Milton Herald - July 27, 2023

Boardmember resigns after endorsing candidate

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

MILTON, Ga. — Charlie Roberts, former chair of Milton’s Design Review Board, resigned the post after endorsing a city council candidate from the dais at a July 11 meeting.

“I will bring politics into the room before we adjourn,” Roberts said, “and say that our good friend Doug is running for City Council … It’s been great working with you for a year and a half, so I’m endorsing you.”

Doug Hene, Design Review Board (DRB) member, announced his intent to run for the District 2, Post 2 seat in June.

Roberts looped DRB member Reid Casey into his comments, who affirmed his own endorsement of Hene.

Roberts then invited the public to attend a “party” to “clap, and jump up and down for Doug.”

In a July 12 letter to Roberts, Milton City Manager Steve Krokoff deemed Roberts’ actions “improper” under the Milton Ethics Code and cited Sec. 2-855, “Political recrimination and activity.” The code states “no city official ... shall make use of government time or equipment to aid a political candidate…”

“For the Chair of a Milton-appointed board, like the DRB, to publicly endorse a candidate for Council in the course of a meeting carries with it the

Ethics ruling stands after court appeal

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ELECTIONS

Consultant: City erred in cutting poll location

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

specter that the Milton government, or at minimum an influential Board in the service of the City of Milton, is formally endorsing a candidate for public office,” Krokoff said.

Krokoff also said he would work with the city attorney on DRB training to “ensure all are familiar with the rules.” Milton City Attorney Ken Jarrard said the instruction would cover limitations on the use of city resources for political purposes.

Jarrard’s office provides some training to city committees over relative subject matter, which may involve

Fulton schools name new admin positions

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some aspect of ethics. But Jarrard said a training session exclusively focused on ethics and transparency will be new.

Krokoff told Appen Media that neither Hene or received a letter from the city in reference to the July 11 DRB meeting. Hene said he does not plan to step down from the Board during his campaign.

In his letter to Roberts, Krokoff said the unethical conduct “must cease,” but did not request his resignation.

See RESIGNS, Page 12

Chattahoochee opens after E. coli subsides

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MILTON, Ga. — In a report to officials, Milton’s new elections consultant raised concerns about the way elections decisions were being made, including that some councilmembers were inappropriately involved in the process.

Consultant Vernetta Nuriddin writes that SB202, a state elections bill passed in 2021, assigns the elections superintendent as responsible for “selecting and preparing polling locations as well as conducting the city’s elections.”

The Milton City Council appointed City Manager Steve Krokoff to the position in April, yet the council voted on the quantity and location of polling places in May.

Nuriddin cautions that the decision was, in her view, Krokoff’s to make.

She goes on to say it was an

See POLLING, Page 14

Charlie Roberts speaks at a Milton City Council meeting in June. Roberts has resigned from the Milton Design Review Board after endorsing a candidate from the dais at a July 11 meeting.

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MILTON, Ga. — Police are working two death investigations that are still active, according to reports inspected by Appen Media and confirmed by Milton Police Capt. Charles Barstow.

Police were dispatched to New Bullpen Road on June 26 in reference to a “person down,” the police report says. The report says the victim, a Milton woman, was given CPR by

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Police arrest two suspects in Target shoplifting

MILTON, Ga. — Police arrested two suspects July 10 for shoplifting at Target on Ga. 9, one of whom threatened to shoot an employee. According to the police report, surveillance footage showed the male suspect, an Alpharetta resident, picking up a $580 electric scooter with the second suspect alongside him.

The second suspect, an Atlanta woman, left the store and appeared to have acted as a lookout as the male suspect exited the store without paying for the item, the police report said.

Police later located the suspects at the intersection of Ga. 9 and Webb Road. After allegedly fleeing from officers, they were arrested and transported to the North Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta.

Both suspects were charged with

the reporting party. But no other information about the victim was provided in the report.

In a second ongoing investigation, police responded to a “welfare check” on Aventide Lane July 12. Other information in the report was redacted regarding the victim’s death. The deceased is a Milton woman.

No other information about the two investigations could be provided because of their active status, Barstow said, and they will remain under

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The male suspect was also charged with Terroristic Threats and Acts for allegedly threatening to shoot the Target employee.

Milton woman reports fake insurance policy

MILTON, Ga. — A Milton woman reported to police July 12 that a car insurance account was opened using her information.

The woman received a letter from an insurance company she had never used, informing her the account opened in early July and extended to January. The fraudulent policy was implemented to insure a 2006 BMW, the police report said, but the woman owns a 2020 Honda Pilot.

Fraud victim notified by credit score decline

MILTON, Ga. — A Milton man reported to police July 10 that a fraudulent account was opened in his name.

The account type was not disclosed in the police report. But the man said he was notified of the

investigation until Milton Police receives the final report from the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Editor’s Note

Documents obtained by Appen Media do show the names of the deceased.

The Milton Herald has opted not to publish that information at this time.

account after he was informed of a decline in his credit score. He said the account was active from January to May and its delinquent balance of $110 was sent to collections.

The collection agency informed the man that a Canton address was associated with the account, but the man said he has never lived at the listed address nor knows anyone who does.

Officer eases suspicion of Canton Street object

ROSWELL, Ga. — A Roswell police officer cleared the scene July 12 after reports of a suspicious package downtown.

Upon arrival, the officer found an ammunition can laying on the sidewalk at the intersection of Canton and Norcross streets.

According to the report, the city’s K9 officer was on vacation, so they turned to its Fusus system, a network of private and surveillance cameras used by public safety personnel.

Unable to find footage of the object, the officer opened the container and found a variety of silver tools.

The ammo can and tools were booked into evidence for safekeeping.

State court closes book on councilman’s ethics saga

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

MILTON, Ga. — A Milton official’s months-long court battle has finally come to a close, after the Georgia Court of Appeals denied an appeal to reverse his ethics charges July 13.

