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Light crowd at the Bowersville Town Council Meeting Sept. 22
A last minute meeting of the Bowersville town council was called Sept. 22 to accept the resignation of post four councilman Ted Yeargin.
The meeting, originally scheduled for Sept. 21, was forced to cancel due to a lack of a quorum. Just after 4 p.m., the council sent notice for the late Friday meeting which conflicted with many other events including Hart County’s homecoming festivities.
As a result, the Bowersville community center had less than ten people in attendance for the meeting. Due to the sparse crowd, the council didn’t see the need to set out table and chairs.
Yeargin’s resignation is a result of the de-annexation of his property by the council. While Yeargin is the first current city official to petition for his property to be de-annexed by the town, two others followed suit.
During the council’s last meeting Sept. 14, the properties of Bowersville mayor Pruitt Manley and councilwoman Melissa Holloway were among eight other properties de-annexed back to incorporated Hart County.
Yeargin’s property was de-annexed effective the end of the third quarter of 2023. That effective date meant Yeargin was no longer a Bowersville resident and was forced to resign his post.
The de-annexation of Manley and Holloway’s property, on the other hand, does not go into effect until January 1, 2024. That date allows both the flexibility to finish the remainder of their terms.
Election Day for the new town council takes place Nov. 7. John Smith is running unopposed to replace Manley.
Yeargin read his letter to the of resignation to the council effective Sept. 22 at 5 p.m. The council then voted unanimously to accept his resignation.
“I want to thank everybody I’ve served with and everything everybody has done,” Yeargin said as he bid farewell to his last council meeting.
Next on the agenda was to appoint a new candidate to fill the unexpired term of Yeargin’s seat on post four.
Manley recommended Kevin Brookins to take over the seat, and the council unanimously accepted the mayor’s recommendation. Brookins said he was very excited to serve on the town council.
“I love Bowersville and I’ve lived here all my life,” Brookins said.
Brookins was asked what he would do in his term to combat the traffic and infrastructure problems the town counties to face.
“It’s hard to say right now,” Brookins said. “We’ll just have to see what comes to the table and take it one step at a time.”