Rick Patrick, Greene Publishing, Inc.
J.C. Fead, a supervisor with the Greenville Public Works Department was named the Citizen of the Year at the meeting of the Greenville Town Council during their regular monthly meeting on Monday, Nov. 14. Fead is a native of Greenville and has been working with the Greenville Public Works Department for 24 years. “[I] just try to do a good job for the people of Greenville,” said Fead after receiving the honor.
In other business during the Greenville Town Council meeting, the council discussed the fate of the old public library building. The building had recently been put up for bids as surplus property. The town only received one bid for $2,000. Greenville Mayor Calvin Malone said he felt the bid was too low. He suggested the building may be able to be brought up to code and used by the town in some capacity. Town Manager, Jim McCroskey said he would get the building inspected and look into the cost of bringing the building up to code, if the council desired. The council voted three to two to reject the $2,000 bid. The two dissenting votes were Joi Collins and Brandi Seabrooks. The council also voted unanimously on a resolution in support of Greenville Elementary School (GES). This resolution came at the request of council member Joi Collins, who is also a teacher at GES. Collins had expressed concern that the Madison County School Board had considered closing the school. There have been no recent discussions at any of the school board meetings about closing the Greenville school. The council also voted unanimously to join the Suwannee River Basin Outdoor Recreation Compact. This compact is a joint effort among several communities in North Florida to use part of a $40 million dollar grant to promote trails and outdoor recreation in order to increase tourism for the area. The council also discussed the policies regarding the use of the park facilities. There is no written policy regarding public use of park facilities. The town manager, along with town attorney, Clay Schnitker, will develop a policy and present it to the council for approval. The town manager also informed the council that the town had received approval for a $1.9 million sewer plant. Morris Bell, from the recreation department informed the council the Greenville youth football team participated in a 24 team tournament (against several older teams) and had placed fourth in the tournament.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
