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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Council announces balanced budget City also sets possible start date for courthouse project
Funds for a courthouse square project are built into the city’s 2019 budget. The city wants to repave the streets around the square and reflow the traffic to improve transportation.
of the city council to review and will be voted upon at the Sept. 25 meeting. Built into the budget is a raise for a Dadeville Mayor Wayne Smith said the city employees and funds for construction city staff has produced a balanced budget for on the Courthouse Square Enhancement Fiscal Year 2019 at Tuesday’s city council Project. The city wants to repave the streets meeting. around the courthouse square and reflow the “It is a balanced budget,” Smith said. “We traffic to improve transportation. Smith said wouldn’t present anything but that.” the project is coming in at just shy of $1 He said if the city receives additional million. revenues throughout the year, the city will Also involved in the project is the be in even better shape moving forward. sprucing up of the sidewalks and overall The budget document is now in the hands See COUNCIL • Page A3 By DUSTIN DUNCAN Staff Writer
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County school board approves 2019 budget DHS teacher presents recap of students’ summer trip By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
One week after an initial hearing pushed up due to the potential for severe storms, the Tallapoosa County Board of Education passed a budget for Fiscal Year 2019 at Monday night’s meeting. “It’s a solid budget. It’s a good budget. It’s a true budget,” Tallapoosa County School Superintendent Joe Windle said. “We can provide the investment we need to invest.” Chief school financial officer Tommy Thweatt explained the average daily membership for the county schools has dropped by a little more than 60 students, with an assistant principal unit and half of a school counselor unit having been lost, yet the county schools gained a principal unit and a librarian unit. With all units added up, the county schools will operate with about 184 foundation units across the three campuses. The proposed budget has an estimated $30,756,091 in See EDUCATION • Page A10
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Members of CRATA, Piedmont Plateau Birding Trail and the Birmingham Alabama Society pose for a photo while naming Smith Mountain to the Piedmont Plateau Birding Trail.
Smith Mountain added to birding trail “It becomes one of 281 locations in Alabama ... We really are one of the great hotspots that does not get much attention.” — Joe Watts
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t was supposed to be on the Piedmont Plateau Birding Trail when the trail opened in 2011 but it was not. Now Smith Mountain joins one of nearly 300 official birding locations in Alabama. “The Piedmont Plateau Birding Trail launched in 2011 without Smith Mountain, as construction was not
County looks at retirement incentives
Moran shares alert information with Kiwanis Club By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Possible incentives for retirements and raises were mentioned as the Tallapoosa County Commission started to look at next year’s budget. “We are looking at offering incentives to encourage employees to retire,” county administrator Blake Beck said. “Two to four employees would be eligible.” See COMMISSION • Page A3
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completed and volunteers were unsure when it would be completed,” Piedmont Plateau Birding Trail project manager Joanne Ninesling said. “We reluctantly removed Smith Mountain from the opening group. Then spring 2017 applications were accepted. In late 2017 and 2018 we welcomed Smith Mountain. It only took nine months to publicly announce this.” Smith Mountain and its geologic formations already attract visitors See TRAIL • Page A5
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Tallapoosa County EMA Director Jason Moran speaks with the Dadeville Kiwanis Club and members of the Dadeville High School Key Club last week, explaining what the EMA does and reminding them how important it is to have multiple sources for receiving weather information.
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The Dadeville Kiwanis Club welcomed Tallapoosa County EMA Director Jason Moran to its weekly meeting last Thursday, hearing all about what the EMA does and learning more about one of the key ways local residents can get their weather information. “If anything ever goes wrong in the county, we work with you,” Moran said. In addition to spreading information about weather issues, Moran said his
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