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Page 4 Page 5 Page 7 Page 9 Page 11 ONTICELLO NEWS M145th Year No.43 Wednesday, November 13, 2013 50¢ 46¢ + 4¢ Driver Jefferson School Libraries Receives Books The libraries at Jef- ferson County Elemen- Overturns tary School and Jefferson Middle/High School were the recent Truck recipients of donated FRAN HUNT books from the Florida ECB Publishing Department of Educa- Staff Writer tion (FDOE), Division of driver was Public Schools. All c h a r g e d told, a total of 320 were Aearlier this donated (approxi- week after overturn- mately 160 titles to ing her truck. each library) in the gen- Florida Highway res of fantasy, poetry, Patrol Gerri E. Naz- science fiction, histori- worth-Armstrong, 38, cal fiction and realistic of Crawfordville, FL, fiction. Debra Willacey, was driving a 1997 with the FDOE, pre- Freightliner 6x4 truck sented the books. traveling westbound on US-98 in the west- bound lane. The vehicle began City And County Officials Begin to travel on to the north shoulder of the Negotiations On Fire Assessment road, and she overcor- rected the steering LAZARO ALEMAN and county staff and department and pension the Jefferson County Should a county res- back onto the road- ECB Publishing professional and volun- program from the fire Commission. ident ever file a lawsuit way, causing the vehi- Senior Staff Writer teer firefighters were to assessment revenues. Reams took the lead, against the county alleg- cle to overturn onto fter more hammer into greater de- It would further- giving a brief summary ing the unfairness and its right side and than an hour tail at a subsequent more be a stipulation of of the history and pur- inequity of the fire as- come to a rest facing Aof discussion meeting in preparation the agreement that pose of the fire assess- sessment, it could bring southeast in the west- of the fire assessment for presentation to the should the county ever ment; the reasons for, down the entire finan- bound and eastbound and why city dwellers County Commission on stop funding the volun- and outcome of, a recent cial underpinning of the lanes of US-98. should have to pay it the Nov. 19 -- the agreement teer fire department and study of the assessment county’s fire protection FHP did not deem same as county resi- will likely hinge on a its pension program, the by an outside consultant; program, Reams said. the crash to be alco- dents, the Monticello city-adopted resolution. city would have reason and the commission’s ef- Which was why it was hol-related. Naz- City Council appeared to Which resolution to withdraw from the forts to come to terms imperative that the dis- worth-Armstrong was come to some kind of would give the Jefferson agreement. with the study’s find- parity be addressed and wearing her seatbelt consensus on Tuesday County Commission the Again, the details of ings. corrected, he said. and uninjured. evening, Nov. 5. authority to impose the the accord -- at best Bottom line, Reams Matthews noted that The vehicle sus- Understanding that assessment on city resi- loosely and preliminar- said, the study found a his department hadn’t tained $5,000 damage. the issue is far from re- dents, ostensibly reliev- ily defined on Tuesday problem of fairness and received a budget in- Nazworth-Arm- solved and that any ac- ing city officials of some evening -- have yet to be equity in that the assess- crease in seven years -- a strong was charged cord will require the of the political heat for worked out legally and ment applied to county situation that he said with failure to main- blessings of both city imposition of the assess- to the satisfaction of residents and not city wasn’t sustainable. The and county officials, as ment. both boards. residents, even though increased revenues that tain a single lane. well as buy-in from the The city, meanwhile, Tuesday’s discus- the latter nonetheless would come from city The Jefferson public, the discussion on would retain intact its sion began with Clerk of benefited from the residents paying the fire County Sheriff’s Of- Tuesday succeeded is volunteer fire depart- Court Kirk Reams, Fire county’s fire-protection assessment and from the fice and Jefferson setting a framework of ment and the volunteer Rescue Chief Mark services. Which meant assessment also being County Fire Rescue sorts for the formulation firefighters’ pension pro- Matthews and County that county residents applied to vacant lands assisted FHP Trooper of an agreement. gram, with the county Coordinator Parrish were subsidizing city would allow his JD Smith on the According to that providing the funding Barwick presenting the residents’ fire protec- Please See scene. framework -- which city for both the volunteer proposal on behalf of tion, he said. ASSESSMENT Page 3 Commissioners Hold First Hearing School Board To Consider On