Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry admits that he has no new information that would validate his claims that county funds were used to improve private property at a Lyerly manufacturing plant.

In his weekly news briefing on Tuesday, Commissioner Elsberry deflected questions from reporters asking about the situation.  The commissioner said, “I know that the attorney was requesting additional information before they make their final report.  That’s all for now.”

The commissioner has hired an outside attorney to represent the county in the dispute with Try-Con in Lyerly.  Tri-Con, along with former Commissioner Jason Winters, the Northwest Georgia Joint Development Authority and Town of Lyerly officials all say that the work in question was done on the state-owned railroad right of way leading up to Try-Con’s property.

Elsberry said that “everybody was working together”, meaning the county’s out-of-town attorney and Try-Con’s attorney, to get the information needed to resolve the dispute.

The commissioner has admitted in the past that he does not have documentation to back up his demand for repayment of over $47,000 from Try-Con for the work that was done.