Toccoa Commission Starts 2017 Today

Toccoa City Commissioners will get their new year started later today.

The city commission will hold both a planning meeting and a regularly scheduled business meeting today.

Today’s planning meeting is set to start at 11:30 a.m. at Ping’s Grill at the Links at Lake Toccoa golf course.

During the planning meeting, the city commission is scheduled to hear from the city’s auditors and also meet with each department to discuss goals for the upcoming year.

Then, the Toccoa City Commission will meet for its first business meeting of 2017.

That meeting will start at 5 p.m. at Toccoa City Hall.

During today’s meeting, the city commission is scheduled to ratify its choices of Jeanette Jamieson for Mayor and David Austin for Vice-Mayor for 2017.

Also, Toccoa City Commissioners will make a number of yearly appointments.

Finally, the city commission will receive its monthly financial report.

Today’s city commission meetings are open to the public.