Board appointments approved in McDonough

The McDonough City Council voted at its Mar. 6 meeting to approve the appointment of Vanessa Thomas to the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals, as well as the appointment of Stanley Head to the Planning Commission.

This was done under the council’s consent agenda without discussion, and the vote was unanimous. Also approved was a $15,820 agreement for Goforth Williamson, Inc. to disassemble and repair the high service delivery pump at the Water Treatment Plant, along with an $11,708 purchase from the same company of a crane solids handling self-priming replacement pump for the Church Circle Pump Station.

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