Without taking any action, the McDonough City Council considered at its Oct. 21 meeting a memorandum of understanding with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Georgia similar to what was approved by the Henry County Board of Commissioners a week earlier.

  The cost to the city would be $450,000 over three years, according to a city staff report, with the first payment of $150,000 due Nov. 15 and the balance paid in 24 monthly installments beginning Jan. 1, 2021. This money would come from the city’s general fund.

  The agreement is part of a plan to create two Boys and Girls Clubs locations in the city of McDonough, on the east and west sides of town, in facilities controlled by the Henry County Board of Education. The BGCCG would oversee the actual operation of both clubs with financing from the city and the county as well as some facility expenses borne by the school system.

  The issue was discussed by the council but no action was taken. The next council meeting is Nov. 7. The commissioners approved a MOU at their Oct. 15 meeting.

  In other business, the council officially completed the annexation and rezoning process for a site on Hwy. 20/81 on the east side the I-75 interchange that was formerly the home of a Waffle House restaurant. This action was in line with other annexations of small tracts in the retail corridor along that stretch of the highway.

The issue had been on the council’s agenda at two previous meeting and a public hearing on the annexation had already taken place. After the annexation vote was approved unanimously, a public hearing was convened at this meeting on the rezoning with no one from the public speaking for or against it. The rezoning was also approved unanimously.

  Another rezoning case was brought back to the council because of an additional variance request pertaining to setback requirements. This site, which is just under an acre, is at 200 Atlanta Street and the applicant is seeking a rezoning from R-100 (single-family residential) to OI (office-institutional). A public hearing was scheduled for the council’s Nov. 18 meeting.