Oconee County Commissioners Set To Make Appointment To Industrial Development Authority And Other Citizen Committees

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners, if all goes to plan, will make appointments to five citizen committees or boards on Tuesday night in what normally is a routine procedure.

Eight of the citizens applying for appointment appeared before the Board at last week’s meeting, and two others sent word they wanted to be considered but could not attend the session because of scheduling conflicts. One of those had applied for two different assignments.

At the end of last week’s meeting, the BOC went into executive session to discuss the applicants and agree on the appointments, as is its habit.

At the meeting on Tuesday, a commissioner can be expected to make a separate motion for the appointments to each of the five bodies. After the second to the motion, the Board most likely will vote, without discussion.

Only in the case of the Industrial Development Authority is there any real suspense, as six candidates–all men–are seeking four slots. Three of six applicants are incumbents.

Since the BOC routinely reappointments incumbents who say they would like to continue their assignment, the only real question is who is going to be appointed to replace John Morrison, who resigned from the IDA last month after selling his property in the county in February and moving to Athens-Clarke County.

The BOC on Tuesday also is scheduled to take up a rezone request involving a historic building on Hog Mountain Road and a policy for use of the county’s iconic historic property, Eagle Tavern.

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

Pictured: Applicant Ed Perkins.