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County close to cutting impact fees on trial basis
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Home builders in Effingham County may be getting a little bit of a break on their costs soon.

Effingham County commissioners will hold their second reading Tuesday of a proposal that would curtail much of the impact fees assessed to builders. Commissioners likely will adopt a new schedule of fees that will cut the reuse water fee from $2,000 to $1,300 and eliminate the roads, recreation and public safety fees altogether. Currently, those three fees total $1,500.

In the event a subdivision does not take back reuse water, that $1,300 fee will stand, County Administrator David Crawley said. The fee would be waived if the development can accept the reuse water, either through irrigation or a sprayfield.

For the complete story, see Friday's edition of the Effingham Herald.

Rep. Buddy Carter: Granddaughters Survived Texas Camp Flooding That Killed Their Cousin
Buddy Carter
Rep. Buddy Carter spoke publicly about the loss of his granddaughters' cousin in the Texas flooding.
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., who represents Effingham County, said his twin granddaughters survived catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas, but their 9-year-old cousin, Janie Hunt, was killed. Carter shared the heartbreaking news on social media and in interviews with Fox News, CNN, and Atlanta News First, revealing that Janie’s body was found on her mother’s birthday. Carter said his granddaughters survived by climbing onto a roof and waiting for rescue.
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