City Utility Systems About to Get Close
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By CLINT CLAYBROOK
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Hogansville's water,
sewer and electric systems
will be checked by experts
over the coining mrmths, in
an effort to eliminate waste
through such things as water
leaks, bad sewer or gas lines
or electricity that is being
used where it shouldn't be or
is erroneously billed because
of faulty meters.
Johnson Controls, a
Milwaukee-based company,
won approval to do an "in
depth audit" of the water and
sewer, gas and electric sys-
tems, in order to find the
"leakage" from those systems
that the company contends is
costing Hogansville perhaps
a quarter-million dollars or
more a year.
The contract will be "rev-
enue neutral" in that the
amount saved by the city in
a year will off-set what
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an office in Roswell, would
charge to implement the
changes it proposes, said
Robert Pratt, who is the com-
pany representative working
with Hogansville.
That's the essence of what
Pratt, an account executive
with Johnson Controls in the
Southeast, told the council at
its regular Monday night
meeting.
He said that a preliminary
audit of those city systems
showed that there is substan-
tial "leakage" from all three,
and that long-term, if that
audit was correct, the city
might save millions over sev-
eral years.
He said the preliminary
audit -done by several com-
pany engineers over the last
six weeks - showed that the
city needs new water and
sewer system meters, new
electric meters and perhaps
15 miles of new gas lines to
serve Hogansville cus-
tomers.
Mayor Wilson St. Clair
pointed out that the City
Council's action only gives
Johnson Controls the author-
ity to finish its detailed audit
and does not extend beyond
that agreement.
Integrity, ur citizens.
THE COUNCIL will have
to come back later to decide
whether the company should
be approved to go ahead with
the changes it recommends.
Pratt said the preliminary
study showed that
Hogansville is probably los-
ing: $90,000 a year in water
and sewer revenues; $18,000-
$24,000 in sales of electrici-
ty and $80,000-$90,000 a year
in losses due to bad gas lines
or meters.
The idea to get
Controls involved
for "leakage" in cit
es came from
Jimmy Jackson,
he met Pratt at a " "
association meeting
in Savannah and talked
other city officials who
used the company's
to recapture some
losses.
Pratt said new
ing water, gas meters
meters monitoring the
of electricity could save
city thousands. The
meters don't even require
meter-reader, he said.
Based on the
audit done by his
engineers, Pratt said,
changes recommended
tially could result in a"
tive cash flow" of
$400,000 a year for the citY.
Callaway Faces Uphill
After 21-13 Loss to Jackson
By JODY HALE
For the past three weeks
the Callaway Cavaliers had
taken the bull by the horns
and snatched victory from
defeat with comeback victo-
ries and had their playoff des-
tiny in their own hands.
But with a 21-13 loss to
Jackson last Friday, the Cavs
now find themselves in a
must win situation.
They also need help from
other teams to make it to post-
season play.
Callaway (3-3 in region
play) is in a dogfight with
Lamar County, Rutland,
Manchester, and TriTCounty
for the fourth and final region
4-AA playoff seed.
Each team has two games
left and all have at least two
losses. The Cavs host 1-6
Crawford County this week
and end the regular season at
Tri County (2-5) in a finale
that has the potential to
determine the final playoff
spot.
After his team put togeth-
er a three game win streak,
Callaway head coach Claude
Giddens is not about to throw
in the towel for 2003.
"We're very much alive
as far as making the play-
offs%o, said Giddens.
"A win would have made
things a lot easier but we
haven't taken the easy way
out of anything this year. I
think our guys will respond
like they have all year."
Macon (6-
Jackson (5-2), and
(4-2) have the top three
right now and will be in
playoffs if they win
games.
In last week's
Callaway was in a position
pull of another
win. Jackson had taken a
7 lead before Carl
scored from one
in the fourth q
stymied by the
defense for the remainder
the game.
Clantwan Martin
ued his fine season by
ing 132 yards on
Epps added 91 yards
to aid the Callaway
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of a strain when it has to be done without any
help or explanation.
Maybe that's why Troup County Tax
Commissioner Gary Wood is bringing mem-
bers of his staff to Hogansville on Wednesday,
Nov. 29 from 9 a.m. until noon and from 1 to
4 p.m.
Or perhaps he's literally playing out the
old saying that "The Tax Man Cometh."
At any rate, Wood and the staff members
will be here "for the convenience of people
from the commissioner's office: They weft
also in Hogansville on Oct 15 and Oct. 29.
"They didn't have much success" on
15, a woman in Wood's office told The
News on Tuesday. "People tend to put it
until closer to the due date."
And that day -Nov. 15 - is fast
ing for all taxpayers in Troup County.
Things are picking up, the woman
"We had quite a bit of mail today, and
tomers, too."
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RiverhAcademy
iology students Miles Wadswort and Kyle Short (at right) tutor third grade sci-
ence lab assistants Kayla Williamson and Scott Porter in the finer points of frog
dissection. The integrated classroom unit completed the unit of study on frogs by
the 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Lisa Barnes.
Chatt-Flint Board of Directors to Meet Oct.
The Chattahoochee-Flint Regional
Development Center Board of Directors will
meet Thursday, Oct. 30 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
at the Regional Development Center in
Franklin.
This will be a Legislative preview meet-
ing. Local legislators from this region
been invited.
Meetings are open to the public.
Please call Kathy at 706-675-6721,
to obtain additional information.
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Crime Lighter Than Usual, Reports lndicat
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Ransom, 19, of 403 West Boyd
Road, he fled and was cap-
tured a little while later hid-
ing under a house at 106
Askew St., according to a
report dealing with that inci-
dent.
"After Ransom came out
from under the house, a water
pipe was found leaking under
the house" and officers con-
cluded that "it is possible that
Ransom broke the (pipe),"
they, reported.
The homeowner asked
for a copy of the report to be
filed for "insurance reasons,"
according to police.
In an unrelated incident,
Ralph T. Mattingley, 64, of 813
East Main St. was arrested
for possession of marijuana
- les than
an anonymous tipster
police there was a
or intoxicated
ing on East Main.
The responding
amount of marijuana i
Mattingley's shirt pocket dtff"
ing a search. He was taken
the Troup County Jail,
according to that report:
