From Bob Schwartz, City Manager
→ Allen Memorial Church – Our electric crew replaced the electric meter at the
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church last week. The old meter had not been working and needed to be replaced.
→ Water Tower outfall – The overflow line from our water tank has been eroding the
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The overflow line from our water tank has been eroding the side of the hill. We
placed some additional rip rap in the outfall line Tuesday and will repair some of the
concrete later (probably next week). The tank overflows as the Newton County Water
and Sewer Authority increases the water pressure. The Water and Sewer Authority is
installing a new control system, so the tank has been overflowing a little more lately, but
that should settle down soon.
→ Utility and Maintenance Department – Our contractor, Marable Pirkle, has changed out nine
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poles this week. This will finish the fifteen pole change out project. Our crew repaired
a water service leak at 85 Perry Circle; installed security lights in the mulched area
at city hall; and placed rip rap at the water tank on Watson Street. We set
poles on Fletcher Street for the Fletcher street lighting project. Jody will attend the
Georgia Rural Water Association conference the first part of next week.
→ New Police Officer - Chief Harvey has completed his review and we have hired a new
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police officer. Officer Eric Almond will report for duty on Friday, November 2. He will
normally work the 6 pm until 2 am shift. Chief Harvey reports:
“After careful consideration and extensive background checks on the
applicants for the police officer position, I have chosen Eric Almond.
Officer Almond has worked with the Newton County Sheriff’s Department
for over five years as a detention officer; City of Covington Police for
9 ½ years; and was previously employed with Georgia Perimeter College Police
until accepting the position with Oxford Police. Officer Almond has both
Intermediate and Advance Certifications; S.W.A.T. Certification; Laser and
Radar Certification, Intox Certification; and Bicycle Certification. Officer
Almond received Employee of the Quarter four times at the Covington Police
Department. Office Almond also received the Meritorious Service Award at
Covington Police for the apprehension of armed robbers. Officer Almond
was also the Honor Guard Commander with Covington Police. I have heard very
positive comments regarding Officer Almond from his former chief, supervisor,
several deputies, and officers from the Covington Police Department. I feel
Officer Almond will be a great asset to the police department and the City of
Oxford.”
→ New Copier – The new copier arrived in the City Clerk’s office on Wednesday. It makes
both color and black & white copies and the scanner function is very fast compared to desktop
scanners. We can scan at the copier and email it directly to our desks. The copier is
connected to our network, so long documents can be printed straight to the copier from our
desktops.