Supervisors named two members to an advisory committee to helpspearhead the creation and management of the new industrial parkMonday.

Board President Bobby J. Watts and Chancery Clerk Tillmon Bishopwere selected to represent at the county on the committee. Thepanel will include two members each from the county and city, thepresident of the Brookhaven-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce andthe Industrial Development Foundation chairman.

The new board will serve as an advisory committee to the boardsof supervisor and aldermen and the chamber and can not make anybinding decisions itself.

In other matters, the board discussed the possibility ofpursuing a county junkyard ordinance. County Attorney Bob Allen isresearching similar ordinances in neighboring counties to determinewhat they have included, grandfather clauses, enforcement and otherissues.

Supervisors said the junked yards are unsightly and lower theproperty values of their neighbors.

District One Supervisor the Rev. Jerry Wilson cited a residenceon Greenwood Lane that he felt was particularly troubling.

Neighbors of the junked Greenwood Lane residence-turned-businesshave been vocal about its appearance, prompting the owner to seek abusiness license last year. He sells scrap iron.

The county ordinance may follow one issued by the state thatprohibits junkyards from existing within 1,000 yards of statehighways without a fence to block it from view. District FiveSupervisor Gary Walker indicated there are problem areas across thecounty.

“You only have to go down certain highways to see that,” saidWalker, although he did not identify any specific areas.

The problem, Allen said, is often enforcement.

The board also heard a request from Carl Diamond, a firefighterwith the Heuck’s Retreat Volunteer Fire Department, for a surplusambulance for use as a rescue vehicle. The ambulance was releasedto the county by King’s Daughters Ambulance Service, which hadreceived a new replacement earlier this week.

Diamond said the fire department needed a new rescue vehiclebecause theirs had quit working last year. Since then, he said, thedepartment had divided up the rescue equipment among its three firetrucks, but it has proven difficult at times to get the necessaryequipment to the scene in a timely manner.

Supervisors supported the request.

However, a recent attorney general’s opinion has thrown somedoubt on some of the ways counties can assist their rural volunteerfire departments since they are not technically a state agency.Allen said he would research the legalities of the request andprovide a briefing at the next meeting Dec. 20.

“We’ll get back to you in a few days, and we have you as firston the list,” Watts said.