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County cannot fund satellite office
Published Thursday, December 24, 2009
The Chilton County Commission plans to revisit the issue of establishing county satellite offices next year.
Commissioner Allen Caton said that while several commissioners and other elected officials support the idea, the county cannot easily fund another office at the present time.
“It’s not a dead issue by any means,” Caton said.
Jemison Mayor Eddie Reed fully supports a satellite office in Jemison.
A facility might be available at little cost to the county, but equipment and operating costs could come to around $5,000 per office, Caton estimated.
There was also talk of opening a satellite office in the town of Maplesville.
Supporters have said a satellite office might reduce traffic in the courthouse, which has been overcrowded for quite sometime.
The Department of Motor Vehicles, under the umbrella of the Chilton County Tax Collector’s office, moved in a vacant building across the street several years ago.
Also, the county commission office expanded into a former meeting room for more space.
“It’s a great idea. I would love to have it, but if we don’t have the money, we just don’t have the money,” Tax Collector Tim Little said.
Even if an office were open for just one day per week, Caton said the funding just isn’t there.
“With the financial situation the county’s in, even coming up with the $5,000 would be a struggle,” he said.
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Posted by ladybug2 (anonymous) on December 24, 2009 at 12:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This is one of those little niceties, no doubt convenient to some degree, that definitely needs to be put on hold for a good long while. There are many other needs too important now and in the foreseeable future to consider putting any money into such a convenience at this time. I applaud those who made the decision to wait for now on this move. I have been to the courthouse many times and at different hours, and although I've had to wait for a little while on some of those visits, there is no justification for that kind of expense in times of tight monies.
Posted by speakingup (anonymous) on December 24, 2009 at 6:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I second the building/construction inspector! I don't think the house we purchased would have made it pass all the codes if they had them in place when my house was built. The home inspector didn't catch everything but since living here we've seen a lot!
Posted by KatherineReece (anonymous) on December 24, 2009 at 8:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
On the subject of building inspectors and such, I think the Sheriff's department should be required to turn over a list of addresses where they'd busted meth labs. It should go to the health department or a building department, realtors should be required the check the listing and disclose that information to potential buyers.
Posted by gonefishen (anonymous) on December 24, 2009 at 11:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You will probably never see a building inspector in this county. Most of the contractors have a grandfathered license(great grand pappy helped a cousin build the neighbors uncle a barn) issued to them. Most could not pass the certification process if they tried. Just about all of them do work hiding behind someone elses license. Oh and do not forget the LLC builders, when something goes wrong you end up trying to get a paper company to make it right.
Posted by jewelry4u35045 (anonymous) on December 30, 2009 at 7:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Seems like if the county knew where the Meth labs were, the Law Enforcment would get rid of them. The state posts a list of convicted sex offenders. that doesnt stop sex crimes.
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