Residents want county to adopt road
By Deborah Bennett Millen News Editor

This photograph shows one of the entrances to the BB Lane subdivision following a recent heavy rainfall. Residents have requested that the county adopt the road into its road system. (Staff photo by Deborah Bennett)

Several residents of the BB Lane subdivision met with the Jenkins County Commissioners Tuesday, May 6, to request that the county adopt the road through the area into the county road system.

Residents noted that the road is impassable when heavy rainfall occurs, preventing them from entering or exiting the subdivision. They also reported that the U.S. Postal Service and school system had notified residents that they would no longer provide mail and school bus service to the area.

The commissioners agreed to consider the request once the road met subdivision standards.

J.P. Patel of the Regency Inn asked the commissioners to consider reducing the county's 5 percent motel/hotel tax by 2- 3 percentage points. The county administrator was instructed to contact surrounding counties to gather information on their rates.

Julie Chance, executive director of Jenkins Family Enrichment Center, presented the organization's 3-year Strategic Plan to the commissioners for review and thanked them for their support.

Commissioner Tommy Lane introduced Greg Royal and Brian Grady and asked them to present information concerning power regeneration using methane gas emitted at the landfill. The process was described and discussed as a matter of information.

In other action, the commissioners approved a request from the Jenkins County Ambulance Service to match a grant the department has received for the purchase of a heavy duty stretcher.

The commissioners agreed to consult the county's engineering firm and EPD concerning how to deal with a leachate problem at the landfill. Also, several bids accepted for hauling water out of a contaminated pond at the landfill were declared "void" and not opened as the county considers an alternative method of dealing with the problem.

It was noted that current problems at the landfill occurred over a long period of time.