Honoring

Jack Krakeel, Fayette's director of Fire and

Emergency Services, was the first order of

business at the Brooks Town Council meeting. He

was recently chosen national Fire Chief of the

Year by Fire Chief magazine.

He

was presented with a certificate of appreciation

as well as being given a Brooks commemorative

Coke bottle.

representative of the Peachtree City Limo

Services, Joe Cola, explained a park and ride

service the company will be instituting in

Peachtree City within the next year. A unit will

pick up every half hour at four different

stations in Peachtree City with runs to the

Atlanta Airport and return, Cola said. The

expected times will be from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m.

Collis

Brown, Georgia Department of Natural Resources,

appealed to the council to participate in the

Natural Flood Insurance program. He explained

that there are 422 communities participating but

the Town of Brooks was not one of them.

"There

is no charge," he said, "but in the

case of floods or tornadoes, your residents could

not apply for special consideration for

loans." Grants also would be available to

the town for such items as warning sirens. The

council will take up the matter at its next

planning meeting.

The

millage rate was officially set at one mill.

Council

members discussed whether to set a special

election due to the fact that Post 4 Councilman

Jimmy Lindsay will not be seeking reelection.

Brooks citizen C. W. Howell had initially

qualified to run in the Nov. 2 election, but

after the qualifying closed, it was discovered

that he was a couple of weeks shy of living one

year in the town.

Consequently,

a special election will be conducted, probably at

the end of November.

It

is expected that Howell will qualify to run at

that time.

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