Orange Park Town Council

After nearly three hours of debate last night, the Orange Park Town Council voted 4-1 to approve a zoning change that would allow Waste Not Want Not to pursue purchasing a vacant lot on Carnes Street to relocate their food distribution center.

Read more in Friday's My Clay Sun.

Angela, I certainly hope someone will start the ball rolling for an investigation.  There are stories of so many things going on at all levels of government. 

For example, a hot topic in Orange Park involves claims that personal items of Town Manager are being stored at the Clark House.   Citizens complain the entire second story is full of items he purchases at yard/estate sales.   If this is correct, why does he get to use property owned by the Town of Orange Park?   He does not even live in the Orange Park corporate limits.

Did the Orange Park Town Council give him permission to use public property to store his personal items?  I doubt any citizen would be able to store personal items on any government-owned property.  Do any of you know anything about this?

A public hearing will be held at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at Orange Park Town Hall on a resolution to create a "municipal service benefit unit" or MSBU,  to fund the town's fire department in 2008.

This means tax-exempt organizations --  like Moosehaven, Baptist/St. Vincent's, churches and day care centers -- would all have to pay an annual fee for fire and rescue services.

This action comes as a reaction to state cut-backs. This would remove the fire department's budget from the general fund which reduces funds necessary from ad valorem taxes. Every entity in the town would be assessed under the proposed plan.