Last August, Milton City Councilman Paul Moore was found guilty of three ethics violations after he voted to defer an item related to traffic calming devices installed by his own homeowners association in the White Columns neighborhood.

Moore’s petition to the Fulton County Superior Court stated the three-member Milton Ethics Panel ruled in error. The panel and the Milton City Council were named in the case.

He also sought reimbursement from Tony Palazzo, the defendant in the appeal, for attorney fees spent during the panel investigation. Palazzo, the White Columns Community Association president, filed the ethics complaint.

While Palazzo has spent $30,000 throughout the litigation process, Moore says he has spent $100,000. That figure could increase with Palazzo’s recent appeal to seek reimbursement from Moore for fees incurred throughout the litigation, which began in November.

Doug Chalmers, Moore’s attorney, filed an opposition to Palazzo’s appeal July 14.

“The ethics charges that were against me were because I supposedly made a decision about an instance that would affect the value of my home,” Moore said in an interview with Appen Media July 20. “Everything we decide, as an elected official, has an impact on the value of all the homes in our community. We're serving the best interests of the community, right?”

In May, the Fulton County Superior

Court denied Moore’s appeal based on what he calls a “technicality.”

The court ruled Moore did not file legal action within the state’s required time period, based on their finding that the Milton City Council’s final determination was not a “quasi-judicial” process.

The Georgia Court of Appeals was the next step for Moore, and he’s come to see it as his last. Moore could bring it before the Supreme Court of Georgia, but he said it wouldn’t be viable.

“I have no path to get to the merits

of the case,” Moore said. “And it's really sad … Now, because it's not been litigated, every elected official should be nervous about frivolous lawsuits against them on ethics violations.”

At the May 2, 2022, meeting, where Moore’s vote was cast, Appen Media reported there were a dozen White Columns residents advocating against the installation of the traffic calming devices.

“[The] best thing we could do was hear all the facts that they wanted us to consider, which we did,” Moore said. “And then determining the fact that that night, we didn't have enough facts to make a good decision — we asked for more. It's just ridiculous that it turned into an ethics violation.”

Moore said he’s been a civil servant to Milton for the past 25 years, since before it was incorporated and that he’s never been “hamstrung” in his ability to represent the community until this case.

“I will take this as a lesson,” Moore said. “This is going to be a growth opportunity for me to make sure that I'm careful. But the last thing I will ever do is stand down representing the voice of the community. If you're trying to stifle me with an ethics charge, it’s not going to work because the voice of the community is too important.”

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Milton City Councilman Paul Moore speaks with attorneys from the law firm Patterson Moore Butler at an initial ethics panel meeting in June 2022.

Fulton County Schools announces new hires, appointments

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Fulton County School System announced a set of new hires and appointments to key positions ahead of the 202324 school year, which starts Aug. 7. Officials announced July 11 after 20 years of service to the school system, Atlanta-native Cliff Jones has been named the Fulton County Schools chief of staff.

“During that time, he has progressively increased his responsibility and impact in the district,” officials said. “Mr. Jones started as a high school history teacher, assistant principal and principal at Milton High before being promoted to the district office.”

Since 2018, Jones has served as the system’s chief academic officer, supervising seven zone superintendents, the Learning and Teaching Department and the Student Support Department. Jones’ tenure leaves a legacy of successful programs and initiatives, officials said.

Such impacts include the Every Child Reads campaign; the

expansion of career, technical and agricultural education; and the reduction of district schools on the federal accountability list.

In addition to Jones’ appointment, Brannon Gaskins has been hired as the system’s chief academic officer.

“Gaskins rejoins the Fulton County School System after working with the University of Virginia's Partnership for Leaders in Education,” officials said. “In Mr. Gaskins’ role with UVA-PLE, he provided executive leadership training to district superintendents and their executive staffs through the university’s Darden School of Business.”

Previously, Gaskins served Fulton County Schools as area executive director and oversaw the Banneker High School cluster of schools.

During that period, the Banneker High School cluster increased its graduation rate by 30 percent in three years; three schools were removed from the state’s chronically failing schools list; and 80 percent of schools achieved improvements on the state's College and Career

FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS NEW HIRES AND APPOINTMENTS

Ready Performance Index.

The school system named several other important administrative appointments July 12.

Shannon Kersey will serve as the assistant superintendent of learning and teaching. Shamona Harrell will become director of college, career and student supports, and KerriAnn Williams will become director of K-5 literacy. Amanda Swerdlow will serve as director of program evaluation.

Officials also announced several school-level appointments ahead of the new year.

Susan Gowin was named the new principal of River Eves Elementary School. Vincent G. Golden will

serve as principal of Banneker High School. Thomas Garrett will serve as principal of Ridgeview Charter Middle School, and Felipe Jackson will become principal of Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary School.

Bailey Johnson basketball team honored

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Nearly 60 years later, eight members of the Bailey Johnson High School basketball team were honored with championship rings and a reception July 17 at Alpharetta City Hall.

The 1964-65 team included 12 players, a team mentor and a coach. Together, the Bailey Johnson team won the Georgia Interscholastic Association Class-B State Championship.

The state Interscholastic Association held championship competitions from 1948 to 1970. A year later, association schools joined the Georgia High School Association, or GHSA.

Opened in 1950 as the Alpharetta Colored School, the Bailey Johnson school served Black students in first through 12th grade until the desegregation of North Fulton County schools in 1967. The school enrolled roughly 100 students from North Fulton to Dunwoody.

It was renamed in 1953 after George Bailey, a blacksmith in Alpharetta who donated the land, and Warren Johnson, an advocate of Black education who was formerly enslaved.

In the championship, the basketball

team went on to defeat the Bruce Street School team 85-49. The Bruce Street School was another historic Black school in DeKalb County.

At a meeting before the reception, the Alpharetta City Council presented rings to surviving players James Emerson, Leroy Grogan, Larry Strickland, Jimmy Taylor, Almond Martin, Melvin Peters and David Taylor, as well as team mentor Eugene Snow.

