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COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA/MINUTES – October  7th, 2025 6pm

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OPEN TO PUBLIC – October  7th, 2025
 6pm
Hiawassee City Hall 50 River Street Council Chambers
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

  1. Call to Order 

1.1.   Invocation –Nancy Noblet
1.2.   Pledge of Allegiance
1.3.   Approval agenda as distributed

  1. Consent Agenda

2.1.   Minutes of September 2, 2025 Council Meeting
2.2.   Minutes of September 29, 2025 Work Session Meeting
2.3.   June 2025 Financials

  1. Motion to approve $167,824.28 from SPLOST to the PBC loan.
  1. Motion to approve $17,240.00 for 120Water contract 
  1. Motion to approve the amendment to the Taser Contract (5) Taser 7s instead of (2) Taser 10s – no additional cost
  1. Motion to approve $25,000 for the grading work at the Wastewater Treatment Plant
  1. Motion to approve the resolution to extend the electronic sign moratorium – second extension
  1. Motion to table the second reading of the amendment to the sign ordinance 
  1. Motion to approve the second reading of the Offenses Against Public Peace and Order ordinance
  1. Executive session
  2. Adjournment

 

COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES October  7th, 2025 

The City of Hiawassee October Council meeting was called to order at 6:00pm on October 7, 2025, in Council Chambers by Mayor Jay Chastain, Jr. The meeting was open to the public and broadcast over FaceBook Live. 
Present, in addition to the Mayor, were Council members Amy Barrett, Scott Benton, Nancy Noblet, Patsy Owens and Jonathan Wilson. Staff present were Officer Jose Carvajal, Deputy City Clerk Sheryl Branson and City Clerk Bonnie Kendrick. 
The Invocation was given by Council member Nancy Noblet and was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Motion to approve the agenda as amended was made by Council member Amy Barrett seconded by Council member Patsy Owens, with all in favor.
Motion to approve the Consent Agenda which consisted of the minutes of September 2, 2025 Council Meeting and the minutes of September 29, 2025 Work Session Meeting and the June Financials was made by Council member Nancy Noblet seconded by Council member Scott Benton, with all in favor.
Motion to approve $167,824.28 from SPLOST to the PBC loan was made by Council member Amy Barrett seconded by Council member Nancy Noblet, with all in favor.
Motion to approve $17,240.00 for 120Water contract was made by Council member Patsy Owens seconded by Council member Scott Benton, with all in favor.
Motion to approve the amendment to the Taser Contract (5) Taser 7s instead of (2) Taser 10s – no additional cost was made by Council member Amy Barrett seconded by Council member Jonathan Wilson, with all in favor.
Motion to approve $25,000 for the grading work at the Wastewater Treatment Plant was made by Council member Nancy Noblet seconded by Council member Scott Benton. Council member Noblet then requested to discuss; however, Council member Benton requested the motion be table.  Motion to table was made by Council member Jonathan Wilson, seconded by Council member Patsy Owens, with all in favor.
Motion to approve the resolution to extend the electronic sign moratorium – third extension was made by Council member Amy Barrett seconded by Council member Jonathan Wilson, with all in favor.
Motion to table the second reading of the amendment to the sign ordinance was made by Council member Amy Barrett seconded by Council member Nancy Noblet, with all in favor.
Motion to approve the second reading of the Offenses Against Public Peace and Order ordinance was made by Council member Amy Barrett seconded by Council member Jonathan Wilson, with all in favor.
There being no need for executive session, motion to adjourn was made by Council member Jonthan Wilson seconded by Council member Nancy Noblet, with all in favor.  Meeting adjourned at 6:04pm