Annually Lowndes County and its cities including Valdosta
feed quail to state legislators at the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot
in Atlanta: this is the Bird Supper.
Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter, Valdosta Mayor John Gayle
Category Archives: Lowndes County Commission
Videos: Fire, Library, rezonings, water main, road abandonments @ LCC 2019-02-11
The longest item was not on the agenda:
Special Recognition of Fire Rescue.
Second longest at two minutes was
7d. MOU with City of Remerton for Fire Inspection and Plan Review Services.
They’re adding to the agenda for voting Tuesday evening
Carter Way emergency access.
Maybe by then they’ll know Continue reading
Library, rezonings, water main, road abandonments @ LCC 2019-02-11
On the
agenda
for this morning, with voting Tuesday evening,
$18,250.00 of $73,000.00 to
bore under US 84 for a water main to we don’t know who
(see also
LAKE videos of previous Regular session),
and
$7,500.00 paid in full by GDOT to
close the CSX railroad crossing at Dasher-Johnson Road and to improve the crossing at Good Hope Road.
Also final Public Hearing to
abandon part of McLeod Road (see also previous Regular Session),
first consideration of
Abandonment of Doyle Kelly Road.
Plus
reappointment of
attorney Karl Osmus to the
Lowndes County Library Board,
the three
rezonings
from the recent
Planning Commission meeting,
an
MOU with City of Remerton to provide Fire Inspection and Plan Review Services,
and
Lowndes County Historic Courthouse Architect Selection,
4.5 years since the
Courthouse Preservation Committee Meetings.
Gretchen is heading to the Commissioner meeting now with the LAKE video camera.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Videos: Scottie Orenstein swearing in for District 2 @ LCC 2019-01-22
As mentioned in the
morning Work Session,
at 5PM before the
evening Regular Session,
they had a swearing-in ceremony for re-elected County Commissioner Scottie Orenstein, District 2.
Nevermind he already voted in
a previous Regular Session after being elected.
Here’s
a LAKE video playlist:
Videos: All aye, Simpson Road paving, taxes, alcohol, emergency, roads, and law @ LCC Regular 2019-01-22
They approved everything that Tuesday evening that they discussed
that same morning, including
a
special tax assessment rate.
No item took as long as two minutes.
There were no special reports and no citizens wishing to be heard.
The whole thing took 16 minutes and 44 seconds.
See also Continue reading
Videos: Annual Planning @ LCC Plan 2019-02-07
Here are the LAKE videos of the first day of the two day Annual Planning Meeting
of
Lowndes County Commissioners and staff.
Gretchen is back down there today, videoing the rest.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each item,
with a very few notes,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
previous post
for the agenda (which was not posted publicly)
and a few previous comments.
Annual Planning @ LCC Plan 2019-02-07
Lowndes County Commissioners and staff are meeting for two days
to discuss strategy, as they do every year.
They didn’t post an agenda on
lowndescounty.com,
but Gretchen photographed the one they had at Chairman Bill Slaughter’s pond house,
so here it is:
Lowndes County
Georgia
lowndescounty.com
Annual Planning Meeting
6926 Simpson Road ~ Hahira
February 7-8
8:30 a.m.
Agenda
Audit Continue reading
Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) Meeting: Lowndes County and cities @ SDS 2019-02-04
Update 2019-03-04: WWALS videos.
At least some elected officials from at least Lowndes County and Valdosta
will be gathering Monday on neutral ground to discuss tax revenue allocation.
Apparently this is a public meeting which anyone can attend.
In its usual laconic manner, this is all the county says
in its online calendar:
SDS Meeting
Date:
February 4, 2019Time:
5:00 PMLocation:
Valdosta- Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority OfficesAddress:
1901 North Forrest Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
Google Street View,
VLPRA, 1901 N. Forrest Street, Valdosta, GA 31601
A usually reliable source says this meeting is for voting Council and Commissioners, and the Mayor and Chairman were not invited.
I don’t know if elected members of Council would only be from Valdosta,
or also from
Remerton, Lake Park, Hahira, and Dasher.
If a quorum of any Council or Commissioners for any of these elected
bodies is present, Georgia law requires it to be an open meeting
which the public may attend.
I can’t imagine the county would have posted it publicly if it wasn’t.
The offices of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA)
are neutral ground, because Continue reading
Videos: Mystery Simpson Road paving, taxes, alcohol, emergency, roads, and law @ LCC 2019-01-22
They vote 5:30 PM this evening on what they discussed this morning.
Longest at two minutes was
5 g. Abandonment of McLeod Road,
followed by
5 i. Speed Zone Ordinance (apparently something was not right at exit 2),
and then at just under a minute:
6 a. Paving on Parker Road and Simpson Road.
Will Scruggs or Reames get the $2 million-plus contract for paving?
(Hint: Reames is the low bidder.)
Oops, sorry: the unscripted
7. Reports – County Manager
actually came in second at 1 minute and 44 seconds.
Finally, after
9. Adjournment,
there was a reminder of some mystery swearing in at 5PM.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also Continue reading
Mystery Simpson Road paving, taxes, alcohol, emergency, roads, and law @ LCC 2019-01-22
Due to Monday being Martin Luther King Jr. Day,
both the Work Session and the Regular Session will be on Tuesday, January 22, 2019,
at 8:30 AM and 5:30 PM.
Last time they approved paying for right of way on Simpson Road.
This time they’re approving
Paving on Parker Road and Simpson Road.
Why does Simpson Road get this exception to their decade-long custom of never paying for road right of way?
Will Scruggs or Reames get the $2 million-plus contract for paving?
(Hint: Reames is the low bidder.)
Simpson Road in Lowndes County Tax Assessor Maps.
Meanwhile, the county apparently borrowed money for paving,
and is tinkering the
Special Assessment Rate for 2019
from 6.5% to 7.5%.
Hm, the county “currently receives $32,770 annually” Continue reading