Oconee County, GA Politics

Watkinsville City Council will remain the same with the resounding re-elections of City Council members Chuck Garrett and Connie Massey Tuesday evening at the new Oconee County Administration Building result room, appropriately named "The Watkinsville Room." Incumbent Massey was re-elected with 309 votes to three-time challenger Carolyn A. Maultsby's 121 votes, or more than a two-to-one margin. Incumbent Garrett was also re-elected by a slightly lower margin, garnered 298 votes or two-time challeger Rebecca Billings' 142 votes. Billings ran against Mayor Brian Brodrick two years ago in 2021, and this time she ran for the city council instead. Brodrick was unopposed, and apparently Watkinsville 16 voters attempted to write-in an unqualified candidate. He earned 351 votes.

  August 14, 2020 Watkinsville Residents, Property Owners and Business Owners: We are writing to you today as fellow citizens. For the past 20 years, city councils and mayors have listened to what Watkinsville residents want and delivered it with minimal drama and maximum efficiency: a safe community with a top notch police force; a healthy downtown with unique shopping and a variety of restaurants; a thriving arts community; pedestrian connectivity and improvements; new and improved greenspaces and parks; a welcoming small town feel; preservation of city funded garbage and leaf and limb pick up; improvements to traffic and more.  We are proud that Watkinsville is welcoming to all and has something for everyone. Last month many of you received a letter from Mayor Bob Smith that accuses the council of being uncooperative, of taking illegal actions, and of wastefully taking money from the taxpayers.  This letter contained significant inaccuracies about your community and we...

AGENDA CITY OF WATKINSVILLE CALLED MEETING August 3, 2017 @ 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER QUORUM CHECK OLD BUSINESS 1. Event Ordinance NEW BUSINESS 1. Discuss Form of Government EXECUTIVE SESSION 1. Personnel Matter (if necessary) ADJOURN

AGENDA CITY OF WATKINSVILLE CALLED MEETING October 7, 2016 @ 5:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER QUORUM CHECK APPEARANCES 1. Ted Evans – variance request – 67 Greensboro Hwy - mini warehouse in Employment Center NEW BUSINESS 1. Consider Speed Zone Ordinance

From left, Blake Giles' shoulder, Johnny Lay's head, David Shearon, Chief Lee O'Dillon.  The Watkinsville City Council meetings are always a hoot for me, and the June 2014 was no different other than the air conditioning gave out and Mayor Charles Ivie engineered a strong open-doored cross-current in the pleasant second Wednesday evening as the regular monthly meeting.   There was lots of silent public hearings and other adoption of various budget issues. I enjoy watching the machinations of municipal government and the many people who parade in front of the town council to usually receive approval for their business or building permit. 10th District run-off candidate Mike Collins came to the meeting and met with not everyone in the room. Ashford Manor Bed and Breakfast co-owner David Shearon came merely to cheer on his friend and co-hort Melissa Piche who may have done more to bring Watkinsville's many tourists a guided tour of some of the more infamous haunts...

And money is being collected for the ok house sale

Communication breakdown Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Subject: Garbage Pickup All, Curbside Services ran the regular schedule yesterday; however, they have kindly agreed to make another pickup this afternoon due to the confusion in the holiday schedule.    Thank you. Julie Julie A. Sanders, CMC City of Watkinsville 191 VFW Drive P. O. Box 27 Watkinsville, Georgia 30677 706-769-5161 (office) 706-769-4760 (fax) jsanders@cityofwatkinsville.com

AGENDA CITY OF WATKINSVILLE June 13, 2012   CALL TO ORDER QUORUM CHECK WATKINSVILLE BEAUTIFUL YARD AWARD MINUTES                 1.   May 9, 2012             2.   May 23, 2012 Called Meeting APPEARANCES             1.   Bonny Hicks – business license – Advanced Quality Machining, LLC – 1260 Greensboro Hwy.             2.   Kevin Hall – business license – Go Flight Aviation – 1081 Stone Shoals Court             3.   David Williams – Fall Festival – Map/Venue Setting ADMINISTRATION 1.       May 31, 2012 Reconciliation Reports – General & SPLOST Funds MAYOR’S REPORT CITIZEN...

