That’s one thing on the
8:30 AM agenda for this morning.
Work sessions are where most discussion among the commissioners usually occurs.
The actual vote will be in tomorrow’s (11 Jan) 5:30 PM regular session.
Background on the contentious rezoning for the Glen Laurel subdivision is in the continuing series in this blog.
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Update: the agenda for the 3 Jan 2011 special session
is posted on the county webpages.
COMMISSION EXPANSIONThis is on the county’s front page, with links toOn Monday, January 3, 2011, the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners held a special called meeting during which the adoption of a resolution expressing the county’s desire to move forward with the expansion of the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners, as previously directed by the voters of Lowndes County, was unanimously approved.
a map of the parts of the superdistricts within Valdosta.
What is not included Continue reading
Valdosta’s web page sums up the situation: Continue reading
What
Gary Minchew said at the end of his last Valdosta-Lowndes County
Industrial Authority (VLCIA) meeting as a board member:
He said he’s brought over 200 jobs a year to the area. He also said he organized getting the 1 mil of dedicated tax money for VLCIA. Continue reading
Ashley Paulk, Chairman |
Joyce Evans, District 1 |
Richard Raines, District 2 |
Crawford Powell, District 3 |
This is the Commission that as its first act held a special session to propose adding two new superdistricts.
The pictures for the two new Commissioners, Richard Raines and Crawford Powell, are from Valdosta Daily Times writeups while they were running, since the Commission’s own web pages do not yet have pictures for them.
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The VDT and the Commission’s district maps don’t agree,
and the Board of Elections doesn’t know.
David Rodock writes in the VDT today that
County revives expanding Lowndes commission:
During a special meeting Monday, county commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to include two additional voting districts within Lowndes County.Last year, this expansion failed in the legislature on a technicality. If the Commission and staff don’t make the same mistake, it seems likely the legislature will approve these new districts.The two proposed voting districts would allow for greater representation at County Commission meetings by allowing for an expansion of the current available voting representatives from three to five, while keeping a non-voting commission chairman.
But the district map the VDT published (see above) is not the same Continue reading
During yesterday’s 3PM work session, Commissioner Lee asked the County Planner Continue reading
“Proposed plant said to be ‘medical atrocity'”,
about Dr. William Sammons’ Monday
talk about health problems of biomass and how solar is better.
The VDT then featured biomass in its reporting on the AAUW Candidate Forum: Continue reading
The
Lowndes County Commission meets tonight:
Lowndes County Administrative ComplexThey represent the entire county (including the cities).
Commission Chambers – 2nd Floor
327 N. Ashley Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Their mission statement:
To provide an efficient, effective and responsive local government to all citizens of Lowndes County while maintaining the financial strength to meet any contingencyAnyone can stand up in the Citizens Wishing to Be Heard section of the agenda and say what’s on their mind. Say who you are, where you live, and be brief and polite.
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