A little of this and that
Good morning everyone.. Sorry for being MIA the last few days. I have been a bit sick and honestly didnt feel like writing much after the election. Figured a bit of a break provided a good refresh.
But we are back on a Monday.
Getting closer to our Nov 17th commission meeting where the newly elected commissioners Stacey Worthington and Holli Herndon will take their seats on the dais. The agenda for the meeting comes out tomorrow, but these meetings are generally light on items to allow the new commissioners to get their feet under them.
We likely will not see anything controversial or a big topic like Betz Farm.
We may get a little bit of discussion on naming the chair. That will be interesting to watch.
As it stand, precedent is that the Vice Chair moves into the chair seat for the next year. That person is currently Janet Barek. If the board follows precedent, she would be named chair and Jeff Kinnard moves to Vice Chair.
However, a few of the board members are not particularly fond of Barek. Could they decide to skip Barek and name someone else as chair? That is the rumbling.
Who would that be? Kinnard would be next in line after Barek, but does he want it? He has only been chair one time in the 10 years he has been on the board. He tends to not want to do it. Will he want to do it now to skip Barek?
The other possibility would be Holly Davis, but she just came off chair before Rebecca Bays this past year. That would be quite a jump to get back in that seat.
In theory, the board could nominate Worthington or Herndon, but generally, the board does not put new members in the chair seat. They may be open to Worthington with her experience on the PDC, but that would still seem a bit unlikely.
In just over a week, we will find out.
Going back to Betz Farm... I have not heard anything on an update to the hearing. When it gets rescheduled, the county has to do the normal noticing and all of that. They also have to give the 14 business days for the intervenor and applicant to add files, documents, etc to their presentations.
Maybe we get an update at the next meeting, but it is looking like January at the earliest now.
There has been a push recently to get the board to cancel the contract for the contract zoning issue. Not sure if that will get anywhere, but apparently commissioners are looking at their options in regards to that.
Thats it for today! A Bit short but will have some more tomorrow! Have a great Monday!