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McIntosh asks county to help get sewer system The Thyssenkrupp steel mill is on the horizon for south Washington County, and apparently the town of McIntosh wants to be ready for their share of the progress. Mike Barnett of Malcolm spoke to the Washington County Commission at their Sept. 10 meeting. He referred to a recent joint meeting of the town council of McIntosh and the commission where they came together to form a "working relationship" between the two governing bodies for a sewage project for the McIntosh area. There was discussion concerning where the sewerage lines would run, but this will be decided upon after a feasibility study. Commissioner Allen Bailey suggested Speaks & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Inc. of Mobile be hired to do the feasibility study. The resolution passed to hire Speaks & Associates. Other resolutions •Jesse McConnico and Betty Purvis were reappointed to the board of Department of Human Resources and Dr. Lebarron Byrd was newly appointed. •Commissioner Allen Bailey asked to advertise a used motorgrader until Sept. 24, and asked that the advertisement include a right-to-reject clause. •Appointed Dan Pierce to the Washington County Water Authority Board. •There were no bids offered for a rotary cutter. It will be removed from inventory and soldas scrap metal. •The commission will hold a public hearing for the 2007-08 budget at its September 24th commission meeting. •The commission passed a resolution to enter into an agreement with ALDOT to replace Pine Barren Bridge. County Engineer Jason Sturdivant said that the low bid for this bridge came in at $1,641,000.15. •The commission voted to research a street which borders Highway 45 in the town of Fruitdale, to see if the street has been closed and if not, to allow ALDOT to remove dirt which is banking up and causing a drainage problem. Other business •Expressing a great deal of regret, Judge Charles Singleton announced that county administrator, Janelle Sanderson would be retiring Feb. 1, 2008 and Mae Dean Hill (bookkeeper) will retire before the end of next year, also. "That will be a lot of experience walking out the door," the judge said. •Washington County Engineer Jason Sturdivant said things are progressing on the widening of four miles of Paul Bayou Road. This work is being done by the state to accommodate the added Thyssenkrupp traffic. Sturdivant said his department is working on Dry Creek Bridge. When asked by the judge how many more bridges need replacing in Washington County, Strudivant replied "40." •The judge quickly did some math in his head saying that not all would cost as much as Pine Barren did, but some would be more. With a sigh he said, "We are looking at $35 million at least, and we are broke."
•The judge also lamented about the two school millage elections which cost the county $68,000. He asked all present to go out and vote.
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