Public hearings on renaming city structures for a former Augusta mayor, Utilities director and commissioner are set for 3 p.m. Wednesday.
The Augusta Planning Commission will conduct the hearings in addition to making its usual recommendations on zoning items.
The proposals include naming the Eighth Street Plaza and adjacent Riverwalk for Edward M. McIntyre Sr.
McIntyre was Augusta’s first Black mayor, serving from 1981-1984 after eight years on the former Richmond County Commission.
McIntyre was respected, but his tenure was cut short by a federal conviction for extortion in a kickback scheme. He was later pardoned and died in 2004.
The commission also will receive comment on renaming the Augusta Utilities Building for Utilities Director Tom Wiedmeier.
Wiedmeier worked for the local government for more than 20 years including 11 as Utilities director. He was 59 when he died of COVID-19 in August 2020.
The final honoree is former Augusta Commissioner Andy Cheek, whose name is proposed to go on one or more of the baseball fields at Diamond Lakes Regional Park.
Cheek was a youth athletics coach for Augusta Parks and Recreation who served two terms representing District 6 on the Augusta Commission from 2000-2008.
