2007 Liberty County Grand Jury Proceedings Summary
Discussion and Recommendations
Discussion and Recommendations
Introduction:
The governmental units involved include the Liberty County Board of Education, the Liberty County Development Authority, the Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission, and the Liberty County Board of Commissioners. We invited those entities to make presentations to us, and they did so in shortly before or in April 2007. What we received from them, however, was apparently something similar to what they had presented to grand juries in prior years. After analyzing what we did receive, we determined that all of those agencies needed to submit revised reports in a somewhat standardized format designed to help the next grand jury better understand each agency’s operation. It included the following information:
A brief discussion of the significant events of the most recent business year and the outlook for the current year (construction plans, staffing changes, sources of funding, etc.).- A mission statement outlining precisely what the affected agency was charged with doing along with a list of its directors, their current terms of service, and their experience record with the unit.
- Sharply improved financial information in a number of areas. First, we asked them to separate their operating costs from their capital costs so that we could see just what it cost to operate each agency each year, and we also asked them to give us that information for the past two years plus the current one so that we could see what the trend looked like for their operation. We also asked each agency for the compensation and benefits paid to the two most highly paid employees on their staff. In effect, we were saying that if your top staff is sufficiently well paid, we have a right to expect solid financial information from them. The top staff members in all agencies are sufficiently well compensated to be held responsible for being able to produce meaningful annual reports to this and all future grand juries.
- Finally, we asked for an in depth discussion of each major project that the agency finished during the past year, final contract price information including information about change orders, contract modifications, contract completion dates, how the project was financed, and other matters that we believed relevant to assessing their performance.
The response to our request was varied. One agency responded within two weeks with a report in a format which largely met our concerns, while another stated that they were an independent body, our request for information was highly irregular and certainly not in keeping with what they had submitted to previous grand juries, and they were so busy with other matters that they did not think that it was possible to meet our request for information in a timely manner. While we were mindful of their schedules, we reminded them that it was our duty and the duty of all future grand juries, as representatives of the Liberty County taxpayers, to make certain that the affected agencies were spending our tax dollars as wisely as possible. In the end, we did achieve during this term at least partial compliance from all of the agencies for which we were responsible, and we report to you our findings in this presentment. Additionally, we hope that the standard for reporting by those agencies that we have developed during our term will provide a legacy for future grand juries. Hopefully, the next grand jury will receive far more revealing annual performance reports than those with which we initially received.
Our principal findings on each agency follow, and it is our hope that every citizen and taxpayer in Liberty County will read them in detail because it is your tax dollar that is being spent, and we believe that in a number of cases it could be spent much more wisely.
Findings:
The Liberty County Board of Education operates under the authorization of an Act of the legislature approved February 10, 1986, as amended. Its guidance is provided by a board of directors elected by the voters of Liberty County, and its ongoing operation is the responsibility of a superintendent who is appointed by that board. The board is a separate legal entity and has the power to levy taxes and issue bonds for its needs. Its budget is not subject to the approval of any other entity. The Chairman of the Liberty County Board of Education is Ms. Lily H. Baker, and the Interim Superintendent is Mr. Harley Grove.
The grand jury noted when reviewing the audited LCBE financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006 that it had on hand at that time almost $50.7 million in cash and cash equivalents, investments, and related receivables, while liabilities at that time amounted to only about $12.1 million. Further, it had no long term debt at that time. Effectively then, it had nearly $38.6 million in virtually unrestricted cash reserves. Additionally, we noted that revenues from all sources (excluding district wide capital projects fund) exceeded operating expenditures by approximately $10.2 million in that year, and barring a change of which we are currently unaware, we see no reason why we should not expect the surplus of revenues over expenditures to continue in future years. Similar information for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 is not yet available, but we believe that the Board’s cash reserves will be even greater than at the end of the previous year.
We are aware that it is always prudent for an entity such as LCBE to have a forward-looking capital improvements plan, and, in fact, they are required by Georgia Law 20-2-260 to develop and maintain a long range comprehensive plan for those needs that is updated every five years if they are to participate in state’s Capital Outlay Program. In that regard, we contacted LCBE concerning its projected needs. That entity replied that based upon information provided by the state in connection with the Capital Outlay Program, it did not anticipate a drastic increase in student population. It further added that if the current trend holds true, the school district will be able to accommodate the projected student population within its current facilities. The Board went on to say that, as a consequence, it appears that the majority of its capital spending should take the form of renovations and modifications to existing facilities, and it provided us with a list of projects which it plans to undertake in the next five years. None appear to be especially large in dollar amounts. Accordingly, it is the recommendation of this grand jury that the Board immediately develop a plan for a reduction in the tax burden levied on the Liberty County taxpayer for education as its foreseeable needs appear to be already well met.
Liberty County Development Authority (LCDA)
The Liberty County Development Authority (LCDA), also known as the Liberty County Industrial Authority, was created by the Georgia legislature in 1958 and implemented by the Georgia General Assembly in 1964. The Authority has seven members, two of which are automatic members by virtue of their office (Mayor of Hinesville and Chairman of the Board of Commissioners), and serve on the LCDA board for as long as they hold their respective offices. The County Commission appoints the four of the remaining members and the City of Hinesville appoints the remaining position. The Chairman of the Authority is Mr. Allen Brown and the Chief Executive Officer is Mr. Ronald E. Tolley.
Upon review of information ultimately obtained from the Authority in the form of both written documents and personal appearances before the grand jury by its chief executive officer, its chief financial officer and the Authority’s attorney, a number of issues of considerable concern to us were identified. The more important ones are included in this presentment for the consideration of the taxpayers of Liberty County.
While examining the documents provided to us by the Authority, we reviewed a document attached to the audited financial statement whose abbreviated name is "OMB Circular A-133 Compliance Report." This is a report which must be completed by the independent certified accountants generally where the accounting for grant funds is required. While the failing outlined in this document did not impair the ability of the independent auditors to give an unqualified opinion as to the fairness of the presentation of the Authority’s financial position, we nevertheless consider the matter a material failing on the part of the Authority’s operating personnel.
