Testy Meeting On Sewers Ends With Applause For Commissioners

A sometimes testy meeting ended with applause on Wednesday night for Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman John Daniell and Commissioner Chuck Horton, who spent more than 80 minutes taking questions from and interacting with citizens opposed to county plans for treatment of wastewater.

“I hear everybody talking,” Daniell said near the end of the meeting, “I think we’re already addressing what you’re saying. We’re trying to look at alternatives. There is no plan etched in stone.”

Daniell had been asked for his “takeaway” from the meeting, and he acknowledged poor communication from the county from when it first started talking about putting a sewer line down Calls Creek in February of last year until the present.

Daniell also criticized himself for how he handled a Jan. 16 meeting on county planning for water resource management where citizens complained that they were not being given a chance to voice their concerns.

The meeting on Wednesday night was a consequence of that complaint.

For more on the story, and a video of he entire meeting, please go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Allan Antley, left, and John Daniell.