Friday, September 02, 2011
From Kathie (Wendell is doing his volunteer mediation this morning).
Yes, I think you should put it in the blog. Comm. Fleming listened to us all last night, but will not commit to if he will vote for Oxendine's motion (which of course is his prerogative). We are fairly confident we have a second to the motion, but will need another commissioner's vote to carry it.
The money will be there to do this, without the county incurring any debt or touching any reserves.
We need a show of Wellborn's concerned residents at the commission meeting, Tuesday morning 9am, city hall in Live Oak (across from Brown Lantern). This is very important. We are on the agenda for 9:30 - of course one never knows when exactly the issue will come up.
It seems everyone has a story (usually a sad one) about how long it has taken for the EMS to get to Wellborn to attend to a loved one. Wellborn is geographically large and growing in population rapidly.
The commissioners need to think about the WHOLE county instead of each one thinking about their own district. An EMS in Wellborn WILL benefit the whole county. All the vehicles, no matter where their home base, travel to where they are needed. Response times depend on where that vehicle is - when the call comes in. Another vehicle is good for EVERYONE. Plus, Wellborn has easy access to 90 (thru 10A), to I-10 up 137, and to Highway 136 across the north end of the county, and to 252 to the south.
On another note -- an important county meeting to attend will be Thursday evening in the Railroad Depot, I believe at 5:30pm, regarding the Fire Assessments. Therefore, the Wellborn Community Association's regular monthly meeting is being moved from the 8th to September 15th. I'll be getting the word about that out on Facebook and the website, and our telephone chairman, Ron Chappel, will be calling the members, as well.
Yes, I think you should put it in the blog. Comm. Fleming listened to us all last night, but will not commit to if he will vote for Oxendine's motion (which of course is his prerogative). We are fairly confident we have a second to the motion, but will need another commissioner's vote to carry it.
The money will be there to do this, without the county incurring any debt or touching any reserves.
We need a show of Wellborn's concerned residents at the commission meeting, Tuesday morning 9am, city hall in Live Oak (across from Brown Lantern). This is very important. We are on the agenda for 9:30 - of course one never knows when exactly the issue will come up.
It seems everyone has a story (usually a sad one) about how long it has taken for the EMS to get to Wellborn to attend to a loved one. Wellborn is geographically large and growing in population rapidly.
The commissioners need to think about the WHOLE county instead of each one thinking about their own district. An EMS in Wellborn WILL benefit the whole county. All the vehicles, no matter where their home base, travel to where they are needed. Response times depend on where that vehicle is - when the call comes in. Another vehicle is good for EVERYONE. Plus, Wellborn has easy access to 90 (thru 10A), to I-10 up 137, and to Highway 136 across the north end of the county, and to 252 to the south.
On another note -- an important county meeting to attend will be Thursday evening in the Railroad Depot, I believe at 5:30pm, regarding the Fire Assessments. Therefore, the Wellborn Community Association's regular monthly meeting is being moved from the 8th to September 15th. I'll be getting the word about that out on Facebook and the website, and our telephone chairman, Ron Chappel, will be calling the members, as well.
# posted by Jinny Wilson @ 5:05 PM 
