Woodstock council to consider appointing judge
by the Cherokee Tribune staff
July 11, 2010 12:00 AM | 1000 views | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend | print
The Woodstock City Council on Monday night will consider appointing a municipal court judge to its vacant bench.

The meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Woodstock City Hall Annex.

The council at its June 21 meeting voted to delay making an appointment until this month to allow more time to review the finalists.

They are: John Leslie, a Marietta attorney; Robert Tidwell, an Atlanta attorney; and Stephen Yaklin, a Cobb County attorney.

Former Municipal Court Judge Diane Busch resigned after being arrested on misdemeanor charges stemming from alleged underage alcohol use at her home in December.

The council will also consider the following agenda items:

* A proclamation for Support Our Seniors Day;

* A presentation to Megan O'Meara;

* A presentation by state Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-Woodstock) to William G. Long Senior Center Coordinator Betty Rice,

* A resolution from Toledo City;

* Approval of appointments to the Ethics Board;

* Approval of what direction to take on alternating traffic flow in downtown;

* Approval of revisions to the Council Policy Manual to require council members to attend finance courses offered by the Georgia Municipal Association;

* Approval of extending the memo of understanding with the Towne Lake Arts Center;

* Approval of the second reading of changes to chapters 2 and 6 of the land development ordinance;

* Approval of surplusing items;

* Approval of travel expense reimbursements for Mayor Donnie Henriques and council members Tracy Collins and Bud Leonard;

* Approval of the ratification of a rezoning ordinance approved May 10;

* Approval of allowing additional signs for downtown businesses affected by the Livable Communities Initiative project;

* Approval of a waiver of work hour limitations during the LCI project;

* Hear the first reading of revisions to the ethics ordinance to ensure an elected official who has a complaint filed against him or her will not have his or her appointee selected to serve on the three-member investigative committee or the seven-member hearing board;

* Approval of a moratorium on issuing occupational tax license to pain clinics;

* A presentation on a sustainability study;

* A review of term limits and the filling of vacancies; and

* Approval of revisions to chapter 7 of the land development ordinance.
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