14OCT 6AM A-BLOCK

14OCT_6AM A-BLOCK

Of course it will grow c1 3 b13 from 41nbc your 41nbc no wait weather this morning on daybreak---the city of warner robins is planning to hold a special election after a sudden resignation by a city council member.

We'll tell you who's out.... plus... day two of early voting in bibb county is in the books.

This morning we'll hear what the board of elections is asking voters to do.

And... today is your chance to share a cup of coffee with a c1 3 b13 cop.... those stories and more..

Are straight ahead.

This is 41nbc news at daybreak.

Good morning middle georgia!

Today is wednesday, october 14th 2020.

Thanks for watching "41nbc news at daybreak."

I'm amanda corna.

Our top story... the city of warner robins is set to hold a special election... following a city council resignation.

Councilman daron lee is resigning from his post one seat ... effective october 30th.

Lee submitted his letter of resignation monday.

In the letter he says ... he prayed and meditated on this decision... and weighed the pros and cons.

The city of warner robins has not released any information related to the special election... just yet.

The bibb county board of elections reported more than 17 hundred voters on the first day of early voting.

872 voters cast an early ballot at the board of elections main office on pio nono avenue.

387 voters participated in early voting at the elaine lucas senior center.

And 497 voters voted early in north macon.

...and voters in bibb county waited up to 3 hours to cast their ballots on the first day of early voting.

But day two of early voting was different.

Lines were much shorter and the average wait time to cast a ballot was 45 minutes.

The bibb county board of elections expects to cast close to the same number of ballots as they did on day one.

Macon-bibb elections supervisor jeanetta watson says she was happy to see the same enthusiasm from voters on day 2.

"day two has been just as busy, i thought it would take a little longer for them to get used to the additional early voting sites but we're busy at all three places.

Don't be discouraged, come on out, get in line.

Just be patient with us because we're trying to work to process these voters with so many others coming through the system at the same time."

Early voting in bibb county will continue at the board of elections office, the elaine lucas senior center and theron ussery park until october 30.

Voters must bring a photo i-d.

Polling locations also ask those who requested an absentee ballot to bring it if they want to vote in person instead.

The macon-bibb forward mayoral transition team began work yesterday with a focus on education and workforce development.

As part of the transition, mayor-elect lester miller highlighted areas the team will focus on.

It includes public safety, economic development, diversity, inclusion, equity and tourism, and recreation.

I'm happy today that we are on board with all that business partners including the chamber of commerce in the industrial authority to try to reach this next level for our community, these are good-paying jobs and we want our students to get those jobs.

The transition team is a group of 31 community leaders appointed by miller, to plan for a successful and effective administration.

The c-e-o of dean baldwin painting limited partnership...barbara baldwin-mcnulty... visited the company's new expansion site in macon yesterday.

The company announced plans in 2019 to build a new state of the art aircraft strip and paint facility at the middle georgia regional airport.

The facility will be more than 1-hundred 87 thousand square feet with an office, warehouse, and aircraft ramp space.

Mcnulty says once the building is finished, the company will add 1-hundred 15 jobs.

She says they're hoping to have the aircraft strip and paint facility open in august 20-21.

October 7th was national coffee with a cop day.

If you weren't able to grab a cup of joe then, you've got another chance today.

Westside neighbors united is partnering up with z beans coffee to host coffee with a cop.

The event begins at 9 a-m at z beans in macon on montpelier ave.

Westside neighbors united chairman and president, george crawley, says the goal is to improve relations with law enforcement.

He says improving relations will help stop macon's violence -- and conversations over coffee is the best place to start.

Why don't we start off by having a conversation with the sheriff's office, letting the sheriff know what issues we have.

If we think they're doing a good job, if we think they're doing a bad job.

This is a way they can directly talk to people who live in our neighborhood, who live in our community, who are directly impacted by their visibility of lack thereof.

You must register for the event due to social distancing guidelines.

There's a link to register on our website, 41nbc.com.

Still to come on daybreak--dropbox employees won't ever have to commute to work again... we'll tell you why...during business