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December 23, 2024, The Islander, Page 3
Fendig
Continued from Page 1
Given a chance to comment a fi
nal time, Fendig introduced his wife
Catherine thanking her for her sacri
fices while he served.
He also recognized former Commis
sioners he served with his first time
around, Mark Bedner and Tommy
Clark, along with Clark’s wife Lavo-
nia who were all in the audience. He
said, “The wives set aside their lives
and things they want to do and put up
with a lot. I thank them for all they
do. It’s been an honor and I thank
them for both their perseverance and
loyalty.”
Commissioners Wayne Neal (Dist.
3) and Walter Rafolski (At Large #2)
were also recognized for serving as
chairman and vice chairman respec
tively the past year.
In other business:
• the BOC approved the issuance of
a 2024 Alcoholic Beverage License for
the new owners of the King & Prince
Hotel on St. Simons.
This particular license is for ‘The
Cottage’ at 238 Arnold Rd., for retail
package sales of malt beverages and
wine, not for consumption on premises
with Sunday sales permitted.
The Cottage is located on Arnold
Rd. to the left as you approach the
hotel. It is owned by the new owners,
Crown KP Hotel, LLC, but the prop
erty is a separate parcel.
During the public hearing Reid
Zeh, whose wife owns The Still pack
age store at the intersection of Arnold
Rd. and Ocean Blvd., spoke in opposi
tion to the license.
Maintaining that the King & Prince
has two full bars, Zeh said “this license
seems redundant.”
He added that there was no park
ing at The Cottage and that would cre
ate problems.
Noting his package store, a number
of restaurants that serve alcohol and a
convenience store over on Demere Rd.,
Zeh said the area already had enough
market saturation.
He added that the Arnold Rd. /
Ocean Blvd. intersection was “confus
ing and dangerous” with all the com
mercial businesses around it. “This
(license) will create more traffic.”
Zeh also cited the economic impact
on the area businesses saying when
the Cottage first opened as a coffee
and pastry shop it had a negative im
pact on another similar area business.
Noting that he has a history with
the King & Prince, Commissioner Cap
Fendig (Dist. 2) said the law allows the
hotel to apply for a license and they
met the legal criteria for a license. He
said alcohol licenses were a privilege
given at the discretion of the BOC and
they could be revoked if the licensee
violates the law.
Fendig said Zeh is concerned about
competition, but he supports this li
cense because they qualify for it. Fen
dig added that he also supports the
“recovery community.”
Commissioner David Sweat (Dist.
4) noted that this would be a package
store for beer and wine only, making it
different from the hotel bars.
In response to a question from Com
missioner Sammy Tostensen (Dist. 1),
Wesley Simons, the Vice President of
South Street Partners, one of the ho
tel’s new owners, said the idea behind
the alcohol license was to provide a
way for hotel guests to buy a bottle of
wine or beer and take it to their room.
He said the hotel does not provide al
cohol by way of room service.
Simons also corrected Zeh’s com
ment that the King & Prince had two
bars, one being in the nearby Hotel
Simone on Ocean Blvd. Simons said
his company does not own Hotel Sim
one. It is still owned by the Ridgeland,
Mississippi-based MMI Hotel Group.
Also, MMI still owns part of the King
& Prince and acts as the managing
company.
When Tostensen asked how they
would enforce the no consumption on
premises part of the license, Simons
said the employees received strenuous
training and knew not to allow guests
to open and drink on The Cottage
property.
County Attorney Aaron Mumford
confirmed the license would only al
low the package sale of beer and wine.
There would be no consumption on
premises, nor would distilled spirits
be sold.
After a lengthy discussion, the BOC
approved the license on a 6 - 1 vote.
Tostensen voted no.
• The BOC also approved two
Glynn County Commissioners from left: Vice Chair Walter Rafolski, Cap Fendig,
and Chairman Wayne Neal
Islander staff photo - Permar
change orders related to Hurricane
Helene clean-up.
One item was a $973,945 increase
in the fee paid to Tetra Tech, Inc., for
monitoring the hurricane-generated
debris clearing, removal, and disposal
services.
The initial debris estimates were
$201,267 for public debris removal
and $37,500 for private debris remov
al. Now that the project has started,
it is apparent that the public debris
removal is higher than anticipated,
which precipitated the increase. The
request was to increase the overall
project total by $1,175,212 as the ini
tial visual estimate for debris volume
was low.
Public Works Director Danny
Smith explained that the initial esti
mates were based on observations of
the storm damage the day after the
storm. He said it was difficult to deter
mine the cubic yards of debris without
going into all areas including people’s
back yards.
The initial estimate was for about
40,000 cubic yards, but that turned
into about 87,000 cubic yards.
A similar change order was also
approved for CERES Environmen
tal Inc., the company that actually
removed the debris. The change in
creased the amount of the purchase
order by $800,000.
The initial estimates were $712,500
for public debris removal and $37,500
for private debris removal.
Smith said they expect this money
to be 100% reimbursed by the Federal
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