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VOL. 122, NO.11
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019
Project update
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Courthouse square project not dead yet By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Despite bids coming in $700,000 over budget for the courthouse square renovation in Dadeville, county and city leaders may still see the project come to fruition after four years of work. The extra funding might come from the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) thanks to a meeting with director John Cooper set up by the local legislative delegation of Rep. Ed Oliver and Sen. Tom Whatley. “A contingent from the city including myself, Debbie Minor, Dick Harrelson, County commissioner Emma Jean Thweatt and county administrator Blake Beck visited with ALDOT director Cooper last Thursday,â€? Dadeville Mayor Wayne Smith said. “As you know the bids came in high on the courthouse streetscape enhancement project. We went to Mr. Cooper to ask about more funding.â€? Tallapoosa County and City of Dadeville partnered in applying in 2015 and 2016 for TAP (Transportation Alternative Projects) grants with ALDOT. The city was going to provide $135,000 in matching grant funds and engineering fees and the county was going to provide $94,000 in matching grant funds and fees. With engineering fees and testing already paid for, the bid would bring the project to $700,000 over budget. The project is through the engineering firm of CDG. Originally, the project was budgeted for $900,000 and was to include renovating sidewalks, moving utilities and landscaping. With the project on both county and city property and rights-of-way, the Tallapoosa County Commission and the city combined their projects to try and get more work done for the money. As the idea of the project progressed, so did the scope and it eventually included an idea for onedirection traffic around the courthouse, meaning portions of Cusseta and Tallassee streets would have to meet ALDOT requirements for a state road. Tests revealed work would have to be done to the base of those streets to bring them up to par. See SQUARE • Page A3
Dadeville council trying to rectify trash issue By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The Dadeville City Council and Mayor Wayne Smith want to do something about trash on the streets in Dadeville. At Tuesday’s council meeting, Smith reminded everyone of a community wide cleanup this Saturday. “This city has declared war on litter,â€? Smith said. “ We’ve got our citywide cleanup this Saturday. We are meeting here at city hall at 8 a.m. Waste Management has donated a dumpster.â€? Smith and the council hope more than just city officials will come out. “I’m looking for a good turnout,â€? Smith said. “I am challenging the schools and churches to come out and help. The weather will be good but a little bit cool early.â€? Councilmember Roy Mathis said he has a solution to the city’s litter problem after picking up trash along a three-quarter mile stretch of North Loop Road. “We have to go to the source,â€? Mathis said. “I picked up two wine bottles, a whiskey bottle, nine beer bottles and 11 beer cans. I picked up a Mellow Yellow bottle and a Coke can. People are See COUNCIL • Page A3
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Signs reminding residents of illegal dumping have not solved the litter issue on Herren Street in Dadeville, as beer cans, water bottles and other debris are littering the area. A citywide cleanup is set for Saturday, and volunteers are asked to meet at city hall at 8 a.m.
County schools present $34 million ‘shopping list’ to county commission By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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Tallapoosa County Schools superintendent Joe Windle makes the case for continuing the 1-cent sales tax passed by the Tallapoosa County Commission 40 months ago.
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The Tallapoosa County Commission was given a presentation on a facility assessment for Tallapoosa County schools as part of a plea to keep a new 1-cent sales tax in place at Monday’s commission meeting. Last fall the commission tabled a resolution to rescind the 1-cent sales tax and asked leaders with county schools to present a plan of what they would do with the funding. Tallapoosa County schools superintendent Joe Windle said schools need the tax to remain in place so projects at all
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county school campuses could take care of life-safety issues and bring facilities up to code. To help make the case, county schools brought back Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood executive vice president Fred Lynn who presented a facility assessment to the county school board in February. “It is a $34 million shopping list,â€? Lynn said. “It is about half renovations and half capital projects. It comes down to many of the facilities are tired; they need some work done.â€? Lynn said about $17.24 million was needed in renovations and $16.94 See COMMISSION • Page A5
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