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Resident raises erosion concern at 242 Cemetery St.; council discusses repairs and potential SPLOST use
Summary
City Manager Holly Bailey told the Jackson City Council that runoff from Third St. commercial properties has eroded a backyard at 242 Cemetery St.; Public Works said it could perform repairs but it would require the department's full crew, and the council discussed using SPLOST funds but made no decision.
Holly Bailey, Jackson’s city manager, told the City Council on May 19 that a property at 242 Cemetery St. has suffered erosion from stormwater runoff originating on Third St. She said she provided the council with a repair cost quote and that the city has handled similar repairs for other residents in the past, which she said creates a precedent for city action.
Councilwoman Jeanette Riley asked whether Public Works could carry out the repair. Greg Tallman, the city’s Public Works Director, said his department could do the work but that it would occupy his entire crew. Councilman Theodore Patterson asked whether SPLOST funds could be used for the repair; the meeting record shows the question was raised but does not record a decision or allocation of funds.
No motion or vote on repairs or funding appears in the meeting minutes. The cost quote Holly Bailey provided was noted in council packets but the minutes do not record the dollar amount or whether staff will return with a formal request for funding.
