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MARSHAL BUREAU – “To Protect & Serve”

Chairman’s Introduction

The Marshal Bureau is an integral part of Paulding County government. It is a very important component in our overall law enforcement of numerous ordinances. We demand the best from our personnel and maintain an aggressive approach to training and educational programs that prepare these employees to achieve their specialized jobs.

Chief Trevor Hess – Leads the Charge

On September 11, 1989, the Paulding County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution to establish a new law enforcement agency, The Paulding County Marshal Bureau. On October 15, 1989, the Marshal Bureau was effectively certified by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council as a law enforcement agency as defined in O.C.G.A. Section 35-8-1.

The Paulding County Marshal Bureau is charged with the responsibility of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Paulding County and as such, is authorized to enact and enforce ordinances governing Paulding County departments. The Board of Commissioners enacted the county code of ordinances in 1987 for the unincorporated area of Paulding County that subsequently provided for the creation and duties of the Marshal Bureau.

The Marshal Bureau consists of ten sworn Deputies and one Administrative assistant, which are divided into separate divisions within the Bureau; the Patrol Division’s primary function responds to and enforces citizen ordinance complaints. The Patrol Division is also very pro-active in litter enforcement. The Marshal Bureau has joined forces with Keep Paulding Beautiful and the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office to create the Trash Task Force. This helps in keeping Paulding County litter free.

The Administrative and alcohol divisions consist of the Chief Marshal, a Lieutenant (chief’s designee), an administrative assistant and two Deputies. The Chief and Lieutenant oversee the daily functions of the Marshal Bureau with the assistance of the Administrative assistant. The administrative assistant is the first line of contact for citizens needing assistance in ordinance related matters. The two Deputies in the alcohol division are tasked with regulating and issuing the malt beverage, wine and liquor by the drink licenses for establishments that serve and sell alcohol in the unincorporated areas of Paulding County. This includes the enforcement of violations of any alcohol related county ordinances. The Marshal Bureau is also over our Paulding County Animal Control.

In addition to duties mentioned above, the Marshal Bureau also functions the security agency for the Board of Commissioners at the Paulding County Administration building. The Marshal Bureau provides security at board of commissioners meetings and other official meetings of the Paulding County government at the Board of Commissioner’s request.

Recognizing God’s rich blessings!

Dave Carmichael

Commission Chairman, Paulding County

MAY 2021

April 2021

MARCH 2021

COVID-19 Testing

Hello Paulding Countians! With all the turmoil politically in our nation and uptick in COVID cases recently, I am glad to report that Paulding County employees, staff, Department Heads, and your BOC, (Board of Commissioners), are working hard to complete multiple tasks that will add to your Quality of Life!

Regarding the COVID-19 virus, Paulding County has given space to the Paulding County Health Department to conduct testing at the Paulding Meadows Park; however, as of February 22^nd this testing location will be closed to allow more medical personnel to administer the shots/vaccines. Of course, citizens have multiple options to be tested: WellStar Hospital, Urgent Cares, Pop-up Sites, Dr.’s offices and Physician & Immediate Cares. Vaccine quantities are being received at a reasonable rate to handle the rate of scheduled citizens but quantities received do vary from week to week. We are still in Phase 1A+ covering medical personnel, first responders, people 65 and older, and caregivers for older citizens. Persons who have received the first shot will be given priority to get the second shot!

In Paulding County, the Health Department can be contacted at 770-443-7881; persons are reminded to be patient and persistent when attempting to contact this facility to be added to the wait list. Persons are also reminded that this is a wait list registry for you to be notified when an appointment for the vaccine is available; this could be days or weeks depending on vaccine supply and personnel. The Paulding County Health Department is currently administering around 400 vaccines per day. WellStar is also giving more than a hundred vaccines per day.

Recognizing God’s rich blessings,

Dave Carmichael, Commission Chairman Paulding County

FEBRUARY 2021

COVID-19 Testing & Vaccines and Grand Openings

COVID – 19

Regarding the COVID-19 virus, Paulding County has given space to the Paulding County Health Department to conduct testing at the Paulding Meadows Park. You may follow Paulding County Health Department on social media or check the Paulding County website at www.paulding.gov for a testing schedule.

In Paulding County, the Health Department can be contacted at 770-443-7881; persons are reminded to be patient and persistent when attempting to contact this facility to be added to the wait list. Persons are also reminded that this is a wait list registry for you to be notified when an appointment for the vaccine is available; this could be days or weeks depending on vaccine supply and personnel. The Paulding County Health Department is currently administering 370 vaccines per day. Wellstar is also giving more than a hundred vaccines per day.

