4 biz approvals in another Watkinsville City Council May meeting for the birds and kids
The Watkinsville City Council approved four business licenses in the May meeting Wednesday evening at the Community Center meeting, but the beginning of the meeting was strictly for the birds and kids.
A bevy of young ones from Walt George's Watkinsville Youth Garden Club painted bird houses and presented them to the City Council for placement in Harris Shoals park near their garden for our fine feathered flying friends to call home.
Mayor Joe Walter thanked the many participants and their parents (and grandparents?) for their help and action.
This came after the awarding of the Beautiful Yard Award presentation by Council member Samantha Purcell.
Shaunda and David Boucugnani have furthered Watkinsville's esteemed reputation as the Artland of Georgia with the opening of Lil' Bits of Oconee, which purports to sell and consign inexpensive art works in the former bead shop. They received the approval under the corporate name of B-Squared Adventures at 11 School Street in a cozy little nook of the one way portion of the street. They intend to work closely with the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation.
Jay Boyd received a business license approval for his Busted Publications and Busted magazine which essentially publishes the police blotter for five area counties out of his home at 1101 Jacob Drive. The publication has already gained a fan in former police officer Mayor Walter, who occasionally picks up the magazine. Council member Mike Link did not vote for this approval.
Deborah and Eric Shugart are doing a three-prong home business including her diet group, some kind of juice and his EMT work in the City of Atlanta called Innovative Health Designs at 20 S. Third Street in Watkinsville. This home business is primarily just an office because Deborah does not want people meeting in her house and her husband is employed as an independent contractor when it comes to events at the World Congress Center and other weekend jobs for the Emergency Medical Technician.
Barri and Brent Leach received approval for their innovative oil removing cement cleaner called Concrete Cleaning Technologies at 1260 Stone Shoals Terrace. This received approval contingent upon approval by by city engineer Mark Campbell to ensure in does not get into the water ways at the insistence and introduction by Council member Brian Brodrick.
Luke Smith was not present but he had one of his builders present to ask for permission to build at 30' x 34' warehouse addition to 1041 Business Boulevard contingent upon inspection to make sure the cement slab is thick enough to hold the weight.
Jackie Elsner of the Oconee County library appeared to ask for a supplemental addition to their budget, which Brodrick inserted into the budget later during a public hearing. She also revealed that descendants of the Harris family found and repaired a previously unknown cemetery in a grove of trees near the By-Pass and told how the family wrote and donated a history of Oconee County families to the library
Small scale retail will now be allowed in a certain industrial area in an approved zoning ordinance amendment.
The final budget hearing will be June 9th, and there will be a special called meeting 5:00 pm May 24th to consider art studios in the Simonton Bridge Scenic Corridor.
Ann Hester advised the Council to tweak their beer and wine pouring ordinance which I think goes a little too far on attempting to regulate amplified music. The personnel manual also received its first reading.
Mayor Walter showed a photo of Connie Massey scrubbing a recently reposted 25 mph speed sign on Third Street. I think she might be the only non-city employee or council member to attend more meetings than me. Walter also praised the people who attended the second First Friday and Southworks, as well as the many clean ups going on around the city recently.
Police Chief Lee O'Dillon gave a perfunctory reading of the progress with the investigation of the arson at Police Officer William Horton's house early Sunday morning. 5 gallons of gas was poured on the officer's SUV, golf cart and air conditioning unit. He is working with the State Fire Marshall and GBI to apprehend the perpetrator. O'Dillon was also dressed not in uniform to cross the pedestrian walk and helped arrest eight drivers not giving right of way to pedestrians in walk ways (which are about to be repaired as well).
Council member Toby Smith was not present to hear the first reading of his ethics ordinance.
A bevy of young ones from Walt George's Watkinsville Youth Garden Club painted bird houses and presented them to the City Council for placement in Harris Shoals park near their garden for our fine feathered flying friends to call home.
Mayor Joe Walter thanked the many participants and their parents (and grandparents?) for their help and action.
This came after the awarding of the Beautiful Yard Award presentation by Council member Samantha Purcell.
Shaunda and David Boucugnani have furthered Watkinsville's esteemed reputation as the Artland of Georgia with the opening of Lil' Bits of Oconee, which purports to sell and consign inexpensive art works in the former bead shop. They received the approval under the corporate name of B-Squared Adventures at 11 School Street in a cozy little nook of the one way portion of the street. They intend to work closely with the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation.
Jay Boyd received a business license approval for his Busted Publications and Busted magazine which essentially publishes the police blotter for five area counties out of his home at 1101 Jacob Drive. The publication has already gained a fan in former police officer Mayor Walter, who occasionally picks up the magazine. Council member Mike Link did not vote for this approval.
Deborah and Eric Shugart are doing a three-prong home business including her diet group, some kind of juice and his EMT work in the City of Atlanta called Innovative Health Designs at 20 S. Third Street in Watkinsville. This home business is primarily just an office because Deborah does not want people meeting in her house and her husband is employed as an independent contractor when it comes to events at the World Congress Center and other weekend jobs for the Emergency Medical Technician.
Barri and Brent Leach received approval for their innovative oil removing cement cleaner called Concrete Cleaning Technologies at 1260 Stone Shoals Terrace. This received approval contingent upon approval by by city engineer Mark Campbell to ensure in does not get into the water ways at the insistence and introduction by Council member Brian Brodrick.
Luke Smith was not present but he had one of his builders present to ask for permission to build at 30' x 34' warehouse addition to 1041 Business Boulevard contingent upon inspection to make sure the cement slab is thick enough to hold the weight.
Jackie Elsner of the Oconee County library appeared to ask for a supplemental addition to their budget, which Brodrick inserted into the budget later during a public hearing. She also revealed that descendants of the Harris family found and repaired a previously unknown cemetery in a grove of trees near the By-Pass and told how the family wrote and donated a history of Oconee County families to the library
Small scale retail will now be allowed in a certain industrial area in an approved zoning ordinance amendment.
The final budget hearing will be June 9th, and there will be a special called meeting 5:00 pm May 24th to consider art studios in the Simonton Bridge Scenic Corridor.
Ann Hester advised the Council to tweak their beer and wine pouring ordinance which I think goes a little too far on attempting to regulate amplified music. The personnel manual also received its first reading.
Mayor Walter showed a photo of Connie Massey scrubbing a recently reposted 25 mph speed sign on Third Street. I think she might be the only non-city employee or council member to attend more meetings than me. Walter also praised the people who attended the second First Friday and Southworks, as well as the many clean ups going on around the city recently.
Police Chief Lee O'Dillon gave a perfunctory reading of the progress with the investigation of the arson at Police Officer William Horton's house early Sunday morning. 5 gallons of gas was poured on the officer's SUV, golf cart and air conditioning unit. He is working with the State Fire Marshall and GBI to apprehend the perpetrator. O'Dillon was also dressed not in uniform to cross the pedestrian walk and helped arrest eight drivers not giving right of way to pedestrians in walk ways (which are about to be repaired as well).
Council member Toby Smith was not present to hear the first reading of his ethics ordinance.
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