9:00 P.M. TUESDAY UPDATE:
The Hall County Commission (HCC) voted Tuesday night to suspend the county planning commission until an investigation into allegations that some of its members violated the state’s open meetings law is concluded.
While the suspension is in place, all new and pending planning and zoning applications, including rezoning, special uses, conditional use, permits and/or variance requests scheduled to be heard by the Hall County Planning Commission, will be heard by the Hall County Board of Commissioners to minimize delays in the application process.
Hall County Planning and Zoning staff will be contacting those applicants with active applications to discuss next steps. For questions related to the application process, please contact [email protected].
Also, Wednesday morning at 9:05, chairman David Gibbs and commissioner Gregg Poole will join Mike Wofford on 97.5 Glory FM’s Community Focus.
EARLIER STORY. POSTED 1:15 P.M. TUESDAY:
In an “around about way,” a spokeswoman for Hall County has confirmed that a complaint has been filed alleging a violation of the state’s open meetings laws.
Asked Tuesday morning if she could confirm the reports, Joy Holmes said “Hall County does not comment on active investigations.”
The complaint alleges that three county planning commissioners held an unannounced meeting at the county government center last month.