Winder council to hold closed session prior to first meeting of 2012

Mayor David Maynard will announce the creation of four new council committees and their duties. He will officially appoint three councilmen to each of the committees at the council's voting session Tuesday, Jan. 10.

Other discussion items for the Monday meeting will be about Scatt's Automotive and about property on Park Avenue that is being used for storage.

TUESDAY

Tuesday’s council voting session will begin at 6 p.m. at the community center. The first order of business will be Maynard’s announcement of the new standing committees of the city council and his committee appointments.

Following public comment and reports by the finance director, the police chief and the fire chief, the council is slated to take action on the following items:

•Embassy Walk Project.
•Public Works surplus item – a 1994 Chevy Kodiak truck.
•The reappointments of Tommy Sanders and David Smith to new four-year terms on the Joint Development Authority of Winder-Barrow County.
•The appointment of Wayne Crowe to a two-year term on the Public Facilities Authority. His term will end Dec. 31, 2013.
•The appointments of Helen Person and Mike Bentley to three-year terms on the Historic Preservation Commission.
•The reappointment of Mace Strickland to a six-year term on the Winder Downtown Development Authority.
•The appointment of Chris Maddox to a six-year term on the DDA.
•The appointments of Bruce Braselton, the Rev. Alfred Hazel and Jim Townsend to two-year terms on the city’s new Ethics Board.
•Beer and wine permit by the package for Mohammed Sirajuddin Ahmed, Divine Food Mart Inc., operating as Sunoco Food Mart at 183 W. Athens St. This is a new owner.
•Pawnbroker license for owner Charles C. Chase III, operating as Professional Pawn Partners LLC at 152 W. May St. This is a new business.
Following the adjournment of the council meeting, the members will reconvene as the Zoning Board of Appeals to hear two matters:
•A variance request submitted by Aldi Inc. and owner CBT, a division of SCBT NA, for a decrease in the required number of parking spaces for a retail business. The property is at 160 W. May St. and is zoned Neighborhood Commercial.
•A conditional use request by applicant Choice Care Assisted Living and owners Doug Baxter, Richard Russell and Dee Russell, for an assisted living home with up to 16 residents to be operated at 137 N. Broad St.