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Cusseta‑Chattahoochee work session moves to tighten CUP process, consider cemetery bylaws and repair Friendship Road
Summary
At a Jan. 27 work session county leaders discussed advancing cemetery bylaws, inviting the Planning & Zoning board to review the conditional‑use permit process, and using 2024 LMIG funds to repair Friendship Road; officials also flagged the need for a special election tied to HB581 and SPLOST planning.
County staff and commissioners used a Jan. 27 work session to plan next steps on zoning process changes, cemetery rules and near‑term road repairs.
County Manager Thomas Weaver said cemetery bylaws will return to a future work session and recommended the commission invite the Planning & Zoning board to an evening meeting on Feb. 24 to review the conditional‑use permit (CUP) process and identify wording or procedural changes. Weaver told commissioners the goal is to clarify “grey areas” in the CUP procedure and to consider reducing the Planning & Zoning board from seven to five members per a Planning & Zoning request.
Weaver proposed using 2024 LMIG funds to make urgent repairs to Friendship Road and said Liberty Hill Road is adjacent and also needs work. Commissioners agreed to begin adding specific road projects to future work sessions for planning and prioritization. Weaver also recommended establishing a SPLOST bank account to segregate funds and noted that implementing HB581 would benefit the county; he said a special election on a sales tax is likely to be scheduled in November and staff will prepare an informational flyer for the public.
The session included departmental updates: Recreation director Mordie Askew reported ongoing basketball and upcoming baseball seasons and staffing vacancies; code and permitting updates were provided by Samantha Hedgecoke; public works updates (reported by the county manager and Tom Bickel) covered well repairs, heater replacements and recent hires; animal control raised concerns about increased stray dogs in the county. Robert Sumner, a resident who now runs training at the NSA compound, offered to coordinate charity events for the county at no cost.
The work session entered executive session to discuss personnel, real estate and legal matters and later reconvened without board action. The session adjourned at 10:58 a.m.
Next steps recorded: schedule a Feb. 24 evening meeting with Planning & Zoning for a CUP review; staff to prepare public hearing notices and an informational flyer related to any sales‑tax/special election tied to HB581.
