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Published July 08, 2008 05:06 pm - Mayor Paul Barnett and the Holly Pond town council considered their options regarding the Cullman Electric Co-op franchise fee in their community Monday night at the town’s monthly meeting. Holly Pond town council considers Co-op franchise fee for deputy By Trent Moore The Cullman Times HOLLY POND — By Trent Moore
trentm@cullmantimes.com Mayor Paul Barnett and the Holly Pond town council considered their options regarding the Cullman Electric Co-op franchise fee in their community Monday night at the town’s monthly meeting. The council has the choice of dropping the 3 percent franchise fee, which is currently charged to Cullman Electric Co-op customers in Holly Pond, or continuing to allow the Co-op to collect the fee, with the money then being handed over to the town. Barnett recommended the town continue with the fee, and place the funds in a special account to pay for a sheriff’s deputy to patrol the community. “I recommend we put it into a separate fund to fund a deputy.” The fee currently collects approximately $38,000 a year from Holly Pond residents. A deputy arrangement similar to the one proposed by Barnett, between the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office and Dodge City, costs the municipality approximately $37,000 annually. Barnett said he believes hiring a deputy is the right move and would be an asset for the community. “With us paying his salary we would have some input as to when and where he patrols,” he said. “That’s what I’d like to see us do.” The town council has until October to make a decision regarding the franchise fee and plans to discuss the matter further at next month’s meeting. More information on the proposed town storm shelter was also presented at the meeting, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rejected the original design because it would have been attached to the town hall’s current basement. FEMA believed that by connecting the proposed shelter to the existing basement, the facility would not be safe enough to meet the agency’s 361 safety standards. “A retrofit (of the current basement) may be possible, but it would be very costly,” Barnett said. 
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