Residents of several areas of the City of Millen will soon see improvements to the city's sewer system. During the Tuesday, Oct. 6, meeting of Millen City Council, City Manager Lamar Faircloth informed the group that he was in receipt of a previously awarded $500,000 Community Development Block Grant. The grant will be used for sewer improvements in the "Knox Homes" and Old Sylvania Road areas of the city.

Manager Faircloth reported that Tracy Herrington had been appointed as the city's Code Enforcement Officer. Previously the city's Director of Public Safety also served as Code Enforcement Officer which demanded a lot of his time. The appointment of Herrington, a certified police officer, to this position would eliminate this situation, Manager Faircloth said.

Other actions taken by council included the following:

• Approved the destruction of incident/accident reports dated from 1965 to1989, noting that the law only required those reports to be kept for five years;

• Approved request from Millen Better Hometown to set the time and date for the Harvest of Fun Festival for 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31;

• Approved updated Bond Forfeiture Schedule; and

• Approved an Intergovernmental Agreement with Screven County for the humane disposal of stray animals.