Community Corner
BOE Member Thomas Appointed By Oconee County Commissioners To Industrial Development Authority
After two votes, the commissioners selected Mark Thomas and reappointed three current members.
Mark Thomas, a businessman and member of the Oconee County Board of Education, got a slot on the county’s Industrial Development Authority tonight, but only after two rounds of balloting by the Board of Commissioners.
In the end, BOC Chairman Melvin Davis broke the deadlock, casting his support for long-time IDA member Larry Benson, owner of Benson Bakery in Bogart, at the expense of Robin Chasman, a realtor and Tanglebrook subdivision neighbor of Benson.
The Board reappointed Matt Elder, owner of Oconee Waste Transport, and Ed Perkins, a retired chemical engineer, to the 11-member Authority. Benson, Elder, Perkins and Thomas each received two-year terms.
In other action, the Board approved the rezone requests of the Bath family to convert six acres on Hog Mountain Road just west of Butler’s Crossing into a business and commercial complex and postponed action on a policy for use of Eagle Tavern for commercial purposes.
For details of the story, go to Oconee County Observations.
Pictured: Chairman Melvin Davis