Dellinger Park Pool Set for Improvements, But No Slide

The Cartersville city council voted down, 3 to 2, a proposal to install a slide at the pool at Dellinger Park.

Dellinger Park's pool is set for improvements, but they won't include the installation of a slide that would have cost the city of Cartersville an extra $114,000. It was a move recommended by Parks and Rec Director Greg Anderson, but denied by the city council after much debate at Thursday night's meeting, The Daily Tribune News reports. The pool is set to see some improvements, as the council approved $975,000 worth of work, including some required by the Health Department, according to the council agenda: The renovations—which include replacement of the existing bathhouse, the addition of water fountains and a new entry to the pool, according to the newspaper—will bring the pool and bathhouse to existing State Health Department code and …

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Electric Rates to Rise in Cartersville

Following concern from Bartow County manufacturers, city leaders are set to eye increases due in part to a weak energy market.

Council to Welcome voestalpine, Eye Fee Changes

Cartersville leaders meet tonight at 6 for a work session and 7 for regular business.

In addition to contracts, purchases and a board appointment, Cartersville's city council is expected tonight to officially welcome voestalpine, an automotive industry supplier set to build a manufacturing plant in industrial park Highland 75, the city's joint venture with Bartow County. Production is slated to begin next year and voestalpine will create 220 new jobs, according to the company's agreement with the city and county's Joint Development Authority. Councilmen also are set to eye two ordinance changes: See the full agenda, attached, for all the details. Councilmen are set to meet at City Hall at 6 p.m. for a work session and 7 p.m. for regular business. Don’t miss any of the local news you care about. Subscribe to Cartersville …

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City Council to Eye Hike in Fines, Fees

Cartersville leaders are set for a business meeting tonight at 7. The 6 p.m. work session is cancelled.

The price of a speeding ticket in Cartersville could nearly double if the city council approves a measure set for a first reading during tonight's business meeting at 7. The ordinance amendment would adjust the fines associated with violations prosecuted in municipal court and add administrative and technology fees and state surcharges, allowing the city to keep more of the revenue, officials said in a summary. The cost for violations across the board—from a $15 or $25 ticket for no seat belt to a $1,000 fine for shoplifting—would increase from less than 50 to nearly 150 percent. Currently, the city keeps about 63 percent of the money it collects through fines and fees. With the proposed change, it could be 70 or 80 percent. "The current …

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Howard Johnson

10:32 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012

I agree with Bill Martin. Not only because he is correct, but also because he isn't anonymous. I suspect that people who are upset might have a personal ax to grind. It wouldn't hurt my feelings one bit if speeders lost a months wages or your first 2 DUI convictions resulted in the gouging out of one eye.   more ›

Hotel-Motel Tax Lawsuit Set for Final Hearing

Cartersville is one of the cities to file a 2005 suit against several online travel companies that were paying taxes based on discounted rates instead of the rates they charge their customers.

Council to Eye Zoning for Church, Halfway House

Other items on the city council's agenda include an agreement with the Optimist Club for Fourth of July festivities and a proposal to refinance utility bonds.

Cartersville's city council meets tonight at 6 for a work session and 7 for regular business at City Hall.

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City to Eye Ban on Sign Flipping

Cartersville councilmen are set to meet tonight at 6 for a work session and 7 for regular business.

After months of discussion on revisions to the city's sign ordinance, Cartersville councilmen tonight are set to vote on a measure that would outlaw the flipping or twirling of signs. The city and local business The Sign Flipper had been at odds for some time following concerns that "sign flippers" distract drivers and could be a liability for property owners, The Daily Tribune News reported. The proposed ordinance amendment also would prohibit advertisers from holding or displaying signs on public streets or rights-of-way. The size of signs held or worn in other areas would be limited to 10 square feet. Are sign flippers a danger to motorists and others or a harmless art of advertising? Should the city prohibit or allow it? Tell us in the…

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Consultant: $4.3 Million Rate Hike Would Impact All Electric Customers

A proposed amendment to Cartersville's electricity ordinance would result in a 10.8 percent rate increase, disproportionately affecting industrial customers who provide jobs, according to an energy expert hired by local manufacturers.

Some of the largest employers would be among the hardest hit in a proposed change to Cartersville Electric System's rate structure, a consultant hired by local manufacturers says.  The city council Thursday delayed progress on the measure they say would reapportion costs to produce electricity among various classifications of customers based on the results of a 2011 study, The Daily Tribune News reported. "What [the manufacturers] are trying to do is take their increase, and spread it over the residential and commercial customers," Director David Myers told Cartersville Patch earlier this month. Jeff Pollock, who was hired by local manufacturers to review the city's rate and cost studies, said the plan to increase rates by an average of 10…

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City OKs Higher Tax Exemption

Mayor Matt Santini called the Freeport tax reduction one of the "most important" in Cartersville's economic development plan.

Cartersville leaders last night moved on a longtime option aimed at attracting business and industry that hits the school system where it hurts, in the pocket book. Councilmen approved an increase in Freeport tax exemptions that positively affect the bottom lines of local manufacturers and other businesses that hold large inventories, The Daily Tribune News reports. The vote followed Cartersville Schools' resolution in support, approved by the school board in its March meeting. The measure means reduced property taxes for local manufacturers and other businesses holding inventories of goods that were produced in Georgia. As an incentive to new and expanding industry, Cartersville has exempted from taxation 20 percent of those goods since …

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