The Tyrone

Town Council met last Thursday but the meeting, which was to feature more

discussion on the possible rezoning of the Smith estate by developer Burt

Clark, was fairly uneventful.

Councilman

Raymond Bogenschutz was unable to attend the meeting and since councilman

Ronnie Cannon is abstaining from voting on the matter, there were not

enough coucilmembers for a quorum and a decision could not be made. Most

of the people who have concerns about the rezoning heard that the matter

would be postponed until the next meeting but several people were there

and wished to voice their opinion. The matter will be discussed and a

decision will be made at the Nov. 7 meeting.

The council

did vote unanimously to approve an ordinance prohibiting parking on Dogwood

Trail, Palmetto Road, Tyrone Road and Castlewood Road. Councilman Paul

Letourneau said that those roads are major thoroughfares and that they

did not want trucks or big rigs parked on them. The council also unanimously

approved staying in the program for fire impact fees.

The council

had asked town manager Barry Amos to invite Chief Jack Krakeel to this

meeting to discuss the use of fire imapct fees collected and to see if

Tyrone could get scheduled improvements to their local fire program moved

up. Krakeel was out of town the evening of the meeting at a convention

in Colorado but did send a response which featured the improvements that

have been made and scheduled.

Letourneau

said that he was pleased with the protection of the county fire department

and their response time and supported the program. Cannon agreed that

the county fire department provided good service but that the town should

get improvements done before 2016 since they have contributed a third

of all the fees collected by the county.

In the staff

comment section of the meeting, Amos said that the annex request from

Florida Rock got clearance from Fayette County with no objections. Amos

also told the council that Publix got thier grading permit but a groundbreaking

date has yet to be set.