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HIAWASSEE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA/MINUTES-November 4th, 2025 6 pm

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OPEN TO PUBLIC – November 4th, 2025
 6pm
Hiawassee City Hall 50 River Street Council Chambers
COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

  1. Call to Order 

1.1.   Invocation –Amy Barrett
1.2.   Pledge of Allegiance
1.3.   Approval agenda as distributed

  1. Consent Agenda

2.1.   Minutes of October 7, 2025 Council Meeting
2.2.   Minutes of October 27, 2025 Work Session Meeting
2.3.   July 2025 financials 
2.4.   AirMedCare Contract ($5,390.00)
2.5.   PTSD insurance renewal ($602.00)

  1. Motion to approve the second reading of the amendment to the sign ordinance 
  1. Motion to approve the first reading of the ordinance to accept roll back numbers for 2025 Millage Rate (1.532)
  1. Motion to approve the alcohol licenses for 2026

Ingles                                                   Ingles Market
Broncos                                                Hiawassee Fuels, LLC – Valero
Hiawassee Brew                                   Hiawassee Food Mart – Texaco
Sundance Grill                                      Big Bear Wine & Spirits
Liquor King USA – Hiawassee Pkg        Monte Alban
Tilted Bottle                                         Tilted Café
Bugatti’s                                               Shalina Business LLC -Exxon
Bacchus

  1. Executive session
  1. Adjournment

COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES- November 4th, 2025

The City of Hiawassee November Council meeting was called to order at 6:00pm on November 4, 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 Scott Benton, Nancy Noblet, and Patsy Owens.  Council member Amy Barrett attended via telephone and Council member Jonathan Wilson was unable to attend. Staff present were Economic Development Director Lily Ponitz, Officer Jose Carvajal, Deputy City Clerk Sheryl Branson and City Clerk Bonnie Kendrick. 
The Invocation was given by Mayor Chastain and was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. 
Motion to approve the agenda as amended was made by Council member Nancy Noblet seconded by Council member Patsy Owens, with all present in favor. 
Motion to approve the Consent Agenda which consisted of the minutes of October 7, 2025 Council Meeting, the minutes of October 27, 2025 Work Session Meeting, the July 2025 financials, the AirMedCare Contract ($5,390.00) and the PTSD insurance renewal ($602.00) was made by Council member Scott Benton, seconded by Council member Nancy Noblet, with all present in favor.
The motion to approve the second reading of the amendment to the sign ordinance was made by Council member Nancy Noblet seconded by Council member Scott Benton, with all present in favor.
Motion to approve the first reading of the ordinance to accept roll back numbers for 2025 Millage Rate (1.532) was made by Council member Patsy Owens seconded by Council member Scott Benton, with all present in favor.
The motion to approve the alcohol licenses for 2026 was made by Council member Patsy Owens seconded by Council member Nancy Noblet, with all present in favor.  The following establishments were approved:
Ingles                                                   Ingles Market
Broncos                                                 Hiawassee Fuels, LLC – Valero
Hiawassee Brew                                   Hiawassee Food Mart – Texaco
Sundance Grill                                      Big Bear Wine & Spirits
Liquor King USA – Hiawassee Pkg         Monte Alban
Tilted Bottle                                           Tilted Café
Bugatti’s                                                Shalina Business LLC -Exxon
Bacchus
There being no need for executive session, motion to adjourn was made by Council member Nancy Noblet seconded by Council member Scott Benton, with all present in favor. Meeting adjourned at 6:03pm.