UPSON BOC WORK SESSION 5/6/26

 UPSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Work Session

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

9:00 A.M.

Thomaston/Upson County Airport Meeting Room

AGENDA

I. CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Dan Brue

II. NEW BUSINESS

a. Discussion on recommendations for roof repairs for the Drake Building, 

Archives and Jail from Merik

b. Discussion on the usage of Body Cameras for the Tax Assessor’s 

Employees

c. Discussion to add additional roads to the 2026 Resurfacing Project

d. Discussion to repair the Kendall Branch Culvert on Logtown Road

e. Update on the 2026 1st Quarter Financials

f. Discussion on the annual 2025 Budget Amendments

g. Discussion on the use of SPLOST funds for capital repairs per the 

Town Creek Sewer Agreement

h. Discussion on the usage of SPLOST funds for the renovation of the 

former Probate Court office for Building & Zoning

i. Update on the Zoning Ordinance

THOMASTON CITY COUNCIL 5/5/26

 CITY OF THOMASTON 

MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL 

MAY 5, 2026 – 7:00 P.M. 

CITY-COUNTY MEETING ROOM – MAIN FLOOR 

THOMASTON-UPSON GOVERNMENT COMPLEX 

AGENDA 

 

A. Call Meeting to Order / Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance

B. Approval of Minutes for April 23, 2026, Regular City Council Meeting

C. Adoption of Agenda

D. City Attorney’s Report

E. City Clerk’s Report

F. City Manager’s Report

1. Second Read and Vote of Rezoning Request for Multiple Parcels on Cottage Court (Parcel Nos. T21 182, T21 

183, T21 184, T21 184A, T21 186, T21 187, T21 193, T11 140A)

2. Second Read and Vote of Special Use Permit Request of 328 N Hightower Street (Parcel No. T22 100) to 

Operate as a Used Merchandise and Thrift Store

3. Public Hearing and Vote of Variance Request for 1082 Highway 19 North (Parcel No. 043C 003)

4. Discussion and Potential Approval of Plat for Multiple Parcels on Cottage Court

5. Discussion and Potential Approval of Plat for 5136 Indian Trail (Parcel No. 046 055)

6. Discussion and Potential Approval of Bid Award for 2024 CDBG Water & Sewer Improvements

7. Discussion and Potential Authorization of Safe Sidewalk Proposal for Silvertown West

8. Discussion and Potential Approval of Plans for the Boy Scout Hut at Greatest Generation Memorial Park

9. Discussion and Potential Authorization of Letter of Support for Approved LIHTC Project

10. Discussion and Potential Authorization of RWHI Development Agreement Amendment

11. Discussion and Potential Approval of Appointment to Historic Preservation Commission

12. Discussion of Potential Land Transfers to the Urban Redevelopment Authority

G. Other Business

H. Executive Session

I. Adjournment 

UPSON CO WRECK 36 EAST

 101  BREAKING  NEWS--THERE IS  A  REPORT  OF  A  TRAFFIC  ACCIDENT  ON   36  EAST-BARNESVILLE  HIGHWAY   AT  THE  WALTHALL  STORE   FRIDAY  4PM.    EMS  ENROUTE-- MOTORISTS  SHOULD  BE  PREPARED  TO  YIELD  TO  EMERGENCY  TRAFFIC

EX-UPSON CO SHERIFF DON PEACOCK HAS PASSED

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Donald Peacock passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 30, 2026, surrounded by his loving family.

Donald dedicated his life to service and community.  He honorably served with the Georgia State Patrol for 34 years before continuing his commitment to public service as Sheriff of Upson County, where he faithfully served three terms.  Throughout his life, Donald was known for his integrity, leadership, and unwavering dedication to helping others.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Jewel Peacock, and his beloved wife, Cheryl Peacock.

Donald is survived by his sister, Joyce Wilder; his son, Eric Peacock and his wife Amy; his daughter, Kim and her husband Clay; and his cherished grandchildren, Cole (fiancé' Sara-Lee), John Michael, Brayden, Nathan, and Khloe.

If you ever met Donald Peacock, you met a new friend.  His warmth, kindness, and genuine spirit left a lasting impression on everyone he encountered.

The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to his many friends and extended family for the visits, thoughts and prayers during this time.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 4, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. from Northridge Church.  Burial will follow at Crystal Hill Cemetery.  The family will receive friends on Monday, May 4, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Northridge Church.  

