The Warner Robins City Council met on Monday with a lengthy
agenda. The council discussed a multitude of items, but really
engaged in discussion on one item in particular, public transportation. The council agreed to solicit bids for what the cost would
be to run the service.
Councilman Mike Davis voiced concerns about diving into a
venture that costs the city money.
Robert Sisa, the city’s community development director, said
that public transits don’t make money and that city officials would have to
decide how much they are willing to invest/lose each year.
“Is it $50,000, $100,000, $200,000?” Sisa questioned the
council.
The council agreed that a transit system is a good service,
but questioned the cost.
Councilman Daron Lee challenged the members of council to
put their best foot forward and do their very best to make public
transportation a reality for the city. Lee noted that money is found to fund
many other projects and that he wanted the same effort to go into public
transportation.
Public transit systems are widely known to cost more to
operate than the revenue they generate.
In other business, the council discussed an ordinance on
coin-operated gaming machines. The ordinance came after a state law changed.
The new law only allows for six coin-operated machines to be in one business
whereas the law previously allowed nine.
The council also discussed repealing its code section 13-47
that deals with the reporting of firearm sales. Under the code section the
city’s gun dealers are required to submit a report to the city of the sale of
any firearms in the city limits.
Mayor Chuck Shaheen noted that repealing the code section
doesn’t change the fact that dealers must still report sales on the state and
federal level.
“Basically this was just
additional paperwork, said police chief Brett Evans.
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