Politics & Government
Oconee County Commission Chairman To Unveil His "Sounding Board" For U.S. 441 Widening and Bishop Bypass Project
At least two of those Davis has designed as members of the citizen group have property likely to be impacted by the road construction.
Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis is asking his fellow commissioners Tuesday night to approve of his selection of an eight-member “Sounding Board” for the planned widening of U.S. 441 and construction of a bypass of Bishop.
At least two of those Davis has designed as members of the citizen group have property likely to be impacted by the road construction. Two others are members of the county’s Citizen Advisory Committee for Land Use and Transportation Planning, which the BOC appoints.
The commissioners Tuesday night also will give first reading to and hold a public hearing on a revision to the county’s Animal Control Ordinance.
Consultant Bill Ross and county Planning Department Director B.R. White also are to brief the five commissioners on the status of a proposed ordinance to create an overlay district to control development along Mars Hill Road, now under reconstruction.
The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the Courthouse in Watkinsville.
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Pictured: Land Use Committee Member Tammy Gilland.