Councilmembers and Alpharetta Recreation and Parks Director Morgan

Rodgers also recognized deceased teammates Arthur and Aubrey Manning, Claude McCann, Willie Brown, Larry Wells and Coach Jerry D. Hobbs.

To celebrate the team, the Alpharetta and Old Milton County Historical Society hosted a reception in the community room at City Hall after the City Council meeting. Hundreds of guests who attended the ring presentation gathered there to enjoy refreshments and artifacts from the Bailey Johnson school that were on display.

For more information about these appointments and the upcoming 202324 school year, visit fultonschools.org.

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The seven living players of the 1964-65 Bailey Johnson High School basketball team receive championship rings from the Alpharetta City Council July 17 at a meeting. The 12-player team won the Georgia Interscholastic Association Class-B State Championship.

Business group offers funding to make streetscape upgrades

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta is weighing an offer to have some its bus shelters refurbished for free and help in connecting Dryden Road to North Point Parkway.

The pitch comes from the North Fulton Community Improvement District.

The North Fulton CID is a selftaxing business district dedicated to community, transit and road improvements between Mansell and McGinnis Ferry roads. Commercial property owners within the district pay a special tax to contribute to the projects.

The business collective is now offering a MARTA bus shelter program that grants members a $40,000 landscape and aesthetic reimbursement for renovating existing bus stops and enhancing the design of future stops.

The CID has already funded three bus stops, and Alpharetta, one of its three partner cities, built two in 2022.

To qualify for the bus stop reimbursement, properties must be within public right-of-way, within the CID boundaries and be current on property taxes; and shelters must be a current or future MARTA bus stop and cannot display advertising.

The community improvement group also approved funding in June for the design of a Dryden Road extension and culvert repair. The extension would connect Dryden Road from Edison Drive to North Point Parkway south of Windward Parkway.

The CID is seeking engineering firms to send qualifications for the project through Aug. 3.

In April, North Fulton CID board members and Alpharetta city officials formally opened the similar Davis Drive extension, which connects the road to Westside Parkway.

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A map illustrates MARTA bus routes within the North Fulton Community Improvement District. Those within the city limits of Alpharetta, shown in dotted line, qualify for reimbursement for bus shelter improvements.

A proposed extension, highlighted in green, would connect Dryden Road from Edison Drive to North Point Parkway in Alpharetta. The North Fulton Community Improvement District is seeking an engineering firm to design the roadway.

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Power Rangers, Buffy stuntwoman launches eclectic Roswell brasserie

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

ROSWELL, Ga. — It isn’t often that your local barista is called on to fight vampires or fend off Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa with a few well-placed punches and flying kicks.

But at least with Sophia Crawford, owner of the Ground and Pound Coffee in west Roswell, you know it could happen if needed.

Crawford, a longtime Hollywood stuntwoman known for work on the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and many other action-packed roles, opened Ground and Pound on Holcomb Bridge Road in 2019, with a vision of the coffee shop becoming an artistic hub for the community.

Despite a few well-known hiccups caused during the COVID-19 pandemic, the coffee shop, casual eatery and bar has become an eclectic and well-loved staple for local popculture nerds, with regular themed trivia nights, costume contests, open mic nights and more.

“Our mission has always been focused on the community and creating events that engage the community and bring the community together,” Crawford said, during an interview with Appen Media July 18. “I get a lot from that satisfaction from that.”

As straightforward as that mission is today, Crawford, who was born and raised in London, explained that she could not have taken a more winding route to get there.

She got the bug

As a young teen in London, Crawford actually started out working in coffee shops and brasseries, traditional places that served coffee, along with “beautiful wine and French food.”

And as an adventurous people person, Crawford ate it all up.

“I just liked the whole energy of the coffee shop and especially in England, this was in the ’80s. This was before Starbucks and everything, so the coffee was very traditional coffee,” she said. “But the energy was very much a gathering place.”

But at 19, when she was given the opportunity to become a coffee shop manager, Crawford said she felt pulled in multiple directions, with her home, interests and security on one hand, and a sense of adventure and opportunity on the other.

“I thought to myself, I could do this. This is definitely a lovely opportunity. But it’s not what I want to do,” she said. “And I just felt the urge desperately to sort of just leave and travel the world.”

So instead of settling down, she and her sister got on a bus and began a six-month trip to India, Turkey, war-torn Iran and beyond.

“It was probably one of the most inspiring, most incredible journeys of my life and changed everything for me. I was just like, ‘I can’t go home now … I got the bug,’” she said.

After traveling through 12

Our mission has always been focused on the community and creating events that engage the community and bring the community together.

SOPHIA CRAWFORD, Owner, Ground & Pound Coffee

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Ground and Pound Coffee, at 8420 Holcomb Bridge Road in west Roswell, opened in 2019 with the intent of becoming an artistic hub for the community. It has since grown a following of loyal customers.

Former Hollywood stuntwoman Sophia Crawford, owner of Ground and Pound Coffee in Roswell, mixes up an iced marsala chai during a hot day July 18. See COFFEE, Page 9

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countries, Crawford made her way to Bangkok, Thailand and started teaching English to help pay bills.

It was in Thailand where she was first introduced the world of film production, after a modeling gig got her noticed by Central Casting and she began booking roles as an extra for American and Hong Kong films shooting in Bangkok.

Hong Kong

With that taste of movie magic igniting a spark in her, Crawford quickly relocated to Hong Kong where she could live and work as an Englishexpat, and where many of the world’s best action movies were being filmed.

“I just hopped on the plane and went to Hong Kong,” she said. I didn’t know anybody and started tearing pages out of the Yellow Pages, trying to find the film studios.”

As a petite woman, with strong Western features, Crawford said she was welcomed with open arms by the studios in Hong Kong and almost immediately started booking actual movie roles as the “Western villain” and opponent to the film’s female heroines.

But she quickly learned that to be an actor in Hong Kong during the 1980s, she would first need to learn how to fight.

