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Central Georgia
EMC members
come out tor light
bulbs, hot dogs,
buckets, fellowship
By Diane Glidowell
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Central Georgia EMC
held its 82nd Annual
Meeting on Wednesday,
Aug. 7. Because they are
owned by their members/
customers, rural elec—
tric providers must hold
annual meetings to elect
board of directors, approve
inclusion of new members,
present a financial report I
and minutes from the last
meeting and any other
administrative business.
To make those meet—
ings legal, the EMC’s must
attract at least a quorum
of members to the meet-
ings. Central Georgia EMC
offers drawings for prizes
for all members who come,
with many of the prizes
ru'ronmo CLASSES
The Leon Goodrum Tutoring Program will begin
September 7, 2019 on the Tilt College Campus,
Hardin Library, from 9 a.m. until 12 noon.
All interested parents should contact Mr; Stewart
at 478-954-8609 or Ms. Kim Stewart at
478-394-1713 to enroll their child.
Sponsored by The Leon Goodrum Foundation
provided by vendors who
do business with EMC.
This year there were draw-
ings for 56 prizes, includ-
ing lots of gift cards and a
65-inch television.
There were gift cards for
the oldest man (92) and
woman (98) present, the
youngest baby (7 weeks),
the couple married the
longest (67 years) and the
couple most recently mar—
ried (June 2019). It so hap—
pened that the parents of
the youngest baby this year
won the prize for the most
recently married couple
last year.
Left are Meredith and Jonathan Adams with their CGEMC bucket filled with
gifts.
Although Monroe
County was well repre-
sented at the meeting, not
a lot of prizes were seen
heading back to Monroe.
William SoWell of Forsyth
took a $100 Energy Credit
ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONALS.
BUSINESS CONSULTANTS.
Tax ‘ Audit ' Briokkeqiing ' lRS l{t:l)l‘l.‘Si‘lllill ion
HOPKINS
50:?ASSOCIATES Serving Forsyt/zfiir more than 40yearr/
of the tax di
Certified Public Accountants
68 Northjackson Street ' Forsyth
l (p) 478-994—1820 (f) 478—994-3102
www.hopkinscpaga.com
, BOARD OF EDUCATIGN,
.,
: TOTAL/M80 TAXES LEVIED
, ,, Net" Tax 5 increase
’*“ Net Tax % Increase ,
The Monroe County Board of Education does hereby announce that the millage
rate will be set at a meeting to be held at the
Boardof Education offices, 25 Brookiyn Avenue, Forsyth, on Thursday, Aug.
22, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. and pursuant to the requirements
of O.C.G.A. § 48~S~32 does hereby publish the following presentation of
the current year's tax digest and levy," along with the history
gest and levy for the past five years. '
CURRENT 2019 PROPERTY TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
1,603“ i '13? rinsesnzau 13'?
$20,796,538 $20,719,536 v
‘ ' ($77,002)
Pictured above, left to right, are Ethan Payne, Drew Pat-
terson and David Shoemaker during the National Anthem.
Right, Cody, Phil and Dana Ham of Monroe County talk
after the annual meeting adiourns. Phil Ham represents
Monroe and Bibb Countie on the CGEMC board of direc-
tors. (Photos/Diane Glidewell)
Certificate that he can
apply to his next EMC bill.
Ricky Fisher of Forsyth
was picked for a $25 Ama-
zon gift card.
But no one who came to
the Central Georgia EMC
meeting left empty-hand—
ed. Of the 678 members
who registered at the
meeting, each one got a big
white utility bucket filled
with gifts. There were two
LED light bulbs, a collaps—
ible strainer, four kitchen
scrapers, a heavy duty oven
mitt and more in each
bucket plus some gifts of-
fered by vendors at tables
near registration. Members
and all the guests who
accompanied them were
treated to hot dog lunches
of two hot dogs grilled
and served by CGEMC
workers, chips, soft drinks
or bottled water and ice ,
cream sandwiches. Total
attendance was estimated
at about 1,400.
Those attending were
treated to entertainment
by Master of Ceremonies
Rev. Ed Hoard, a long—time
pastor and motivational
speaker who is pres-
ently serving First Baptist
Church Zebulon. Scouts
from Troop 51 in Forsyth
led the pledge of allegiance
to the US. flag to open the
meeting. The scouts were
David Shoemaker and
Drew Patterson; they were
accompanied by leaders
Bobby Walker, Iill Darden
and Sue Shoemaker.
