The Sneads Town Council Tuesday night agreed to draft a new, more restrictive house trailer ordinance – one that would still allow smaller mobile homes/trailers for residential use but ban anything smaller than a doublewide for commercial purposes. The move came at the recommendation of Sneads Town Manager Lynda Bell, who told the council she…
Residential water and sewer customers in the Town of Sneads may soon see an increase in their bills for usage in excess of 12,000 gallons per month. At the regular June meeting of the Sneads Town Council this past Tuesday, Town Manager Lynda Bell reported to council members that she discovered a flaw in the…
Among the key topics of discussion at this past Tuesday’s Sneads Town Council meeting was rebuilding local infrastructure and public facilities nearly nine months after Category 4 Hurricane Michael battered the region on October 10, 2018. Though not directly related to Hurricane Michael damage, resurfacing Gay Avenue was at the top of the council’s infrastructure…
3-2 vote allows beer sales at Final Fridays Despite heated objections from members of the audience, as well as Mayor Christopher Moultry, the Chattahoochee city council voted 3-2 to allow beer sales at the city-sponsored Chattahoochee Main Street “Final Fridays” events this year. Final Fridays public gatherings are held at the last Friday of the…
The Chattahoochee City Council voted unanimously this past Tuesday to hire a company to help it secure some $2 million through the federal “New Market Tax Credit” program. Council members also gave the nod to plans, explained by city manager Robert Presnell, to use the $2 million to improve the Chattahoochee RV Park and revitalize…
Chattahoochee city council members were somewhat less united Tuesday evening on the idea of replacing their old gas, water and electric meters with a new electronic digital meter system. After much discussion by the council and members of the public, the council decided to wait and hold another workshop instead. A representative of Devtech Sales…
There was a public uproar in Chattahoochee this past week over the city’s newly-imposed “storm recovery fee,” tacked on to city electric bills to help pay for Hurricane Michael cleanup, according to city officials. At a Chattahoochee City Council meeting earlier this month, multiple residential customers of city-owned electric utility complained of oppressively higher electric…
Sneads town council members welcomed their new attorney at the regular meeting for March, held this past Tuesday night. She is Josefina “Josie” M. Tamayo of the John Reid law firm in Tallahassee. She was hired at $125 per hour, with a retainer fee of $1,250, according to the 5-0 council vote in February….
Qualifying for the April 9 municipal elections in Sneads ended recently, and longtime council member Greg Lewis is the only current member facing an opponent in council races. Sneads Town Council President Helen Grice and council member Mike Weeks will glide into their next two-year terms unopposed. Lewis is being challenged by longtime Sneads resident…
The Chattahoochee City Council voted 3-2 this past week to add a controversial measure to the ballot in the April 30 election that, if passed, would extend the term of city council members and change the frequency of municipal elections. The provision will let voters decide whether to change the Chattahoochee City Charter to extend…