In March 2005 the Authority was approved for grant funding by the Economic Development Authority (EDA) in the amount of $2,000,000. We believe that the funds were to be used in connection with the construction of the Authority’s Tradeport East project. Under the terms of the grant, the Authority was to submit a Form SF-271 each month for reimbursement of authorized construction expenses incurred during that period. Authority personnel did not submit the Forms SF-271 as required, and over the approximately two year period required to complete the work, it used some of its own funds on hand or money borrowed from other sources to pay for the work performed. The auditors state, and the grand jury agrees, that this lack of action resulted in unnecessary interest expense being incurred by LCDA. In the course of inquiry, we asked the Authority to provide us with the number of the amount of unnecessary interest paid, and it informed us that the estimated number was approximately $22,200. When Ms. Carmen Cole appeared before the grand jury on September 5, 2007, she was asked how this number was derived, and she informed us that it was an estimate. It is the opinion of the grand jury that her estimate is far too low. We have calculated a number which we believe that a more representative interest expense incurred number is approximately $112,000 as of this date and continues to accrue. Ms. Cole also testified that although the Authority had now spent the $2,000,000 on the project using other funds, she believed that this amount can still be recovered from the EDA. As of the date of this presentment, it is our understanding that all of the filings have still not been fully accomplished, so perhaps more important than the matter of the interest involved remains the matter of the recovery by the Authority of the $2,000,000 grant funds.
A far more disturbing issue for the grand jury is a proposed contract for the design and construction of a 2 million gallons per day wastewater treatment facility between the Authority and CH2MHill, a major engineering firm based in Colorado. The proposed facility is to be located in the vicinity of the Tradeport East development in eastern Liberty County, and the cost of its design and construction is not to exceed $30 million. The grand jury has issues with the way in which the engineering firm was selected for the work, the type of contract proposed, the type of wastewater treatment facility to be constructed, its size, the proposed cost, the way it is to be financed, and the potential financial risks involved. While this issue has been and remains a difficult technical one with which this grand jury has tried to deal, we will do our best to explain our concerns in a way that we hope provides you, the Liberty County taxpayer, some insight into the problem.
Because the grand jury only subpoenaed the minutes of the Authority for the year 2007, we can only say with certainty what we know transpired during that time period. However, some of the information contained in the discussion was obtained from other sources and some of it is second hand. In spite of those limitations, we strongly feel that it should be considered.
In the Authority minutes of February 26, 2007 there appears a discussion by Mr. Wayne Murphy of the CH2MHill firm of his opinion on the time difference required to pursue the traditional way of building a wastewater treatment plant (design, take bids and award, construct)with what is sometimes referred to as the "design/build" approach. Under the "design/build" approach, however, the engineer and the contractor can be the same entity or they may be separate entities, but work begins on the project before the final plans and specifications have been completed. While there may be a number of reasons why an owner would select the "design/build" approach over the traditional one, perhaps the most common one is that the project needs to be constructed on a fast track basis; that is, within a limited amount of time. A disadvantage of this method is that the construction contractor for the work is also selected from the start of the project. As a consequence, the prospect of receiving a more competitive price when there are a number of contractors bidding on the work is lost. In reviewing minutes referring to the needs of developers in connection with the time frame needed to construct facilities at or in the Tradeport East area, the grand jury found that one of the major ones, Midway Holdings, Inc., had indicated that it would need approximately 24 months to secure the necessary permitting and other matters before they could begin vertical construction. However, for reasons not indicated in the minutes of April 26, 2007, the Authority mandated to that group that vertical construction must begin within 18 months. We can find no justification for setting what appears to be an artificial deadline for construction. We also believe that because there appeared to be no overriding reason for an accelerated construction schedule, more competitive pricing for the work would be obtained from contractors if the traditional design, bid and award, and construct approach is used. Upon completion of that presentation, upon motion duly made and seconded, a motion to formalize the approval for "design/build" given to Mr. Murphy at the February 26, 2007 meeting was unanimously approved. In the same motion, SunTrust Bank , which had also been approved by the Authority in the February 26, 2007 meeting, was also formally designated as the financing agent for the project.
Mr. Murphy (CH2MHill) again spoke to the Authority on the various treatment methodologies available for the proposed wastewater treatment at the Board meeting of April 2, 2007. After discussion of the alternatives, according the minutes, there was a consensus of those in attendance that the "membrane" treatment, as the process for treatment was called, was the most desirable choice. However, because not all board members were in attendance at that meeting and the "membrane" treatment was easily the most expensive alternative, further consideration of the matter was deferred until the next available meeting date. However, there was apparently a desire by the board members to keep moving forward with the project, so on a motion directing CH2MHill to move forward toward the membrane treatment design approach was made by board member Mr. Arnold and seconded board member Mr. Ratcliffe. Upon vote, it was unanimously approved.
The Board next met on April 23, 2007 where the various approaches to wastewater treatment was again a significant item on the agenda. At that meeting Mr. Murphy outlined the various treatment facility processing options available (conventional, sequential batch reactor, and membrane batch reactor). He further noted that all three methods could currently meet or exceed state discharge standards, but the sequential batch reactor and the membrane batch reactor methods could meet higher standards than the conventional method, and the membrane method meet the highest standards and was the most environmentally friendly. However, he also noted that the construction of a treatment facility using this method could cost as much as $10,000,000 or 50 percent more than the next best method. After discussion, on a motion was made by board member Mr. Arnold and seconded by board member Mr. Smith directing CH2MHill to move forward with the design of the new facility using the membrane batch reactor approach and authorizing Chairman Mr.Brown to execute the necessary documents with SunTrust Bank for the financing of up to $30,000,000 for construction of the proposed facility. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1 with board member Mr. McIver opposing.
In the state of Georgia it is not required that a governmental entity bid work for professional services, but when a construction contract exceeds $100,000 in amount, we believe that solicitation of bidders is required under state law. Therefore, because the $30,000,000 amount included construction and was clearly in excess of that minimum, a Request for Proposal (RFP) was required. On April 27, 2007 an RFP which we believe was prepared in large part by CH2MHill was, according to Ms. Cole, the contracting officer for the project, posted on the Authority website. It should also be noted that the scope of the RFP had been expanded from a "design/build" to a "design/build/operate." This was a significant change, not only because the Board had voted to award only a "design/build" effort, but also because the expansion of the scope of work to "design/build/operate" further restricted the number of potential responders who might know to look for the RFP on the Authority’s website. According to her testimony, the project was not advertised in any other way. The deadline for the response to the RFP was May 28, 2007, subsequently extended to May 30. According to Ms. Cole, only one bid was received, and it was from CH2MHill.