In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to Valorous Church at 2100 Firetower Rd. Little River, SC 29566, or Northridge Church at 430 Hickory Ridge Rd. Meansville, GA 30256.  

NEW SUNDAY PROGRAMMING ON FUN 101FM

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DOWNTOWN THOMASTON WRECK

 TRAFFIC  BACKED-UP  IN  DOWNTOWN  THOMASTON  AFTER  A  THREE  VEHICLE  ACCIDENT  AT   CENTER  AND MAIN  INTERSECTION  WEDNESDAY  AROUND  5PM.  ONE  PERSON  WITH  A  SEAT  BELT  COMPLAINT  TREATED  AT  THE  SCENE  BY  EMT'S.

ACCORDING  TO  CAPTAIN  BRIAN  HAMMOCK,  THOMASTON PD--A  CHEVY  PICK-UP  RAN  THE  RED LIGHT  AND  REAR-ENDED  A  VEHICLE INTO   THE  REAR  OF  A  TRACTOR-TRAILER  ON  EAST  MAIN.

NEW BIZ IN THE AREA

 NEW  BIZ  IN  THE  AREA  WEBB  BROTHERS  LAWN  CARE--GRASS  CUTTING,  TRIMMING   SHURBS,  REMOVING  LARGE  TREES  VETERAN  OWNED--LICENSED  AND  INSURED.  PHONE 706-741-2971.

SPALDING CO AQUATIC CENTER TEMPORARILY CLOSED

 29, 2026 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Spalding County Aquatic Center Temporarily Closed Due to AT&T Landline 

Service Outage

Spalding County Aquatic Center is temporarily closed due to an unexpected outage 

affecting the facility’s AT&T landline telephone service.

The landline is a required safety and operational component of the aquatic center, 

ensuring reliable communication with emergency services. Because the line is 

currently out of service, the facility will remain closed until service is fully restored.

AT&T was immediately notified to resolve the issue. Facility closure is a required 

action when land line service is inoperable.

We apologize for the inconvenience this temporary closure may cause and appreciate 

the public’s understanding as we prioritize safety. The facility will reopen as soon as 

the landline service is restored, and all safety requirements are met.

Updates regarding the reopening will be shared through social media platforms, 

Facebook: IN Spalding, Spalding County Leisure Services and Instagram: Spalding 

Aquatics Center

For questions or addition

UPSON COUNTY CFO ALLEN SALTER LEAVING FOR LAGRANGE

 FOLLOWING  EXECUTIVE  SESSION  TUESDAY--THE  UPSON  COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS    VOTED    TO   ALLOW  COUNTY  ATTORNEY  HEATH  ENGLISH  TO  WORK  WITH  CITY  OF  THOMASTON  ATTORNEY  JOHNNIE  CALDWELL  IN  A  SETTLEMENT  OF  A  LAW  SUIT  OVER  CITY  MANAGER  RUSSELL  THOMPSON  APPLYING  TO  SERVE  ON  THE  COUNTY    BOARD OF  EQUALIZATION.  THE  COUNTY  WITHDREW  THE  OBJECTION  TO  THE  GRAND JURY  THAT  APPOINTS  MEMBERS  TO  THE  BOC  AND  INSTEAD  BROUGHT  A  SUIT  AGAINST  HIM  PERSONALLY  FOR  APPLYING.  ACCORDING  TO  COUNTY  MANAGER   LONNIE  JOYCE,  CITY  ATTORNEY  CALDWELL  SENT  TERMS  TO  THE  COUNTY  THAT  WERE  AGREEABLE  AND  COUNTY  ATTORNEY  ENGLISH  WILL  BE  WORKING  WITH  THE  CITY  ATTORNEY  TO  FINALIZE  THE  ISSUE.

