City Council approves Animal Control ordinace after changes
So when is a transfer not a transfer? When you are married to the Landlord, apparently, at least in the wonderful world of Watkinsville beer and wine sales. This was the case at the Watkinsville City Council meeting as the city breezed through a relatively light business agenda with a couple of no-shows in Pike Gas Service and Harjo Wood Works Wednesday evening at the Community Center..
The Watkinsville City Council gave its stamp of unanimous approval to a slightly changed Animal Control ordinance that essentially is designed to give teeth to combating animals left alone and tied up without supervision inside the City Limits. Apparently there are a couple of poor pooches in the White subdivision that are on a chain and keeping people from walking around their neighborhood without fear of getting bit by Fido. I think 45 minutes is as long as you can keep a dog tied up in your yard with no one around.
This ordinance received scrutiny last month and had some changes thanks to outgoing council member Henry Norman, who moved outside the city limits and is no longer on the Council. Luckily some changes were made and enunciated by Code Enforcement officer Robert Hegge with little or no forewarning Wednesday evening.
The ladies lining up to take his seat were both in the audience this evening at the city council meeting, with former temporary clerk Nicole "Nickie" Brooks and longtime council attendee Connie Massey keeping quiet and absorbing the process.
I made certain at least one of the candidates autographed the sign-in sheet. I will let you know who if you promise the put an Obama Y'all campaign sign in your yard - call me at 706-769-1131 or text your address to 706-372-1062 and I will gladly accept a $5 donation for it as well. You can listen to me on the radio Friday evening as well on 90.5 FM WUOG from 8:00 to 10 pm at the left end of the dial.
Mayor Charles Ivie may have run his smoothest City Council meeting yet, as he is finally hitting his stride in his ninth month as leader of this august body. The meeting lasted almost a solid hour, with the beer and wine retail license for J & B Food Mart at 1461 Greensboro Highway taking up the vast amount of time besides the animal control ordinance.
Essentially Mr. Jo Jo John wants both the business and beer and wine retail license in the name of his wife Bindhumol John (who apparently owns the building) for the year 2013 and beyond. The process of getting a beer and wine license approval from the State of Georgia is not an overnight experience by any stretch of the imagination or litigation, and this was the first step in the quixotic process of bureaucratic difficulties for the Johns to wade through en route to getting official approval despite their wedding license.
The vote predictably enough was approved contingent upon the business license being in the name of the wife as of January 1, 2013 with city council member Mike Link remaining in firm fossil-like opposition to any beer and wine being sold inside the city limits no matter who the applicant.
Dick Visser received a business lice for Heavens Best Carpet Cleaning at 190 Pecan Bluff Drive and Angela Shields was approved for her Promotional Concepts business license at the 104 Cedar Drive.
Mayor Ivie reflected on the recently completed sidewalk project on VFW Drive and commented how many people and in particular children were using the undulating walk way with scooters and bicycles as well as walking.
Some discussion was given to the baseball field, once upon a time dedicated as the Al Giardini Field but now in severe disrepair, on the far side of the Harris Shoals Park across the creek. Mayor Ivie proposed a five year lease to Oconee County Little League to improve the field with a manual scoreboard for both this largely neglected field and the much better maintained Rocket Field somewhere in the near future.
Council member Brian Brodrick contemplated excessive parking on what was once a horseshoe pit and otherwise is sort of the backdoor area/entrance to Harris Shoals Park through a small almost unmarked entrance on Experiment Station/Hog Mountain Road. Council member Toby Smith thought it was cool for coaches to continue to use the other side of the creek to park to take care of the small kids practicing in that field.
The Watkinsville City Council gave its stamp of unanimous approval to a slightly changed Animal Control ordinance that essentially is designed to give teeth to combating animals left alone and tied up without supervision inside the City Limits. Apparently there are a couple of poor pooches in the White subdivision that are on a chain and keeping people from walking around their neighborhood without fear of getting bit by Fido. I think 45 minutes is as long as you can keep a dog tied up in your yard with no one around.
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| Nicole Brooks, center, taking the place of Julie Sanders at a meeting a long while back. |
The ladies lining up to take his seat were both in the audience this evening at the city council meeting, with former temporary clerk Nicole "Nickie" Brooks and longtime council attendee Connie Massey keeping quiet and absorbing the process.
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| If you would like one of these campaign signs in your yard, I can hook you up - 706-769-1131 or 706-372-1062 or email me at danjmatt@bellsouth.net or facebook.com/danmatt or twitter at lowellsdad or come to 1081 Katie Lane in Morgan Manor Estates or to the Government Center 7:00 pm Thursday evening, October 18th, 1291 Greensboro Highway. |
Mayor Charles Ivie may have run his smoothest City Council meeting yet, as he is finally hitting his stride in his ninth month as leader of this august body. The meeting lasted almost a solid hour, with the beer and wine retail license for J & B Food Mart at 1461 Greensboro Highway taking up the vast amount of time besides the animal control ordinance.
Essentially Mr. Jo Jo John wants both the business and beer and wine retail license in the name of his wife Bindhumol John (who apparently owns the building) for the year 2013 and beyond. The process of getting a beer and wine license approval from the State of Georgia is not an overnight experience by any stretch of the imagination or litigation, and this was the first step in the quixotic process of bureaucratic difficulties for the Johns to wade through en route to getting official approval despite their wedding license.
The vote predictably enough was approved contingent upon the business license being in the name of the wife as of January 1, 2013 with city council member Mike Link remaining in firm fossil-like opposition to any beer and wine being sold inside the city limits no matter who the applicant.
Dick Visser received a business lice for Heavens Best Carpet Cleaning at 190 Pecan Bluff Drive and Angela Shields was approved for her Promotional Concepts business license at the 104 Cedar Drive.
Mayor Ivie reflected on the recently completed sidewalk project on VFW Drive and commented how many people and in particular children were using the undulating walk way with scooters and bicycles as well as walking.
Some discussion was given to the baseball field, once upon a time dedicated as the Al Giardini Field but now in severe disrepair, on the far side of the Harris Shoals Park across the creek. Mayor Ivie proposed a five year lease to Oconee County Little League to improve the field with a manual scoreboard for both this largely neglected field and the much better maintained Rocket Field somewhere in the near future.
Council member Brian Brodrick contemplated excessive parking on what was once a horseshoe pit and otherwise is sort of the backdoor area/entrance to Harris Shoals Park through a small almost unmarked entrance on Experiment Station/Hog Mountain Road. Council member Toby Smith thought it was cool for coaches to continue to use the other side of the creek to park to take care of the small kids practicing in that field.
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