The handling of the RFP was not the grand jury’s only concern. It was also concerned that the Authority would support a plan that, while achieving the highest standard of treatment, would cost possibly $10,000,000 more, or half again as much as the next most expensive method which would also easily meet and exceed current standards. As a result, we began consulting with other engineering firms about the costs and treatment standards discussed earlier herein. The numbers cited were largely verified in that inquiry. However, in the search for additional information, we discovered that approximately five years ago, the Authority had employed Thomas & Hutton, Inc., consulting environmental engineers in Savannah, Georgia, to prepare a wastewater master plan for the Tradeport East area of Liberty County. That firm prepared the plan for a fee of $5,000. Their study recommended the construction of a conventional or traditional wastewater treatment facility with a 500,000 gallons per day capacity which would meet all existing state discharge requirements and could be readily expanded. It could be built at an estimated cost of approximately $5,000,000. It is also our understanding that the Authority recently commissioned CH2MHill to perform a similar study which resulted in the treatment plan already discussed herein. The CH2MHill fee for that study was reportedly in the vicinity of $322,000.
We think that the difference between a facility costing $5,000,000 and one costing $30,000,000 is very substantial, and we believe that the taxpayers of Liberty County will agree. However, it should be noted that there are a number of differences between the two proposed facilities. The plan approved by the Authority provides for the highest level of waste treatment and would have four times the treatment capacity of the Thomas & Hutton plan which would meet current discharge standards, but might not meet those which could be set in the future. Although it is not probable, it is possible that the membrane batch reactor method selected by the Authority might not meet all future criteria either.
Yet another very important consideration in designing a wastewater treatment facility is the demand that is expected to be placed upon it. The proposed treatment facility is intended to be constructed in an area that is not currently served. As a consequence, there is no immediate demand for sewer service. Moreover, because of the nature of the commercial/industrial customers in the area and those likely to come there, those accounts are not expected to make significant demands upon the proposed wastewater system. Demand, therefore, will grow up largely from the residential development that should necessarily follow. A logical question which follows from that observation is one of how much residential development can each of the proposed wastewater treatment facilities handle? Assuming average residential water demand of approximately 300 gallons per day, a usage figure which generally approximates the number accepted by the American Water Works Association, the Thomas & Hutton facility could serve perhaps 1,700 homes, while the CH2MHill facility could serve approximately 6,700 residential customers. However, because the Thomas & Hutton facility design plan called for it to be readily upgradable, it can be assumed that additional daily treatment capacity, possibly in 500,000 gallon increments, could be readily added as its current capacity was approached, thereby avoiding the commitment of additional construction cost funding until the capacity was actually needed. Additionally, the incremental approach to expanding waste treatment capacity would allow the engineers the option of incorporating the then existing best available technology into the expanded facility to insure that the facility was as environmentally friendly as it was affordable.
Finally, the most important consideration, we believe, is not the cost of constructing a proposed wastewater treatment facility, but the cost of operating it as the plant must continue to operate at least for the length of its design life. A generally recognized benchmark in the wastewater treatment design field is 20 years. On this point we believe that there are two very important considerations. First, we do believe that if you build it, so to speak, they will come. We firmly believe that with waste treatment facilities available, development will begin to occur. In the beginning, however, it will literally be only a trickle at the wastewater treatment plant, and that is a problem because to operate properly, a facility of that type requires flow through it. If it does not have adequate flow, which flow must be supplemented, and it follows further that the minimum flow through a 500,000 gallons per day facility will be less than that for a 2,000,000 per day capacity. Additionally, because of the way in which a membrane batch reactor facility must process the waste coming to it, the power consumption of the pumps required to push or pull the waste through the membranes will not be inconsequential. Moreover, based on discussion with the consulting engineers with whom we discussed the matter, the consensus of opinion was that the membranes themselves would probably have to be replaced approximately every 7 to 9 years. And those membranes are expensive. Mr. Kelly Davis, attorney for the Authority, told the grand jury in his appearance on September 5 that Mr. Murphy had told the Board that replacement of the filter media and possibly other equipment such as the pumps could be very expensive, possibly as high as 50 percent of the plant construction cost. Therefore, the possibility exists that there might not be more than 300 homes constructed per year (effectively, one home per day), so the initial capacity need might not be more than 500,000 gallons per day would be adequate for at least five or more years.
To this point the focus of this discussion has been on which treatment process would best meet the needs of the Tradeport East service area for the amount of money spent, but there is the equally important matter of how we are going to pay for this undertaking as well. Based on correspondence to the Authority from the potentially major developers for that area and the Authority’s response to them, a major source of funding was to be from sewer impact fees collected. Although the total amount expected to be obtained from this source is unknown, based on the data that we do have, that number could have been expected to exceed $10,000,000. Collection of an amount of this size would significantly reduce the amount that the Authority would have to borrow to finance the project. However, terms relating to payment of impact fees, as originally proposed, were deemed so prohibitive, restrictive and unfair that at least two of the four possible major developers have postponed indefinitely their plans for projects in the Tradeport East area, one has apparently developed a more equitable arrangement with the City of Midway, and one has said that she will not deal with the matter. Instead, she will simply sell to a developer and not worry about the problem. Unfortunately for her, any potential buyer will worry about the problem, and his or her concern will be reflected in the purchase price. The Authority has subsequently amended its terms for the payment of impact fees, but this may well be too little, too late. Should the $5,000,000 project be constructed and the developers do not follow through with their plans, a load will be placed on the shoulders of the taxpayers of Liberty County to amortize that debt; should the $30,000,000 project suffer the same fate, we think that the burden to the taxpayers of Liberty County could be considerably greater.
With the considerations outlined herein in connection with the proposed wastewater treatment facility financing in mind, we, the grand jury offer the following recommendations in connection with this endeavor:
- If the contract with CH2MHill has not yet been finalized, immediately cease all efforts to do so. If it has been finalized, rescind or terminate it even though it could result in the payment of a contract termination fee by the Authority. While this action could prove expensive, it will certainly by less than the $30 million solution currently proposed.
- The Authority should immediately contact the City of Midway to discuss the availability of capacity at their waste treatment facility for its needs. Based on information in the Authority’s minutes for the year 2007, the currently projected treatment capacity needed by the large developers with which it has been dealing is approximately 132,000 gallons per day. The City of Midway facility is already permitted by the state and operational. We do not see the need to reinvent the wheel unless the City of Midway has no interest in entertaining a reasonable proposal from the Authority.