“I had no training. I was not a martial artist,” she said. “I was a young upstart wanting to travel the world and essentially a backpacker looking for a dream.”

By mingling with the stunt crews and coordinators, hanging out where they hung out and living where they lived, Crawford dedicated herself to learning martial arts and breaking into the Hong Kong stunt scene.

“I lived there for five years. And, you know, I was absolutely determined to be the best fighter,” she said.

She has since been credited as one of the first Western women to be accepted into an Asian stunt crew.

After doing 30 films in Asia, Crawford left Hong Kong for Los Angeles in 1993, bringing a honed martial arts skillset and a tight resume of work abroad with her, which launched her success in the U.S.

Ground and Pound

In Los Angeles, she was offered the role of stunt double for Amy Jo Johnson, who played the Pink Ranger in the hit 1994 “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” series and later served as Sarah Michelle Gellar’s stunt

double for the first four seasons of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

Her career in Hollywood also features stunt work for Madonna, Fergie, and many other well-known names, and she eventually married stunt coordinator and Georgia native Jeff Pruitt, who she met while working on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

But like any good thing, Crawford’s days of jump kicks and action sequences had to come to an end at some point.

“At a certain point, you understand that you don’t have the legs that you think you’ve got,” she said.

In 2018, when her family relocated to Georgia and Crawford returned to a love from her teenage years, opening a small coffee shop in Roswell, very much like the ones she worked at in London.

Since then, Crawford and her staff of actors and other artists have tried to instill that community feeling she fell in love with, into every event they host and drink they serve.

It’s definitely not fast food and they will never have a drive through window, but Crawford said that customers feel the energy Ground and Pound gives off and love it.

“I love to get to know my customers and see their kids grow up and hear about their lives,” she said. “We want people to come inside. We encourage them to come inside and engage with each other.”

Ground and Pound Coffee is located at 8420 Holcomb Bridge Road and offers regular weekly events like trivia, open mike nights, musical acts, artist roundtables, costume contests and more.

For more information about their food, drinks and events, visit www. groundandpoundcoffee.com.

SOPHIA CRAWFORD/PROVIDED Former Hollywood stuntwoman Sophia Crawford, who owns and operates Ground and Pound Coffee in west Roswell, completes a jump kick during her time as a martial artist.

Flying free of skin cancer – Part 2

Brought to You by - Brent Taylor, MD, Premiere Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta

In last month’s article about aviation and skin cancer, we looked at FAA regulations relating to pilots, melanomas, and the importance of early detection. This month, we’ll look at the question of whether flying in general causes skin cancer. Are you assuming much risk of cancer by flying at 35,000 feet? What if you’re a frequent flier?

We know that pilots develop skin cancer at a higher rate than the general population. A large Nordic study of male pilots found that they developed 130% more melanomas than expected, 110% more squamous cell skin cancers than expected and 150% more basal cell skin cancers than expected. The risk of skin cancer increased with the time since first employment, the number of flight hours, and the estimated radiation dose from being at altitude.

What is not known is whether radiation received during flight is to blame for these skin cancers. Correlation does not always mean causation, and just because pilots had higher rates of skin cancer doesn’t mean that cosmic radiation solely is to blame. The “flight environment” includes a combination of exposures including ultraviolet light, decreased oxygen levels, ozone, disinfectants and other hazards and stressors that are uniquely combined in aviation. These confounding variables make confident blame of any one hazard difficult to prove. Still, cosmic radiation is known to cause DNA damage and is worth examining, especially given how much flying is being done by flight crew and passengers alike.

Both the atmosphere and earth’s magnetic fields provide protection against cosmic radiation. Radiation levels approximately double for every 4500 feet of increased elevation due to thinner atmosphere. Due to magnetic fields shielding less at earth’s magnetic poles, radiation levels are approximately double at the poles compared with the equator. The most radiation occurs during a flight at high altitude over one of the earth’s poles. In the European Union, airlines attempt to keep radiation levels below 6mSv per year. How much is a mSv?

We all receive about 1 mSv just from living at sea level in a year. We average an additional 1 to 2mSv from other sources such as flying, medical and dental x-rays, etc.

The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recommends no more than 20mSv per year for people working in occupations such as nuclear power or radiology that involve radiation exposure.

How did they come up with 20mSv?

A generally accepted figure is that every 1000mSv of excess radiation increases one’s risk of dying from cancer by 5%. The ICRP assumed that 5% excess risk of dying from cancer is a reasonable cutoff and that few people will spend more than 50 years in any given career. 1000mSv divided by 50 years is 20mSv per year.

A pilot flying at 35,000 feet for 1000 hours each year can expect between 3 and 5mSv of excess cosmic radiation per year. This means that a pilot who works 40 years can expect 120 to 200mSv of excess radiation on average which means that a pilot’s chance of dying from cancer might be increased by about 0.6% to 1% on average. Of course, the chance of developing cancer but not dying from it is higher.

Is this risk acceptable?

My assumption is that everyone in the United States drives, and we are all willing (reluctantly) to assume the risk of death that comes from driving. Driving risk is a useful benchmark when contemplating other types of risk. Let’s assume you wouldn’t want to raise your risk of dying from cancer any more than your current risk of an automobile death, which is a lifetime risk of 1% in the United States. Well, about 200mSv of radiation exposure is expected to result in that increase. Assuming 0.004mSv per hour of commercial air travel, you would have to fly 50,000 hours in your lifetime to increase your risk of cancer death from high altitude radiation enough to equal your risk of dying in an automobile accident. Almost no pilot will reach that number, and certainly few if any passengers approach that number.

A more significant risk is probably unnecessary medical radiation. See https:// www.health.harvard.edu/cancer/radiationrisk-from-medical-imaging for a complete breakdown of radiation from common medical tests. Food for thought is that each CT scan of the chest averages 7mSv. A whole-body CT scan averages 20mSV or more, and a PET/CT scan averages about 25mSv. If a patient needs the scan, then the patient needs the scan. But unnecessary scans involving radiation are to be avoided. 25mSv is more than the annual radiation limit of 20mSv recommended by the ICRP, and someone receiving a PET-CT scan receives that radiation all in a single day.