Grand Openings

In some exciting news, some near term openings include the Interroll Corporation opening their new 125,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility where they are the world headquarters making roller systems and conveyors for postal service, airports, the food and beverage industry, fashion, automotive sectors, and many other manufacturing industries. Among the company’s end users are leading brands such as Amazon, Bosch, Coca-Cola, DHL, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Walmart and Zalando.

Greystone has opened their three support/maintenance buildings on December 11, 2020 and moved into their new Headquarters building on January 29, 2021.

Richland Creek Reservoir will be “full pool” August 2021. Water treatment plant systems are going through startup and are expected to begin treating water in February 2021. After a successful demonstration period to our State water regulators, we expect to begin distributing clean, purified water this spring. The reservoir will be available for passive water sports, fishing, canoeing, and kayaking this Spring.

Costco Warehouse will open on January 29 for gasoline sales. Then, on March 11, the retail store will open for the full measure of their products.

Also, please enjoy the relatively new Braly Turf Athletic Field at the Braly Complex. We are getting a lot more playing time and use of these fields due to your support of SPLOST (SPECIAL Purpose Local Option Sales Tax), a penny tax on every dollar spent in Paulding County!

Recognizing God’s rich blessings,

Dave Carmichael, Commission Chairman Paulding County

tuesday january 5, 2021

Monday December 7, 2020

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2020

tuesday september 30, 2020

Landfill/Transfer Station/Recycle Division

Chairman’s Introduction

Most of you know Paulding County has an inert landfill, a transfer station, and a recycling center, all collocated at 75 County Services Lane in Dallas! It is a solid waste disposal facility. Our facility is regulated by both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and by Georgia Environmental Departments.

Paulding County has five certified landfill operators! These employees have achieved a perfect 100 score on their last three inspections by the State of Georgia!

Georgia is also responsible for permitting trash disposal facilities. Permitting rules determine the Paulding County Landfill design, operations, and allowable waste streams offered to county residents.

A transfer station is a building or processing site for the temporary deposition of waste, often called Waste Transfer Stations, or Material Transfer stations and are often used as places where local waste collection vehicles will deposit their waste cargo prior to loading into larger vehicles. These larger vehicles will transport the waste to the end of disposal in a landfill facility.

The facility continually provides exceptional service to the Paulding County & surrounding counties residents. During the first 6 months of 2020 while the county (and country) had to shut down due to COVID 19, the Landfill/Transfer station stayed open as “essential workers”. During this time, the crew continued to offer excellent service to Paulding County residents and in fact increased the amount of residents that came through the facility.

RECYCLE DIVISION

Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. The recyclability of a material depends on its ability to reacquire the properties it had in original state.

Citizens are encouraged to be environmentally responsible and recycle:

Aluminum cans, cell phones/computers (no monitors), cardboard, glass (household only), magazines, mixed paper, motor oil, plastics #1 only, steel cans, vehicle batteries, and tires with a disposal fee of $5 per tire for passenger tires and $7 per tire for truck tires. (Additional $1 per tire for rims).

REVIEWS FOR THE PAULDING COUNTY RECYCLE CENTER INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COMPLIMENTS:

“We are always greeted with friendly smiles and given assistance unloading recycling from the vehicle.”

“I dropped off 16 bags of recycling. The workers greeted us with friendly smiles and helped us unload the car. I am very impressed with how sweet the men were. As soon as they got the recyclables, they began sorting and making sure, they were up to par! I am very encouraged and can’t wait to recycle more”

“Very pleasant experience! The operations manager I believe he said his name was Tommy helped me himself. Excellent run facility great service”

“Very friendly staff that will assist you with your recyclables. Also, this facility recycles glass which is a huge plus considering some surrounding counties offer limited locations (if any) to recycle household glass.”

“The attendants at this recycling center are nothing short of wonderful to deal with.”

“Workers are always pleasant & eager to help unload recyclables from your car. Convenient location and hours for me.

KEEP PAULDING BEAUTIFUL

The vision of Keep Paulding Beautiful is to create an atmosphere of cooperation and to lead by example in our community. KPB inspires and educates in order to show our neighbors that we live, play and work in a community that is clean. We take pride in who we are and where we live. We, as a community, are better and stronger than we are as individuals. Our goal at KPB is to recognize and invite everyone to be a part of the “solution” and not part of the “problem”.

