Jackson County Com. votes against funding spraying effort

[CouchTater]

Well it looks like it is too late but they voted against funding the Rescue Group. It was kind of a slick play on their part; the "legislative delegation" said they would only help if the county commission agreed to help also. Looks like they are going to be 42,500 short. Maybe the company that had been hired will stop now that they know they will be short...

Personally I think that the Commission knows they would be ran out of town if they funded the group with that much money in face of all the trouble that the courthouse security issue has risen.

Commission won’t pay its part to spray weeds

By Ken Bonner
The Daily Sentinel

Published June 9, 2009

In a long postponed decision, the Jackson County Commission Monday voted 3-0 not to provide funds for controlling aquatic weed growth on Roseberry Creek.

“We’re obviously disappointed by the decision,” Roseberry Rescue Group spokesperson Lowell Bivens said. “It’s like they’re freeloading from the Scottsboro City Council, the legislative delegation and the Roseberry Rescue Group when the Jackson County Park would be the largest benefactor of the spraying.”

The Roseberry Rescue Group asked the commission, The Scottsboro City Council and the Jackson County Legislative Delegation, consisting of State Sen. Lowell Barron and representatives John Robinson, to share equally in funding a plan to control the growth on non-native invasive milfoil and hydrilla on the 1,200 acre Roseberry embayment several months ago. Until Monday the commission had not acted on the issue.

The plan, which is already being implemented, is to cost $170,000. Spraying began several weeks ago and is scheduled to be completed sometime this month.

The Scottsboro City Council was the first to agree to share in the cost of the plan, committing $42,500 based on two other groups providing the same amount. The Rescue group, consisting of lakeside homeowners and other interested parties was next.

The legislative delegation then provided its share. The group had originally said it would not participate unless the Jackson County Commission first voted to approve its part of the funding.