Oconee County Commissioners Allow Athens Technical College To Continue To Use Space In Annex Until December

Oconee County commissioners Tuesday night agreed to allow Athens Technical College to continue to offer its adult education classes in the Government Annex building until December of this year.

The commissioners took that action after Commission Chairman Melvin Davis invited three advocates for the College to speak and make the case for its continued presence in the county building, located on SR 15 on the south side of Watkinsville.

The three said it would be very disruptive for the College and its students to move the program now that the school year is underway and that the College provides needed services for Oconee County residents.

In other action Tuesday night the commissioners agreed to pay $425,000 for easements to build a sewer line along McNutt Creek through the Jennings Mill golf course and to spend $10,000 for a study of the existing Animal Shelter in the south of the county.

The commissioners also appointed Cindy Pritchard to be the executive director of the Keep Oconee County Beautiful Commission.

For more on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Chairman Melvin Davis.