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City and JCWSA Partnership
CITY and JCWSA
PARTNERSHIP
We have obtained
the latest (of about 5 floating around) contract with the City and
JCWSA. This agreement is for 5 years, but it still obtains many of
the same problems we outlined previously—such as:
No dissolution
clause.
A committee to
over see the performance of the contract
The City to have
all operational control of the county water system
No figures as to
how the costs will be figured
We continue to be
worried about the JCWSA’s ability to pay the upcoming bond payments.
With less than
200 customers, the first couple of year’s payments might be paid
because of the “hook up fees”. But if a lot more customers don’t
come on board, it seems it will be close to impossible to make the
debt payments. WHO will pick up the tab then? Most likely the
property owners of this County.
We have also
informed Ronnie Payne, City Operations Manager, that the
meetings being held
“most every
Tuesday” has been in violation of Open Meetings law.
The law says all
work sessions and COMMITTEE meetings (any committee of its members
created by any authority or commission) must be open to the public
and advertised so that the public knows when the meetings will be
and where they’ll be. Brac Pound, Linda Jordan, Roger Bell and
Frank Sherrill have been meeting with Tom Berry and Ronnie Payne to
work out this “partnership agreement.”
It is very
exciting to report that many people attended the City Council
meeting to voice their concerns about the agreement; especially with
so many unknowns still existing and the fact that it was done in
secret. More people need to attend the City Council meetings and
contact the Councilors—Scott Sauls, Bryan Standifer, Otis Clark,
Jackie Bell Smith, and Glenn Newsome—with their comments and
concerns.
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