Citizen Sonny Abbott continues to question the County’s finances.
Last Thursday night, he told the Board of Supervisors that if information he’s received is correct, “Interest earned on monies held by the County is in excess of the budgeted $350,000 — yes, greater than what was projected. It would be foolish of me to think that would trigger a tax decrease, wouldn’t it?”
Abbott said he was asking for the third time, “What is the actual total of all funds held by the County?…Investments were reported the previous month at $15.5 million — and this month $14.5 million. Can anyone suggest where the one million dollars went?”
Abbott also questioned proposed landfill fee increases that would charge $200 per ton for tires.
Abbott asked what that means for citizens with only a few tires.
Board Chairman Bill Collins said the $200 per ton fee is for commercial entities, and that residents are allowed to dispose of four tires free-of-charge.
Abbott asked what happens if he has five old tires. Collins told him to bring four one day and the fifth tire on another day.
Abbott suggested that the Board should adopt a fee, for example, of $5.00 per tire.
County Administrator Steve Bowen said that could be difficult if a tire company shows up with a truckload of tires. He said weighing the truck coming and-going is more efficient.
Supervisor Bo Toth said that if residents and businesses are charged too much, “they’ll dump tires on the side of the road.” Supervisors adopted the $200 per ton fee, for commercial establishments, as advertised.
Abbott also said the Board should have been clearer when it advertised proposed revisions to the County’s solar ordinance. He said the County’s advertisement mentioned going from a maximum of five megawatts to 170 megawatts but didn’t quantify that in terms of acreage under panels. “Explain exactly what’s happening so that it’s easier to understand…Are we going to have a phenomenal solar farm, or something smaller than phenomenal?”
“Don’t call them ‘farms,’” said Supervisor Dicky Ingram. “They’re industrial sites.”
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