TCC will meet face-to-face today for regular meeting

The Toccoa City Commission will meet today, for the first time in-person since the COVID-19 pandemic began, for its regular scheduled meeting.

As WNEG News previously reported, the decision for the Toccoa City Commission to return to a face-to-face setting was decided in May after Commissioner Gail Fry recommended the change due to other organizations returning to in-person meetings.

“I’ve had some citizens ask me when we are going back to face-to-face meetings and our counterparts, the county, and a lot of other organizations have gone back to face-to-face meetings with stipulations that citizens must wear masks and things like that. I think that we should go back to that; but also, still have it for Commissioner Carter to call into the meeting,” she said.

Vice Mayor Jeanette Jamieson agreed with Fry, saying at this point, the Toccoa City Commission looks bad for continuing to meet by teleconference.

“Well, I think it’s time for use to certainly consider going back to face-to-face. It sort of makes us look bad when other organizations are opening back up and we’re not. So I would like to go back to face-to-face,” she said.

Commissioner David Austin agreed with his fellow commissioners as long as citizens were required to wear masks and be socially distant.

Anyone wishing to attend the Toccoa City Commission meeting today is asked to wear a mask and be prepared for social distancing in the meeting room.

Up for consideration during today’s meeting is a presentation by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs concerning Toccoa’s redesignation as a Georgia Exceptional Main Street Community.

The Commission will consider a proclamation regarding Ionosphere Travel’s Fiftieth Anniversary, a resolution adopting the 2021 Comprehensive Plan, and an amended airport intergovernmental Co-Sponsorship agreement.