- If an offer by the Authority to the City of Midway is not sufficiently attractive to develop a workable arrangement, or if the City of Midway does not want to deal with the Authority, then the Authority should then send out Requests for Proposals to a number of qualified engineering firms. There are several of them in the surrounding counties. Additionally, because there is no time constraint on when the facility must be operational, the traditional approach; that is, design the project, take bids on the construction of the waste treatment facility, award the construction contract to the most responsible, responsive contractor, and then have the engineering firm selected for design oversee the construction of the facility in conformance with the plans and specifications which it prepared for the project.
- The waste treatment facility to be constructed should be designed so as to be readily expandible in approximately similar increments. We do not know what the optimal increments might be, but we suspect that additions to capacity of 500,000 gallons per day would probably be a desirable number. The advantages of designing a facility so that it could be readily expandable are many: (1) it saves the Authority from committing money for capacity that it might not need for as much as 20 years; (2) it enables the plant to operate at a lower cost because it will not have to supplement the wastewater flow that would be required by a larger plant to operate efficiently; and (3) the use of the incremental expansions approach would enable the engineers responsible for the expansion to use the best available technology existing at that time to treat the wastewater coming into the plant.
- Because there is not a tight time frame for the construction of the project, we also recommend that the proposed financing arrangement with SunTrust Bank also be terminated. Moreover, we are also very dubious of that bank’s claim that it would be able to finance the project at a lower interest rate than could GEFA (the Georgia Environmental Financing Authority) which normally has the advantage of a subsidized interest rate.
- Future grand juries should follow up with the Authority in their annual reports to ensure that the $2,000,000 in Economic Development Authority grant funds is ultimately recovered and properly used by it.
Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission (LCPC)
The Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission is a relatively new organization, arising out of the consolidation, on January 1, 2005, of staff members from the Hinesville Metropolitan Planning Organization, the City of Hinesville, and Liberty County. LCPC is led by its director, H.E. "Sonny" Timmerman, P.E., AICP. This entity replaced the Hinesville Planning and Zoning Board and the Joint Planning Commission which handled a similar function for Liberty County and the municipalities other than Hinesville.
Beginning with a staff of five persons in 2005, LCPC added two additional employees in 2006, and plans to be at a level of ten staff members at the end of the current business year. Operating expense data per employee for 2005 was not available in the first year of consolidation which was a partial operating year, but that number for 2006 was $130,852 for a total of $915,964, and for 2007 was $107,483for a total of $1,074,830. Nevertheless, the 2007 total budget was up substantially in total dollars even though the per capita number decrease due to the sizeable increase in the number of staff members. A significant portion of the 2007 operating expense was attributable to outside engineering and other professional services for specific projects, so the budget for this agency should decrease by the cost of those services when those projects have been completed. We also recognize that the duties of that agency are still evolving somewhat, but we have requested that it report to the grand jury both in total operating budget and on a per employee basis in the future to give that body one possible benchmark to measure what it is costing Liberty County to provide this service. Like many governmental agencies, LCPC is able to carry out some parts of its mission as a result of grant funding obtained. However, we cautioned that agency to be mindful that when considering the expansion of staff, grants should not be viewed as a permanent source of funding because there is no guarantee that they will be available in future years, and the residents of Liberty County already have a very substantial tax burden that does not need to be expanded.
By the time the next grand jury is empaneled, LCPC should have evolved substantially in form and operation so that its role can be more clearly defined and evaluated. A brief summary report on its operations for its most recently completed fiscal (business) year should be available for it.
Liberty County Board of Commissioners (LCBC)
The Liberty County Board of Commissioners provides an extensive range of services including, but not limited to, county law enforcement, rural fire protection, construction and maintenance of highways, streets and other infrastructure, recreational and cultural development programs, health and welfare programs, indigent care assistance, solid waste services and other essential community services. The county operates under the commission-administrator form of government, and the chief executive officer for LCBC is Joseph W. Brown, County Administrator.
Much of the information which we were seeking was provided to us in the report presented to us by Mr. Brown’s office. We did, however, question the projected figure of $20.6 billion economic impact figure for the Mid-Coast Business Center which was cited in the Commissioner’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis section included with its audit for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. Upon further analysis, it was determined that this information had been provided to them by the Liberty County Development Authority, and it was the projected number for the ultimate development of the entire Coastal Georgia Mega-Park project, not the Mid-Coast Business Center itself.
The grand jury expressed concern that information in that report appeared to indicate a substantial reliance on grant funding for both ongoing and capital needs. The County’s financial officer, Ms. Kimberly McGlothlin, responded to our concern in a letter dated July 23, 2007 by noting that Liberty County had six significant operating grants, two significant capital grants, and several smaller capital grants. She noted that prior to the acceptance of any capital project, the various funding sources are always identified, so those projects should not prove to be a funding problem. However, she also noted that where operating grants are concerned, they are applied for on an annual basis. As a consequence, should the grants not be awarded, then it would be up to the Board of Commissioners to appropriate funds for the continued operation of the affected programs.
The grand jury also expressed concern in a letter to Mr. Brown about a number of operating entities within the county which appeared to require a continuous subsidy by it. Among them were the Solid Waste Authority, the Liberty Regional Medical Center, and the E-911 Emergency System.
Ms. McGlothlin went into considerable detail on the progress made by the Solid Waste Authority toward the achievement of self-sustaining financial status, but she expressed some doubt that the county would ever be able to recover earlier operating losses that it had underwritten. She was, nevertheless, optimistic about the financial soundness of the operation of the Solid Waste Authority in future years.
On the matter of the Liberty Regional Medical Center she was not as optimistic. She noted that it is a component unit of Liberty County, and as such it undergoes a separate independent audit, information is taken from that audit and included in part of Liberty County’s annual financial report. Summary information available from Liberty County indicated Liberty Regional Medical Center has not been profitable in recent years and possibly since its inception, but the grand jury did not have the time to go further into the analysis of the operation of that entity, and there is some question as to whether it had the authority to pursue the matter further. The grand jury believes that this matter should, nevertheless, be of concern to the citizens of Liberty County because, as Ms. McGlothlin notes, the relationship between the hospital and the Board of Commissioners is significant due to the fact that the Commissioners level an annual millage rate on behalf of the hospital.
