Flemington’s city council held its monthly meeting Nov. 13 and David Edwards, a training officer for the Liberty County Sheriff’s office, was present to request a business license.
Edwards is opening a defensive driving business, “First Class Defensive Driving Services.”
The classes will be given at Savannah Technical College’s Liberty campus on the weekends. Edwards will be using his home as an office for him to keep up with the paperwork and phone calls the business generates, therefore no signs will be posted at his home.
Edwards took a two-week course to be certified as an instructor. The business license was approved.
History-related efforts
Matt Norsworthy and Meredith Devendorf of the Liberty County Cultural and Historical Resource Committee presented to the mayor and council a proposition to conduct surveys to identify and locate historical properties in the area. Norsworthy also discussed recruiting volunteers within historic areas to assist with identifying and locating historical sites.
“All of these pieces of history, we need to compile them and know where they are,” Norsworthy said.
Mayor Sandra Martin and the council agreed to work with the committee.
Future land use
Debra Attical with the Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission was at the meeting to discuss land use. The wetlands area between Applebee’s and Thomas L. Carter Funeral Home was approved by the Army Corps of Engineers to be filled in for future commercial use. The Corps apparently approved the use of the land without consulting the mayor and city council.
“This is my first knowledge that they were given permission to fill in something (wetlands),” Martin said.
Another issue with the wetlands being filled in is where the water will drain.
“I want to know where the water’s going to go,” Martin said.
It was suggested a retention pond would need to be enlarged.
Three of the 10 acres will be developed for commercial use, but it is not yet clear what will be put on the developed land.
Attical assured the council their concerns would be shared with the developers.
Road maintenance
The city council also received the cost to include Old Sunbury Road in the maintenance contract. The cost will be an additional $13,000 a year, but council members say it is worth it because many people have noticed how much better the area looks after being maintained.
A decision will be made in December as to whether Old Sunbury Road will be added to the contract.
Edwards is opening a defensive driving business, “First Class Defensive Driving Services.”
The classes will be given at Savannah Technical College’s Liberty campus on the weekends. Edwards will be using his home as an office for him to keep up with the paperwork and phone calls the business generates, therefore no signs will be posted at his home.
Edwards took a two-week course to be certified as an instructor. The business license was approved.
History-related efforts
Matt Norsworthy and Meredith Devendorf of the Liberty County Cultural and Historical Resource Committee presented to the mayor and council a proposition to conduct surveys to identify and locate historical properties in the area. Norsworthy also discussed recruiting volunteers within historic areas to assist with identifying and locating historical sites.
“All of these pieces of history, we need to compile them and know where they are,” Norsworthy said.
Mayor Sandra Martin and the council agreed to work with the committee.
Future land use
Debra Attical with the Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission was at the meeting to discuss land use. The wetlands area between Applebee’s and Thomas L. Carter Funeral Home was approved by the Army Corps of Engineers to be filled in for future commercial use. The Corps apparently approved the use of the land without consulting the mayor and city council.
“This is my first knowledge that they were given permission to fill in something (wetlands),” Martin said.
Another issue with the wetlands being filled in is where the water will drain.
“I want to know where the water’s going to go,” Martin said.
It was suggested a retention pond would need to be enlarged.
Three of the 10 acres will be developed for commercial use, but it is not yet clear what will be put on the developed land.
Attical assured the council their concerns would be shared with the developers.
Road maintenance
The city council also received the cost to include Old Sunbury Road in the maintenance contract. The cost will be an additional $13,000 a year, but council members say it is worth it because many people have noticed how much better the area looks after being maintained.
A decision will be made in December as to whether Old Sunbury Road will be added to the contract.