UPSON  COUNTY'S  CHIEF  FINANCIAL OFFICER  ALLEN  SALTER  IS  LEAVING  AT  THE  END  OF  MAY  TO  BECOME  CFO OF  THE  CITY OF  LAGRANGE. COUNTY  MANAGER  LONNIE  JOYCE  SAYS  THE  COUNTY  WILL  BEGIN  THE  PROCESS  OF  CHOOSING  A  NEW FINANCE  DIRECTOR--AND  HE  WILL  BEGIN  A  JOB  SEARCH  AS  WELL  AS  ANALYZE  INTERNALLY  TO  FIND  A  PROPER   CANDIDATE  TO  HELP  THE  COUNTY  MOVE  FOWARD.  THE  COUNTY   MANAGER  TOLD   101  NEWS  ALLEN  SALTER  HAS  BEEN  AN  AMAZING  ASSET  FOR  THE  COUNTY  AND  WILL BE  HARD  TO  REPLACE  BUT THE  COUNTY  WILL  DO    ITS    BEST  TO  NAME  A  NEW  CFO.

T-U CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GRAND OPENING THURSDAY 4/30/26

 THE  THOMASTON-UPSON  CHAMBER OF  COMMERCE  WILL  HOLD  RIBBON  CUTTING   THURSDAY   FOR  ITS  NEW  HOME  IN  THE  FORMER  THOMASTON  FEDERAL  BUILDING  AT  NORTH  CHURCH  AND  THOMPSON  AT  4;30.

UPSONIAN COY BOWLES OF ZAC BROWN BAND IN TOWN THIS WEEK

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I’ll be at the Upson Lee Primary School all day Tuesday promoting Literacy in collaboration with Upson Lee Primary School. I’ll also be playing music during each class visit.

Parents will receive a slip of paper in their kids folder with a purchase order form. Those books will be sold to the kids on Wednesday during the school day. I’ll be signing the books that are sold as well as taking photos with kids and hanging out Wednesday.

I’m excited to be back in my home town supporting the commmunty community and bringing awareness to the importance of Literacy in collaboration with Uspon Lee Primary School. I’d like to thank Suzy Burgess for helping with all of this. I’d also like to thank the community of Thomaston and Upson county for their support through all the years. For more information on all the projects I’m working on or to order books if you missed out go to Coybowles.com for more details. 

EARLY VOTING UNDERWAY IN GA.

 EARLY  VOTING  IS  UNDERWAY   IN  GA.   FOR  THE  MAY 19TH  GENERAL  PRIMARY,  WITH  GOVERNOR  ON  THE  BALLOT.  EARLY  VOTING  CONTINUES  IN  THOMASTON  AT  THE  CIVIC  CENTER  THROUGH  MAY  15TH  MONDAY-FRIDAY  8;30AM   TO   5PM  AND  SATURDAY  VOTING  MAY  2ND  AND  MAY  9TH.  OTHERS    SHOULD    CHECK  WITH   YOUR  COUNTY  ELECTION  OFFICIALS  TO  SEE  THE  DATE  ,  TIMES  AND  PLACE    FOR  EARLY  VOTING.

NEW DAWG VOICES ON FUN 101FM

 

Dantzler, Stinchcomb to Lead Georgia Football Radio Coverage

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Georgia Sports Communications

April 24, 2026

 

ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia Athletic Association and its partner, Georgia Bulldog Sports Marketing, announced Friday that Jeff Dantzler -- one of the most recognizable voices for Georgia Athletics over the last three decades -- and Jon Stinchcomb -- a former Bulldog All-American, Southeastern Conference and Super Bowl Champion --  will take over football broadcast duties for the Georgia Bulldog Radio Network, beginning with the 2026 season. 

Dantzler, who will also maintain his play-by-play responsibilities for Georgia baseball and Lady Bulldog basketball, replaces Scott Howard, who will continue his role as the men’s basketball play-by-play announcer, along with other special projects.

Howard has served as the play-by-play voice for Georgia football over the past 18 years and been a part of the broadcast crew for over 30 seasons. Howard has called several big moments in Bulldog history, including back-to-back national championships in 2021 and 2022. 

Stinchcomb replaces Josh Brock in the analyst spot. Former Georgia All-SEC quarterback D.J. Shockley will remain as the Bulldogs’ sideline reporter

THOMASTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR S. GA FIRE VICTIMS THROUGH SUNDAY

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DONATION REQUEST:

ACTS Outreach Of Georgia Is taking Donations for the First Responders and Families affected by the fire in South Ga. The Donations can be taken to the Thomaston Fire Department on South Church Street.

PLEASE NO CLOTHES!!!

