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Commissioners decline to act on Highway 79 renaming after objection
Summary
Leon County Commissioners voted to take no action on a proposal to dedicate the county portion of Highway 79 to Cecil and Dorothy Bell after a public objection was raised during opening comments.
The Leon County Commissioners Court on April 30 voted to take no action on an agenda item that would have dedicated the county portion of Highway 79 — from west of the city limits through Oakwood to the Freestone/Leon county line — to Cecil and Dorothy Bell. Commissioner T. J. Foley made the motion to take no action and Commissioner Kyle Workman seconded; the motion carried.
During the public comment period, members of the Leon County Republican Party Executive Committee introduced themselves. Sam Anderson explicitly objected to the renaming proposal, citing Representative Bell’s voting record as the reason for his opposition. The item was placed on the agenda as Item 9 but the Court declined to move forward with a dedication at this meeting. No vote tally was recorded in the minutes beyond the motion carrying.
