The Columbia County Management and Internal Services Committee will discuss appointments to the newly created Columbia County Library System.
The five initial board members being recommended are and their length of term is:
- Connie Melear, Countywide, Dec. 31, 2026 (Melear is currently the District 1 Commissioner)
- John Luton, District 1 Dec. 31, 2026 (Luton is currently the Community Services division director)
- Vacant, District 2, Dec. 31, 2028
- Secelia Brown, District 3, Dec. 31, 2028
- Windy Bedingfield, District 4, Dec. 31, 2026
According to the agenda document, the District 2 appointee will remain vacant until that seat is filled in the Nov. 4 special election. The document also stated that after the initial terms expire, all other terms will be for four years and commissioners may reappoint members for additional four-year terms.
These appointments come after the Columbia County Board of Commissioners voted in May to leave the Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library System and create a single county system with the Columbia County Regional Library System. Following the creation of the new system, the county approved dissolving the previous library advisory board.
The creation of the new system will be effective Jan. 1, 2026.
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Development and Planning Services Committee
The Development and Planning Services Committee will discuss two alcoholic beverage license requests.
One is for Parker’s Kitchen to sell beer and wine for off premise consumption at 3900 Washington Road. The other is an alcoholic beverage license to sell beer, wine, and distilled spirits for on premise consumption for Agaves Mexican Grill located 720 Point Bluff Parkway Suite 1.
Staff is recommending approval of both licenses.
The committees will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 8:30 a.m. in the auditorium at the Evans Government Center Complex. To view the agendas, visit columbiacountyga.gov.
