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Houston County Commission approves sewer spending package, relocates two polling places and authorizes Wiregrass loan
Summary
Houston County commissioners approved a package of infrastructure and administrative measures, voting by voice to authorize sewer-project funding and contingencies, relocate two polling places, adopt an indigent-burial policy and approve a loan application for Wiregrass Electric.
Houston County commissioners approved a group of administrative and infrastructure measures during a regular meeting, voting by voice on nine agenda items that ranged from sewer funding to polling-place relocations.
The package centered on sewer work: commissioners approved a $37,000 budget amendment to cover engineering fees for the distribution park sewer expansion, authorized a memorandum of understanding with the Houston County Water Authority on a sewer project, established a $50,000 contingency fund for catastrophic sewer repairs, and approved a $75,000 transfer from the county general fund to the Houston County Water Authority for sewer repairs and expenses. Commissioners said the $75,000 transfer is effectively offset by separate port authority funding, and the contingency…
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