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Votes at a glance: Upson County commissioners — Feb. 25, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken at the Upson County commission meeting on Feb. 25, including a denial of a beer/package sales license, an appointment, two resolutions and routine minutes approval.
The Upson County Board of Commissioners took the following formal actions at its Feb. 25 meeting.
• Beer and package sales license — PBP Corp. (Sunoco Food Mart), 424 Jeff Davis Road, Thomaston: The board opened and closed a public hearing on the license application; after staff cited noncompliance with local code sections (referred to in the meeting as sections 6‑38 and 6‑46), Commissioner Jones moved to deny the application; the motion was seconded and recorded as passed. The applicant’s representative was listed as "Mister Patel." The resolution recorded that the application was not in compliance with the cited ordinances and the license was denied.
• Appointment to the Planning Commission — Jacqueline Lewis: The board nominated and appointed Jacqueline Lewis to the Planning Commission; motion carried.
• Resolution on magistrate court technology fee — Resolution 0725: The board approved a resolution asking staff and the county attorney to pursue local legislation authorizing the magistrate court to charge a technology fee; details and next steps are covered in a separate item in this meeting.
• Policy on political activities of county employees — Resolution 092025: The board adopted a policy requiring employees who seek political office to resign and prohibiting employees from being appointed to commissions or advisory committees while employed by the board; a current employee serving a term may finish that term but would not be eligible for reappointment under the policy.
• Consent agenda (minutes): The board approved work session and regular meeting minutes from Feb. 5 and Feb. 11.
• Executive session: The board voted to enter an executive session for personnel matters and later returned to the open meeting.
Motions were made and seconded as recorded on the meeting record; where the transcript did not list a specific mover or second, the item description indicates that a motion and second took place and that the motion passed.
