Hogansville Council Hears First Reading of UDO Amendments

The 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.

City Attorney Alex Dixon gave the first reading of the new UDO amendments, which have been written and re-written several times over the past six months. The second reading for the amendments will be on August 17th, at which time they can be approved by the Council, if they so choose. Friday, August 7th was designated as Purple Heart Day in Hogansville, with a proclamation and ceremony held in Calvin Hipp Park.

City Manager Lisa Kelly said the city has had a reserve fund checking account at Community Bank and Trust for years, but wanted to separate the account into a reserve fund checking account and a reserve fund internal line of credit checking account. The accounts would be with Anchor Bank which recently bought CB&T. Each account was voted on separately and were approved by the Council.

After two rounds of interviews, including one with all department heads, the city has hired a new Deputy City Clerk. The new city employee was unable to attend the council meeting but will be introduced at the August 17h next Council meeting.

Police Chief Jeffrey Sheppard cautioned drivers to slow down near Hogansville Elementary School as kids will be returning to class and the Redspeed cameras will be activated during school hours. He also reported that the last blood drive was two hours late in starting, which may have contributed to only twenty pints of blood being collected instead of their goal of twenty five pints.