Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Sunday, July 08, 2012
Oconee County Board of Commissioners and Board of Education Contests To Start Candidate Forums Monday and Tuesday
The Candidate Forum scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. tomorrow night in the Community Center at Veterans Park on Hog Mountain Road will begin with all six candidates running for the three Commission posts at center stage.
Each candidate will be given two minutes to introduce herself or himself before taking questions directly from the audience.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Nonpartisan Oconee County Candidate Forums on July 9 and 10 To Include Session On T-SPLOST Legislative History
Two nonpartisan forums in which citizens will have the chance to pose their questions directly to candidates contesting races in Oconee County will be held July 9 and 10 at the Community Center in Veterans Park.
The sessions each night will begin at 7 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. at the Hog Mountain Road facility.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Daniells Bridge Road FOR SALE Signs Signal Changes in Some Proposed Oconee County Developments
Residents living in subdivisions along Daniells Bridge Road were confronted with a new For Sale sign last month for a property in the sharp curve as the roadway veers away from the entrance ramp to SR Loop 10.
That property had been rezoned by the Board of Commissioners in December of 2008 despite protest from residents of the subdivisions who felt that the traffic generated by the proposed office building would make the roadway even more dangerous.
Friday, June 08, 2012
Oconee County Commissioners Hear Report on Sewer Capacity Fee Investigation
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners on May 29 brought at least a temporary close to a two-year investigation of how the county handles sewer capacity fees when county Administrative Officer Alan Theriault read a nine-minute-long report on that investigation into the public record.
“Frankly, we had a mess,” said Commissioner Jim Luke at the end of the report, given as part of the regular Commission meeting. He said he was pleased with what the county had done to address the problem.
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Oconee County Customers To Begin Paying More For Water and Sewer Services on July 1
Oconee County water and sewer customers will begin paying higher rates on July 1 as part of the budget passed by the Oconee County Board of Commissioners last Tuesday.
The base rate for residential water customers will go from $17.50 per month to $18.00, or an increase of 2.9 percent.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Farm Pond Exemption to Clean Water Act Allows Farmers To Do What Oconee County Government, Developers Cannot: Part I
Over the last 10 plus years, Tony Townley, one of the founders of Zaxby’s and now one of the largest land owners in Oconee County, has built a series of small lakes and ponds on his properties.
Included is a recently constructed small lake on Frazier Creek that backs up to Aycock Road just west of that road’s intersection with Matthews Road. Frazier Creek is a tributary of the Apalachee River.