Four Applicants Seeking Appointment To Oconee County Industrial Development Authority

Oconee County Commissioners Tuesday night will consider four applicants for two positions on the Oconee County Industrial Development Authority–clearly the most powerful committee a citizen can be appointed to in the county.

Chuck Williams, selected by Gov. Nathan Deal as the director of the Georgia Forestry Commission, is not seeking reappointment to the Industrial Development Authority.

The Commissioners also will consider three applicants for two openings on the Board of Elections and Registration and two applicants for two openings on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Tourism.

The Commission also will consider bids totaling $1.8 million for water and sewer system improvements and will discuss granting an extension of more than three months for completion of the McNutt Creek Sewer Connector.

Funding for the water projects will come from existing budgets, but the Board of Commissioners did approve on Sept. 20 the issuance of $15.75 in revenue bonds to fund other Utility Department projects, including expansion of the Calls Creek wastewater treatment plant.

The county has called a public meeting for 5 p.m. on Oct. 18 in the Community Center in Veterans Park to discuss the Calls Creek plant upgrade.

For more on the story, including a video from the Sept. 20 called meeting, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: County Attorney Daniel Haygood From Called Meeting.