Briefs: Peachtree City cops on ‘F Word with Gordon Ramsay’ 6/21, T.I.’s ‘Atlanta’s Most Wanted’

The Peachtree City team that will be competing on “The F Word With Gordon Ramsay” on June 21 on Fox at 9 p.m. CREDIT: Fox

This was posted Wednesday, June 21, 2017 by Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog

There are so many cooking competition shows now that it’s hard to keep track of them all. And on Fox, Gordon Ramsay owns them all. His fourth show “The F Word With Gordon Ramsay” is the only one that is live, creating added risk to the equation.

Four police officers from Peachtree City cheekily dubbing themselves team “Slaw and Order” are going to compete tonight at 9 p.m. They’ve known each other for more than 20 years and are very tight.

Officer Stan Pye, the assistant chief of the department and an avid quail hunter, leads the crew. Detective Heather Scott is described by the show as a headstrong mother of four and keeps the guys in line. Lieutenant Mark Brown is notorious for never letting anyone off the hook and Officer Justin Mobley loves to get under everyone’s skin. The quartet offers a diverse range of culinary skills, including cooking what you kill.

They will compete against a family from Nashville and if they win, qualify for the finals for a big cash prize.

A production company contacted them and put them through the paces, including multiple cooking challenges and Skype interviews. Once they were cleared to be on the show, they had a camera crew follow them around.

“I want a chance to offer a different side of police officers,” Pye said, “to show that we’re human. We argue. We support each other. We aren’t just what you see all the time on the news.”

He admires Ramsay for his work ethic, his desire to ensure things are right, no excuses. “You can tell he’s in charge,” Pye said.

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Fox is already buying up possible projects for the 2018-19 TV season, including “Atlanta’s Most Wanted,” a drama starring and executive produced by Atlanta rapper/actor Tip “T.I.” Harris.

He is also working with Jerry Bruckheimer, known for his “CSI” series.

If picked up, odds are good this would be shot locally.

Written by Rodney Barnes (The Boondocks), Atlanta’s Most Wanted centers on Marcus Armstrong (Harris). Born in Atlanta to an infamous criminal father, he is recruited to be a part of a new vice squad that tackles the growing criminal elements in his hometown. Marcus’ involvement will jeopardize his own long-held secret that threatens to upend his entire life.

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Peachtree City puts together its FY2018 budget

When it comes to developing a municipal budget, the June 6 meeting of the Peachtree City Council provided a primer on the factors that require consideration.

“This is a prelude to the budget process,” said City Manager Jon Rorie who billed the meeting as “PTC Economics.”

Though budget talks will soon begin, the meeting included a wealth of information relating directly to the origin and scope of city revenues and expenses.

As with every budget meeting, it began with Rorie quoting the city’s budget policy and reiterating that that policy will always be adhered to.

The first portion of the meeting dealt with revenues, with Finance Director Paul Salvatore reviewing the categories of revenue sources.

As is the case with local governments, a large percentage of revenues flow from property taxes and local options sales taxes. Peachtree City receives 39 percent of its total revenues from property taxes and 20.5 percent from sales tax.

Of note in terms of property taxes was that the Great Recession played havoc with those revenues. The years 2010-2012 saw a 10.1 percent decrease in the tax digest, while 2014-2016 came with an 18.72 percent increase.

Similarly with local sales tax revenues, those receipts took a nosedive with the recession beginning in 2009 and only in 2017 are revenues expected to equal, or perhaps slightly exceed, the 2009 numbers.

The remaining revenue stream comes from franchise taxes, fines and forfeitures, licenses and permits, fund balance and other revenues and taxes.

The current city budget totals $33.5 million, or $985 per capita.

In terms of expenses, Rorie posed the question, “Where does the money go?”

Using the example of the current budget, approximately $7 million goes to fire and emergency services, $6.8 million to law enforcement and $6 million to public works.

At nearly $20 million, those three areas account for approximately 60 percent of budget expenditures.

The remaining 13 budget areas absorb the other $13.5 million.

One of the things that impacts the budget, perhaps more so in Peachtree City than in many municipalities, is the sheer volume of city-owned greenspace and recreation amenities.

Peachtree City encompasses nearly 15,000 acres. Of that, 3,700 acres, or nearly 25 percent, is greenbelt and parks.

“There’s a cost associated with greenbelts and the number of acres here is much larger than most cities,” Rorie said.

In terms of recreation, the city owns 416 acres of parks that feature 14 baseball fields, seven softball fields, 10 full-size soccer fields, two lacrosse fields, two football fields, nine tennis courts, 23 playground/tot lots, nine concession stands, three lakes and two ponds.

With the budget primer complete, the council will soon begin budget considerations and will adopt the FY 2018 budget in August.

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Contract awarded for Fischer turn lane, other work discussed

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A contractor has been chosen to build the new right-turn lane at Fischer Road and Hwy. 34 East, but the work is likely still a few months off.

The turn lane, which will be built for motorists coming from the south (short) side of Fischer and heading right toward Peachtree City, might not be the only improvement at the intersection.

There is also discussion of adding a second left turn lane on the opposite side of Fischer Road for motorists heading left to Peachtree City, according to Coweta Transportation and Engineering director Tod Handley.

The Georgia Department of Transportation will have to make some modifications to the traffic signal to accommodate the new right turn lane, Handley said.

“GDOT has been working on their signal plans for the modification,” he said. “Since we started talking about adding a right turn lane, there has also been some discussion about adding a second left-turn lane.”

At peak times, traffic waiting to turn left tends to back up into the main lane of Fischer Road.

The existing turn lane can’t be made longer because it would conflict with a driveway, according to Handley. But there is an area of pavement, which is currently marked with chevrons as a gore area, separating the turn lane from the through lane. That area of pavement can be turned into a second turn lane.

Adding a second left-turn lane will mean more changes to the traffic signal patterns. When there is a single left turn lane, motorists can turn left both on a green arrow, known as protected phasing, as well as yield on a green light, known as permissive phasing.

But when there is a dual turn lane, traffic can move on the green arrow only.

The goal is to have the two turn lane projects, with the necessary modifications to the traffic signal and to the signal timing, done at the same time, according to Handley.

Piedmont Paving was the low bidder for the project, with a bid of $86,258. Piedmont was also the low bidder for a project to install turn lanes on Hwy. 16 East at the new Leroy Johnson Park in Senoia, with a bid of $347,000.

Tuesday night, the Coweta County Board of Commissioners voted to award Piedmont a contract to do both projects.

Handley said the work on Hwy. 16 will probably be done first because of the work that the state needs to do with the signal changes at Fischer and Hwy. 34.

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Memorial Day in Peachtree City and Fayetteville

“It’s about the heart and soul of America. It’s about remembering.” Those were the words of Peachtree City Councilman Mike King before a large crowd at the city’s annual Memorial Day Remembrance held in City Hall Plaza on May 29. In the photos, there were plenty of speakers at the cemetery in Fayetteville on May 29 for the annual Memorial Day observance. Yet it was the large crowd, which included many veterans and a significant number of school-age kids, that demonstrated the appreciation held by citizens for the sacrifices made by U.S. military members in the name of freedom. Below, in Peachtree City, citizens of all ages remembered those who gave all for America. Photos/Ben Nelms.

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