Sometimes routine agenda items at Putnam County Commission meetings prove to be not so routine. Such was the case at the May 27 County Commission meeting during and after the conduct of a public hearing requested by PAR Industrial Company. PAR requested the hearing after being notified in April that failure to repair a dilapidated fence located on Scary Creek Road could result in fines.

During the hearing, PAR attorney Tim Lafon argued that Putnam’s…