On the E-911 Emergency System Ms. McGlothlin noted that this fund was a special revenue fund and not self-sustaining, and she did not believe that it would ever be so. Fees collected from both land lines and mobile telephones are not nearly enough to support this operation, and the Commissioners have no plans at this time to make it so by means of an assessment or increased fees. It will continue to be supplemented by an annual operating transfer from the General Fund.
Finally, Ms. McGlothlin noted that the annual reporting format suggested by the grand jury for the other agencies which must report to it would not fit LCBC because its operations were so varied and extensive. We believe that the financial information provided from its audit along with the information in its Management’s Discussion and Analysis section, provides adequate financial information for its purposes.
Dr. Glenn Carter & Liberty County Hospital Authority
On July 11, 2007 Dr. Carter appeared before this grand jury to ask for our assistance in resolving his differences with the Liberty County Hospital Authority ("the Authority"). He explained to the grand jury that approximately four years earlier, his privileges to practice at Liberty Memorial Hospital had been suspended. He stated that he appealed this decision by that entity and an independent review board consisting of individuals selected by the Liberty County Hospital Authority to review the matter was convened to review the Authority’s decision. According to Dr. Carter, the unanimous recommendation of the review board was his practicing privileges at that facility should be immediately reinstated, but the Authority rejected the review board’s finding and continued to deny him access to that facility.
Dr. Carter further states that at this point he had no choice other than to file suit against the Authority, and that is where the matter stands as of the date of this presentment. He wishes to make it known that he would be willing to terminate his suit against the Authority if some acceptable resolution of this dispute could be achieved. He additionally noted that the practice constraint was not only unfair to him, in his opinion, but it was also unfair to the thousands of his patients who are residents and taxpayers in Liberty County because they pay taxes to support the operation of the hospital and should, as a result, have the right to be treated by their physician at that facility.
The grand jury then asked Dr. Carter to provide more specific information on the issues leading to the dispute, and he explained that he had been accused by the Authority of providing improper treatment of six patients that he had placed in that facility for treatment. To provide more detail to the grand jury, Dr. Carter discussed the comprehensive treatment of one of cases in question, noting that he had treated that patient for years and had full knowledge of his/her medical history. Finally, Dr. Carter noted that while two of the six patients are no longer living, the remaining four continued to use his after the initiation of the dispute, and several are still patients of him as of this date. The grand jury then thanked him for his testimony and excused him.
The grand jury then deliberated the case based on this information and a presentation by the Authority to a previous grand jury, but it was subsequently advised by Judge Rahn that it was his belief that nothing further could be achieved as the issue was now in litigation, and we could not access the pertinent files for further consideration. The grand jury determined that further inquiry was fruitless.
To the extent that the grand jury is permitted to offer an opinion on this matter, it strongly encourages the parties to the dispute mediate their differences, if at all possible, with the assistance of the Board of Commissioners if necessary to ensure that the affected taxpayer/patients are able to readily access hospital facilities here in Liberty County to receive timely treatment from their qualified physician. It is our recommendation that unless it can be firmly established that Dr. Carter was guilty of conduct that was illegal, unethical or immoral to a degree that would cause his license to practice to be revoked by the State of Georgia, his privilege to practice at the Authority’s facility here in Liberty County be reinstated as soon as possible.
In closing these presentments, we the 2007 Liberty County Grand Jury, hope that the effort that we have put forth in what we believe is in the best interests of our citizen-taxpayers will provide a starting point for future grand juries which they can use to assess the performance of the entities which exist to serve them. It is not our task to provide responsible direction for the agencies reviewed herein; their own officers are civic leaders charged with that obligation. It is, however, the duty of this and all future grand juries to monitor that performance and report to you, the taxpayer, on how well we believe that this had been done. This is our report to you.
Members of the 2007 Liberty County Grand Jury:
Paul B. Krebs, Jr., Foreman
William F. Goodwin, Vice Foreman
Beverly M. Childs, Clerk
John W. Stetzer, Jr., Assistant Clerk
Franklin D. Bradford
Diane Kroell
Juan R. Colon
Juan R. Colon
Dolores S. Mitchell
Lamar T. Cook
Lamar T. Cook
Jose A. Ortiz
Maria J. Crowe
Maria J. Crowe
Charlene D. Rocker
Debra Frazier
Debra Frazier
Lamar Speight
Pijit P. Healy
Pijit P. Healy
Cato Walthour, Jr.
Tom Holmes III
Tom Holmes III
Maria C. Winnubst
Oralia Jiminez
Oralia Jiminez
Mary E. Woods
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42 comments:
Thank you, grand jurors.
This Grand Jury has done an outstanding job. I hope this sets the bar or benchmark for all future Grand Jury. Now as far as the amount of money that is being wasted I think the leaders should be held accountable for the actions which they have taken. Like everyone else I am tired of paying higher taxes just to see the different agencies throw money away. P.S. Dear leaders the next time you want to throw money away I will give you my address or bank account number. Something needs to be done to stop the madness. If Liberty County or City of Hinesville is going to head in the right direction it is time to replace the asses with horses. This city needs a new Mayor, City Manager, and councilmen. Fellow citizens please weak up and take action now putting a stop to this madness. If not now we will all pay for it with higher taxes.
Let me say first - Bravo! to this grand jury for the depth & time they put into their presentments.
I must comment on the Dr. Carter issue first; as a former member of a grand jury, we were also told we could go no further with our investigation into the Hospital Authority's actions. the fact remains, they are denying the citizens of this county access to their preferred doctor - Dr. Carter - and as such, this hospital is losing vital funding. Yet, each and every year, they are in the red and rely on the citizen's tax dollars to keep them afloat. I say this hospital authority feels as if they are untouchable and as such, have to answer to noone and it appears they do not.
As far as the LCDA, their actions border on criminal, with respect to the wastewater treatment facilty, and at the very least, show blantant disregard to the monies they have been entrusted with. Some revamping may need to be done there, as well as the hospital authority.
And thank you for putting into a report what most citizens already knew - that the BOE is taxing us at way too high a level - and let me add the Hospital Authority & the Development authority as well.
thank you all for your time & effort here.
I wonder if any of the agencies were allowed to explain the initial findings or were these findings published without taking into account one's personal interpretation without garnering futher explanation. Possibly the entire reports of each agency should published and then the citizens of the county could read the questions posed to each agency and be able to read the ENTIRE response of each agency. Items taken out of context without the full explanations provided could certainly be misleading.
Use the {The Freedom of Information Act5 U.S.C. § 552, As Amended By Public Law No. 104-231, 110 Stat. 3048} and you can get all the information for yourself from each agency.
