Saturday, April 27, 2013
Would you sign an online petition asking Cartersville leaders to request the Georgia Department of Transportation install a traffic signal at the Publix shopping center?
Ever had trouble navigating the traffic along Cartersville's East Main Street between the Publix shopping center and Starbucks? Cartersville native Margaret Archer Zimmer says rapid growth and increased traffic in the area have necessitated a traffic light at the intersection, according to change.org, where she started an online petition, which has more than 300 supporters. "Drivers, both old and young/experienced and inexperienced, are required to cross fast-moving traffic (coming off of I-75) while also watching for other drivers, opposite of them, who are attempting the same dangerous driving maneuver," Zimmer wrote on change.org. "This is an extremely dangerous intersection that is in desperate need of a traffic light." The Georgia …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Cartersville councilmen are set to meet tonight at 6 for a work session and 7 for regular business.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
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…
Monday, March 19, 2012
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…
Friday, March 16, 2012
Mayor Matt Santini called the Freeport tax reduction one of the "most important" in Cartersville's economic development plan.
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Friday, March 16, 2012
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 …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Cartersville leaders are set to meet Thursday at 6 p.m. for a work session and 7 p.m. for regular business.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Cartersville councilmen are set Thursday to hold the first reading of a proposed rezoning ordinance that would allow a steel and metal fabrication plant to locate on West Avenue. While the Planning Commission recommended approval, the owner of contiguous property "strongly" opposes a proposed industrial operation in what he calls a commercial corridor. Steve Cowart of Kingston, who owns Steel Materials, wants to use a building on the 2.7 acres of land in his company's steel and metal fabrication operations and to sell fabricated steel. Vacant for 10 years, a bank foreclosed on the former industrial property at 1120 West Avenue, near Douthit Ferry Road, and now Cowart has it under contract. City officials say in 2006, it was zoned general …
Healthier menu options will cost more for the 2012-2013 year, courtesy of federal mandates.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Cartersville City Schools students will need an extra coin to buy lunch at school next year. The school board in its Monday business session approved a 25 cent increase in the price of lunches for the 2012-2013 school year that begins in August. Officials say the hike is due to new federal requirements related to the U.S. Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which aims to improve nutrition while focusing on childhood obesity. Amended National School Lunch Program regulations require participating school systems: By funding and setting policy for the National School Lunch Program and other child nutrition programs, U.S. Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 gives the USDA, "for the first time in more than 30 years, the opportunity to …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
The move will allow more time for Cartersville leaders to have discussions with several local companies.
The Cartersville City Council on Thursday night tabled a vote on an amendment to the city’s electric rate ordinance that would raise rates for some customers to allow more time for discussion between the city and representatives from several local industries. Steve Castracane, a spokesperson for Linde Gas, said during the council’s meeting that his company wants to find more of a compromise in the “design of the allocation of costs,” which he said would include the price-cost adjustment. “PCA value is embedded into the rate structure,” Castracane said. “That’s where the rate design piece comes into play.” The proposed reapportionment would allocate rates based on the city's costs for electricity and residual be spread evenly among the …
Cartersville leaders are set to hold a second reading of a proposed ordinance to reapportion electric rates that has drawn backlash from local manufacturers.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
While a residential customer would on average pay 50 cents more per month with changes proposed to Cartersville's electric rate ordinance, some local manufacturers would see a nearly 2 percent increase. Cartersville Electric System Director David Myers said those "large power" users include Shaw Industries and plastics-producer ATR. But "extra large power" users, such as Linde and Anheuser-Busch would see a 0.76 percent decrease. Two weeks ago when the council conducted a first reading of the proposed ordinance, it met with opposition from representatives of several local manufacturers, including some of Bartow County's largest employers. The proposed reapportionment the council is expected to consider tonight would change rates for …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
The measure comes after a local "pill mill" was busted last year.
Members of the Cartersville City Council voted unanimously on Thursday night to ban "pill mills", a move that Police Chief Tommy Culpepper said is a response to "rampant" prescription drug abuse across the country. "We see as much or more of that than we see of illicit drugs," Culpepper said. Last April, the city council passed a one-year moratorium on "pill mills," establishments that distribute prescription drugs to individuals who may or may not need them. Assistant City Attorney Keith Lovell said then that abuse of prescription drugs is becoming a growing problem in the area. In June, 11 people from Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky were arrested when a "pill mill" was busted at Atlanta Medical Group on Collins Drive. The council also …
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Cartersville city councilmen are set for a 6 p.m. work session followed by regular business at 7 p.m., both Thursday.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Cartersville's City Council holds its first of two February meetings Thursday, and a number of second readings of rezoning and annexation requests and ordinance changes are on the agenda, including one that would ban "pill mills." In addition, leaders are expected to decide on several moves with current projects and a number of purchases, including recycling containers for the city's new program and vehicles for the fire department. Scroll through the agenda above for more detail.
Bill Martin
8:30 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
It took three individuals being killed (2 of whom were children under the age of 8) before the intersection of Hwy 41 & Acworth Due West Rd down in Cobb got fixed several years ago. Not to mention the numerous serious accidents that took place with no fatalities. The same thing will be true regarding E Main st near Publix and Starbucks. Watch and see how confused elderly and teen drivers get … more ›