Jones residents de-annexed from Macon to keep Macon-Bibb trash service
By Jim Gaines, The Macon Telegraph | |
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Located mostly in the
But who did that leave providing various government services, which those
A deal before
Two other consolidation-related changes will have financial impacts: fire protection has transferred from the
"They have a very good fire department located in that area at
Still, the ISO rating -- used to calculate fire insurance premiums -- for the surrounding area is probably a 5, he said. The former city of
Offsetting that, however, is a tax cut.
"The one thing that they should recognize is that they won't have to pay that extra millage for the
The agreement on trash collection was worked out by Reichert and
"They felt that this continued service was better for those who had been used to it in the past," he said.
Underwood said he doesn't view it any differently than
Reichert told
Water and sewer service through the
Maintenance of street lights in the area was turned over to
Macon-Bibb Commissioner
"We have not been able to come up with any sort of agreement there," he said.
Everything else is back in
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