County Commissioners debated Tuesday how to respond to the Gainesville City Commission’s request to approve projects in unincorporated land between Gainesville and Waldo.
The request was related to plans for sewer system hookups from a Gainesville Regional Utilities line that runs through unincorporated land.
Some county commissioners don’t want to let the City Commission take away some of their decision-making power.
“What we’re doing is giving away our decision-making process or allowing someone else to make decisions for us, and I don’t think that’s appropriate,” Commissioner Susan Baird said. “It’s the City Commission that’s holding us hostage.”
Commissioner Rodney Long expressed a different sentiment.
“The more people who decide on an agreement, the better I feel,” Long said.
Long said the same debate came up about five years ago when the city of Archer decided it would accept comments from other entities but would not allow them to approve or disapprove projects. Commissioners spoke about possibly doing the same but against Gainesville.
The commission may discuss and make a decision Tuesday.
