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• 03Sep

  Demand for SPLOST Funds Continues

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  Sheriff Jarrard and Captain Scott of the Lumpkin County Detention Center appeared before the Lumpkin County BOC during the September Work Session reporting the questionable and possibly dangerous state of the security system at the county jail.

  Major problems include: a failing system, no service manual, manufacturer gone out of business and parts not available.

  There are great potential liability issues for both the Sheriff’s Department and the BOC.  It is one thing to be between a rock and a hard place on the budget; but lawsuits you could not win would only make matters worse.  The Sheriff and the BOC owe a duty to maintain a reasonably safe environment for incarcerated persons.

  If your son or daughter were locked up for a traffic violation, you would expect them to be safe in jail.  Just think about that. Continue reading »

  
• 03Sep

  Who is in the Dark?

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  Based on September Work Session discussion, Commissioners and the Public Kept in the Dark, was clearly read by Lumpkin County Commissioners.  Several members of the public have thanked me for bringing up the fact that so little information and discussion has been available to the public during Work Sessions.

  The discussion of work session agendas was brought up by Commissioner Bowden.  He stated that he needed more than one day to review documents that he would be expected to ask questions about and discuss during a work session.  County Manager Stan Kelley pointed out that the purpose of a work session was to answer commissioners’ questions. Continue reading »

  

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