At the October 19 Hogansville City Council meeting, a lengthy discussion was held about the Hogansville Planning & Zoning Commission's recommendation about the proposed amendments to the city's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).
Prior to the September 21 Hogansville City Council meeting, a public hearing was held to hear citizen input on the proposed 2026 millage rate. The 7.95 proposed rate has been unchanged in the city for twenty-three years. As required by law, it was the city's third public hearing about the millage rate. No citizens chose to speak on the matter.
After the meeting was called to order, a proclamation from the mayor, city council and city was read designating August 21, 2026 as Ricky Thrash Day. Thrash was honored for his thirty-two years as an educator and administrator, forty years as operator of Thrash and Son's Funeral, twenty years on the Hogansville Planning and Zoning Commission and his long-time civic leadership and community involvement.
The Hogansville City Council held their final regular meeting of the month on August 17 in front of a standing room only crowd.
he Hogansville City Council held their first meeting of the month on August 3rd, soon after the conclusion of the second Public Hearing about the new amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for areas that would be zoned High Industrial.
The Hogansville City Council held the second Public Hearing concerning amendments for a Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for rezoning areas of the city to General High Industrial (G-HI). This UDO would be in used to regulate any data centers that could be built in the future. The hearing was originally scheduled for City Hall but was moved again to the Royal Theater to accommodate the expected large crowd. It was a good change of venue since approximately 150 people attended.
The first bit of new business concerned the data center moratorium which expires on August 2nd. A moratorium extension was discussed, and after Councilman Jason Baswell proposed a thirty day extension from August 2nd, the draft was approved.
The first scheduled Hogansville City Council meeting for July was replaced by a Public Hearing to hear citizen comments about the proposed new amendments for the new Unified Development Ordinance. The new UDO concerns the creation and establishment of a Heavy Industrial zoning district in the city to specifically deal with data centers. Prior to the public hearing, at a work session for the council, changes were discussed for the fifth draft of the UDO amendments, which was available for audience members.
he first bit of new business for the Hogansville City Council at their June 15th regularly scheduled meeting concerned the agreement with Redspeed over the traffic cameras in front of Hogansville Elementary School.
Along with many other towns across America, Hogansville is gearing up for Independence Day, which in 2026 will be our country's 250th anniversary.
