By Shane Scoggins
Publisher
ROYSTON – Little League baseball is returning to Royston this spring, and the city may soon have rules in place to bring concerts to town later this year as well.
The Royston City Council approved an intergovernmental agreement Tuesday with Franklin County Little League to use the Royston baseball fields on Brogdon Circle north of town.
The agreement outlines that Little League will be in charge of scheduling, maintaining and managing the fields, as well as concessions, City Manager Sharleen Ayers said.
The city will pay utilities, building maintenance and insurance.
Franklin Little League President Bruce McGee thanked the city for reaching out and for helping secure a refrigerator for the concession stand from Northeast Georgia Appliances in Royston.
McGee said that four or five games per week are scheduled for the two Royston fields, with most being played on Tuesday and Thursdays beginning at 6 p.m.
T-ball and coaches pitch leagues will be in competition at Royston, he said.
The Royston mayor and council will meet March 29 to try to finalize policies to govern the new amphitheater at the Royston Wellness and Community Park.
Mayor Keith Turman said the city has been working on a policy for events at the amphitheater.
The discussion came up during a presentation by Wesley Fricks about a possible music festival around the July 4th holiday.
Fricks owns Tugaloo Records in Royston and promotes Georgia Legends Concerts.
He presented an idea to partner with the city for a music festival July 1 at the amphitheater.
Fricks would book talent and donate promotion duties while the city would seek sponsorships and vendors and pay for talent for the concert. The city could also choose to allow the sale of alcohol, he said.
Fricks estimated the cost to be $20,000.
Council member Jason Phillips said the city currently doesn’t have ordinances in place to allow the sale of alcohol or for food trucks or food vendors.
Turman said he hopes the council can “button up” the ordinance March 29.
The March 29 work session will also include discussion of a building inspection program for the city.
The city put out a request for proposals for building inspection services and received one proposal, from SAFEbuilt of Atlanta.
Ayers said SAFEbuilt officials offered to meet with the council and said the council can discuss whether to proceed with the private contractor or if it wants to do an in-house inspection program.
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Little League baseball is returning to Royston this spring.
