Even though no one was exactly sure where the actual document was, Midway City Council on Monday voted to approve an agreement with the Liberty County Development Authority on water supply and wastewater treatment.
The arrangement allows the city 160,000 gallons of water supply daily and 200,000 gallons of daily treatment capacity.
Council members and Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission Executive Director Sonny Timmerman discussed the areas of influence for Midway, an idea from the countywide planning workshop.
Limerick Road, Highway 196 and the McIntosh areas were mentioned.
Mayor Don Emmons reported on the city’s progress in installing the new “radio read” water meters. He said he hoped installation would be complete by June 25.
Midway is looking forward to improved accuracy from the new meters which report water usage untouched by human hands.
A city truck will pull within radio range of a group of the automated meters and water usage figures will be transmitted to a device in the truck.
The mobile device will download information to the computer at city hall, which will then print water bills.
A city resident asked Emmons how she could check the accuracy of the data, to which he replied, “You trust 100 percent to the computer.”
There was also a question about the sewage charge, which Emmons explained was calculated as a percentage of the water cost. Midway has no way to capture the actual amount of sewage volume customers use.
Timmerman also reported on a feasibility study for a public transit system which would include Midway.
The preliminary results show Midway is a high-demand area for public transportation.
In discussing the minutes of the previous council meeting, Mayor Pro Tempore Clementine Washington pointed out a so-called “executive” or closed session had been held without a specific reason, an apparent violation of Georgia’s Open Meetings Law.
The arrangement allows the city 160,000 gallons of water supply daily and 200,000 gallons of daily treatment capacity.
Council members and Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission Executive Director Sonny Timmerman discussed the areas of influence for Midway, an idea from the countywide planning workshop.
Limerick Road, Highway 196 and the McIntosh areas were mentioned.
Mayor Don Emmons reported on the city’s progress in installing the new “radio read” water meters. He said he hoped installation would be complete by June 25.
Midway is looking forward to improved accuracy from the new meters which report water usage untouched by human hands.
A city truck will pull within radio range of a group of the automated meters and water usage figures will be transmitted to a device in the truck.
The mobile device will download information to the computer at city hall, which will then print water bills.
A city resident asked Emmons how she could check the accuracy of the data, to which he replied, “You trust 100 percent to the computer.”
There was also a question about the sewage charge, which Emmons explained was calculated as a percentage of the water cost. Midway has no way to capture the actual amount of sewage volume customers use.
Timmerman also reported on a feasibility study for a public transit system which would include Midway.
The preliminary results show Midway is a high-demand area for public transportation.
In discussing the minutes of the previous council meeting, Mayor Pro Tempore Clementine Washington pointed out a so-called “executive” or closed session had been held without a specific reason, an apparent violation of Georgia’s Open Meetings Law.