When compared with the risks of driving a car or the risk of radiation from medical imaging, the risks of cosmic radiation while flying appear acceptable. Sit back and enjoy your flight.

Chattahoochee River reopens after E. Coli outbreak

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. —National Park Service officials have reopened all 48 miles of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, following an E. Coli bacteria outbreak which closed major river sections ahead of the July 4th holiday.

E. Coli bacteria levels, over 300 times greater than safe recreation levels, were detected in the river in late June and tracked to Fulton County’s Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility which treats wastewater for North Fulton communities.

Bacteria levels have since returned to normal levels, officials said.

“The bacterial levels are now below the criteria recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, though conditions remain subject to change,” Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Superintendent Ann Honious said.

During an investigation at the water treatment facility, Fulton County officials found no physical

Forsyth County Schools braces for record 2023-24 enrollment

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com

students no later than July 28, Caracciolo said.

leak in their system but said the sewage spill was caused by an issue in the biological processes used to treat wastewater.

Other representatives with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said some of the 12 sand filters at the Big Creek facility, responsible for filtering nutrients and fine particles from water have failed, causing bacteria and other impurities enter the river.

Officials initially closed the river from the Chattahoochee Nature Center to Johnson Ferry and Whitewater Creek. The closure later expanded to include all river sections downstream from the nature center.

Since the outbreak was detected, Atlanta nonprofit Chattahoochee Riverkeeper conducted daily water quality sampling and U.S. Public Health Service officials approved reopening of all river sections

State and local officials will continue to monitor water quality at Medlock Bridge, Powers Island and Paces Mill through the BacteriALERT partnership.

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — With just over two weeks before the start of a new school year, Forsyth County Schools officials are expecting a record number of enrolled students to walk through classroom doors.

Superintendent Jeff Bearden said at a July 18 Board of Education meeting the district’s registration office is at capacity every day with hardly an appointment to spare.

“We were projected to grow by more than 500 students over the current year,” he said. “We think that number is actually going to be higher based on the number of students enrolling right now. We will certainly be well over 54,000 students as we get into the school year.”

By July 17, the school district enrolled 53,297 students, but Schools Chief Communications Officer Jennifer Caracciolo said the system anticipates a significant growth in the two weeks before the Aug. 3 semester begins.

To make the first day of school deadline, school system officials recommend parents register their

At the end of the 2022-23 year, Forsyth County Schools saw a total enrollment of 54,393 students.

Much like the county itself, the school district has consistently grown over the last decade. Since 2012, overall enrollment grew nearly 43 percent. Comparatively, the population of Forsyth County grew around 52 percent between 2010 and 2022, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

Census data further shows about 25 percent of the county’s population is under 18 years old.

At the meeting, Bearden said the school system also celebrated a “beam signing” for the new Midway Elementary School. The original facility, which was built in 1961, was earmarked for a new and larger location by the Forsyth County Commission in 2022.

“We are making great progress,” Bearden said. “Midway is scheduled to reopen next fall, and so we’ll go through the redistricting process this fall to make sure that we populate that school.”

“Brad Poole and his team helped my mother and I sell our home in Milton, GA recently. He was by far the best agent either of us has ever worked with! Brad was so patient and understanding with us as we worked through circumstances related to moving out of state. He is extremely knowledgeable of the area and the market, He was always very responsive and provided excellent advice around timing and preparing our home that made it possible to sell our home above the asking price. We highly recommend Brad and his team if you are looking to sell your home.”

SCREENSHOT

Milton Design Review Board Chair Charlie Roberts, middle, endorses Doug Hene, far right, for the upcoming Milton City Council election from the dais at the July 11 meeting. Roberts resigned the next day after receiving a letter from Milton City Manager Steve Krokoff, who deemed his conduct “improper” under the Milton Ethics Code.

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Roberts responded with his resignation that same day, apologizing for his “inadvertent and unintentional oversight.”

“I firmly believe that any City Official or Employee that serves the public should be held to a higher standard and that any person who violates the Ethics Rules, inadvertent or not, should resign their position immediately, because they have broken the public’s trust,” Roberts said.

Appointed by Councilwoman Andrea Verhoff, Robert served as DRB chair for the past two years. The Board is responsible for reviewing and approving design aesthetics of site and building developments.

“I resign with the comfort of knowing that I leave the City in a better place than I found it and that I made a difference with my service.”

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error “to close Election Day polls in areas with high concentrations of people of color. If the city only wants [two Election Day] polls then it should consider placing one in the aforementioned area.”

While not yet given workspace in Milton City Hall, Nuriddin was hired as a consultant in late May to help organize and operate Milton’s first self-conducted municipal election.

Nuriddin is the former vice chair of the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections.

The report is dated July 17 — when Milton scheduled a work session to include an elections update. A special-called council meeting was also scheduled that day. Both were canceled.

The special-called meeting was rescheduled for July 20. Officials did not reschedule the work session, but after the July 20 meeting councilmembers went into an executive session.

Executive sessions are meetings closed to the public in which officials may discuss matters of personnel, real estate or litigation.

Voter access

In May national voting rights organization Fair Fight, founded by former Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, published a letter about ballot access in Milton following an Appen Media report that District 3 carries the highest number of Democratic voters.

The letter held the view that the Milton City Council limited voting

access for Black and brown voters when they established two polling places on Election Day: Milton City Hall and the Milton City Park and Preserve.

The city’s decision affects precincts in Milton’s southeast corner, in District 3, which Fair Fight says has the highest number of Black and brown voters. The letter says 30 to 50 percent of the area’s voters are people

of color.

