Educating people upstream about things they could do to reduce flooding,
was among the topics discussed by Gretchen with the small sixth workshop that on Monday May 9th 2016
reviewed the Policies section
(Word,
PDF)
of the 19 April 2016 Workbook
for the Update to the Greater Lowndes Comprehensive Plan, as
Ariel Godwin said in advance.
Here’s
a video playlist:
Here’s the
agenda
for this morning’s 8:30 AM Work Session and tomorrow evening’s voting Regular Session:
will the Lowndes County Commission spend more on mosquito testing than on renting prisoners from Valdosta State Prison?
(Answer: no,
$45,790 on mosquitos
and
$118,500 on three prisoner work details at $39,500 each:
“The details are utilized in the maintenance of over 5,000 easements that require manual hand cutting.”
Hm, if the county didn’t insist on 80-foot easements….
They’re also
appointing people to four different boards.
If you wanted to apply, how would you know to do so?
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2016, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Record low attendance, not record but very short session time,
even with a full agenda;
at least you can see last month’s last Lowndes County Commission Regular Session in these LAKE videos.
They meet again 8:30 AM this morning.
See also the LAKE videos of the May 23rd Work Session.
In the May 24th Regular Session, there were
still no questions yesterday from Commissioners about that $55,979.00 in
two no-bid
items.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall did ask Continue reading
Does 9:28 AM to 8:30 AM the next day sound like 24 hours notice to you?
And as usual there’s no draft budget posted.
Also no agenda.
From: listserv@civicplus.com
Date: 31 May 2016 09:28:22 -0500
Subject: New Event Budget Meetings For cp-stcity2.civicplus.comA new Event now appears on our site. Please click on the link below to go directly to the new posting.
http://www.lowndescounty.com/Calendar.aspx?EID=160
The actual event posting says “There will be no votes taken at these meetings.”
Which probably gets them off the hook for the Georgia Open Meetings Law,
but still doesn’t indicate they want the taxpayers to see what they’re doing.
Received by email today this
Reminder:
The final workshop for the Joint 2016 Lowndes County and Cities of
Dasher, Hahira, Lake Park, Remerton, and Valdosta Comprehensive Plan
Update will be:Monday, June 6, 2016
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
SGRC office, 327 W. Savannah Avenue, ValdostaAt this workshop we will review the existing land use and future
land use or character area maps.The entire plan workbook can be downloaded at: Continue reading
The controversial Hahira rezonings and annexation
are on the Planning Commission agenda tonight at 5:30 PM.
Thanks to Hahira City Planner Matt Martin, packet materials for
the Hahira items are
on the LAKE website.
Here’s the agenda that was not available before the GLPC Work Session,
but is online now before tonight’s 5:30 PM Regular Session.
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
Lowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AGENDA
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
Will they take longer to vote this evening at 5:30 PM than the
8 1/2 minutes for yesterday morning’s Work Session with
a full agenda?
No questions yesterday from Commissioners about that $55,979.00 in
two no-bid
items, although the County Manager did say “quotes” about the .
lift station pump.
The
County Manager’s Report
did say he’d received
an annexation request from Hahira for the W. Main St. property and he indicated no grounds for the county to protest.
The only question from a Commissioner was about which one of them
might be picked to serve with
“Ms. Andrea Schuijer”
on the
South Regional Joint Development Authority.
Answer: maybe Clay Griner.
Nobody asked why
the county’s web page on that Joint Authority
says Andrea Schruijer is already on it.
Is this a reappointment?
And which slots are vacant?
Also, what does this Joint Authority do?
For the
Southern Georgia Area Agency on Aging,
yes it’s Commissioner Joyce Evans for reappointment.
County Engineer Mike Fletcher said
the Beaver Lane closing
previously came up in 2002 and was denied,
but now some of the opponents from then are for it.
Tonight is not the public hearing: merely a determination on scheduling a public hearing. Continue reading
On
Lowndes County’s website
there’s no agenda for tonight’s Planning Commission Work Session,
even though
the City of Valdosta’s calendar
lists that Work Session for 5:30 PM Monday May 23rd 2016
at South Health District Administrative Office (former Lowndes County Administration Building),
325 W Savannah Ave, Valdosta, GA 31601.
Presumably the
Hahira rezonings and annexation will be discussed.
And will County Manager Joe Pritchard say this morning at 8:30 AM
at the Lowndes County Work Session that he has received an annexation letter from Hahira?
Neither of these Monday meetings are public hearings:
the public can attend, but can not speak.
See
previous post for when the public hearings are.
-jsq
This morning’s 8:30 AM
$45,600.00 for new grounds for four
radio towers:
was it in the budget, or is this another emergency no-bid item?
Ditto the $10,379.00 for the
Kinderlou Lift Station Pump?
Each item names only one company quoting.
After
abandoning Beaver Lane, will the county vote to fix it as a private road,
like they did with
Carter Way?
And from whom did the county receive the abandonment request?
Will the
County Manager’s Report
include
the Hahira W. Main St. annexation?
Also on
the Lowndes County Commission agenda
for discussion Monday morning and vote Tuesday evening,
appointing
“Ms. Andrea Schuijer and a Commissioner”
to the Continue reading
Update 2016-04-23: Fixed date of Hahira City Council Work Session to May 31st per comment from Barbara Stratton.
Josh Thomason wants to combine three parcels and annex one of them into Hahira.
Some people are rightly concerned about whether Hahira’s sewer system can handle it.
Apparently Hahira Mayor and Council have already discussed these three related cases,
and they come up for two Planning Commission meetings and a Hahira vote
in the next few weeks, plus the annexation goes past the Lowndes County Commission.
Oh, and Valdosta is indirectly involved.
Barbara Stratton, facebook, 17 May 2016: Continue reading
