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Residents' representative asks for evening, larger hearing after late notice of rezoning extension
Summary
At the Sept. 17 special session, residents' representative Eddie Felling told commissioners they learned only recently of the landowner's request for a rezoning extension and asked that the continued hearing be scheduled in the evening and in a larger space to accommodate turnout; the board set the hearing for Nov. 20 at 6:00 p.m.
During the Sept. 17 special session, opponents of a proposed rock‑quarry rezoning said they had received late notice about the landowner’s request for an extension and asked the Putnam County Board of Commissioners to schedule the continued hearing at a time and place that would accommodate more residents.
"They sent out advance notice and just now found out about the extension request. He is requesting that if the extension is granted to hold it in the evening and a larger space to accommodate everyone," Eddie Felling told the commissioners, asking for broader access to the process. Commissioner David Berry responded that he shared concerns about the short notice but moved to grant the 60‑day extension, stating the continued hearing would be held Nov. 20 at 6:00 p.m. at the Putnam County Courthouse.
The minutes show the board approved the extension unanimously. The record does not specify by what channels the county will publish new notices for the continued hearing or whether an alternative, larger venue will be secured; those details were not recorded in the minutes.
