Oconee County Commissioners Decide To Seek Citizen For Hard Labor Creek Board

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners decided Tuesday to advertise for a citizen to join the Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir Management Board, though it left unspecified how that advertisement would read and whether the citizen would be a voting or a nonvoting alternate member.

Commissioner Jim Luke indicated he preferred that the citizen be a nonvoting member, but Commissioner John Daniell said that the advertisement could leave open the possibility that the citizen be appointed as one of the county’s three voting members or as one of the three alternates.

Commission Chairman Melvin Davis said he sided with Luke and felt the advertisement at a minimum should specify whether the citizen would be a voting member or a nonvoting alternate.

In the end, the BOC left it to Davis and County Clerk Jane Greathouse to draft an advertisement and come back to the group for final approval.

The pair also will offer language for the advertisement which may stipulate that the citizen list expertise relevant to management of a reservoir project.

For more on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.

See also:

• Oconee County Board of Commissioners To Take Up Citizen Appointment to Hard Labor Creek Board
• Oconee County Chairman Thwarted In Attempt To Control Slot on Hard Labor Creek Management Board
• Oconee County Commissioners Accept Chairman Recommendation to Replace Former Commissioner On Boards
• Oconee County BOC Approves New Debt for Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir