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Residents urge traffic signal, question sewer IGA and raise concerns about subdivisions and sheriff policies
Summary
During public comment, a resident presented a petition for a traffic signal at McCulley Subdivision; others raised questions about a sewer IGA with Dalton Utilities, planned large subdivisions and sheriff office policies.
Several residents addressed the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners during the public comment portion of the Jan. 9 meeting.
Mary Blair of the McCulley Subdivision presented the board with a petition requesting a traffic signal at the subdivision entrance on Cleveland Highway. County Engineer Kent Benson told Blair the stretch is a state road and that he would contact the Georgia Department of Transportation to convey residents' concerns.
Later in the public-comment period, Vicky Alt spoke to the board about the sewer intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with Dalton Utilities. Matt Coker raised concerns about large subdivisions planned for the north end of the county. Tammy Williams, who lives at 109 Timberland Drive, addressed the board about Whitfield County sheriff office policies. The minutes record the comments but show no formal board action on these public-comment items at that meeting.
The board did not record a response beyond the engineer's commitment to contact GDOT regarding the traffic-signal petition.