IREMS NEEDED:

Small coolers

Twin size air mattresses 

Twin size sheets

New underwear

Electrolytes to add to Water

Energy drinks

Jerky

Totes

Hydration packets (like liquid IV)

Prime

Protein Drinks

Protein Bars

Chapstick, Tylenol or Advil, Eye drops, Wet wipes, and face mask. Items for families who have lost their homes: Baby supplies, 

Will take Monetary donations. Please ask how you can do that.

Last day is Sunday to drop off

CITY OF GRIFFIN TAKEN TO COURT

 

Wednesday the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a Clean Water Act Citizen Suit on behalf of the Flint Riverkeeper against the City of Griffin for discharging polluted wastewater and sewage from its sanitary sewer system into a tributary of the Flint River, putting downstream communities and waterways at risk.    The City of Griffin owns, controls, manages, and operates a sanitary sewer system to route wastewater through the city and to its wastewater treatment facilities. Over the past several years, the city’s failing and deteriorating sanitary sewer system has caused untreated sewage and stormwater containing sewage to discharge from various manholes around the city into the Potato Creek Basin, which flows directly into the Flint River and also supplies drinking water to communities downstream.    SELC filed the suit along with private attorneys at Evans Bowers representing nearby homeowners. Since 2019, the homeowners have documented repeated overflows from the city’s sewer system manholes that discharge directly onto their property and into Ison Branch, a tributary of Potato Creek. Water quality sampling data from many of these incidents has shown elevated E. coli counts that are harmful to human health and wildlife.   “The City of Griffin cannot continue to pollute Potato Creek and other tributaries at the expense of communities who rely on the Flint River,” said Gordon Rogers, Flint Riverkeeper. “Downstream communities shouldn’t have to worry about raw sewage contaminating their drinking water and the areas where they fish, swim, and paddle. We know that the City has already performed the engineering and budgeting for the needed work; we are filing this suit in part to ensure that they fund what they already know they need to do and are hopeful that this legal action can lead to an early resolution.”   “The City of Griffin’s ongoing, illegal discharges of raw sewage and other pollution threatens the health and safety of everyone who depends on the Flint River for clean water,” said Joe DeGaetano, Senior Attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center. “The City must take responsibility for bringing its failing sewer system into compliance with federal law. Seven years of allowing raw sewage to flow into the river is enough.”

TRAFFIC FATALITY IN UPSON CO

 UPSON  COUNTY  SHERIFF  DAN  KILGORE  SAID  THE  DRIVER  OF  A  1971    TRIUMPH  CONVERTIBLE  WAS  KILLED  AND  THE  OTHER  MOTORIST   HAD  MINOR  INJURIES  APRIL  18TH  AT  DELRAY  ROAD  AND  TYLER  LANE--AND  HE  TURNED  THE  INVESTIGATION  OVER  TO  POST   26  GA.  STATE PATROL.  THE   FATALITY--29  YEAR  OLD  DANIEL  JACKSON  BLOUNT   OF  47  SKELTON  ROAD  WAS  DECEASED  AT  THE  SCENE  AND  THE  OTHER  DRIVER  31  YEAR  OLD  SARAH  DANIEL  OF  BARNESVILLE  TOLD  INVESTIGATORS  SHE  WAS  ATTEMPTING  TO  PASS  A  TRUCK  IN  A  NO  PASSING  ZONE   IN  A  HONDA  ACCORD  AND  HIT  THE  SPORTS  CAR  HEAD-ON.

THE  WRECK  REMAINS  UNDER  INVESTIGATION  BY  GSP.

TWO  FEMALES  GOT  INTO-IT   REPORTEDLY  OVER  A   MAN   AT  THE  HOME DEPOT  TRAFFIC  LIGHT  IN  NORTHSIDE  AND  CONTINUED  ON  TO  ATWATER  ROAD  WHERE  ONE  OF  THEM  GOT  RUN-OVER. THE  VICTIM,  22-YEAR   OLD DESTINY NICOLE  COOPER  OF  DELUXE  CIRCLE  WAS  LIFE-FLIGHTED  TO  A  MACON  TRAUMA   CENTER  AND  A   HENRY  COUNTY  MOTORIST--27  YEAR  OLD BRITTANY  BRENNA  WATKINS  WAS  CHARGED  WITH  AGGREVATED  ASSAULT  AND  CRUELTY  TO  CHILDREN.