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Home My Public Portal About201503Newsletter.docxMarch Events March 10 6 - 8 PM Mayor’s Night In – Call 472-5080 for an appointment March 12 5:30-6:30 PM Infrastructure Committee Meeting – New Courtroom / 78 Van Horn March 12 6:30 PM Council Meeting – New Courtroom - Consent agenda at 6:30, full meeting at 7 March 14 3 PM 13th Annual Irish Heritage Parade – Butler from 4th to Tybrisa to the Strand March 16 4 - 5 PM Community Resource Committee – City Hall Auditorium March 16 6 - 7 PM Historic Preservation Commission – City Hall Auditorium March 17 St Patrick’s Day – City Offices Closed, Mayoral Employee Appreciation Day March 18 7 PM Planning Commission – New Courtroom / 78 Van Horn March 18 6 – 7 PM TI Dvlt Authority Main Street Board – City Hall Auditorium March 19 12 – 1:30 PM Beach Task Force – City Hall Auditorium March 19 5:30 - 7 PM Third Thursdays on Tybee – Chris Desa at the Tybrisa/Strand Roundabout March 23 10 & 11 AM TIPD Tybee Neighbor kickoff and lunch – YMCA Cafeteria, meeting at 10, lunch at 11 – see below March 26 10 – 11 AM Public Safety Committee Meeting – New Courtroom / 78 Van Horn March 26 5:30-6:30 PM Infrastructure Committee Meeting – New Courtroom / 78 Van Horn March 26 6:30 PM Council Meeting – New Courtroom - Consent agenda at 6:30, full meeting at 7 Rising TYde Food Pantry, in Old School Cafeteria, needs: canned fruit & meat, rice, grits, soup, jelly, peanut butter. Distributions: Third Tuesday monthly View updated City Calendar at www.cityoftyee.org for a listing of all City & non-profit events. Please click the Waste & Recycling link at the top of the home page, or call 965-0777, to register any problems with your waste or recycling services! TIPD-VIP TYBEE ISLAND ADULT GROUP HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS TIPD Chief Robert Bryson is creating a new group to be propelled by adult residents giving back to each other - helping to accomplish whatever needs to be done for the comfort and companionship of fellow residents. The YMCA has come on board to give their support, and our restaurants have come forward, too, giving their goods and support to this project. Still in the planning stages, we are interested in all input, so please come to add your voice. Visit with your neighbors, and learn more about what we can do for our friends on the island. Our ultimate goal is for a kinder, happier group of helpful neighbors on Tybee. If you are unable to attend, due to health or other needs, you are one of our more cherished VIP’s. We are seeking to offer our help. If you are not needing help, we need you to help others, and if you need help getting the garbage out from your second story house, but have a need to give back, well… we need you too! We intend to have monthly meetings with island restaurants contributing free lunches! Our next meeting is at the YMCA cafeteria on March 23rd. The Rock House is contributing lunch! All who wish to volunteer their help, please arrive at 10am. Lunch is served at 11am. For further questions, contact Chief Bryson directly at 912-472-5091. Come be our neighbor and bring a friend! DPW Crossover Rebuild Schedule DPW is working in the off-season, as usual, to replace dune crossovers as needed. 7th Street crossover has just completed. The 9th Street crossover will finish mid-April. Homestead Exemption Applications must be filed each year to be eligible for senior rates on utility bills and exemption from ad valorem taxes on real and personal property. The deadline for filing for Homestead Exemption is April 1. Individuals qualifying for the Homestead Exemption must, as of January 1, be 62 years old, have a total combined household income of less than $30,000 for 2014, own a Tybee home, and have legal residency here. Applications are available at City Hall or under the Forms link on the City website. Forms must be submitted with a copy of your 2014 tax return, or, if you do not file, a copy of your year end 2014 Social Security statement. Jones Avenue Being Repaved The exact date isn’t yet known, but with completion of the water supply line replacement, Jones will be repaved after St. Patrick’s Day, which should complete within a day, although cross-walk stamping will take about a week. The cross-walks will be done similar to those on Hwy 80. DPW will notify the community when the date is set via the web, Channel 7, automated Citizen Alert notification, Twitter, and Facebook. If you live on Jones, be sure to check these sources so you can plan your daily business as needed! IMPORTANT CHANGES TO YOUR UTILITY BILL EFFECTIVE MARCH 2015 The following is a summary of changes that will impact Water Utility customers of the City of Tybee Island effective March 2015. January and February consumption will be billed the first of March and will be due March 25, 2015. January’s consumption will be calculated and updated. February’s consumption will be calculated and updated, and then mailed with both months due. January’s consumption will show as past due. The bill will be double billed in order to decrease the gap between meter reads and revenue collections and to allow you as a customer to find out how much water was consumed during the previous month much sooner. Please understand that this is your bill for January and also February for services already rendered. Please contact us if you are on a fixed income or need to set up a partial payment plan before the due date of March 25, 2015. This plan would apply to the January and February billing only. No late fees will apply if you are current with your bill and contact us to set up a payment plan prior to the due date. Bringing this bill up to date is a much needed step in order for us to be compliant and meet the audit requirements of our Internal Controls. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Nalene Conway at the Utility Billing Department at 912-472-5025. To Address City Council …about agenda items, please speak during public comments. To get on the agenda, file an Agenda Request with the City Clerk by noon, Wednesday, eight days prior to the Meeting! Council meets 2nd & 4th Thursday, 7PM, each month. Visit City Hall or our web site to obtain the form. If you are presenting to Council, you must provide your presentation no less than 48 hours in advance to Clerk or IT staff! Other City Communications Watch us on Comcast Public Access Channel 7 – if you don’t get this channel, call COMCAST at 912.354-7531 during business hours, M-F, and ask them to fix your MAP CODE to Tybee! The “City Newsletter” link on the City’s web site Send general email to feedback@cityoftybee.org Look for City of Tybee on Facebook and Twitter Sign up for “Citizen Alert” on our home page. Get notified of severe weather or traffic issues! Choose how to be contacted and for what events. Meetings can be streamed from our video-on-demand cityoftybee.pegcentral.com At www.cityoftybee.org, pages and searches support RSS to provide you with automatic notification of any and all content updates.