BOC considers SPLOST, fire code revisions, board appointments
District 2 Commissioner Steve Hersey raised several concerns about county spending throughout last Tuesday’s meeting. IAN TOCHER/Staff
Commissioners agreed to spend nearly $320K on a new Public Works truck equipped with a boom, grappling equipment, and a dump bed to make roadside storm and debris cleanup quicker and less labor intensive. IAN TOCHER/Staff
Public opposition to the proposed rock quarry again dominated public comments that opened the Putnam County Board of Commissioners meeting July 21.
Still, commissioners spent most of the evening addressing changes to SPLOST funding agreements, adopting updated fire protection standards, authorizing a new county equipment purchase, and filling vacancies on several local boards.