Highlights from July 2019-June 2020

Keep America Beautiful Presidents Circle Award
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation Governors Circle Award
Volunteers-555, Volunteer Hours-1633, Participants 3110
Chipper Event- 632 trees Paper Shred Event – 16,209 lbs.
Educational presentations-15

Organizations that KPB has working relationship

Chamber of Commerce
Tourism Committee
Dallas Farmers Market
Master Gardeners
UGA Extension
4 H Club
Paulding NW Airport
Paulding Enterprises
Georgia Highlands College
Chattahoochee Tech
City of Dallas
City of Hiram
Parks & Rec
Paulding Libraries
DOT
Marshal's Office
Helping Hands
BOC Touch A Truck---Rides for Wishes
Paulding Fine Arts
Paulding County Schools
STEM Programs Extracurricular
Boy & Girls Scouts
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
ADS
New Season Church
Walmart
Target
Happy Hog BBQ
Marco’s Pizza
Cheeseburger Bobby’s
Chick Fil A
Vintage 242 Church
Westridge Church
Stevi B’s Pizza
Explorers
Paulding County Senior Center
Kelly Landscape
Elrod’s Garden Center
Dallas New era
Our Town Magazine
GreenCo Landscaping
Publix
Kroger
Sam’s
Lowe’s
Home Depot
City of Dallas Merchants Association

Chairman’s Summary

I am very proud of the service and plain old hard work that our Solid Waste Disposal facility and Keep Paulding Beautiful provides…where would we be without them?

Paulding County has been approved for two additional Transfer Stations. Our staff is currently discussing future strategy and location to better serve County and citizen needs. MORE INFORMATION to follow.

Recognizing God’s rich blessing,

Dave Carmichael, Commission Chairman, Paulding County

MONDAY AUGUST 3, 2020

THURSDAY JULY 29, 2020

Your SPLOST Dollars at Work

SPLOST is defined as Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. This is a .01 sales tax voted on in Paulding for special projects related to several different county departments. A portion of this sales tax is used to fund all Parks and Recreation related capital improvement projects.

The Chairman and full Board of Commissioners are very proud of our Parks, the Recreational Opportunities they offer, the great libraries and a competent, resourceful staff that keeps the System going.

The following report is from Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Director Michael Justus:

The Paulding County Board of Commissioners recently approved the construction of two synthetic turf fields at the Braly Sports Complex. The project will cost $1,139,839 and is already underway. The construction will be paid for with SPLOST dollars allocated to Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs capital improvement projects. The contract was awarded to Advanced Sports Group and Shaw Sports Turf and work on the project began in late May.

The Braly Sports Complex was built many years ago on an old county landfill. As such, there have been issues over the years with drainage and settling. By approving this project, these two major areas are being addressed by installing a new drainage system with the fields. The settling issues are being corrected with the use of soil cement, hardening the ground below to prevent future issues of the same kind.

These two fields will have markings for both soccer and lacrosse and can be used by multiple age groups. This is the second synthetic turf project for Paulding County, following the construction of a field at Burnt Hickory Park designated for the Department’s Adaptive Recreation programs.

Weather permitting; this project is on schedule to be completed by the end of July 2020.

In addition to the construction of the synthetic turf fields at the Braly Sports Complex, there are a couple more SPLOST improvement projects on the immediate schedule for the Department.

The multi-purpose field at Burnt Hickory Park will be getting new lights that are also funded through SPLOST. This project was approved by the Board of Commissioners and awarded to Musco Lighting. Materials are being delivered to the site beginning on June 17, 2020. Construction is scheduled for completion within the next several weeks.

The tennis courts at Burnt Hickory Park are scheduled to be resurfaced over the summer. This project will include sealing all cracks and a new surface for all four courts. In addition, net posts will be repainted and new nets will be installed.

High Shoals Falls Park will be receiving new boundary fencing in the very near future. This area has become very popular with visitors. So much so, in fact, that boundary fencing is required to make sure visitors stay on County property and not venture onto private property. The boundary lines have been identified and fence work should begin with the next month. The Department asks visitors to be respectful of property lines while enjoying a visit down to the falls.

PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF – Left to Right

Michael Justus, Director – BS in Municipal and Community Recreation, West Georgia College. Paulding County employee for 23 years.

Shay Beavers, Administrative Assistant - Paulding County employee for 15 years

Alex Wilson, Assistant Director – BS in Sports Management, University of West Georgia. Paulding County employee for 7 years.