The McDonough City Council voted at its December 12 regular meeting to approve the annexation of nearly five acres of property at 419 Parker Road with the same residential-agricultural zoning it had in unincorporated Henry County.
It is referred to in city documents as the “Reeves property” and council member Scott Reeves recused himself from the discussion and vote. It had been denied in a November meeting which had some council members absent, and Mayor Sandra Vincent cited a city code section that allowed it to be reconsidered at the very next meeting. This time it passed 4-1 with Vanessa Thomas opposed, Reeves not voting and Kamali Varner absent from the meeting.
In other business, several board appointments were made meeting. Five members of the Planning Commission were reappointed: Ricky Beauchamp, Latonua Hawkins, Calvin McClendon, Yolanda Williams, and Taira Castora. Reappointments to the Board of Zoning Appeals included Reid Burch, Brenda Goodson, Samuel Humphrey, Charles Piersaul, along with new appointee Carla Dennis. Benjamin Pruett did not make an appointment to either body, and Kamali Varner was absent from the meeting. Mayor Sandra Vincent also announced the appointment of George Patterson to the Transportation Advisory Group hosted by Henry County.
The council approved a $48,757 contract to repave and stripe approximately 321 square yards of the intersection of Hwy. 155 and Postmaster Drive, paid for by SPLOST funds. Also approved at the council’s December 12 meeting was the transfer of $1,226,397 from the Water/Sewer Fund’s capital outlay account to the system improvements account, to be used for the current Turner Church force main upgrade for which the council gave the go-ahead in September.
The purchase of four safety cameras at a total cost of $10,000 was approved, as were five replacement sets of firefighting turnout gear at a total cost of $13,625. A request to purchase 12 Scott Air-Pak X3 Pros, six for each of the two new fire apparatus that were ordered last January, was approved at $81,336 using SPLOST funds.
