Cornelia has appointed a person to fill the Ward 3 seat of the city’s Unified Planning Commission.
The seat was left vacant by former planning commissioner John Ballard, who died in early December after battling cancer.
Gwendolyn Riley, a retired school system human resources manager, will fill Ballard’s unexpired term through December of 2027.
“I possess years of customer service experience which will be useful with residents and businesses,” Riley wrote in a summary of experience contained in city documents.
Ballard, who formerly served on the planning commission, was the son of Phillip and Margaret Ballard – the former Cornelia mayor who died in office in 2011. John Ballard ran for the Ward 3 commission seat in 2021.
Cornelia commissioners approved Riley’s selection in a unanimous vote Tuesday, April 1.
