Bibb-Monroe County Survey STILL not resolved

Did the surveyor ever get paid? I remember there was a dispute that one county would not pay their portion of the fee.

>"Monroe County stood to collect more than $1 million a year in new taxes if Scarborough's survey had been upheld."

And Bibb county would lose it. Lots of money at stake. The surveyor's fee is pocket change.

Something doesn't smell right about this. We need more information.

I don't know too much about this dispute, I have looked into it cursorily from time to time. From what I saw, Scarborough did an adequate job. Whether they toss his survey or not, he still needs to get paid. It's not right that a county government can withhold contractually agreed to payment.

And who the H is S. of State to "toss" a survey anyway?

Thanks for posting, Andy. What have you been up to lately?

Stephen

IIRC, the various judges ruled the survey was good. I can't believe the SofS would go against the courts and make the legal and surveying decision him/herself. Did the other county ever provide a contradictory survey?

Thanks for posting. It's been interesting to follow.

The Secretary of State will not likely have the last word. The legislature can fix it but I think it will be a court and my money would be on the Georgia Supreme Court. This is far from over.

newspaper article

Make sure you read the attached report, the pdf link is below the picture.

Monroe County (where I live) paid their portion of the survey costs many months ago, my sources tell me that Bibb County has recently paid their bill.

Hey Stephen

My understanding, and mine only, is that the ferry location is in question. Since the ferry "anchors" one end of the county line then the whole survey is in question. Whether Mr. Scarborough got paid I do not know. He certainly shuld have been.

I'm doing well. I've done a couple of small jobs since being back from the Gulf, but still looking for gainful employment. I hope all is well with you.

Andy

Thanks Dan

I knew you'd have more up to date information. I wonder what the next step will be.

Andy

Thanks Dan

Pretty detailed report. Has the survey been published anywhere? It would be nice to get a "big picture" idea of the situation.

Jered

I don't think the plat or map has been made public. Monuments have been placed along the line as determined by the survey.

The line in question runs from a point on the northeast that (I believe) is not in question, to the location of an old ferry on the southwest. My understanding of the problem (and Dan can correct me if I'm mistaken) is the location of the old ferry is in question. Supposedly there are documents that mention TWO ferries so which, if either, is the correct one.

Andy

Andy

I had the same understanding of the case from reading the previous posts on-here about it.. Disputed Ferry location, but as with any of these cases it seems like the land records would sort it all out when compiled in a nice large survey. Guess we all may have to wait to see the purported results.

Prior discussions:
http://plsoforum.com/index.php?mode=thread&id=54848

http://plsoforum.com/index.php?mode=thread&id=2463

That report is interesting. It seems that per Georgia law, if the SofS accepted and recorded the survey, it then becomes unquestionable. It seems that the SofS believed that the surveyor had not proven that the ferry location he found was THE ferry location. At least, not to the point that he would deny the other county from continuing to question this. It doesn't seem to be in doubt that the surveyor found a ferry location, he just couldn't prove it was the right one. At this point, I don't know how it could be proven one way or the other. If evidence of a second ferry location is found, it only adds to the confusion as to which one is the right one.