Mary Persons senior
Ethan Payne sang the
national anthem. Payne’s
voice is widely enjoyed
in Central Georgia; he
opened for Suzy Bogguss at
Monroe Fine Arts Center
in June and was a popular .v
contestant on “American
Idol” last season. Payne
sang with Luke Bryan be
fore a crowd of 50,000 at a
Dallas Cowboys game with
he was 13. '
Central Georgia EMC
, board chairman D.T.
Hamil welcomed mem—
bers, employees and guests,
especially veterans, mem—
bers of law enforcement
and retired EMCem-
ployees. District Attorney
Jonathan Adams, Georgia
House Rep. Susan Holmes
and Monroe County BOC
Chair Greg Tapley were
among those receiving
special recognition.
Central Georgia EMC
President/ CEO George
Weaver said he was proud
to host everyone in the
now completed CGEMC
event space next door to its
headquarters. He said the
building has received its
final permits and thanked
Piedmont Construction
for overseeing every detail.
He said it was nice to be
in air conditioning rather
than in a hot tent outside,
which was the tradition for
the annual meetings for
many years. The building
has been named for John
Fish, a long-time CGEMC
administrator.
“It will be here for a long
time to come,” said Weaver.
He said 2018 was an
“exciting year of prog—
ress” and CGEMC is in a
.. strong position for now
and the future. Weaver
said CGEMC’s rates are
the third lowest among
providers of electricity in
Georgia, saving members
an average of $61/ month
or $732/year. CGEMC
has 102 employees, which
equates to 559 meters per
employee.
One thing CGEMC is
watching for the future
is the increase in electric
vehicles. They now repre—
sent 2.4 percent of vehicle
sales, but that is predicted
to rise to 30 percent by
2027. Other things coming
in the future are large scale
August 14, 29W
battery storage and EMC
participation in-providing
rural broadband. A bill
passed the Georgia leg-
islature this year to allow
EMCs to provide broad-
band service, and Weaver
said CGEMC is research-
ing its options.
The financial report
showed CGEMC has
$252.3 million intotal
assets and total liabilities
and equity for 2018. That
is up from $240.6 million
in 2017. Board members
Warren Holder, Linda
Jordan and Everett Wil-
liams were re-elected. No
other candidates for their
positions were nominated.
The meeting approved 666
new CGEMC members.
At the end of 2018
CGEMC served 7,623
meters in Monroe County,
including three county
schools, the Five Below
Distribution Center, Han-
son Aggregate and South—
ern Forest. It paid $209,007
in taxes to Monroe County.
CGEMC Foundation dis-
tributed $18,51 1 in grants
in Monroe County in 2018'.
Phil Ham represents
Monroe and Bibb Counties
on the CGEMC Board of
Directors. Bobby Melton
of Monroe County is the
CGEMC board attorney. ‘
UPCOMI
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The instructor is UGA Extension
of- 4;}, ,
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r 2,496,207
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and includes dinner and 0
BOA binder To be guaranteed
a binder, RSVP by Aug. TS to
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Monroe County Extension at
478-994-704.
Aug. 21 r
Food Bank Distribution
Christ United Methodist Church,
along with other local churches
and in coniunction with Circle of
Care, will distribute food pack—
ages provided by the Macon
Food Bank on Wednesday, Aug.
2T. To volunteer to help unload
the truck and/or assemble and
distribute food, show up at TO
am. at Christ UMC, 4l7 North
Frontage Road, Forsyth (next to
the Farm Bureau). For informa-
tion on being a recipient of this
once-a-month food distribution.
contact Circle of Care at (478l-
994-4939.
Aug. 26‘
. Extension mum
and Learn
The Monroe CountyExtenslon
Lunch Learn program‘onw
Pond and Fish Management
will be on Monday, Aug. ‘26
at the Extension Office from
- T2-l pm. Guest speaker will
be Steven Patrick, Habersham
Extensioh. Registration ls STD
and includes lunch, which'will
be chicken and biscuits. RSVP
to 478—994-70l4 by Aug. 22..
