Cordele dispatch news12/30/2023 ![]() ![]() So, moving forward we will see.” The closing of the public hearing was properly moved, seconded, and approved unanimously. So, its upon us as well, it does t just run up from the department heads. Deriso also went into saying that, “As I say all the time the reason the west side looks the way it looks is because they have done a disinvestment.” He also goes as far to mention that, “ You can tell people values and priorities by where they put there money, and this body has decided to not put more investment into the west side to build it up. He mentions that it is not just department headed that can bring things up, cause at the end of the day the governing body is the one to approve the budget. Chairman Deriso spoke in regards to the west side, saying that, the governing body has a big say to what can be done with the budget besides what Federal Law states needs to be done. The citizen also asked if ward 1 had made any special requests and there was not. More information of the exact areas that will receive this is to come. ![]() ![]() She also mentioned that there is SPLOST that covers improvements on Joe Wright Drive, with the budget specifically the department submit their request for each line item and then from there if there are streets that need to be paved or other works. Public works has plans to pave streets based on a priority list says City Manager, Angela Redding. It was brought to everyone’s attention that there are funds that have been allocated to the improvement of sidewalks and roads on the west side. There was one citizen in the courtroom that asked about this budget and how it will impact the west side of Cordele. This public hearing is to receive comments on the proposed FY 2023-2024 budget. A copy of the budget was placed in the City Clerk’s for public inspection. Notice of a public hearing was advertised in the legal organ for the City on Jand June 28, 2023. The Governing body was presented with a proposed budget for FY 2023-2024. The next public hearing was regarding the proposed Fiscal Year Budget 2023-2024. This public hearing did not have any discussion and was closed. ![]() Use provisions by district section 625.3 conditional uses. definitions and interpretations Article VI. The meeting started with a public hearing in regards to Article II. Owens, Commissioner Royce Reeves, Sr., Commissioner Wesley Rainey and City attorney, Tommy Coleman in attendance. It will be a while, however, before the odor goes away completely, he added.The Cordele City Commission met on Wednesday Jat 9am at the Cordele City Hall Courtroom with Chairman Joshua Deriso, Commissioner Vest Beal Shepard, Commissioner Isaac H. By mid-morning, the spill had been cleaned up. His department was on scene from about 1:45 until about 4:06, monitoring the situation, Lunsford said.ĭrexel’s manager was called soon after the incident and he came to the plant immediately, the chief said. Anyone who has problems should notify his or her doctor, the chief suggested. The chemical is not poisonous, according to Lunsford, but it is an irritant and can cause respiratory difficulties. “I have had calls from as far away as Blakely about the odor,” he added.īecause the wind was blowing from the northeast, the smell seems to have traveled in a southwesterly direction, affecting Albany and other areas in that part of the state. The chemical has such a strong odor, Lunsford said, that it still had not completely dissipated by 11 a.m. The chemical was in pellet form, he said, and personnel were warming the vat to make removal easier.Īpparently, the vat got too hot and blew the lid off, spewing fumes into the air. Lunsford explained that a light crew at the plant was attempting to remove an insecticide called Dimethoate from a 55 gallon drum. Wednesday after an incident involving an industrial strength solvent triggered a release of fumes into the air. Anonymous Cordele Dispatch The Cordele Dispatch Wed Jan 09, 2013, 11:11 AM ESTĬordele - The inadvertent release of a chemical irritant at a Crisp County chemical manufacturer is behind a pungent odor that wafted through several counties and traveled as far south as Blakely early Wednesday morning.Ĭrisp County Fire Chief Ray Lunsford says his units responded to Drexel Chemical Company around 2 a.m. ![]()
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