OUR MISSION:
FLOYD COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO CREATING A CLIMATE THAT PROMOTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS, AND A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE DEDICATED TO SERVICE EXCELLENCE THAT ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
IN THE NEWS
2006 SPLOST Web Site
For SPLOST Committee Updates, please click on the link above.
February 5, 2008 - (this meeting date was originally scheduled for Feb. 12, but due to an ACCG conflict, was moved up one week)
noon: Caucus
2 p.m.: Meeting
February 26, 2008 -
4 p.m.: Caucus
6 p.m.: Meeting
*Please note, the Commission meetings are now being held in the new Community Room - located on the 2nd Floor of the Administration Building - 12 East 4th Avenue.
To view recent meeting minutes, please click on the logo above.
Home Maintenance Tips
PAINTING AND FURNITURE STRIPPING
If you do the work yourself:
Never clean brushes or rinse paint containers into a street, gutter, storm drain, or creek.
Clean latex paint from brushes and containers in a sink. Filter, settle, and reuse thinners and solvents for oil-based paints.
Dispose of unusable paints and thinners, thinner residue, and paint strippers at a household hazardous waste collection event.
If you hire someone:
Make sure that painting contractors clean brushes and containers and dispose of paint residues properly - never in the street or storm drain.
Professional painters must dispose of leftover paints and solvents as hazardous waste.
Contractors should use plastic sheeting or a dropcloth to collect chips and dust from non-hazardous dry stripping and sand blasting. Then sweep up and dispose of debris as trash.
HOUSECLEANING AND WINDOW WASHING
If you do the work yourself:
Send dirty cleaning water down a sink or toilet, not
into a street, gutter, or storm drain.
Make sure trash can lids are tightly closed and recyclables are secured to prevent materials from blowing onto the ground.
If you hire someone:
Make sure people you hire understand that storm drains flow to the creeks and rivers with no treatment- so they won’t dump anything into the street, gutter, or storm drain.
Make sure people you hire dispose of potentially toxic materials properly.
CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY CLEANING
If you do the work yourself:
Dispose of dirty cleaning solution down a sink or toilet, not in the street or storm drain.
If you hire someone:
Ask professional carpet cleaners where they empty their tanks. Make sure they don’t use the storm drain.
Professionals should dispose of cleaning solutions down a sink or toilet, or return to their company for disposal to the sanitary sewer.
CONCRETE, ASPHALT AND MASONRY REPAIR
If you do the work yourself:
Set up and operate small mixers on heavy tarps or dropcloths. Plan ahead, mix only as much concrete, mortar, or plaster as you need that day.
Hose down mixers, tools, and trailers in a dirt area where rinse water won’t run into a creek or gutter. Clean up with a broom, not a hose! Or wash fine particles onto a dirt area- not into a street or gutter.
Apply driveway sealants when no rain is forecast. Sweep first to prepare. Handle sealants with care and follow label directions.
If you hire someone:
Explain to your concrete contractor that rinsing trucks or equipment in the street or near a storm drain endangers wildlife in our creeks and rivers. Make sure your concrete contractor:
Establishes a cleanup area before starting work. Minimizes use of water in cleanup. Rinses equipment onta an isolated dirt area, away from streets or creeks. Or places a wheelbarrow under the chute and/or other equipment to catch rinsewater, and wheels it to a dirt area for disposal.
Rinses exposed aggregate onto a dirt area.
POOL AND SPA MAINTENANCE
If you do the work yourself:
Control algae by regulating chlorine levels and by using a pool cover to block sunlight. DO NOT use copper-based algae control products. Always discharge pool or spa water to a sanitary sewer line cleanout. Never discharge pool or spa water to a creek, street, or storm drain.
Dispose of filter rinsewater and backwash into soil, not the gutter, creek, or storm drain.
If you hire someone:
Make sure your pool service contractor is not using copper products in your pool, and not disposing of filter backwash where it can run off to a storm drain.
Make sure acid-wash rinsewater is neutralized before it is pumped to the sewer line cleanout. Call your wastewater treatment plant for guidance.
LAWN & GARDEN CARE AND PEST CONTROL
Make sure no leaves or blown or raked into the street or gutter. Collect yard waste for composting.
Limit fertilizer applications to twice a year and limit application of all chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides.
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