This Grand Jury has done an outstanding job. Every County would be fortunate to have such a detailed report on matters so important to the community and to have such a dedicated and thorough Grand Jury. Obviousily, the public officials should be held accountable for the waste of taxpayer money in Liberty County.
As a taxpayer, I hope this is a trend for all levels of government.
While this grand jury did as much as possible in trying to look into issues such as the BOE and LCDA, they were replaced with a new grand jusr who will probably try as this one did. In the end, the same entities, give the same bogus excuses to each grand jury, and then prepare to give the same answers to the next. The Dr Carter issue is a great example. Every time it is looked at, another excuse if given why it can not be resolved.
On the hosdital issue,Liberty County needs to get out of the hospital business. They lose money each year and the CEO keeps getting more money and benefits. Let a private company buy the hospital and it will make money and provide better service. Look at the areas where they have done this. The taxpayers get out from under the financial burden and the citizens get better health care.
To the anonymous writer who asks for publication of the entire report of the grand jury, perhaps he or she could find that on this website, or on the site of the Liberty County Clerk of Courts or in Sunday's edition of the Coastal Courier.
What is missing is information from an Authority which has stonewalled successive grand juries, citizens, the news media and the county commissioners for years.
Good luck Grand Jury and Liberty Co. citizens!As a former Grand Juror I can tell you they do not listen to your recommendations!!! After the indictments they might as well send the Grand Jury home,Oh I forgot we finally got security at courthouse annex. I guess 1 out of a 100 isn't too bad.Concerning Dr. C. and the LCHA they both raised their hands to tell the truth too bad it wasn't the whole truth. GIVE UP Liberty Co. you are not going to find out what happened,Dr. C don'twant you to know and LCHA has promised not to tell! Concerning Liberty Co. and Hinesville if more people would go to commissioner's and city councel meetings you would see who the BIG players are and see how our "leaders" pass almost every thing they wish for.It;s time every one vacated their seat. VOTE PEOPLE!!!!!
The Sheriff's department should be investigeted. I reported a theft of a firearm and actually provided the name of the their and the dept neveer even went over to the address to question anyone. Really doesn't give me any faith in the Sherrif or his people. Malfeasance?
Thank you, grand jurors, for your hard work. It's long past time for someone to hold the thieves in charge in this county to account. Would someone please look into whose pockets are getting lined by the contractors for the platinum-plated wastewater treatment plant, and the rest of the Tradeport East mess. Or is that too risky for anyone who wants to live and work in this county?
If the BOE has all that money, why is it the County cannot afford badly needed new buses (safer buses) to transport students?? HMMM...
I heard this blog is already upsetting some, GOOD, that's one reason it was created, boo hoo,you people have made us cry for years,now it's your turn!
The city of Flemington who generates more motel/hotel tax than any other city in the county including Hinesville recieves free fire protection from Hinesville.I live in Walthourville and my parents live in Gumbranch, We sure would feel much safer if we got some of that free protection!
If the people of Liberty County want to see who the LCDA and others in Hinesville are dealing with, go to Google and type in ch2mhill corruption. We can do better than these people.
CH2M Hill has a very cozy relationship with Capitol Hill. During the 2004 election cycle CH2M Hill was the top "construction services" contributor to political campaigns. Of its $476,800 in contributions, 70% went to Republican candidates. In fact, fourteen people on the CH2M payroll contributed to Bush's 2004 campaign, including the company's chairman and CEO, president, senior vice-president, and president of regional operations, each of whom gave between $1,000 and $2,000.
As mentioned in the Environment History of CH2M Hill, top executive Robert G. Card was named under secretary of energy under Bush.
CH2M Hill has also landed multi-billion dollar contracts from the government to re-build Iraq, New Orleans and Greensburg, Kansas. Many of the contacts were no-bid and others were granted to CH2M Hill despite other companies' bids being lower. People have also criticized the government's continued favoring of CH2M Hill over local contractors in Louisiana.
Of course the Democrats are also friendly with the company. CH2M Hill just announced that it donated $50,000 to the Democratic National Convention Committee. In 2004, the CEO and several chairmen of CH2M Hill donated generously to Democratic candidates as well. SOUNDS A LITTLE LIKE HINESVILLE MAYBE. HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING IN THE PACKETS OF THE LOCAL LEADERS? THE FBI SHOULD COME IN AND LOOK INTO THIS MATTER.
I have an idea,People of Liberty Co.are always wanting a skating ring, let's put it in the middle of the new BOE, there's enough room!
It is time for a new mayor, my choice will be someone who knows his government, not someone who makes it up as he goes along, possibly someone who taught government for many years, I figure someone like that would care about the people and this city and not be in someone's back pocket or be a yes man.
Shame on the people running Liberty County and the City of Hinesville. All that extra money being held by the BOE could be used to help all these schools failing to meet the criteria set before them. The BOE building is another attempt for the BOE to put something in a pretty package and hope people dont look beneath the surface to see what is really going on. Our SCHOOLS look terrible but man doesnt our BOE building look great? The City and County problems are never going away as long as nobody bothers to VOTE. I say vote them all the heck out and start from scratch. I am so tired of my hard earned money being wasted.
The hard work of the grand jury is much needed and appreciated. Let's go to the next step which will be 30 - 60 days for appropriate responses by the hospital authority and other agencies. If no response, then the Georgia attorney general's office should be next. Remember, Carolyn Brown is in prison because of the work of a grand jury. Maybe some of the current elected/appointed officials need to be there also!
I wonder why the Planning Commission got such a glowing report? Kind of makes you wonder???? If you look hard enough I bet you could figure out why.
It's a shame about the phone co. having to lay off people,I just wonder if the CEO told any of his family members they had to go!
Christmas is just around the corner and Liberty County already has it's grinch. He laid off an employee at one of his businesses and laid off the spouse at another. They had many years of loyal service.
I believe you will see who's in the pocket of the developers,go see how the commissioners vote on Oct. 9th. I believe if the commissioners want to continue to sit in their HIGH chairs they need to listen to the voters and not to a few.
If anyone is interested what CH2MHill is up to right now go to Mooresville Tribune.com, and check out - water plants final cost.
Watch! The next time the LCHA has an open meeting they will tell the public how well they are doing. They will show you an increase,the only increase was the amount of employee's they sent out the door!!!
