Putnam County Board of Commissioners

(Eatonton Messenger/File Photo)

(Eatonton Messenger/File Photo)

Commissioners counting kitchens at meeting

Kate Verity
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners met April 16 for a meeting filled with public comment and discourse as several citizens raised concerns over the board’s proposal to change several lines in the County Code of Ordinances.One of the more contested revisions dealt with redefining the term...
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Commissioners listen to litany of citizens’ concerns

Ian Tocher
Thursday, April 4, 2024
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners met on March 19 and the public question period drew comments from Barbara Vargo, asking commissioners to consider allowing additional structures to be built on a property without requiring an exemption request, so long as the property is large enough to...
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Brief BOC meeting hears PDA update, floral symbol plea

Kate Verity
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Putnam County Commissioners kicked off the month of March with a 10 a.m. board meeting last Friday. At only an hour long, the meeting was on the shorter side as the commissioners and staff succinctly moved through the agenda.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Mixed meeting agenda for Putnam commissioners

Kate Verity
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
In last Tuesday night’s meeting, the Putnam County Board of Commissioners (BOC) moved forward in purchasing playground equipment for Jimmy Davis Park, talked about funding for planned TSPLOST road projects, received the 2023 audit report, and heard about a nuisance “disco light show.”
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Bond referendum required for road resurfacings

Rufus Adair
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Getting more for less – that is, more road resurfacing for less money – marks the major hope behind the financial juggling in the Putnam Board of Commissioners’ March 12 referendum seeking voter approval for a maximum $22-million sale of general obligation (G.O.) bonds.
Near the start of the Feb. 2 Putnam County Commission meeting, former Eatonton city attorney Barry Fleming (4th from left) was recognized for being appointed Jan. 10 as a Columbia County Superior Court Judge. Fleming was presented with a certificate and will soon receive a custom-made gavel from (l-r) Putnam County Commission Chair Bill Sharp and Commissioners Gary McElhenney, Steve Hersey, Jeff Wooten, and Daniel Brown. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Near the start of the Feb. 2 Putnam County Commission meeting, former Eatonton city attorney Barry Fleming (4th from left) was recognized for being appointed Jan. 10 as a Columbia County Superior Court Judge. Fleming was presented with a certificate and will soon receive a custom-made gavel from (l-r) Putnam County Commission Chair Bill Sharp and Commissioners Gary McElhenney, Steve Hersey, Jeff Wooten, and Daniel Brown. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Pickleball proposal pumps up BOC meeting

Kate Verity
Thursday, February 8, 2024
The Feb. 2 Putnam County Board of Commissioners meeting was an unusually bright gathering, as the room was filled by neon-shirted Putnam County pickleball players.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Putnam County rezoning recommendations

Rufus Adair
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Rezonings for a convenience store/gas station on Old Phoenix Road and a grocery/fresh meat market on Pea Ridge Road were recommended for approval last week by the Putnam County Planning and Zoning Commission.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

One challenger wins in local elections

Rufus Adair
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Challengers made a strong showing in Eatonton’s city elections on Nov. 7, but only one managed to break through as voters stuck with familiar leaders, both in Eatonton and in the four-way race for the vacant District 3 seat on the county commission.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

BOC explains budget amendment

Rufus Adair
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Sometimes items on a meeting agenda seem innocuous enough – until they aren’t. It happened three times at last Friday’s meeting of the Putnam County Board of Commissioners. The first involved “2023 Budget Amendment #2.”
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