The longest item at fourteen and a half minutes was yet more public money to be spent on water for the private Lake Alapaha subdivision next to the Alapaha River, in the Lowndes County Commission Work Session yesterday, Monday morning, August 9, 2021. They vote 5:30 PM this evening, Tuesday evening, August 10. See also The never-ending Lake Alapaha Water Treatment Plant saga @ LCC 2021-08-10.

The three rezonings also got 4, 5, and 7 minutes.

It’s an even safer bet they will appoint Wild Adventures General Manager Jonathan Vigue to the Tourism Authority.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also the agenda and the preceding Planning Commission meeting. The board packet, received after a LAKE open records request, is on the LAKE website:
http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2021-08-09–lcc-packet

• 1. Call to Order 4. 811 Day Proclamation 5. Minutes for Approval
  

  Video.

• 5.a. Appointment – Valdosta Lowndes Conference Center & Tourism Authority
  

  Video. Jonathan Vigue, General Manager of Wild Adventures, was present. County Manager Paige Dukes said Molly Deese had recommended him when she resigned. She did mention Rita Hightower of the Garden Center as an afterthought. Commissioners said they did not need to ask Vigue any questions. Chairman Bill Slaughter said he attends Tourism Authority meetings, and Vigue was always there.

• 7.a. REZ-2021-09 (0070 018), R-A to R-21, Community Well & Septic, ~64.84 ac
  

  Video.

• 7.b. REZ-2021-12 US 84/I-75 Industrial Park ~542 ac
  

  Video.

• 7.c. REZ-2021-13 Val Del Villas, Val Del Rd. P-D Amendment
  

  Video.

• 8.a. Vertiv Service Contract for the Liebert UPS at 911 Center & 4 Tower Sites
  

  Video.

• 8.b. Alapaha Plantation Water Treatment Pilot Study
  

  Video.

• 9.a. Purchase of Body Cameras and Dash Cameras for Various Departments
  

  Video.

• 10. Reports – County Manager
  

  Video.

• 12. Meeting Adjournment
  

  Video.

Here’s a LAKE video playlist:

Videos: Tourism Authority appointment, 3 rezonings, wetlands, solar, UPS, Lake Alapaha water treatment, body cameras @ LCC Work 2021-08-09
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.

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