Developers where the sand Gnat's reign,please say hello to WTOC!!!
with all the information provided by the grand jury, the mooresville tribune, and many others, why is the LCDA continuing with the waste water debacle. does this lend credence to 'fox in the hen house assumption'.
hopefully the seated grand jury will continue with its investigation into this matter and the taxpayers.
at the least pressure should be put on the LCDA members via phone calls/ letters.
they are:
al williams
graylan quarterman
john mciver
brian smith
tom ratcliffe
alan brown
jeff brnold
then the grand jury should recommend the charter of the LCDA be changed to allow for leadership changes. i mean come on, this is should not be a supreme court job, (lifetime appointment)-'...absolute power corrupts absolutely'.
Dr. Carter has been a major influence and supporter of this community for 25 years. He is an ordained deacon of the Baptist church, past-president of the chamber of commerce, past-president of the Rotary club, chair of the Liberty county board of Health for 20 years, founder of the free clinic, chair of the American cancer society during its best years for the relay for life, and many other areas of community service. He donates ofice space for Habitat for Humanity and other organizations. He is my physician as well as several thousand of other tax-paying citizens of Liberty county. Theae patients have spent millions of dollars outside of Liberty county for medical services that Dr. Carter could have and has in the past offered at our local tax-supported facility. When will our hospital authority/county commission get off there a__ and resolve this situation!!! Will Mr. Kroell and the seven members of the "hostile" authority and the seven members of the county commission have to get criminal indictments to get this situation resolved? The previous grand jury has done a wonderful job. The "ball is in the court" of you the taxpayers of Liberty county and you the current grand jury and you the hospital authority and you the county commission. Let's see some results or criminal indictments should/will be next!!!
actually, the ball is in Dr. C's court.He has his verdict on appeal and everyone will have to wait on the outcome, as for me, I've learned a long time ago not to go to his restaurant or his office.
Yes we have gangs in Liberty County. Bloods, Crypts and other little known gangs such as the LCDA's, LCHA's and LCPC's - pick your poison. Liberty County voters should vote on what color bandana they should wear.
When they put in the recycling center down the road where I live, I thought that it was a good idea. Now I have second thoughts. When the citizens of this county bring their trash and etc. to the recycling center and the gates are closed, instead of going back to their home with the trash they decide to dump it on our dirt road. And it's not always bags of trash. Sometimes it's household items. Furniture, old tires, broken kids toys and old swimming pools. I asked that the center remain opened 24 hours. I was told no. There isn't the manpower to do that. What does that mean? There isn't anyone there all day long. Someone comes in the morning and opens the gates, runs the compactor if it needs it and then leaves. That person may come by again later in the day. Then at closing time comes again to lock up the gates. So I suggest Liberty County hires someone to pick up the trash along the dirt road near and around the recycling center. Because I'm tired of doing it myself! If they can't hire someone to do that then my only other suggestion is to close it for good and move it to someone else's area. What happened to the slogan "Keep Liberty County Clean and Beautiful? Or was it just that, a slogan?
Hey school board, You want to do something right? The Tigers need a new coaching staff! Those boys deserve better than this.Bradwell has deserved better for a long time.With all the extra money that the school board has we should be able to hire the best coaching staff in the nation.
Published on SavannahNow.com (http://savannahnow.com)
Liberty grand jury calls for school tax rollback
By Savannah Morning News
Created 2007-10-06 23:30
The Liberty County grand jury says county taxpayers are digging too deep to fund Liberty's public school system because the system has too much money on hand.
But a top school administrator has responded that the grand jury should have been better educated before members of the panel reached their conclusion.
The issue could get a public airing Tuesday when the school board meets in its first regular session since the grand jury published its formal report.
In the report issued Sept. 16, members of the grand jury pointed to a seven-figure revenue surplus and called on the Liberty County Board of Education to immediately develop a plan to relieve the burden on Liberty County taxpayers for the cost of public education.
The grand jury noted it had reviewed the most recent audited county school board statements for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2006, and found that the school system had:
Nearly $51 million on hand in cash or cash equivalents, investments and related receivables.
Liabilities of a little more than $12 million.
No long-term debt.
No expectation of more than minimal growth in the county's student population for at least the next five years.
The grand jury concluded the school board had more than $36 million in unrestricted cash reserves as of mid-2006.
"Similar information for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, is not yet available," the grand jury members stated, "but we believe that the Board's cash reserves will be even greater than at the end of the previous year."
Jason Rogers, assistant superintendent of administrative services, disputed the findings of the grand jury.
Rogers said last week that the school system's total liabilities and fund balance is actually $49,744,003, and the unrestricted fund balance is $24,405,673.
In a document provided to the Savannah Morning News as well as to the grand jury, a column labeled "general fund" - which provides money to keep the school system operating - totaled $35,763,976. The district-wide capital projects fund totaled $13,980,027. That comes to a grand total of $49,744,003.
Rogers said some of the projects earmarked for payment through the available funds include:
Bradwell Institute renovation (not yet completed).
Liberty County High School electrical upgrade (not completed).
Liberty County High School Stadium (not completed).
Snellson Golden Middle School reroofing (not completed).
Federal initiatives
Rogers said that $672,301 in federal continuation programs can be used only for federally funded initiatives such as Title 1, 2 and 5 programs.
"The money sitting there is basically a holdover from the prior fiscal period, and we have to spend it according to those grants," he said. "This isn't money we basically have discretion over."
The report included amounts that were listed as inventories. Rogers also noted that the $107,445 listed as inventories on the document provided to the grand jury had to do with the food stored in the cafeterias of the 13 schools within the system.
"It's not like we can take our food service inventory and convert it into cash and spend it how we want to," he said.
Rogers said it takes $7.12 million a month to operate the school system. He said the school board keeps enough reserve funding on hand to meet expenditures for at least three months.
"Any good businessman will tell you that is the minimum you should have on hand to meet expenses," he said.
Rogers said the school system is allocated $8 million a year in impact funds to help offset the expense of educating the children of military families.
"The federal government has been reimbursing the school system later and later," he said. "Expenses have to be picked up by local funds till the money comes in."
Flat future
With the school board anticipating no drastic increase in student population during the next five years and with the school board not planning any major capital spending on new buildings, the grand jury recommended a downward tax adjustment.
Rogers took exception to the board's recommendation to lower the county's millage rate. He said if the board set the millage rate too low, the school district will wind up losing.
