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STATE OF THE CITY

2017 Highlights In Review

MARY PARHAM-COPELAN, MAYOR

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• 13 new or rehabbed businesses
• Received $678,277 CDBG Grant
• Received $397,000 GDOT LMIG funds
• Financial support for outside agencies
• Opportunity Zone management

EXECUTIVE

• City Seal redesigned and adopted by

City Ordinance

• All City employees participated in

Customer Service Training

• Sponsored public fireworks display

for 4th of July Holiday

• Hosted first Board Members’

Appreciation Dinner for members of volunteer City Boards

• Sponsored GeorgiaForward Young

Game Changers cohort

• Hosted swearing-in ceremony for

Mayor and Alderman

FINANCE

• For the 31th straight year, received the

Government Finance Officers Association Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting (CAFR)

• Procurement Coordinator received

service award for the position of Secretary of GPAG (Governmental Procurement Association of Georgia)

• Accounting manager completed the 2017

Advanced Government Finance Institute

• City’s Pension Fund surpasses state-

funding average

• FY2017 Annual Budget completed with

no budgetary amendments

HUMAN RESOURCES

• Received Georgia Municipal Association Wellness Grant to encourage a

healthier lifestyle for employees in the amount of $8,000. Programs provided included:

• Doc Talk and Psychologist Online
• Workplace Stress Scale Quiz and Ways to Manage Stress
• 24/7 NurseLine and Audio Health Library
• Keep Mosquitoes Away
• Up-to-date staff training
• Planned, coordinated, and managed Annual City of Milledgeville

Employee Appreciation Luncheon for over 200 employees

• New Employee Newsletter

MAIN STREET/DDA

• Director served as GDA Vice President
• Two BOOST Grants totaling $2000.00 were

awarded to downtown businesses.

• Hosted 5 monthly Second Saturday Sales

averaging 7 vendors and 150-200 visitors to downtown

• Coordinated Treats 4 Halloween
• Planned and hosted the Annual Polar Express

Holiday Trolley Ride

MAIN STREET/DDA

• 2017 Deep Roots Festival brought

approximately 17,000 visitors to our community.

• Hosted 9 First Friday events and partnered

with more than 20 community groups and

• rganizations.
• Hosted two Hometown Celebration in 2017

to foster community pride and a sense of place.

PLANNING & ZONING CODE ENFORCEMENT

• Continued infrastructure improvements in Riverview

area funded by receipt of $678,277 CDGB Grant.

• Issued 525 Building Permits – Most requiring

inspections

• Held 14 Planning & Zoning Board Public Hearings
• Issued 25 Certificates of Appropriateness
• Held 5 Zoning Appeal Public Hearings
• Appointed 1 new Planning & Zoning Board members

PUBLIC SAFETY - POLICE

• MPD awarded 5th Georgia Association of Chiefs of

Police certification

• Carry and Conceal course sees growth
• Officers receive MADD DUI awards
• MPD awarded Statewide Agency of the Year for MADD

Golden Shield

PUBLIC SAFETY - POLICE

• MPD’s Public Information Officer

awarded the local Jefferson Award

• Officer Eugene McKinney and

Detective Scott Goodwin receive designation as VALOR in Blue instructors

• MPD Officer Michael Thompson

named Officer of the Year

PUBLIC SAFETY - FIRE

• Responded to 1613 calls
• Participated in the Muscular Dystrophy Association

Boot Drive

• Set up Fire Safety House and Assisted with various

Community Service Projects

• Installed Christmas decorations on City Hall
• Trained in Search & Rescue, Ladders, Boats & River

Rescue and Live Fire

• Installed Smoke Detectors at various locations

around city.

• Hired 3 new firefighters and purchased new

equipment and furniture for each station

PUBLIC WORKS & ENGINEERING

• 575 Work Orders active or completed totaling

50,300 direct man-hours

• Collected 1,129 tons of curbside yard debris
• Hurricane Irma storm damage recovery
• Storm damage improvements
• New fuel maintenance system
• Public Works Superintendent, Will Brown,

named Chairman of Georgia Membership for APWA

• LMIG Projects

PUBLIC WORKS & ENGINEERING

• State Route resurfacing
• Streetscape Phase IV
• T-SPLOST Investment Listing
• Safe Dams program
• Roadway LED Project
• Lincoln Street Right-of-Way
• Twins Lakes Library Wi-Fi project

WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT

• Received the Gold Award from Georgia

Association of Water Professionals

• Received a grant from the Hazard Mitigation

Grant Program of FEMA

• Employee Certifications
• GEFA Loan
• Architecture and engineering for new water

treatment plant commenced

WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT

• Enhanced Milledgeville FOG Program
• Continued Milledgeville CMOM Program
• Upgraded and/or maintained employee

certifications

• Successfully completed EPD inspections
• Continued Industrial Pretreatment

Program

• MWPCP Highlights

ALLIED ARTS

• Over 1075 audience members for

Allen’s Market concerts

• 8 exhibits visited by 990 individuals
• Over 800 K-12 students educated
• Co-Sponsored JazzFest with Georgia

College and Milledgeville Main Street

• Sponsored and provided summer

camps to over 160 students.

• Hosted book signings with local

authors

TWIN LAKES LIBRARY SYSTEM

• Received $250,000 grant for

building renovations

• Award $50,000 grant for creation of

a business incubator

• Awarded $13,400 grant for civic

engagement

• Received $15,000 grant for rural

broadband innovation

• 120,000 visitors/140,000

books/1200 readers

CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL LOCAL REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

• Continued growth for Bostick Center
• Youth Challenge Academy graduates 3rd class
• State of Georgia commitment
• Georgia International Food Center
• Home to 10 small companies and/or not-for-

profit entities

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

• Street improvements
• Fishing Creek Community Trail extension
• Water Treatment Plant
• City Parks improvements
• Downtown parking
• Zoning Moratorium
• Development Authority of Milledgeville and Baldwin County
• Central State Hospital Local Redevelopment Authority