Hedges to Forsyth. District 3 commissioner Ambrose and District 4 com-
forsyth@mymcr.net and said he measured the one-way take home his vehicle, but Evans John Ambrose added that Hedges missioner George Emami both
distance from Hedges' Ashburn said the meeting minutes only pays for his own gas for his daily said they had no problem with
Monroe County Commission- home to the county office at 103 reflected that Hedges was "allowed travels. Hedges taking his vehicle home
ers will allow county manager miles. Evans said he estimated that to have a county vehicle for use. When Evans continued to object with Ambrose adding, "With the
Jim Hedges to continue to drive Hedges has put 24,000 miles on Evans said the minutes never that the Nov. 20, 2018 vote didn't job he's doing, we got hiln a Su-
his county vehicle to his home in his vehicle in the past six months stipulated that the county manager allow Hedges to take his vehicle zuki, I think we ought to get him a
Ashburn. just traveling back and forth to could take his vehicle home. Tap- home, Tapley then made a new Mercedes?
District 1 commissioner Larry Ashburn. ley said commissioners intended motion to let the count), man- Commissioners then approved
Evans told commissioners on Commission chairman Greg for the arrangement to be in place ager drive his vehicle to Ashburn, by a 4-1 w)te to allow Hedges to
Tuesday, June 4 that he is opposed Tapley told Evans commissioners until Hedges, whose Ashburnwhich was seconded by District 2 take his vehicle home with Evans
to Hedges driving his county had already voted at a Nov. 20, home is up for sale, moved to commissioner Eddie Rowland.the lone dissenter.
By Richard Dumas damage to government side of the road and then tried to pass Rodgers' patrol
forsyth "myrnc net property, again failed to stop at the car but instead rammed
According to the incident same stop sign. The moped into the back of it, cans-
A Jackson man was arrest- report, at about 2:55 a.m then continued westbound ing dmnage, before taking
ed and charged with fleeing Dep. Tyler Rodgers of the on High Falls Road, turning offagain. When Sgt. John
or attempting to elude alter Monroe County Sheriff'sinto Clint's Hardware before Thompson of the Monroe
a high-speed chase through Office saw a cmnouflagecontinuing onto Lakeshore County Sheriff's Olfice
High Falls on June 4. moped without a taillight or Drive. The moped againthen tased the male drivm;
Terry Roland, 41, was brake light failing to stop at traveled on the wrong side later identified as Roland.
also charged with a taillight a stop sign at the intersec- of the road before turning Roland fell otthis moped
violation, having no brake tion of Towaliga River Road onto Springdale Road. It and complied with Rodgers'
lights, failure to signal when and High Falls Road. When blew through another stop commands to put his hands
turning, failure to stop at Rodgers tried to stop the sign as it turned onto Buck behind his back, and he was
a stop sign, driving on the moped, it instead drove be- Creek Road. arrested.
wrong side of the road, hind the Falls View Market The chase continued Roland told deputies he
driving while license sus- into the Falls View Restau- through High Falls before ran because he had an arresl
pended, failure to exercise rant parking lot. The moped Rodgers tried to box in warrant. Deputies then de-
due care, reckless driving, then turned onto TowMiga the moped on Buck Creek termined the driver license
having no insurance and River Road on the wrongRoad. The moped then was suspended and he was
wanted out of Cherokee and son took Roland to the
Pickens counties. "Iholnp- Monroe County Jail.
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Commis-
Monroe County Hedges then provided
g!ngrs rejec .t o rl Tu d ay; commissioners with several
? ltifi "i l allbicts fOl Ot9 Local re-sui'facing alternatives to
Maintenance and Improve-
ment Grant (LMIG) road work
after bids came in higher than
expected.
At the recommendation of
county manager Jim Hedges,
commissioners will reduce the
scope of re-surfacing work on
five county roads, Stokes Store
Road, Pea Ridge Road, Pine
Grove Church Road, Collier
Road and Cricket Run, after
bids by two firms, Mbany-
based Reeves Construction,
Co. and Marietta-based C.W.
Matthews Construction Co
Inc. each exceeded $1.8 mil-
lion. The county was slated
to receive just over $619,000
from the state DOT for the
project and included $300,000
in county funds as part of a 30
percent match for a total of just
over $919,000. Hedges noted
that the available amount is
lessen the cost, including one
that would have removed full
depth reclamation on Stokes
Store Road and instead added
a two-inch asphalt overlay
while removing the overlay on
Pea Ridge Road and instead
allowing the county road
department to do backfilling
and grassing of the shoulder.
District 1 commissioner Larry
Evans then motioned to ap-
prove Hedges' proposal, which
was seconded by commission
chairman Greg Tapley. How-
ever, when Tapley called for a
vote, the measure was tied 2-2
with District 3 commissioner
John Ambrose and District 4
commissioner George Emami
in opposition. Emmni said
he'd rather re-surface a shorter
length of each road and do it
fully than use an alternative
re-surfacing method.
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