Oconee County Council elects leadership, sets committee chairs and fills multiple boards and commissions
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At its Jan. 7 organizational meeting, Oconee County Council elected leadership, reappointed the clerk, named a council chaplain, established committee chairs and approved multiple board and commission nominees by voice vote.
Oconee County Council completed its organizational business Tuesday, electing council leadership, reappointing the clerk to council and approving a slate of committee chairs and board appointments by voice vote.
During the meeting the council received several nominations for internal leadership and then voted to set committee chairs and appoint council representatives to regional bodies. Nominations included Matthew Dyer for council chair; the council ultimately voted to elect Mr. Durham as council chair. Don Miles was nominated and approved as vice chairman, and Glenn Hart was approved as chairman pro tem.
Jennifer Adams was reappointed as Clerk to Council. The council also nominated David Root — who served in the meeting as the county attorney — to serve as the council’s chaplain. The chairman read a slate of committee assignments and nominated himself to chair the Budget, Finance & Administration Committee; other committee chairs named included Don Miles, James (last name not specified in audio) and Elliott. The council moved and approved a motion to accept the full slate of committee chairs and members as presented.
Council representatives to outside bodies were named. For the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments board of directors the council named Glenn Hart as council representative, David Underwood as citizen representative and Wayne Rot as minority representative.
The council filled multiple vacancies on county boards and commissions by district and at-large seats. Appointments recorded in the meeting include Manuel Duncan (Agriculture Advisory Board, District 2); Gary Wilson (District 4); Charlie White (District 5); Gwen Fowler (Board of Zoning Appeals, District 2); Jason Cox (Board of Zoning Appeals, District 4); Tim Mays (Board of Zoning Appeals, District 5); Wayne McCall (Board of Zoning Appeals, at-large); and several library board appointments including Paul Hawken, Mandy Ferguson, Kim Jackson, Vicky Smith, Kaye Knapp and Judy Adams. Most nominations were approved by voice vote; one council member stated they would not vote on an appointment because they believe a former county employee or a former county council member should not serve on a committee.
The chairman said further appointments — including seats for the newly established Cornish Shire special tax district and several planning and appeals boards — will be handled at upcoming meetings on Jan. 21 and Feb. 4.
The actions taken were procedural appointments and internal organization; no ordinances were amended in this portion of the meeting.