Eatonton Council saves some money

Eatonton City Council members were pleased-unto-gushing last week with City Administrator Gary Sanders’ report to the council, stating the city had saved $162,000 off its 50-percent share of a Community Development Block Grant for five street maintenance projects.

Examining the upcoming Eatonton city budget

An overall spending of $10.2 million for the coming fiscal year – and a slightly lower millage rate for property taxes – are expected to be approved by the Eatonton mayor and council at its mid-month meeting this coming Monday evening.

Qualifying coming soon for city elections

Eatonton city elections for mayor and three council seats will be held this fall, with candidate qualifying dates coming up Aug. 21-23. Mayor John Reid is ending his fourth four-year term as mayor and is expected to qualify for another term.

STRs, de-annexation again dominate BOC meeting

On Tuesday last week, the Putnam County Board of Commissioners (BOC) postponed to September the schedule for a new short-term rentals ordinance, and with little comment approved forwarding to Eatonton City Council a new batch of de-annexation requests.

Variances sought for old Eatonton Hotel building

Two significant development projects affecting downtown Eatonton and the Lake Oconee area appear to be near – but not yet at – the boiling point. Both involve zoning decisions, but only one will likely come to some resolution in the next week or so.

Eatonton City Council addresses housing developments

Two separate housing possibilities provided the focus for Monday evening’s Eatonton City Council mid-month meeting. The first came in a rezoning of 26-plus acres on Monticello Road (Ga. 16) across the road from Ingle’s grocery store.