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Polk County Public Works Committee to trim paving list to assist Cedartown, considers truck‑route signage and furniture‑bin cameras
Summary
At the March 17 Public Works Committee meeting, County Manager Matt Denton proposed reducing miles on the county paving list to help Cedartown repave College Street and to aid Rockmart; officials also discussed posting truck‑route signs, installing cameras or relocating furniture donation bins at Baldwin Cut, and unspecified issues at the Van Wert Fire Station site.
County Manager Matt Denton told the Polk County Public Works Committee on March 17 that the county plans to reduce the miles on its paving list to assist the City of Cedartown with paving College Street and to provide some paving support for the City of Rockmart. Denton said traffic control on College Street will be the biggest issue and the committee agreed the cities should assist with traffic control as a condition so the county’s paving program is not neglected. The number of miles to be removed from the county list was not specified in the transcript.
Denton also reported that trucks servicing a nursery on Mullen Road have not followed the designated truck route. The committee discussed posting truck‑route signs along Lees Chapel Road to address the problem.
Public Works Director Dion Senn said people have been getting into furniture donation bins at the Baldwin Cut convenience site over the weekends and leaving messes that convenience center workers must clean up. The committee discussed options including installing cameras at Baldwin Cut or relocating the furniture bins to the Aragon convenience site. No firm decision or timeline was recorded in the meeting minutes.
County Manager Denton and Building Official Brian McCray informed the committee of issues brought to them regarding the Van Wert Fire Station site; the transcript does not specify the nature of those issues.
No formal motions or votes were recorded on these items during the meeting. Commissioner Michael Gravett called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.; there were no commissioner comments noted and the meeting was adjourned.
