{"id":2259,"date":"2023-06-06T10:24:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/?p=2259"},"modified":"2023-06-06T10:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:24:42","slug":"may-2023-council-meeting-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/?p=2259","title":{"rendered":"May 2023 Council Meeting Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a><strong>Nicholson Council Meeting Minutes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, May 1st, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6:30 P.M. Community Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Attending:&nbsp;<\/strong>Mayor Pro Tem Thomas Gary, Council Members: Mike Barfield, Josh Burkhalter, City Clerk Irma Robles, City Attorney Jody Campbell, and Library Manager Rhonda O\u2019Keeffe.&nbsp;&nbsp;For public assistance, refer to the attendance sheet. <strong>Not present:<\/strong> Mayor Jan Webster, Public Works Director Doyle Samples, and Mainstreet News (emailed draft minutes to Angie on 5\/2\/2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CALL TO ORDER&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE<\/strong> \u2013 All.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>APRIL 3<sup>RD<\/sup>, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES<\/strong>: Council member Josh Burkhalter motioned to approve the April 3rd, 2023, Council Meeting Minutes;&nbsp;Councilman Lamar Watkins seconded. All were in favor.&nbsp;<strong>Minutes approved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>APRIL 2023 FINANCIALS:<\/strong>&nbsp; Council member Mike Barfield motioned to approve the April 2023 Financial Report;&nbsp;Councilman Josh Burkhalter seconded. All were in favor.&nbsp;<strong>Financials approved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><strong>NEW BUSINESS:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2023 City of Nicholson Scholarship: Councilman Mike Barfield motioned to approve Breanna Massey for the 2023 City of Nicholson Scholarship. Councilman Lamar Watkins seconded; <strong>all were in favor.<\/strong> <strong>Motion carried. Breanna Massey will receive the 2023 Scholarship.<\/strong><\/li><li>Planning and Zoning Fee Schedule Adjustment: Councilman Mike Barfield asked about the Development Permit\u2019s $20 fee, and City Attorney clarified it is a $500 dls fee plus a $20 fee per lot. Councilman Mike Barfield motioned to approve the Planning and Zoning Fee Schedule Adjustment as amended. Councilman Josh Burkhalter seconded. <strong>All were in favor. Motion approved.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>OLD BUSINESS: N\/A<\/li><li>LIBRARIANS REPORT: Rhonda O\u2019Keeffe, Library Manager<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Summer Reading Program (SRP) 2023 is set. All performers have been booked, in-house programs have been decided, and the calendar has been printed. Library Manager emailed everyone the SRP 2023 flyer.<\/li><li>Sign-ups begin May 22<sup>nd,<\/sup> and our first program (petting zoo) will be June 1<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/li><li>Sherri Stephens, Library Assistant, will speak to the EJES about the SRP this month.<\/li><li>Please remember to buy quilt tickets. The money for the quilt is spent on Nicholson Library performers for the SRP. This helps the city with money.<\/li><li>NIC Library is ready for the Daisy Festival. Piedmont\u2019s roll-up library will be in the parade, ready for the cake walk.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The Hidden Gems Adult Book Club is ongoing. It meets on the third Thursday of the month. Books are available at the front desk.<\/li><li>We have a craft project this month. Making mom a card. This will be held in the annex on Tuesday, May 9, from 3-5 pm drop-in.<\/li><li>Passports are slowing down. Nicholson Library should pick up for fall and winter travel at the end of the summer.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>MAYOR&#8217;S REPORT<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mayor Pro Tem Thomas Gary mentioned that the Groundbreaking Jackson County New Administration Building event was today; Mayor Webster attended it.<\/li><li>Daisy Festival is this weekend, and the city is ready for its 44<sup>th<\/sup> annual event. Mayor Pro Tem Thomas Gary asked for prayers for good weather and thanked everyone involved with the festival, which has helped to have a successful festival.<\/li><li>EMA Rough Draft LEOP Meeting on May 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 2023 \u2013 time will be given later. Mayor Pro Tem Thomas Gary recommended city council attend this meeting.<\/li><li>Next work session is on Thursday, May 25<sup>th<\/sup>, 2023, at 6:30 pm.<\/li><li>Next Council Meeting is June 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2023 at 6:30pm<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>CITIZENS REQUESTING TO SPEAK:<strong> <a>N\/A<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Councilman Mike Barfield motioned to adjourn the May 1st, 2023 Council Meeting; Councilman Josh Burkhalter seconded, and all were in favor. <strong>The meeting was adjourned at 6:44 pm.-<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Announcements:<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*Next Work Session \u2013 May 25th, 2023 at 6:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*Next Council Meeting \u2013 June 5th, 2023 at 6:30pm<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Approved by City Clerk Irma Robles for Website.-<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicholson Council Meeting Minutes Monday, May 1st, 2023 6:30 P.M. Community Center Attending:&nbsp;Mayor Pro Tem Thomas Gary, Council Members: Mike Barfield, Josh Burkhalter, City Clerk Irma Robles, City Attorney Jody Campbell, and Library Manager Rhonda O\u2019Keeffe.&nbsp;&nbsp;For public assistance, refer to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minutes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2260,"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259\/revisions\/2260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}