THE
STAND-OFF BETWEEN THE SPALDING COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
AND THE CITY OF GRIFFIN CAME TO A HEAD AT MONDAY'S COUNTY
MEETING. GRIFFIN CITY MANAGER KENNY SMITH ATTENDED AND
ADDRESSED THE BOARD AND ASKED FOR A NEW CONTRACT FOR 800
MEGA-HERTZ SERVICE. ON A 4-1 VOTE THE COMMISSIONERS VOTED
TO TABLE.
SEVERAL
WEEKS AGO THE CITY OF GRIFFIN ASKED FOR A REFUND OF
$58,000 PLUS INTEREST FOR THE 2018 CONTRACT FOR 800
MEGAHERTZ COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND EMS
BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY HAD EXPIRED. AND THE
CITY OF GRIFFIN IS ALSO REFUSING TO PAY THE 2019 BILL.
IT
CAUGHT THE COUNTY OFF GUARD AND COMMISSIONERS SUGGESTED
CUTTING OFF THE CITY'S SERVICE—AND THEY CONTINUED WITH THAT
IDEA MONDAY NIGHT. ADDRESSING CITY MANAGER SMITH,
COMMISSIONER GWEN FLOWERS-TAYLOR—SAID--WE ARE NOT THE BAD GUYS
IN THIS—YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO HAVING A DISPATCHER.
CITY
MANAGER SMITH WAS ALARMED THE COUNTY WAS SUGGESTING CUTTING
OFF SERVICE—NOTING ALL WE WANT IS A NEW CONTRACT—BUT
THAT WAS TABLED.
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