Monument Dedicated in Watkinsville to Men Who Died in Civil War Camp

For those of you who have yet to digest the front page story of today's Oconee Enterprise newspaper, suffice to say I was shocked to read the City of Watkinsville will not take part in a 4th of July parade down Main Street as it is currently configured. Whether this will result in the municipality's complete lack of participation in the official holiday is anyone's guess at this point. I will always defer to Chief Lee O'Dillon when it comes to matters of public safety, but now it has entered  into the realm of public consumption and participation (otherwise known as politics), I would be taking a much different tact and direction to that of the current Mayor if the voters of this municipality had decided to hire me instead of my opponent. The patriotic parade is now looking at marching around Veterans Park in a somewhat antiseptic plan lacking shade and sidewalks. I love the Oconee County Parks and Recretation Department, but I do not think this is the best place to...

Be prepared for leaves to hang out a little while longer at your curb in Watkinsville. The Street Department will get it soon. Sincerely,  Dan Matthews The City's leaf vacuum is down for repair.  We are hoping to have it back from the repair shop by the end of this week.  In the meantime, the Street Department is loading leaves left by the side of the road by hand.  Though a slow and inefficient method, which puts us behind on our normal pickup schedule, we are endeavoring to pick up as many piles as possible.  Please bear with us during this period of no leaf vacuum.  Thank you.    Julie A. Sanders, CMC City of Watkinsville 191 VFW Drive P. O. Box 27 Watkinsville, Georgia 30677 706-769-5161 (office) 706-769-4760 (fax) jsanders@cityofwatkinsville.com

AGENDA CITY OF WATKINSVILLE September 14, 2011     CALL TO ORDER   QUORUM CHECK   WATKINSVILLE BEAUTIFUL YARD AWARD   MINUTES                 1.   August 10, 2011 APPEARANCES                 1.   Kristina Butler – business license – Fresh Baked Home LLC – 13 ½ N. Main Street             2.   Mae Rivera – business license – Watkinsville Clipper Cuts – 52 N. Main Street, Ste. B             3.   Delores Schofill – business license – CIRCA – 17 N. Main Street             4.   Sons of the Confederate Veterans – Monument Request ADMINISTRATION 1.       August 31, 2011 – General & SPLOST Funds ...

From: "Lenore Palladino, MoveOn.org Political Action" < moveon-help@list.moveon.org > Date: April 10, 2011 2:37:42 PM EDT To: "Dan Matthews" < danjmatt@bellsouth.net > Subject: We need a host in Watkinsville Most Americans pay our taxes—but billion-dollar corporations are paying little or nothing. It's disgraceful.   Can you host a   "Tax Day: Make Them Pay" event on April 18 in Watkinsville to call out these corporate deadbeats?   Yes, I can host! Dear MoveOn member, Nobody knows the details of Friday night's budget agreement to keep the government from shutting down. But here's one thing we can be pretty sure of:   the pain will fall mainly on poor and middle-class Americans , while billions in tax breaks, loopholes, and handouts for corporations will remain untouched.  Those same billions could keep food in the mouths of hungry women and children, fund critical medical research, and do the actual work of reducing ou...

I must commend Mayor Joe Walter and the streets department of Watkinsville for painting the LARGE white stripes on the roads to remind drivers  exactly where to stop around the streets in the subdivisions of Watkinsville. Once this summer or actually spring I had to read the riot act to a couple of kids who ran a street sign in a small motorized vehicle and would occasionally run out into a busier street without even pausing at the stop sign. The only downside I can see is when someone is parked on the curb too near the intersection and you have to wait to take a turn or otherwise have the car coming from the other direction make their turn.  This is a small price to pay for safety. Patience, people, patience. Now if I can just keep the vandals from swiping the formerly attached street signs from atop the stop signs, everything would be hunky dory in my suburban paradise. How about that wind storm the other day? Took out some trees and blew lots of limbs down. I would t...

Final New Chapter 7 (Proposed by Council Members Purcell and Walsh) Approved August 9, 2006  RESTAURANT POURING LICENSES: CONTROL OF MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE State law references:   Georgia Alcoholic Beverage Code, O.C.G.A. § 3-1-1 et seq.  Sec. 7-1.  PURPOSE This ordinance is enacted to protect people and property;  in furtherance of the police powers of the city to promote the health, safety and general welfare of its citizens;  to regulate and control the licensing and sale by the drink of malt beverages and wine;  to establish reasonable regulations and ascertainable standards for licensees which will ensure the public peace;  to protect consumers;  to ensure that only qualified persons obtain licenses;  and to enhance fine dining opportunities in the city, including the financial, cultural and tourism benefits thereof.  Sec. 7-2.  Definitions The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall ha...