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Coffee County Commission rejects motion to suspend rules to allow public comment on Goose Pond rezoning
Summary
The commission declined a call to suspend rules and allow audience comment on a proposed rezoning for 39 Goose Pond Road after a failed motion on June 9; the commission later proceeded to consider other zoning items and passed unrelated measures.
The Coffee County Commission on June 9 rejected a motion to suspend its rules and allow audience members to speak about a proposed rezoning for 39 Goose Pond Road.
Mayor Hunt asked the commission for a motion to suspend the rules to permit audience comment on Resolution 2026-09, which would amend the county zoning map for property at 39 Goose Pond Road. Commissioner Miller moved to suspend the rules and Chairman Jones seconded. The motion failed by a show of hands, recorded as 9 in favor and 4 opposed, with 5 members absent.
The failed suspension prevented members of the public from addressing the commission on the rezoning at that point in the agenda; the transcript does not record a subsequent vote on Resolution 2026-09 itself during this meeting. Because the commission declined to permit public comment, the matter remained before the body for its future action or reconsideration.
The attempt to allow public comment drew a clear division among members: commissioners who voted in favor are recorded by name in the meeting tally; commissioners who opposed the motion likewise registered their positions. The transcript lists the yes votes as Smith, DeFord, Anderson, Hershman, Duncan, Miller, Stubblefield, Malone and Watkins; the no votes as Jones, Hollandsworth, Perry and Brown. Five commissioners were absent.
The meeting proceeded to other agenda items after the vote. The commission announced its next regular meeting for June 23, 2026, and adjourned.
