The Fayette County Board of Commissioners is expected to make an important organizational decision and consider an annexation request at its Aug. 13 regular meeting.
The board has been without a vice chairman since Pota Coston’s death just over a month ago. She was named to that post in her first official meeting as a county commissioner back in January.
County attorney Dennis Davenport said in July that there was no ordinance or other directive requiring the remaining commissioners to fill that post, but they could handle it on a meeting-by-meeting basis.
The only time it has been an issue was in the last meeting before Coston’s death when she was absent due to illness. An agenda item came up which required Chairman Charles Oddo to recuse himself and he left the room, requiring the other three members to vote on someone to chair that particular item’s discussion. Steve Brown was selected at that time.
The board will also consider Peachtree City’s annexation request of 28.3 acres known as the Bradshaw Family LLP Tract, and its rezoning from A-R (agricultural-residential) to a mix that includes 10.5 acres of limited use residential, 8.0 acres of office-institutional, 5.2 acres of general commercial, 3.6 acres of open space, and 1.0 acre for roads.
According to a staff report, the proposed annexation “is not consistent with the existing Land-Use plan and creates a valid land-use argument,” but the county’s Planning and Zoning Department “does not object based upon the proposed land-use being consistent with overlay district and overall development of this corridor.”
The staff report cited a state code section stating that a county objection must be because the annexation would lead to an increased burden on the county directly related to the proposed change in zoning or land use and/or the proposed increase in density and/or increased demands on infrastructure related to the proposed zoning or land use change. The board may object to the annexation by majority vote or choose not to object.
Any objection by the county must be delivered within 30 days from the time of Peachtree City’s initial notice.
