Videos: Road work and apparently annexation @ LCC Work 2014-05-27

Nevermind the County Engineer said about the Cat Creek Road bridge, “All construction will take place during the months of June and July” (Work Session 2014-03-24), it was closed when Gretchen was headed for this morning’s Work Session, so she had to go by Moody AFB on Bemiss Road, and was a few minutes late. That’s why there’s no video for the first few agenda items, and the videos are handheld. They vote 5:30 PM this evening at the Regular Session, is the same time as the Planning Commission meeting.

The smaller acreage for the return of the Hahira Annexation request is because it no longer has frontage on Hagen Bridge Road, only on GA 122, thus removing the county’s previous grounds for objection (but it’s also on the Planning Commission agenda at 5:30PM today, same time as the Regular Session). There is an appointment to the Hospital Authority and two reappointments to the shadowy Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority that approves bonds. Two Public Hearings for road abandonments, of Old Statenville Road and of Excess Right of Way on James Road and Riverside Road. All that plus a GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement and a beer license, plus Poll Manager Recognition.

Here’s the agenda, with links to the videos and a few notes. See videos from the previous Regular Session for context on the Public Hearings and on the James Road Subsidence.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
  1. Call to Order
  2. Invocation

    Only in the Regular Session at 5:30 PM.

  3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

    Only in the Regular Session at 5:30 PM.

  4. Poll Manager Recognition
  5. Minutes for Approval
    1. Work Session — May 12, 2014
    2. Regular Session — May 13, 2014
  6. Appointments
    1. Hospital Authority

      Here’s who’s currently on that Authority, which is the Board of Directors of the semi-public South Georgia Medical Center. Apparently they just had a meeting last Wednesday 21 May 2014:

      Regularly scheduled meetings of Hospital Authority occur on the third Wednesday of each month at 9:30am in the SGMC Executive Board Room unless otherwise posted. Meeting notices are posted on the first floor of the main campus near the mailroom.

      There’s also a South Georgia Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees, which is different, apparently in charge of fundraising, and appointed by unknown means.

    2. Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority (2) Appointments

      Video. And the candidates for reappointment are Crawford Powell (who is still Lowndes County Commissioner for District 3, even though he’s not running again) and J. Stephen Gupton, Jr. (who is also attorney for the Industrial Authority). Neither spoke, and the Commissioners had no questions.

      The members of this Authority as of 29 November 2012 were apparently Antonio Henderson, Harry B. Sullivan, J. Stephen Gupton, Jr., Joseph G. Stevens, and Crawford Powell.

  7. Public Hearing
    1. Abandonment of Old Statenville Road SE (CR 116) Abandonment of Old Statenville Road SE

      Video. No questions. There is a Public Notice 00072404 of 13 May 2014 in the VDT’s online notices.

    2. Abandonment of Excess Right of Way on James Rd and Riverside Dr b. Abandonment of Excess ROW on James Rd and Riverside Dr

      Video. No questions. There is Public Notice 00072406 of 13 May 2014 in the VDT’s online notices.

  8. For Consideration
    1. GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement

      Video. Continuation of an ongoing agreement for a trailer to host evacuees from other areas, or homeless citizens.

    2. City of Hahira Annexation Request Agreement, N Hagan Bridge Rd & GA Hwy 122 E, 58.09 acres City of Hahira Annexation Request Agreement,

      Video. County Planner Jason Davenport said there was still some tinkering going on between the county’s attorney and Mr. Wetherington’s attorney. Chairman Bill Slaughter said Mr. Wetherington’s attorney was going to get back to the county, and there might be an agreement “to be addressed tonight”. There seemed to be some doubt as to whether anything would be ready to move forward tonight.

    3. Beer License — Sai Krupa 2014 Inc. — 7415 Ga. Hwy 376 Beer License -- Sai Krupa 2014 Inc. -- 7415 Ga. Hwy 376

      Video. No questions from Commissioners.

  9. Reports-County Manager Reports - County Manager - meeting adjournment

    Video. No report, so they adjourned.

  10. Citizens Wishing to be Heard Please State Name And Address

    Only in the Regular Session at 5:30 PM.

Here’s a video playlist:

-jsq