Boards may move on SPLOST
Rome, Floyd County and Cave Spring have separate meetings scheduled for this week.
Rome, Floyd County and Cave Spring government boards all have separate meetings scheduled for this week.
The three elected government boards — Rome City, Cave Spring and Floyd County — will hold their first meetings of the month this week.
Rome and Floyd County officials just finished a series of planning sessions that leaves them with light agendas.
“There isn’t much on there,” County Commissioner Scotty Hancock said. “There may be some talk about the SPLOST.”
The three boards have informally agreed to call a November vote on a special purpose, local option sales tax extension. The next step is to appoint a SPLOST Citizens Advisory Committee to start vetting proposals for funding in the package.
County commissioners will meet Tuesday at the County Administration Building, 12 E. Fourth Ave. The caucus starts at noon, with the regular meeting following at 2 p.m.
Hancock said Kevin Cowling, director of Rome-Floyd County Parks and Recreation, is scheduled to give a presentation during the caucus on the department’s financial status. The board also will formalize its tentative agenda.
Both the County Commission and Rome City Commission are scheduled to issue proclamations recognizing Child Abuse Prevention Month, Fair
Housing Month, Crime Victim Awareness Week and Occupational Health Nursing Week.
The Rome City Commission will meet today. The board caucuses at 5 p.m. and starts its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall, 601 Broad St.
City commissioners also are slated to approve contract extensions with Golder Associates Inc. to monitor closed landfill sections for contaminants.
Golder has been monitoring surface water and groundwater since 2001 to ensure there are no leaks at the Berryhill and Walker Mountain landfills. The latest two-year extensions are for testing twice a year at Berryhill, for $60,800, and at three sites at Walker Mountain, for $122,550.
The proposals are 5 percent less than the previous two-year contracts due to “ongoing efficiency gained through continued work” at the sites, the proposal from Golder states.
The Cave Spring City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 10 Georgia Ave. Council members set their agenda at a pre-meeting caucus that starts at 5 p.m.
The City Council is expected to get an update on the Downtown Development Authority’s plans for its annual BaconFest and Car Show.
The event — which also includes arts and crafts vendors — is set for April 29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Cave Spring Community Center. This will be the first year beer is available for purchase in a special section on the event grounds.