"If we were to set the millage rate and fall below 95 percent, which is the state average, and lose the heavily impacted portion of our impact aid fund, the taxes could not be raised enough to help offset the loss of those funds," he said.
The current tax rate is 16 mills and will be looked at either late this month or in early November. The rate has been 16 mills for the past two years. (That means $16 of tax paid for every $1,000 of assessed property value.)
"I think what the taxpayers need to know is the grand jury didn't base its report on a full explanation of the details," Rogers said. "They based their report on the fact there was $38.6 million of unrestricted funds, which is not the case.
"Keeping the millage rate at 16 mills has allowed us to accomplish everything we have set out to do building-wise. The BOE has absolutely no debt."
Lavish building
The grand jury also made note of the Liberty school board's new $8.2 million administration building in Hinesville, noting it is "indeed an elegant structure, but perhaps not the wisest use of the taxpayers' money."
The school board responded that the building's architects - J.W. Buckley & Associates - repeatedly met with school system officials for "intense planning sessions centered around both current and future needs," that the school board was "always concerned about costs," and that the building was designed and modified in the planning stages to accommodate future growth.
Nevertheless, the grand jury concluded that there "appears to be a substantial lack of communication" between the school system's operating management and the Liberty County Board of Education, "which we believe clearly is not in the best interests of a cohesive school system."
Rogers said the new BOE building was constructed with special purpose local-option sales tax funds approved five years earlier in a countywide vote.
"This building was built with 100 percent SPLOST funds," Rogers said, noting that the administration worked hand in hand with the architect during the planning stages of the new facility. "It was not the job of the board members to be involved in the actual planning of the building, whether a room needed to be a certain size. That is what they pay the administrative staff for. The final cost for the building was set at $8.1 million dollars."
Justification
The grand jury also was critical of the school board's planning process and budgeting logic.
"It is our opinion," the grand jury report stated, "that the Board's statement concerning planning for growth ... does not square completely with the projections for growth. ... According to the projections about student population growth made by the Georgia Capital Outlay Program, Liberty County's current facilities are adequate to accommodate anticipated student growth for at least the next five years."
Rogers cited a recent report in which Fort Stewart might receive another brigade assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, which would add 6,000 soldiers to the area.
"We have to have funds on hand to build new facilities should we receive another 3,000 students over the next five years," he said. "Sure we may get funds later on down the road. But the board has to be prepared to have the money on hand should we get additional soldiers assigned to the area."
The grand jury recommended that Liberty County Board of Education management personnel get the board's approval in the future before planning significant capital expenditures to ensure cost-effective outcomes.
Here are the names of the current term grand jurors — the people who have the power to carry on with the foundation laid by the February term.
Foreman Danny Robles, Tommie Axon, Blanton Bacon, Ann M. Bean, Claudia H. Bryant, Yvonne B. Crooks, Bernadette D. Dasher, John R. Floyd, assistant foreman; James E. Gaulden, Leroy George Jr., Robert Gary Gilliard and Willie Graham.
Additional members are Maria A. Gregory, Marybel Laboy, Gretta F. Logan, Randy G. Mobley, Albert Odria, Carmen M. Ortiz, Anthony L. Sawyer, Donita T. Strickland, clerk; Janice C. Troha, Kathryn G. Walden, assistant clerk, and Donnie H. Walker.
Go ahead and abandon the road at Yellow Bluff commissioners,you have already abandoned the tax payers.Come voting time we're going to abandon YOU!!! See what you did Grand Jury,you pissed off the school board and now they are raising our taxes even higher,looks like a mexican stand off to me.Flex your muscle Grand Jury and show them who the boss is. Order an outside independent investigation of the school board and let the taxpayer pay for that,I promise you we won't mind,It would be money well spent.Don't let the "leaders" of this Co. blow you off like they do everybody else,just to remind you Grand Jury, when you are up there serving YOU ARE the most powerful at that courthouse,trust me when you talk all people have to listen.
Did we not years ago vote not to build a new hospital? My what a big mess you have! A little hint for ya, a business can't survive if paying people won't come thru the door and paying people won't come back until you lose your reputation as a second rate clinic,everyone with a choice will go to savannah hospitals.The LCHA wants to blame everyone else for their problems.It sure is funny just last year they told the Grand Jury and I quote "As a whole we are doing good",now last week they say they have been loosing money for six years! They were either being not truthful then or their not being truthful now. I feel that until they stop talking with a forked tongue we as taxpayers should not carry their dead weight.You say you want to expand,you should be expanding your schooling on how to run a hospital and expanding your search for a new administrator.
I know the Co. commissioners read this blog,so why don't one of you answer this question,last year I was at one of your meetings and you were voting on a proposal from the LCDA to rezone some 800 acres in Midway from whatever it was to industrial land,question is if your chairman is also on the LCDA board why did he vote on the proposal? That just don't seem legal to me.There are some on the Co. Comm and just about all on these other tax based boards who seem to have a bit and bridle on their head and are led around doing the bidding of others that their only concern is how much is this going to benefit them.These same "people" are banking that we are too stupid to understand what they are up to.
We vote in the school board and the board of comm., we need to change the way the LCHA and the LCDA are appointed,their spending our mils also.We vote in the Mayor,the city council,the tax comm.the judges,the clerk of courts,all spending our money. If we are trusted with this task we can surly handle the LCHA and the LCDA, because right now Liberty Co. they are accountable to no one.
I praise the Grand Jury for their JOB WELL DONE. This website has been very informative to myself and I am sure it has aided many other citizens of Liberty County.
I was very impressed to read the Grand Jury's comments on all of the agencies and Dr.Carter's case involving the Hospital...Thank goodness I moved away from Liberty County 4 yrs ago... Well, I hope the officials (ie; those Big Dogs) of the County and the City are sleeping well tonight, you must not have any MORALS or any CONSCIENCE...But as I have seen many times, they don't care about the hardworking citizens of Liberty County, they will still "Hold their heads up high and will all be in Church on Sunday"... You would think they would learn what a "Hipocrate" is?
It is now Nov 2008 and it seems that no one listened to the recommendations of the Grand Jury and the 30 million dollar wastewater folly is moving forward. Citizens are urged to notify GA EPD and protest Liberty County Development Authority SCDS TEWRF Liberty County A pplication for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit. POC Jane Hendricks, 404/362-2680. NPDES Permit GA0039101. Protests must be filed prior to 11/2/08. We must request a public hearing.
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