Two weeks ago the Lowndes County Commission appointed Brenda Mims to the Board of Health, Victoria Copeland and Marion Ramsey to ZBOA, and Jane Peeples to the Library Board, all unanimously.

Everything else (except one item) also passed unanimously, including 8.b. Amend 2015 Solid Waste Ordinance raising waste collection fees and reducing collection center hours, as requested by the haulers.

Collage @ LCC Regular 2023-04-11

It became even more obvious why they tabled it a month before: All the Lowndes County Commissioners apparently already knew how they were going to vote on the Howell Road halfway house rezoning before they held the Public Hearing.

The vote was the same as the previous vote last June that they had to invalidate in September because they had not given proper notice according to state law. Except this time the Chairman did not have to determine a split vote, because all five voting Commissioners were present.

Commissioner Clay Griner moved to approve the rezoning and Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker seconded. Commissioners Joyce Evans and Demarcus Marshall voted against rezoning. Commissioners Scottie Orenstein, Mark Wisenbaker, and Clay Griner voted for.

So the result of this eight-month kabuki theater is the same as it ever was.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few comments by Gretchen Quarterman, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

See also the the LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session, the agenda and board packet, and other backgrounds linked from there.

• 1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge
  

  Video.

• 4. Minutes for Approval
  

  Video.

• 6.a. Appointment – Lowndes County Board of Health
  

  Video.

  Dr Randy Smith was no longer interested in serving.
  Ms. Brenda Mims was appointed.

• 6.b. Appointments – Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA)
  

  Video.

  Both Ms. Victoria Copeland and Mr. Marion Ramsey were reappointed.

• 6.c. Appointment – South Georgia Regional Library Board
  

  Video.

  Dr. Darlene Ridley resigned her position and Ms. Jane Peeples was appointed to fill her unexpired term.

• 7.a. REZ-2022-10 The Campus Transitional Care Facility, 2193 Howell Road
  

  Video.

  Approved with a split vote 3-2.
  Comissioners Evans and Marshall voted against the rezoning.

• Exodus
  

  Video.

  I do wish people would stay for the whole meeting.

• 8.a. Probation Department Service Agreement
  

  Video.

• 8.b. Amend 2015 Solid Waste Ordinance
  

  Video.

  Amended as requested by the haulers.
  $25 not to exceed price.
  7 fewer hours per week at recycling collection locations.

• 9.a. Brookridge Drive Grading, Drainage, Base, and Paving
  

  Video.

• 9.b. Bid for a Crop Sprayer for the Utilities Department
  

  Video.

• 10. Reports – County Manager
  

  Video.

• Chairman’s Recogitions of Leadership Lowndes (there were none)
  

  Video.

• 12. Adjournment
  

  Video.

Here’s a LAKE video playlist:

Videos: Howell Road Halfway House approved in split vote @ LCC Regular 2023-04-11
Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, Tuesday, April 11, 2023.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).

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