Votes at a glance: Bryan County commissioners’ actions on zoning, ordinances, appointments and projects Jan. 14

At its Jan. 14 meeting, the Bryan County Board of Commissioners voted on a series of public‑hearing and administrative items. Below are the motions, brief descriptions and outcomes as recorded in the meeting.

• Conditional use permit — Coleman Company (borrow pit, parcel 063‑001). Motion to approve conditions 1–7; passed (affirmative votes recorded on the motion; no opposition stated in the transcript).

• Rezoning and conditional use — BG’s Repair and Refinishing LLC (209 Bill Futch Road, parcel 025‑001‑1). Motion to rezone from B‑1 to B‑2 with condition to construct six additional parking spaces prior to car rental service and to approve conditional use for heavy automotive repair; motions passed (no opposition stated in transcript).

• Sketch plat — Savannah Land Holdings LLC (Parcel 30, Waterways; approx. 206 lots). Motion to approve sketch plat conditioned on execution and approval of a water and sewer agreement; motion passed.

• Water and sewer agreement — Savannah Land Holdings LLC. Motion to approve the water and sewer service agreement; motion passed.

• Rezoning — James S. Leech (Olive Branch Road, parcel 0291‑045‑1). Motion to rezone from RR‑2.5 to RR‑1.5 for a 4.45‑acre parcel to subdivide for a family member’s home; motion passed.

• Zoning condition amendment — Lakes at Black Creek (lots 157–166). Motion to approve amendment to buffer and drainage conditions with specific requirements (drainage improvements, civil drawings, landscape plan and two‑year maintenance agreement prior to building permits for lots 157–166); motion passed.

• Sketch plat/minor subdivision — Heritage Acres (phase C, lot C‑13; parcel 0271‑059). Motion to approve the subdivision with condition that the property owner obtain public health approval for individual septic systems prior to final plat recording; motion passed.

• Ordinance, sign code amendments — Bryan County sign ordinance (interstate signage, digital gas price displays, outdoor advertising). Motion to approve amendments as presented; motion passed.

• Ordinance, UDO amendment — Addition of section 114‑221 to Bryan County Unified Development Ordinance to pause subsequent applications when an issue is subject to litigation. Motion to approve addition of section 114‑221; motion passed.

• County administration and appointments — Reappointment of Aaron Kappler as county attorney; appointments to Board of Elections and Registration (Lanetta Smith, Noah Covington, reappointment of Keith Spitznagel), appointment to Planning and Zoning (Dustin Sims); motions passed.

• Infrastructure and plans — Approval to submit updated list of paved road speed limits to the Georgia Department of Transportation; adoption of the 2025 road classification plan resolution; motions passed.

• CDBG selection — Awarded CDBG application/project administration to Carter & Sloop, engineering to TR Long and architecture to McCall Architecture; motion passed.

• IGA and contract award — Approval of IGA with City of Richmond Hill for Belfast Keller Road improvements and award of construction contract to Platinum Paving & Concrete LLC for $16,101,164; motions passed.

• Condemnation resolution — Declaration of taking and authorization to commence condemnation proceedings for parcel 023‑5 (for the Highway 80 regional force main improvement project); motion passed 3‑1.

Each item was moved, seconded and decided in open session; where the transcript records an explicit vote split it is noted above. For many items, the record shows a motion carried after the chair called for "All in favor? Aye" and no individualized roll call was read into the public record during the meeting transcript provided.

The county will publish final signed ordinances, agreements and contract documents in county records and on the clerk’s page as they are executed.