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Ware County commissioners approve Fulford Road speed reduction, select CDBG engineer, reactivate recreation board and set HB 581 hearing dates
Summary
The Ware County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted an ordinance lowering the speed limit on Fulford Road to 35 mph and adding a solar‑lit four‑way stop, approved Statewide Engineering for the 2025 CDBG, reactivated the Recreation Board, confirmed multiple appointments and agreed to begin public hearings on whether to opt out of HB 581’s floating base homestead exemption.
Chairman Elmer Thrift presided over the Ware County Board of Commissioners’ Jan. 16 meeting, at which commissioners approved a package of routine appointments, traffic and grant actions and set public‑hearing dates to begin a formal process under HB 581.
The most substantial items included adoption of Ordinance 2025‑01, which lowers the maximum speed limit on Fulford Road to 35 mph and directs installation of a four‑way stop with solar‑powered, red flashing lights at the designated intersection. Commissioner Timmy Lucas moved to adopt the ordinance; Commissioner Leonard Burse seconded and the board’s roll call recorded all five members voting 'aye'.
The board also approved Resolution 2025‑03 to name Statewide Engineering as the engineer for Ware County’s 2025 Community Development Block Grant application and passed Resolution 2025‑04 to reactivate the county Recreation Board. Commissioners additionally confirmed several appointments: Barry Cox was nominated and confirmed as vice chairman for 2025; Commissioner Timmy Lucas was appointed ex‑officio to the Waycross‑Ware County Library Board; Daniel Morris was appointed to the Waycross‑Ware County Development Authority (term to expire Dec. 31, 2027; appointment effective Feb. 1, 2025); and Commissioner Jon Tindall was appointed to the Downtown Waycross Development Authority.
On a land‑use matter, the board considered a rezoning request at the intersection of Dorothy Street and E. Blackshear Avenue. Commissioner Leonard Burse’s motion to deny the rezoning…
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