MOULTRIE, Ga. — The composition of the new Recreation Authority board of directors, announced two weeks ago, has met with opposition from a section of the city that feels it won’t be represented on the board.

Barbara Jelks, who lives in northwest Moultrie, spoke on the subject at Tuesday’s Moultrie City Council meeting. While she was the only person to speak, some members of the small audience voiced support as she made her points.

“Northwest Moultrie should be represented because many of the recreation programs are in northwest Moultrie,” Jelks explained. She listed Shaw Gym, Drew Herrington Field, the Ryce Community Center and other facilities.

She urged the city council to consider the demographics of the children and youth who participate in the Recreation Department programs. Speaking specifically about the facilities in northwest Moultrie, she asked rhetorically, “Who uses those programs?”

Jelks addressed her comments to the council as a whole and to City Manager Peter Dillard, but she also singled out Councilwomen Susie Magwood-Thomas and Lisa Clarke Hill, who represent the city’s District 1. District 1 includes most of northwest Moultrie as well as a portion of southwest Moultrie.

The Recreation Authority board, which will hold its first meeting next month, is composed of seven delegates: Three chosen by the city government, three by the county and one seat that alternates between the two. All seven were voted on by their respective nominators June 6.

City delegates are City Councilmember Angela Castellow, to serve until Dec. 31, 2018; Dr. Cheau Williams, to serve until Dec. 31, 2019; and Dorothy McCranie, to serve until Dec. 31, 2020.

The Colquitt County Board of Commissioners’ delegates are County Commissioner Chris Hunnicutt, to serve until Dec. 31, 2018; Heath Wetherington, to serve until Dec. 31, 2019; Brad Gregory, to serve until Dec. 31, 2020; and Bob Swadel, who’ll also serve until Dec. 31, 2018.

At the end of his term, Swadel will be replaced by a delegate chosen by the city, although the city council could appoint Swadel to succeed himself if it wanted to. Other delegates will be replaced when their terms expire by whichever group chose them to begin with, and they can also succeed themselves.

The chairman of the board will be chosen by the board as a whole from among the city’s delegates. That decision will be among the first the new board will make next month.

In other action

In other action Tuesday, the Moultrie City Council:

• Approved a lease renewal agreement with Maule Flight for land at Spence Field.

• Approved revisions to the city’s policy and fees for the use of Spence Field Community Center.

• Approved the sale of 9.46 acres on Spence Field to Cabbage Properties LLC. The land is adjacent to property the company already owns and was sold for $4,000 per acre.

• Heard first and second readings of an ordinance to rezone 0.96 acres at 28 Norman St. from R-1B (Single Family Residential) to C-3 (Commercial District). The issue will be discussed at more length at the next city council meeting, July 18, when council members will likely vote to either approve or reject it.

• Approved the sale of a small triangle of land to Freddie Peterson in Highland Park Subdivision for $1 plus closing costs. The area is one of three small properties the city owns and is trying to sell in that area. Peterson already owns the only property that borders the triangle he offered to buy, City Manager Peter Dillard said, and he was the only bidder.