In her report, Nuriddin advised moving one of the polling locations into the neglected district. Citing state code, she said an election contest could be made by a losing candidate if the city does not — “on grounds of misconduct, fraud, or irregularity by a primary or election official or officials sufficient to change or place in doubt the result [sic].”

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Milton Election Consultant, Vernetta Nuriddin, speaks to a group of Milton residents at an election information session held July 13 at city hall for potential poll workers.

Justice Department opens investigation of conditions at Fulton County Jail

By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat

ATLANTA — The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into conditions at the Fulton County Jail following the death of an inmate covered in lice and filth.

“People held in jails and prisons do not surrender their constitutional and civil rights at the jailhouse door,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said during a news conference Thursday.

“Civil rights protections are particularly important for the vulnerable, including those who are

in the control and custody of the government,” added Ryan Buchanan, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.

Clarke said the Justice Department also will look into credible allegations that the jail is structurally unsafe, that violence resulted in three homicides last year as well as serious injuries, and that correctional officers are facing criminal charges for using excessive force against prisoners.

Clarke noted that 87% of the facility’s inmates are Black.

“This is a racial justice issue,” she said.

Because the inmate who died was being housed in the jail’s mentalhealth unit, the investigation will

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also examine whether Fulton County and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office discriminate against inmates with psychiatric disabilities, Clarke said.

Both Clarke and Buchanan promised a thorough and fair investigation that is being opened with no pre-determined conclusions. If the investigation finds systemic violations, the Justice Department will notify Fulton County of corrective actions it should take, Clarke said.

Individuals with information relevant to the investigation are encouraged to contact the Justice Department at 888-473-4092 or by email at fultoncountyjail@usdoj.gov.

This story is available through a news partnership with Capitol Beat News Service, a project of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation.

While the North Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta is open, area agencies do book some people into the downtown Fulton County Jail. Here are the number of bookings into that facility by each police department between January 1 and July 14, according to county documents obtained by Appen Media.

Roswell – 500 Sandy Springs – 294 Alpharetta – 194 Johns Creek – 74 Milton – 45

CITY OF MILTON NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE DETAILED EXPLANATION

City Staff will present multiple millage rate options for calendar year 2023 taxes at three public hearings in August. The State-required advertisement below refers to a “tentatively adopted millage rate” and a corresponding tax increase – which are advertised at the current millage rate giving Council the opportunity to adopt any millage rate up to 4.469 mills without requiring additional advertising/meetings.

Council will be presented with reduced rate options at the meeting as well. A final millage rate will be determined at the Council’s August 21 meeting.

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Please note, the legally advertised millage rate below excludes the separately calculated greenspace bond millage rate. Actual changes in property values will not be available until the City receives the official property digest from the Fulton County Tax Commissioner.

CITY OF MILTON NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW

The City of Milton has tentatively adopted a millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes by 1.82 percent.

All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearings on this tax increase to be held at the City of Milton Council Chambers, 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, Georgia, 30004, on the following dates and times:

August 7, 2023 at 6:00 PM

August 14, 2023 immediately following the work session at 6:00 PM

August 21, 2023 at 6:00 PM

This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 4.469 mills, an increase of 0.08 mills. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 4.389 mills. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $700,000 is approximately $22.40 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $725,000 is approximately $23.20.

PRESERVING THE PAST

A road by any other name is still called Francis

It is well known that many roads in North Fulton are named after pioneer families that settled on them, often in the 19th century or earlier. Descendants of the settlers sometimes still live on or near the roads. Such is the case of Francis Road in Milton which has a normal history of hardworking rural family life but also had its share of drama and celebrity.

In the mid-1980s Fulton County proposed construction of a 476-acre solid waste facility bound by Francis Road, Highway 9 and the Forsyth County Line. Local residents were strongly opposed which led to several years of hearings and bitter disputes. In 1990 after five years of fighting, the County Commission voted to sell the property. The result was the construction of the Crooked Creek development of 640 homes and golf course.

Francis Road is also the home of Canine Assistants, a wonderful non-profit organization that trains and places service dogs with people who have serious mobility problems. Founded in 1991, the organization has placed more than 1500 service dogs.

Francis Road was the home of Aubrey Morris (1922-2010) a beloved journalist with the Atlanta JournalConstitution from 1945 through 1957 followed by a 30 year career with WSB radio.

Francis Road is not particularly long, only about two miles from Highway 9 to the roundabout on Hopewell Road. It is not known with certainty when the first Francis settled on what was probably a dirt pathway or wagon trail. Only one of the early homes is still standing. It was built prior to 1885 at the corner of Francis and Thompson roads by John Francis (1865-1939)-for a dentist named John Doss. According to Charles Francis who grew up in the house, Doss cut a hole in the floor next to the dentist chair so patients could expectorate conveniently during a procedure.

Charles’ grandfather C.A. (Charlie) Francis (1887-1964) purchased the house from the dentist in 1926 when he married Minnie L. Francis (18771932). C.A. and his two brothers owned most of Francis Road at one point, together with 40 acres on the east side of Thompson Road and 6 acres on the west side. After Minnie died C.A. remarried and built a

house on Thompson Road and gave the original home to his son William Durrell Francis (1904-1964) who was married to Idelle Cobb Francis (1911-1997). Durrell built a beautiful and sturdy barn that still stands at the corner of Francis and Thompson Roads. Durrell worked the farm in the 1930s and 1940s.

Charles was raised in the original house together with his sister Margaret (deceased) and his brother James. Charles’ childhood bedroom has a soft spot on the floor where the dentist’s hole had been.

Cotton was the only cash crop for Durrell. He relied on a two-mule team to turn the earth and a single mule rig for plowing, all done by hand. In the fall the family picked the cotton by hand and took it by wagon to the cotton gin where the seeds were separated from the cotton and returned to Durrell for the next year’s crop.

Ten acres were devoted to corn, mainly for family consumption as cornbread and for animal feed.

During World War 2 Durrell ran one of 12 sawmills owned by the Campbell Coal Company. “He could look at a truck full of lumber and tell what it weighed,” Charles recalls.