Floodplain Management Rules Slew Of Policy Revisions LAZARO ALEMAN the outgoing chair. in the district website LAZARO ALEMAN prone areas be con- that aim, among other ECB Publishing Altogether, the board and in the local newspa- ECB Publishing structed above flood ele- things, to promote con- Senior Staff Writer was schedule to deal per. Senior Staff Writer vation level both to struction practices that he Jefferson with 14 policy revisions, Policy 2.101 -- dealing he Jefferson minimize flood damage prevent or minimize County School touching on everything with public information County Com- and reduce the federal flood damage; minimize TBoard had a from general administra- and inspection of Tmission held government’s liability the impact of develop- slew of policy revisions tion and personnel to records. The change the first of two required risks on its insurance ment flood on the natu- to deal with at its meet- transportation and cur- states that in accordance public hearings on the program. ral and beneficial ing on Tuesday evening, riculum. with state law, public floodplain management The new floodplain functions of floodplains, Nov. 12. The 14 policy slated records will be available ordinance last Tuesday maps are considered watercourses and shore- Typically, the School for revision and final for inspection and/or morning, Nov. 5. vastly superior to the old lines; and minimize the Board holds its regular adoption on Tuesday copying at reasonable The hearing was maps in terms of accu- expenditures of public monthly meeting on the were: times during normal of- mostly a formality, as rately identifying eleva- funds for flood control second Monday. Given Policy 1.207 -- dealing fice hours of the district local officials have no tions to within inches of projects and recovery ef- that Nov. 11 was Veter- with board meetings. office or wherever such choice but to adopt the the true elevations and forts post floods. ans’ Day, however, the The revision assures records are maintained. ordinance if they want confining wetlands to The ordinance rec- board delayed its meet- members of the public Another change federal flood-protection specific and narrow ognizes that its mini- ing a day. the opportunity to ad- states that photocopying, insurance to continued boundaries. mum set standards don’t Immediately preced- dress the board about as well as the charges for to be available in the In its scope, the ordi- guarantee absolute pre- ing its regular meeting, any issue under discus- photocopying or repro- county. nance applies to all de- vention from flooding the board was scheduled sion. ducing of any records, Attorney Scott velopment wholly or damage -- which may be to hold its annual reor- Policy 1.215 -- dealing will be performed in ac- Shirley, who specializes partially within flood augmented by manmade ganization meeting, be- with school reports. The cordance with state law. in land-use and environ- hazard areas, including and natural causes -- and ginning at 5:15 p.m. The changes requires that in A third change ex- mental issues and who but not limited to subdi- offers that the ordinance reorganization meeting addition to being made empts from public in- drafted the ordinance, visions, site improve- may have to be revised in is where the board elects available to parents an- spection misconduct gave a brief summary of ments, utility future to maintain the a new chair and vice nually, school reports Please See the document and its installations, new con- community’s participa- chair and acknowledge must also be published REVISIONS Page 3 purpose. structions, alterations, tion in the National The Floodplain Man- repairs, demolitions, Flood Insurance Pro- agement Ordinance, as it and, “facilities that are gram. is formally named, re- exempt from the Florida The effective day for peals all previous flood- Building Code,” among the ordinance, along plain ordinances and many others. with the Flood Insur- brings the regulations The intent of the 35- ance Study For Jefferson into coordination with page measure, as Shirley County and the accom- the Florida Building explained it, is to com- panying Flood Insur- Code (FBC). plement the flood load ance Rate Maps (FIRM), NFCC Inserts Inside The ordinance es- and flood-resistant con- is Feb. 5, 2014. sentially requires that struction regulations of The ordinance su- all buildings, structures the FBC by establishing Please See and facilities in flood- minimum requirements HEARING Page 3 Todays Paper ! 1 Section - 14 Pages Viewpoints 2 School 9&10 Around Jefferson 4,14 Sports 11 Church 5-7 Classifieds 12 Home Improvement 8 Legals 13 Local Index Weather 2 • Monticello News www.ecbpublishing.com Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Letters To The Editor EEmerald’smerald’s Letters to the Editor are typed word for word, comma for comma, as sent to this newspaper.