Georgia Department Of Public Health Report Shows COVID Case Count In Northeast Health District Declines Slightly

***Oconee, Clarke Counts Unchanged***

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added 154 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Oct. 4, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.

The Department of Public Health reported 193 new cases in the week ending on Sept. 27.

Oconee Commissioners Set To Respond To Long List Of Zoning Requests At Regular Meeting On Tuesday

***Planning Commission Approved Of Changes***

Two of the last remaining undeveloped parcels along the southeast side of Hog Mountain Road east of Butler’s Crossing will be converted to commercial use if the Board of Commissioners approves two separate rezone requests at its meeting on Tuesday.

UAL Holdings LLC is seeking to rezone a 2.7 acre parcel that currently has a residence on it at 1911 Hog Mountain Road to B-2 (Highway Business District) so it can build a four-building office complex.

COVID Case Count In Northeast Health District Continues To Decline

***Oconee, Clarke Again Report Decreases***

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added 193 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Sept. 27, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.

The Department of Public Health reported 231 new cases in the week ending on Sept. 20.

Oconee County Plans To More Than Quadruple The Miles Of Roads Resurfaced Next Year

***TSPLOST Providing Bulk Of Funding

Oconee County plans to resurface 30.27 miles of roadway in the county from March to September of next year, more than four times what it has been resurfacing in the typical calendar year.

The road work will be paid for with a $742,287 Local Maintenance Improvement Grant (LMIG) from the state, $2 million from the county’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, and $5.7 million from the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax approved by voters last November.

Citizens At Oconee County Town Hall Meeting Talk About Libraries, Swimming Pools, Paper Ballots, School Board, Tax Receipts

***Request For Alcohol Sales Opposite Malcom Bridge School Noted***

Suzannah Heimel asked the Oconee County Board of Commissioners to find a way to provide oversight of the county’s libraries.

Julie Mauck said she wants the county to defund the two libraries until the problems she sees “gets worked out” and then the two libraries should “pull away from the Athens Regional Library System.”

COVID Case Count In Northeast Health District Drops Sharply, Georgia Department Of Public Health Reports

***Oconee, Clarke Report Decreases***

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added 231 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Sept. 20, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.

The Department of Public Health reported 411 new cases in the week ending on Sept.13, 345 new cases in the week ending on Sept. 6, 424 new cases in the week ending on Aug. 30, and 519 new cases in the week ending on Aug. 23.

Cost Of Oconee County Third High School Estimated At Up To $175 Million, Not Including Land Acquisition

***High School Enrollment Now Not Seen As Problem***

The estimated cost of building a third high school for Oconee County Schools is between $150 and $175 million, School Superintendent Jason Branch reported at the Community Engagement Session held at the Civic Center on Tuesday night.

That figure does not include land acquisition, which Branch estimated to be an additional “several million."