David McDonald was reappointed to the Pine Mountain Library Board at Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Upson County Commissioners.
The commission tabled the appointment to the Thomaston-Upson County Transportation Committee at the request of County Manager Kyle Hood, applications are still being considered.
Hood advised the commission of a change in county policy regarding the publication of scheduled projects. The county’s policy has been to announced when projects were finished, but will start in July announcing the projects that are scheduled to start.
Commissioner Sandra Trice requested a work session for the week following the Fourth of July holiday to discuss the county’s personnel policy. All county offices will be closed on Monday the 4th and will reopen on Tuesday.
Commission Chairman Maurice Raines announced that Solo Cup would have 155 employees by September and that the number would rise to over 200 in 2012.
Chairman Raines mentioned that the recent hike in garbage collection fees was a result of a 58% increase in fuel cost experienced by Veolia since the contract was signed in 2009.
Commissioner Rusty Blackston stated that he could not support the increase since the company that finished second in the bidding had included a guaranteed no increase clause in their bid.
As announced in last week’s Town Hall Meeting, the commissioners entered into an executive session following Tuesday night’s meeting to discuss the potential purchase of property being considered for the new county sports complex.
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