The longest time, almost 16 minutes, was for Pregnancy Support Clinic of Valdosta at 2203 N. Oak St., followed at 14 minutes by REZ-2020-03 Wetherington Property, Val Del Road RA to PD, with 12 minutes for the Jon Nijem rezoning and Planned Development at 406 & 410 Baytree Road, in a relatively short February meeting of the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes. See also Continue reading
The longest regular item at 4 minutes on this voting Regular Session agenda was 6.b. Accept Hamm Estates Dr. into the County Road Inventory. Longer were two Citizens who spoke at the end about Keep Lowndes-Valdosta Beautiful (KLVB).
Here again are the costs found in the agenda sheets for the items, from most expensive down, with links back into the agenda.
| Cost | What |
|---|---|
| $290,000.00 | 2020 Administrative Services Agreement with Allied Benefit Systems, Inc. |
| $50,433.00 | Bid for Repairs to Knights Academy Road; emergency repairs for Culvert Aprons |
| $43,245.50 | Approval of Clyattstone Rd.-Simpson Ln. ROW Purchases |
| $24,613.44 | Microsoft Server 2019 Data Center License |
| $11,535.00 | Approval of Clyattstone Rd.-Simpson Ln. ROW Acquisition |
| $419,826.94 | Total |
The actual cost for the Clyattstone Road-Simpson Lane project is larger; more like $77,696.50 so far, before grading, base, and paving; see the LAKE notes on the preceding morning’s Work Session.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes. See also Continue reading
The longest item of those I videoed (yes, I was late to this Work Session) was 6.f. Deannexation of Ganas Property by Lake Park, which apparently doesn’t cost the county anything. Directly, at least. Maybe even net positive, due to property taxes.
Here are the costs found in the agenda sheets for the items, from most expensive down, with links back into the agenda.
| Cost | What |
|---|---|
| $290,000.00 | 2020 Administrative Services Agreement with Allied Benefit Systems, Inc. |
| $50,433.00 | Bid for Repairs to Knights Academy Road; emergency repairs for Culvert Aprons |
| $43,245.50 | Approval of Clyattstone Rd.-Simpson Ln. ROW Purchases |
| $24,613.44 | Microsoft Server 2019 Data Center License |
| $11,535.00 | Approval of Clyattstone Rd.-Simpson Ln. ROW Acquisition |
| $419,826.94 | Total |
The actual cost for one item is larger; see below for Clyattstone Road and Simpson Lane ROW Purchases.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes. See also Continue reading
Bids or negotiations for everything except the Professional Services for Sampling, Monitoring, and Reporting of Impaired Streams, which is on the agenda for Tuesday as a single proposal from an engineering firm. The agenda sheets are on the LAKE website. We do not yet have the full agenda packet.
This April 28, 2020, Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission will be held by teleconference. There will be Citizens Wishing to Be Heard, but as usual that will be after the Commissioners vote. This is the only County Commission of the many counties I’ve been to in two states that does not let citizens speak either at the beginning of the session or on each agenda item as it comes up.
Citizens wishing to be heard should email County Clerk, Paige Dukes at pdukes@lowndescounty.com or call 229-292-6142 during normal business hours to register to speak. Please register prior to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28th. Thank you.
Notice no Work Session is listed on the agenda, and a Commissioner tells me there will be no Work Session, which is marked in the county calendar as Cancelled.
These are the costs of the agenda items, sorted most expensive first:
Twelve minutes for their first-ever dial-in Lowndes County Commission meeting.
That’s longer than many of their in-person meetings, maybe because the Chairman had the Clerk call roll for the Commissioners for each vote. Both votes were unanimous with no discussion. Nobody explained why these items were important enough for a Special Called Meeting.
Before the meeting, in the room they had already Continue reading
Update 2020-04-16: LAKE Notes taken during the conference call.
Something good out of a pandemic: the first-ever telephone listen-in for a Lowndes County Commission meeting.
I assume listen-in because there is no Citizens To Be Heard on the agenda. While Madison County, Florida, BOCC, weeks ago had a participatory conference call meeting, I can’t imagine Lowndes County Commission doing that.
The only agenda items are how to spend the Hotel/Motel Tax (assuming there is any) for Tourism, and paying for right of way (ROW) for one parcel so TSPLOST paving of Clyattstone Road and Simpson Lane can continue. I don’t know why that one paving project is so important.
Special Called Meeting
April 16, 2020, 9:30 AM @ In an effort to respect social distancing, a conference call line has been set up for this meeting. The call in number 813-769-0500 and the access code is 373-829-614#There are only two items being addressed due to them needing immediate attention.
More Details
That “More Details” link goes to a page that has exactly the same information.
However, unlike most Special Called Meetings, for this one they did post an agenda. We don’t know whether they will video the meeting. That would be good, since LAKE can’t go into the building to do that. See also Continue reading
The Val Del Road rezoning for a subdivision on the Wetherington Property near Nelson Hill is on the agenda for this morning’s Lowndes County Commission Work Session, to be voted on Tuesday evening at the Regular Session.
Probably not coincidentally, Right of way purchase for Clyattstone Road is also on the agenda.
![[Wetherington watershed]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2020-02-24--glpc-packet/wetherington-watershed.jpg)
Lowndes County Property Appraiser,
Wetherington watershed
The Bids for Fire Department equipment previously tabled and discussed at length in the recent all-day planning sessions are back on the agenda.
Frank Morman doesn’t want to be reappointed to the Continue reading
The Lowndes County Commission approved all items in four and a quarter minutes, at its Regular Session a month ago, including reappointing Teri Lupo to the Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority. There were no other nominees.
The longest item at less than a minute was 6.a. 2020 Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement. Commissioners had no questions about that or any other item.
Below are LAKE videos for each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also Continue reading
One month ago, the entire Lowndes County Commission Regular Work Session took eight and a half minutes.
Plus an
Executive Session for Real Estate.
Below are LAKE videos for each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also the agenda. The board packet is on the LAKE website.
Neither of the two Valdosta cases at Monday evening’s Planning Commission Regular Session looks controversial, although you never know. Jon Nijem wants to rezone and then get approval for a Planned Development at 406 & 410 Baytree Road. And Pregnancy Support Clinic of Valdosta wants to rezone for office space at 2203 N. Oak St.
In Lowndes County, yet another Val Del Road subdivision, REZ-2020-03 Wetherington Property, is proposed diagonally northeast across the road from Nelson Hill, which makes even clearer why the county wants to pave Clyattstone Road, going from Val Del Road between those two west to Old US 41 North (see below).
![[Wetherington property]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2020-02-24--glpc-packet/wetherington-property.jpg)
Lowndes County Property Appraiser,
Wetherington property,
WETHERINGTON FRANK L LIVING TRUST, parcels 0071 055, 056, 056A (not 55A), at
4154 and 4424 Val Del Road.
The subject property is in the watershed of Bay Branch, but apparently Continue reading
![[Map: Coleman Road, VALORGIS]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2020-04-28--lcc-packet/map-coleman-road-valorgis.jpg)
![[Only two items]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2020-04-16--special-called-meeting/2020-04-16--lcc-agenda-0001.jpg)
![[With dialin instructions]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2020-04-16--special-called-meeting/calendar.jpg)