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City targets four roads for reduced speeds By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
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Milton Election Consultant, Vernetta Nuriddin, speaks to a group of Milton residents at an election information session held July 13 at city hall for potential poll workers.
Milton fields questions from likely poll workers By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — After more than a year’s discussion about Milton’s 2023 municipal election, which will be run locally for the first time, residents still have questions about how it will work. To help bring residents up to speed and hone-in on potential poll workers, city officials hosted an election information session at City Hall July 13. About 30 residents swung by.
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The Milton City Council voted in December that the city would run its own 2023 municipal elections for the council’s three Post 2 positions up for grabs. The action followed a recommendation from the Milton Municipal Election Feasibility Committee report suggesting the city could save money by taking the election reins from Fulton County. City Elections Superintendent and City Manager Steve Krokoff said when the county changed it’s rules in 2021 the price it charged municipalities went up, causing Milton taxpayers
to shell out more than $155,000 per election cycle. Members of the city’s Municipal Election Feasibility Committee previously predicted cost savings of 50 percent or more during future election cycles by making the switch to local control. At last week’s information session, Krokoff said city staff aren’t exactly sure what to expect because they have virtually no experience in election administration. But, he
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MILTON, Ga. — Milton drivers will see reduced speed limits along four major city roads. At its July 10 meeting, the Milton City Council unanimously voted to lower speed limits by 5 mph on Bethany Way, from 45 mph to 40 mph. Speeds were also lowered on segments of Freemanville, Providence and Mayfield roads. The speed limit on Freemanville Road, between the southern city limits and Providence Road, will be reduced from 40 to 35 mph. The speed limit on Providence Road, between Freemanville Road and the southern city limits, will be reduced from 45 mph to 40 mph. The City Council also approved a speed zone on Mayfield Road, from Birmingham Highway to the roundabout at Charlotte Drive and Heritage Walk, which will see a 10mph speed reduction to 25 mph. The city’s Local Road Safety Plan, adopted in August 2022, initiated speed studies city-wide. Examining daily volume, average speed and bicycle usage, roads warranting speed adjustments were selected and submitted to the Georgia Department of Transportation for review and recommendation. Milton City Councilman Paul
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