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Water payments must be made at Barnesville City Hall, not the former Water Authority Building on Highway 36.

Water to flow smoothly

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Walter Geiger
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Wednesday, August 31. 2011
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By Sherri Ellington

While her official last day as general manager of the Lamar County Water Authority is Aug. 31 and she plans to begin a new job with PetroSouth in Griffin by Sept. 12, Amberly Ferris will stay on with the authority until Barnesville takes over the water service – a move planned to begin Sept. 1, when the authority office will close.

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#1 Anonymous on 08/31/11 at 06:46 AM
and your tax dollars will also flow freely, we have been flim flammed
#2 Anonymous on 08/31/11 at 03:12 PM
they are closing that brand new building with all that watered grass? wow, what a rip off. they should have never built that building if they were only going to use it for a few months. your tax dollars at work.
#3 Anonymous on 09/01/11 at 07:42 AM
Does anyone know if the building was included in the deal with the city or is the county taking it over?

Either way, it seems like some governmental agency should consider using it since it is fairly new since even if it is put up for sale, it will probably take years to find a qualified buyer.
#4 GM on 09/01/11 at 11:49 AM
The county gave away the agriculture authority and got screwed in the end. They must have enjoyed it though because the county is begging to get screwed again.

One thing is for sure. The county doesn't learn anything from history because they sure like to repeat it.

The old saying, "wise people learn from their mistakes but, really wise people learn from someones else's mistakes"..... makes me question the decision making capability of those commissioners.
#5 on 09/01/11 at 12:31 PM
#1. your tax dollars have nothing to do with the water authority and the issues that arrived out of their mis-managment

#2 it has not been determined what the building will be used for

#3 the building will be turned over to the county .. have not heard how they will use it
#6 Anonymous on 09/01/11 at 02:23 PM
Instead of building a fancy new firestation that's been in the works for years now, why not make that new building into a station since it's the county that's taking it over?
#7 Anonymous on 09/01/11 at 04:19 PM
help me out here, we're paying the former miss manager (pun intended) $35.00 per hour to advise us on what?
#8 Me on 09/01/11 at 05:00 PM
This makes a lot of sense. I wondered why my bill was wrong by $400.00 this month...seems if people know their job is gone they arent going to pay attention to the difference in 49,260 gallons being used vs. 4,960 gallons. Guess I will be at City Hall complaining tomorrow....
#9 country livin on 09/01/11 at 05:03 PM
Poor management, seems like if they have time to get a dove field ready to hunt they could have at least cut the grass and not hire a lawn service. Could have saved some money there!
#10 Richard Hungwell on 09/02/11 at 07:57 AM
My wife could have used this part time job at $35 an hour. She is very well qualified, she spends money we don't have all the time!
#11 water boy on 09/03/11 at 06:41 PM
Sure am glad I've got 5 wells on my properties
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