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Residents raise emergency‑addressing concerns and commissioners debate $400 facilities fee as audit review continues
Summary
During public comment a resident said an addressing error could delay emergency response; the board discussed a proposed $400 flat rate for county facility rentals, fee‑waiver authority and transparency, and the county attorney summarized CRA audit findings and requested a March 10 special meeting to approve an engineer for grant work.
A Gadsden County resident told the board he has experienced years of address‑assignment errors that he fears could delay emergency response. Alan Dust, of 477 Scotland Road in Havana, said Enhanced 9‑1‑1 conversion to geospatial addressing placed his parcel out of numeric sequence and that repeated calls and certified letters to county staff yielded no responsive follow‑up. A sheriff's representative and county staff offered to take his contact information and help correct the addressing sequence.
The board also debated a proposed facilities‑rental policy that the interim administrator recommended setting at $400 as a flat rate for county facility rentals. The interim…
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