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Cochran council approves routine appointments, proclamations and denies sign variance requests
Summary
At its April 14 meeting the Cochran Mayor and Council approved multiple routine items — including appointing Tiffany Fowler as interim city clerk, adding a bank signer, setting delegates, and several proclamations — and denied two sign variance requests for Cochran Beverage Outlet.
The Cochran Mayor and Council handled a package of routine administrative and ceremonial items during its April 14 regular meeting, approving appointments, proclamations and event locations and denying two sign variances.
Key actions recorded in the minutes include the appointment of Tiffany Fowler as Interim City Clerk (motion by Lonnie Tedders, second by Rufus Veal; passed unanimously), approval of Georgia Cities Week activities, designation of April 17 as Chris Harris Day, approval of the municipal lawn as an alternate location for the Bible Reading Marathon (motion by Mayor Pro Tem Savant, second by Councilmember Lester; passed unanimously), and the appointment of Tiffany Fowler as the city’s voting delegate to the Gas Authority with Gary Ates as alternate. Council also appointed Dianne Lawson Lester as an additional bank signer (motion by Mayor Pro Tem Savant, second by Lonnie Tedders; passed unanimously).
Two sign-variance requests for Cochran Beverage Outlet — one for a second monument sign and another for an LED digital sign the minutes say would have violated spacing rules — were denied following a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Savant and a second by Councilmember Gary Ates; the minutes record the motions to deny as passed.
The meeting also included regular departmental reports (fire, police, public works, finance, and administration), outside-agency updates from the Downtown Development Authority and the Chamber of Commerce, a presentation from Stepping Stone Child Advocacy and Sexual Assault Center, and routine city-manager and city-attorney reports. Council adjourned at 7:39 p.m.
Votes at a glance: appointment of interim city clerk — passed unanimously; Bible Reading Marathon location — passed unanimously; Gas Authority voting delegate — passed unanimously; appointment of additional bank signer — passed unanimously; payment to Deep South — passed unanimously; sign variances for Cochran Beverage Outlet — motions to deny passed (minutes do not list a split tally).
