Putnam County Board of Commissioners

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Highway 44 and rentals dominate BOC meeting

Rufus Adair
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Roads and rentals – and their place in Lake Oconee’s long-term character and drawing power – bubbled up in discussions at the Putnam County Board of Commissioners’ first monthly meeting last Friday.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

BOC addresses road resurfacing, manager contract

Rufus Adair
Thursday, January 26, 2023
The first wave of this year’s road resurfacing projects, along with a four-year contract with County Manager Paul Van Haute, were approved at last week’s meeting of the Putnam County Board of Commissioners.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Timeline proposed for new school construction

Bailey Ballard
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Assistant Superintendent Derick Austin reported the proposed timeline for the new elementary school to the Putnam County Board of Education on Monday. The timeline estimates the design will start in June with construction beginning in January 2024.
Billy Webster holds a framed montage of 13 shoulder patches from NASA’s Apollo program presented to him as a gift for his service as chairman. CONTRIBUTED

Billy Webster holds a framed montage of 13 shoulder patches from NASA’s Apollo program presented to him as a gift for his service as chairman. CONTRIBUTED

Retirement ceremony held for outgoing chair Webster

Rufus Adair
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Last week’s meeting of the Putnam County Board of Commissioners marked not only its last of the year but also the retirement of Chairman Billy Webster.
At the front of the Frey property lies a driveway, a mailbox – and a half-dozen or so “decorative stones,” as he calls them, placed within a foot or so of the road and about 10-12 feet apart. The stones are not huge boulders, but they are not small either – roughly the size of a microwave oven to a large cooler.

At the front of the Frey property lies a driveway, a mailbox – and a half-dozen or so “decorative stones,” as he calls them, placed within a foot or so of the road and about 10-12 feet apart. The stones are not huge boulders, but they are not small either – roughly the size of a microwave oven to a large cooler.

Right-of-way request remains unresolved

Rufus Adair
Thursday, January 5, 2023
A neighborhood wrangle over rocks and mailboxes – and what can be allowed in a county-owned right-of-way – provided the centerpiece of last week’s Putnam County Board of Commissioners meeting.

Transit dominates county commission meeting

Rufus Adair
Thursday, October 13, 2022
With the budget and millage rate settled for the new fiscal year starting Oct. 1, the Putnam County Board of Commissioners spent its first monthly meeting last Friday settling back into the business of governing.
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