64° SUNNY, Commission receives draft bill, prepares to advertise proposal
Last Modified: Monday, March 26, 2007 at 11:50 p.m.
FLORENCE -- A draft bill for a proposed half-cent sales tax increase has been returned, and county officials will begin advertising it this week, officials said.
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During the Lauderdale County Commission meeting Monday, county attorney Chris Smith notified commissioners that the draft of the resolution, passed earlier this month, has been returned and is ready for advertising.
The bill calls for a half-cent sales tax to fund an economic development fund.
County officials said the bill must be advertised for four consecutive weeks before it can be introduced by the Alabama-Legislature.
Smith said the draft is in essence two bills -- one calling for the half-cent sales tax and the second creating the Shoals Industrial Development Committee that will oversee proceeds from the sales tax if it passes.
The committee will be composed of elected officials from the two counties.
The money can only be used to provide inducements for recruitment of new industry, acquisition and development of land for industrial parks, construction of buildings for lease to industries, support for expansion of existing industry in the Shoals and funding operations of the Shoals Economic Development Authority.
The resolution notes that no more than 10 percent of the annual revenue generated by the sales tax may be directed to SEDA's operating budget.
In other action, the commission unanimously:
The commission also heard from Florence Councilman Scott Carrier who was passing on concerns from members of the American Legion about the possibility of making the Veterans Affairs office more accessible.
Commission Chairman Dewey Mitchell said the commission will keep that in mind as they start the restructuring and moving some offices to the First Southern Building that is jointly owned by the county and city of Florence.
Tom Smith can be reached at 740-5757 or tom.smith@timesdaily.com.
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March 27, 2007 11:00:33 am
RE: http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20.../NEWS/703270335/1011
Read article (towards end), link above. The Veteran's Office is in the basement of the Courthouse and hard to get to for Vet's, especially older, disabled ones. Parking, metal detectors, narrow hallways, elevators, etc. make it difficult. Making it more accesible would be a good thing. The article says that Florence City Councilman Scott Carrier came to the meeting and spoke, voicing concerns of the American Legion about this. Mr. Carrier and Dewey Mitchell(commission chairman), talked about addressing it as the city/county move offices around in moving into the First Southern Bank building. This is a good thing. Our Vet's, and their loved ones, appreciate it.
March 27, 2007 1:23:26 pm
This is a good thing. It is easy to take for granted and I am happy Dewey and Scott are looking into it.
March 28, 2007 9:03:37 am
This will help a lot of people. Good move.
March 28, 2007 1:33:04 pm
good idea
March 28, 2007 4:41:35 pm
I've always thought our Veterans should get better treatment -- they need an easy to get to and easy access location -- Where is the SEDA office -- we should put them there. I'm just kidding. But I have always thought they deserved more than to be housed in the basement...Great move!
March 29, 2007 8:31:49 am
Way to go Scott. Good move.
March 29, 2007 12:28:24 pm
I'm all for the move. My dad's a WWII veteran. My only question is this: why didn't the complaining veterans call Judge Mitchell directly? I'm confident that he would've been responsive to them. Whenever a middle man is added, it delays the timing of the action.
March 29, 2007 1:32:57 pm
That's not true. If Scott had'nt gone to the meeting we would not be having this conversation. The VETS need all the help they can get. It is so sad the way Americas been treating our vets. Walter Reid Hospital is one example. I'm glad we have someone like Scott Carrier in our town to fight for the Veterans.
March 29, 2007 3:02:25 pm
It is not hard to believe that it took this Carrier to get some action. He seems like the type that will follow through. He is pretty determined from what I can tell watching things around here. That's the way he operates.
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