County to upgrade water lines along Hulsey Road

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CLEVELAND, Ga. — In a combined work session and called meeting Monday, the White County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to participate with the city of Cleveland in water service upgrades.

The upgrades consist of changing from an eight-inch water line to a 12-inch water line along Hulsey Road from the water tower to the Freudenberg-NOK plant. The county will provide $100,000 in funding. Freudenberg is the county’s largest employer. The total cost of the project is $540,000.

Cleveland City Manager Tom O’Bryant said, if the city’s grant application is approved, the Appalachian  Regional Commission (ARC) will provide approximately 50 percent of the funding and the city will provide approximately $170,000. ARC funds could be received by the end of the year.

Commissioners unanimously approved White County Public Safety Director David Murphy’s request to move forward with evaluation of an enhanced 911 phone switch and system to be funded by the voter-approved 2014 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).

Murphy said the company that provided the current system has gone out of business, and the county has used another company for maintenance the last three to four years.

“It’s become a concern to me that we could lose that server at any point in time,” Murphy said. He estimated the cost at approximately $250,000 to $260,000 and said he could have a proposal to the commissioners by the end of August and the new system could be installed by the end of the year.

In other business, commissioners unanimously approved:

⦁ Redistricting 19.32 acres at 557 Hwy. 356 in Helen from Residential Single-Family Residential to Residential Seasonal District to accommodate the construction of “treehouse style” rental cabins;

⦁ Allowing the county manager to execute grant documents for the required hazardous mitigation plan update;

⦁ Surplus of a 2007 asphalt distributor truck and 1900-gallon Leeboy Rosco Max II distributor for sale to Stephens County for $63,108; and

⦁ A White County Superior Court misdemeanor probation contract with Northeast Georgia Probation Services, Inc.

Commissioners tabled a proposal to accept Shepherd Drive for county road maintenance.

U.S. Forest Service Ranger Ryan Foote told commissioners the Forest Service is conducting an assessment of the damage sustained by a recent tornado that struck the Upper Chatthoochee Campground in the Wildlife Management Area.

“It got leveled,” Foote said. The campground was closed when the tornado struck, leading Foote to state, “We got lucky. I would be here under different circumstances if that campground had been opened.”

 

 

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