The Macon County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday night, September 10th, for their regular monthly meeting for September 2019 in the courthouse. Macon Media will be experimenting with publishing video of this meeting in shorter segments instead of just one big video. Each segment will be accompanied by a brief written summary of what takes place in the video. This means that it will be a longer period of time before all the segments of the meeting are published. If all goes well and the feedback is positive, this will become the way Macon Media publishes information about meetings, provided there is time to do so.
ROLL CALL
(media outlets represented at the meeting and elected critters who are not serving on this board are listed here)
Macon Media (me)
WNCC-FM/WFSC-AM
The Franklin Press
The Highlands Paper/Macon County News and Shopping Guide
Segment One
1....Call to order and welcome by Chairman Tate
Chairman Tate opened the meeting shortly after 6:00pm and welcomed all those in attendance and briefly went over how the commissioners handled meetings and time limits on public speaking and where the restrooms were located.
2....Announcements
A. Update on Space Needs Analysis Project - Derek Roland, Macon County Manager
The county manager updated commissioners on the progress of the Space Needs Analysis being conducted by Mosley Architects. Roland anticipates a finished project being delivered in November ahead of the holiday season. He commented on the professionalism of the firm and commended the county department heads for their work in cooperating with representatives of Mosely.
B. Macon County Fair - Ronnie Beale, Commissioner
Commissioner Ronnie Beale announced that the county fair would have opening ceremonies at 1:00pm on Wednesday, September 11th and he anticipates this being one of the larger fairs in recent years. He noted that the Macon County Fair is the only purely agricultural fair left in North Carolina.
C. Veterans Night at the Panther Pit
Commissioner Gary Shields announced that Veterans Night would be held on the football field Friday, September 13th ahead of the Franklin High School football game. He invited veterans to come and be part of the ceremony that will recognize veterans for their service to the nation.
Here is a copy of a letter sent by Gary Shields regarding this event:
The veteran organizations of Macon County invite all to come to the Panther Pit this Friday night and celebrate VETERANS NIGHT. Beginning at 6:40 p.m. a POW/MIA EMPTY CHAIR ceremony will begin under the direction of ROLLING THUNDER, CHAPTER 3 of GEORGIA. The veteran organizations invite all veterans including Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve to join us on the track of the football field at 6:30 p.m. Macon County is known as one of the most “PATRIOTIC” counties in the region and let ‘s keep this tradition alive by coming out and “saluting” our veterans and soldiers in uniform.
Respectfully,
Gary Shields (Vietnam Veteran)
3....Moment of Silence
4....Pledge of Allegiance
Derek Roland led those present in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
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Published at 5:42pm on Wednesday, September 11, 2019
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