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Oconee commissioners approve series of variances, waivers, personnel changes and capital items; votes at a glance
Summary
At its Jan. 7 meeting the Oconee County Board of Commissioners approved variances for a school fence, a waiver for a QuickTrip buffer, salary adjustments, IT and E‑911 equipment contracts, a VOCA grant, a tanker purchase and other routine budget and procurement items; one variance driveway request was denied.
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 7 approved a set of administrative, procurement and land-use items, including variances, a waiver, personnel pay-matrix changes, several contracts and grant acceptance. The board voted on each item by voice vote; motions were recorded on the transcript with outcomes.
Votes at a glance (items approved unless noted)
- Variance P24-0226 (Burgess Jennings Mill LLC / JG Griffith Investments LLC): Approved a variance to allow a 6-foot decorative metal picket fence and a 3-foot hedge (in lieu of a 6-foot privacy/wood-simulated fence) surrounding a proposed child-care site (The Goddard School). Staff recommended conditional approval; the applicant said the metal picket fence is consistent with other Goddard School campuses.
- Waiver request (QuikTrip Corporation): Approved a waiver of the UDC-required 50-foot landscape buffer between a proposed QuickTrip site (B-2) and adjacent AR parcels because QuikTrip owns surrounding parcels and proposed landscaping met waiver criteria.
- Pay-matrix adjustments (effective Jan. 5, 2025): Approved…
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