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County appoints regional representative, grants hiring consent and orders service-account audit; public commenter raises fine and address error
Summary
At regular and work sessions in September, Cusseta–Chattahoochee commissioners appointed Rob Marion to the River Valley Regional Commission, gave advice-and-consent for a director hire to be announced later, and directed staff to investigate 76 unbilled extra trash cans; a resident said she was fined $260 after not receiving a warning notice.
Rob Marion was appointed by the Unified Government of Cusseta–Chattahoochee County to the River Valley Regional Commission (RVRC) at the Sept. 3 regular meeting, replacing Dr. Edward Lee. Commissioners approved the appointment by motion; Marion’s term was recorded as beginning Sept. 3, 2024 and expiring Sept. 3, 2025.
Also at the Sept. 3 session the commission amended the agenda to allow advice-and-consent action for a director-level hire. Commissioner Jason Frost moved to give the county manager authority to proceed with the hire announcement; Commissioner Timothy Biddle seconded and the motion passed unanimously. The commission directed the county manager to make the hired individual’s name public at the next meeting.
On operational oversight, County Manager Thomas Weaver said the county is auditing garbage accounts and found 76 accounts with an extra trash can that were not billed; staff will contact account holders to determine whether cans were returned after tenancy changes or whether billing errors occurred. The commission also approved allowing businesses to establish accounts at the recycle center and tabled two items — a Board of Education request to use Old City Hall and a cardboard compactor purchase — to the next work session for additional review.
At the Sept. 23 work session resident Christine Richards told commissioners she had been fined $260 for an unspecified violation and said she had not received a warning notice; she also said a 911 address sign discrepancy showed 145 where her actual address is 140. "I was coming to the meeting to find out where my money is going," she said; County Manager Weaver told the meeting the commission cannot change fines imposed by the court but that staff would look into the 911 signage and billing questions.
Other business: commissioners agreed to place several items on the Oct. 1 regular meeting agenda if documentation is ready, including reappointments to the Board of Tax Assessors, a first reading of revised Board of Elections rules (to return for a second reading), designation of an engineer of record (Paul Rakel/SOWEGA) and cemetery bylaws. The work session included department updates on recreation registration, code enforcement and animal-control staffing and repairs to a washed-out pipe on Riverbend Road.
Chairman Charles Coffey closed the Sept. 23 session with a call for civility: "Everyone has the right to voice their opinion — just be tactful about it and considerate of others," he said. The work session adjourned at 11:57 a.m.
