4-H office to stay where it is

The BOC opened five bids for the paving of Sanford Nicholson Road, but made no decision on the matter. Chairman Dove said he would have the road department review the bid specifications and make a recommendation to the board.

Also, after a lengthy discussion, the board unanimously agreed to continue the process of establishing criteria for private roads to be accepted by the county.

Finally, the board heard from Scott Williamson concerning their recent decision to purchase “Pictometry.”

Williamson said he objected to the purchase and chided commissioners for objecting to bio-metric time clocks for employees, saying they were “too invasive,” but then agreeing to purchase the Pictometry system to “go out and monitor taxpayers to make sure they’re not cheating the tax system.”

“Go look in the mirror and ask if you’re doing what’s fair for the people,” Williamson said, adding that his taxes are already “through the roof.”