Following World War 2 Durrell built three chicken houses behind his house and went into the poultry business. He raised thousands of Rhode Island Red chicks for a local hatchery and returned them to the hatchery after 16 weeks before they started laying eggs. As a teenager Charles worked in the chicken houses together with his future wife Faye Eubanks. They had known each other since the fourth grade at Hopewell Elementary School. Both have painful memories of the chickens pecking at their legs.

In 1952 Durrell sold 30 acres on Thompson Rd for $1500 because Durrell wanted to buy a new two-tone blue Chevrolet. Charles paid his dad $50 for one acre on Thompson Road where he and Faye now live.

Seven generations lived in the original house until it was sold in November 2022 to Ryan and Lindsey Sather. The Francis family did not want to sell the house to anyone who would tear it down. Fortunately, Ryan is a builder with a keen sense of history. He and Lindsey are excited to own the property and have already started renovation and enlargement that preserves the look and beauty of the original structure. Ryan is adding bedrooms for their two boys, a dining room and porch. He is restoring the original pine siding on the exterior.

This historic home is undergoing extensive renovation and restoration. The vinyl siding is being removed exposing the original Southern Pine siding dating back prior to 1885. The well seasoned wood is in excellent condition and is strong and dense making it an ideal wood for siding.

He says “driving a nail into that old Southern Pine was almost impossible.” When he dug the foundation Ryan found an old plow, barber shop scissors and some broken china. Ryan confesses that “owning and renovating a historic home has been a dream ever since I got into construction.”

Charles’ sister Margaret Francis (1931-2018) and her husband Pete Austin (1926-2016) built a house on Francis Road next door to the original house circa 1954. Their daughter

Phyllis Francis Austin and her sisters Sheila and Janis were raised in the house. Phyllis and Janis remained in the home after their parents died. Sheila lives on Thompson Road.

Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.

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A Francis family reunion circa 1944.

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Help count ‘polli-neighbors’ this August

flowers.

3. Tally your observations by pollinator type: carpenter bees, bumble bees, honey bees, small bees, wasps, flies, butterflies/moths, and others.

4. Upload your counts to the website: https://GSePC.org.

are all great places to participate in the census.

It’s un-bee-lievable how much we can learn about our local pollinators just by slowing down and observing for 15 minutes. Grab your pencils, head outside, and get to know your pollineighbors.

The main job of pollinators is to move pollen between flowers, helping plants set seed and reproduce. Without pollinators in our vegetable gardens, we would never harvest any tomatoes, squash, peppers, strawberries, or watermelon. The same is the case with other crops that rely on animal pollination, like almonds, chocolate, coffee, figs, and apples. Without pollinators in our Georgia habitats, our native plants could not survive and thrive.

The Great Southeast Pollinator Census (GSePC) is the perfect chance to get outside and get to know our local polli-neighbors. Every 3rd weekend in August, Georgians (and now South and North Carolinians), record the pollinators they see. UGA faculty use these data to compare changes in pollinator populations from year to year and county to county. This helps us make better informed decisions about how to manage and protect pollinators.

The census wouldn’t be possible without you. The majority of the data is collected by non-scientists, which expands the scope of this experiment far beyond what UGA researchers could accomplish on their own. All ages can participate (and have a ton of fun).

Here’s what you do:

1.Choose your favorite flowering plant.

2. Set your timer for 15 minutes. Observe the flowers on your plant and record all pollinators that visit those

Watch the ‘How to Participate in the Great Georgia Pollinator Census’ YouTube video for a step-by-step tutorial!

It’s helpful to review the different pollinator categories ahead of time. Download the Insect Counting and Identification Guide from the GSePC website. Each pollinator category has descriptions, tips for identification, and photos. You’ll also want to download and print your Counting Sheet to use on census day. The counting sheet has handy descriptions of each pollinator category for easy reference. We also have Spanish language versions of GSePC materials.

Educators—the GSePC makes for great STEM/STEAM activities inside and outside the classroom. The GSePC website has pre-made lesson plans, activities, worksheets and more, all free and available to you. Just grab and go.

This year the Great Southeast Pollinator Census will happen on Friday, August 18th and Saturday, August 19th. Check your local county Extension office’s website and social media to see if they will be hosting any census events. Here in Fulton County, UGA Extension will be hosting an informational webinar on Tuesday, August 1st at 7pm. Tune in to find out where we’re hosting census events this year and how easy it is for you to participate. Register here: https://bit.ly/GSePC. You can also host your own event, or just get out by yourself or with a few friends. All materials on the GSePC website are free for anyone to use. Community gardens, local parks, and even your back porch

Happy Gardening!

North Fulton Master Gardeners, Inc. is a Georgia nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose purpose is to educate its members and the public in the areas of horticulture and ecology in order to promote and foster community enrichment. Master Gardener Volunteers are trained and certified by The University of Georgia Cooperative. Extension. Learn more at nfmg.net.

Learn more

•Great Southeast Pollinator Census website - https://gsepc.org/

•‘How to Participate in the Great Georgia Pollinator Census’ YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJkR8eVXgY0

•UGA Extension – Protecting Pollinators - https://extension.uga.edu/topicareas/timely-topics/pollinators.html

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This week’s “Garden Buzz” guest columnist is Gabrielle LaTora, agriculture agent in Fulton County’s Extension office. An entomologist by training, Gabrielle is interested in insects on farms and in gardens and is passionate about closing the gap between people and their food. In addition to helping coordinate Fulton’s Master Gardener Extension Volunteer program, Gabrielle oversees the North Fulton Community Garden, answers clients’ questions about gardening and natural resources, works with urban farmers, and delivers educational programs for Fulton County residents. Gabrielle presented “Insect Allies: Predators and Parasitoids in the Garden” in the Spring 2023 Gardening Lecture Series presented by the North Fulton Master Gardenershttps://youtu.be/NZ3um6QXXKc.

