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Resident Teresa Parrish questions county citations and road repairs in Cusseta–Chattahoochee meeting
Summary
At the Oct. 1 meeting, resident Teresa Parrish (represented by JD Abercrombie) raised concerns about a mid-September code-enforcement visit and warning for dirt leaving a driveway onto Massey Road. County Manager Thomas Weaver and Chairman Charles Coffey said warnings are the county's formal notice system and staff prioritize repairs with limited resources.
Teresa Parrish appeared at the Oct. 1 board meeting (through JD Abercrombie) to question why a mid-September code-enforcement visit led to a warning about dirt spilling onto Massey Road while other similar driveways apparently did not receive notice. Abercrombie said workers cleaned the property, noted heavy sand rather than rock, and asked how many driveways received citations on Sept. 13 and how long the county takes to respond to work orders.
County Manager Thomas Weaver responded that code-enforcement warnings are the county’s formal system for notifying residents after problems become visible—often after storms—and that staff must prioritize repairs with limited resources. Chairman Charles Coffey emphasized that “a warning is a courtesy and we do not have to give them. We can write someone a citation on the spot,” as recorded in the minutes.
The minutes show the resident’s account that a work order for Patterson Road (ditches and a pipe) was placed on Sept. 20 and that initial repairs made the road passable, with fuller repairs following later. Abercrombie said the motor grader was out of service for repairs earlier in September and suggested that equipment availability affected the timing of follow-up work.
The record includes these specifics from the transcript: commissioners said ten driveways received notices on the same day (the county manager noted some were on Hwy. 137, not only Massey Road); residents were generally given seven days to correct the cited issue; and staff returned after storms to ensure roads were passable before completing fuller repairs.
The exchange underscores two recurring issues for residents: the county’s limited road-repair resources and how the code-enforcement warning system is applied after storms. The commission did not take a formal vote on code enforcement practices at this meeting, but commissioners and the manager described current practices and constraints. The board reconvened after an executive session and adjourned at 7:48 p.m.