Getting to know our neighbors is important—they give us a chance to connect with our community, encourage us to get outside and offer help when we need it. Our “polli-neighbors” do the same things.

GABRIELLE LATORA Guest Columnist

PIXABAY/PROVIDED An Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly visits a flower and likely pollinates it in the process.

1994: An update on Dunwoody native, Ryan Seacrest

Usually, the articles that interest me in the Dunwoody Crier newspaper archives are about local history and interviews with people that I never had a chance to meet. But a 1994 article about Ryan Seacrest, the 19-year-old from Dunwoody who was trying to make it in show business is also fascinating.

The September 22, 1994, Dunwoody Crier features the headline, “Former DHS football captain makes a move in show business.” Seacrest was just beginning his career and his future success could not be predicted. I think we can safely say Seacrest, a personality known across the country and around the world, made it in show business.

At the age of 16, Seacrest had already begun a path towards the career he has today. According to the Crier article, “He became enamored

with broadcasting while making the PA announcements at Dunwoody High School and managed to work his way into local radio station STAR 94 FM. He originally had to talk his way into an internship position at the station but within months he was running the program board and before long, he was on the air. Meanwhile, he was still in high school, serving as captain of the football team and going to the state semi-finals.”

In 1994, Seacrest could be seen on two television shows. On Gladiators 2000 from Samuel Goldwyn Television, he was the host of the education and physical fitness competition program. On Reality Check, a NewWorld Television show, Seacrest played “eccentric, computer whiz-kid Jack Craft who mysteriously disappears during a top-secret government project.” These were both Saturday morning shows.

According to IMDB (Internet Movie Database), Seacrest hosted the children’s game show Wild Animal Games in 1995 and teen-ager quiz show Click in 1997. Clips from these

early Seacrest shows can be seen on Youtube.

Next, he became the host of Ryan Seacrest for the Ride Home on Los Angeles radio station 98.7 FM. In 2002 he became the co-host of American Idol and became the solo host the following year.

Seacrest took over the annual “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” which became Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.” He also spent a few years co-hosting a morning talk show with Kelly Ripa, from 2017 until earlier in 2023.

In 2010, Ryan Seacrest started Seacrest Studios, opening broadcast studios in pediatric hospitals across the country. The media studios allow patients to “explore the creative realms of radio, television and new media.” They help children and their families by providing a positive activity and distraction for children undergoing treatment. Today there are fourteen Seacrest Studios. (ryanseacrestfoundation.org)

Award-winning author Valerie Biggerstaff is a longtime columnist for Appen Media and the Dunwoody Crier. She lives in Atlanta. You can email Valerie at pasttensega@gmail.com or visit her website at pasttensega.com.

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Proposal Due Date: August 24, 2023, by 2:00PM Local Time

Electronic submission via: www.miltonga.gov

Submissions will be publicly announced on the above date at approximately 2:30 PM at the City of Milton City Hall located at 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, GA 30004 (opening may be moved online due to public health conditions). The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. If the contract is awarded, it will be awarded to the highest scoring Offeror whose proposal meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the request for proposals.

The City of Milton is requesting proposals from qualified firms to provide construction management at risk services for a new Milton Fire Station 45. All qualified proposals will receive consideration without regard to age, handicap, religion, creed or belief, political affiliation, race, color, sex, or national origin.

The request for electronic proposals for RFP 23-PW11, Construction Management at Risk Services for Milton Fire Station 45 will be posted on the following websites the week of July 27, 2023:

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ON-CALL LAND ACQUISITION SERVICES FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS

RFP NUMBER 23-PW08

Proposal Due Date:

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Electronic submission via: www.miltonga.gov

Submissions will be publicly announced on the above date at approximately 2:30 PM at the City of Milton City Hall located at 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, GA 30004 (opening may be moved online due to public health conditions). The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. If the contract is awarded, it will be awarded to the highest scoring Offeror whose proposal meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the request for proposals.

The City of Milton is requesting proposals from qualified consultants to provide on-call land acquisition services for Public Works projects. All qualified proposals will receive consideration without regard to age, handicap, religion, creed or belief, political affiliation, race, color, sex, or national origin.

The request for electronic proposals for RFP 23-PW08, On-Call Land Acquisition Services for Public Works Projects will be posted on the following websites the week of July 20, 2023: http://www.miltonga.gov and http://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/PRSapp/PR_index.jsp

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DESIGN SERVICES – MILTON FIRE STATION

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Submissions will be publicly announced on the above date at approximately 2:30 PM at the City of Milton City Hall located at 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, GA 30004 (opening may be moved online due to public health conditions). The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. If the contract is awarded, it will be awarded to the highest scoring Offeror whose proposal meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the request for proposals.

The City of Milton is requesting proposals from qualified consultants to provide architectural design services of a new Milton Fire Station 45. All qualified proposals will receive consideration without regard to age, handicap, religion, creed or belief, political affiliation, race, color, sex, or national origin.

The request for electronic proposals for RFP 23-PW10, Design Services for Milton Fire Station 45 will be posted on the following websites the week of July 27, 2023:

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS MANAGED PRINT SERVICES

RFP NUMBER 23-IT02

Proposal Due Date:

August 28, 2023, by 2:00PM Local Time

Electronic submission via: www.miltonga.gov

Submissions will be publicly announced on the above date at approximately 2:30 PM at the City of Milton City Hall located at 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, GA 30004 (opening may be moved online due to public health conditions). The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. If the contract is awarded, it will be awarded to the highest scoring Offeror whose proposal meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the request for proposals.

The City of Milton is requesting proposals from qualified firms provide Managed Print Services. All qualified proposals will receive consideration without regard to age, handicap, religion, creed or belief, political affiliation, race, color, sex, or national origin.

The request for electronic proposals for RFP 23-IT02, Managed Print Services will be posted on the following websites the week of July 27, 2023: http://www.miltonga.gov and http://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/PRSapp/PR_index.jsp

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