Thanks to Elizabeth Backe of SGRC for the agenda.
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Agenda with still from previous meeting
Meeting of the Board of Directors
Deep South Regional Municipal Solid Waste Management AuthorityJuly 20, 2022
6:00 PM
1937 Carlton Adams Dr.
Valdosta, GeorgiaAGENDA
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The Deep South Solid Waste Authority (DSSWA) had a bit of difficulty rustling up a quorum, but then they approved everything from the agenda, in a 26-minute meeting, reports Gretchen Quarterman, who attended remotely via webex.
Earlier yesterday, they sent the rest of the board packet, which is now
on the LAKE website:
/www/www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/dsswa/2021-08-18–dsswa-agenda
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Update 2021-08-19: Packet and LAKE report @ DSSWA 2021-08-18.
The Deep South Solid Waste Authority (DSSWA) in some vague sense oversees the landfill in Lowndes County. As near as I can tell, it mostly disburses grants to its member counties and cities, derived from fees on the private landfill operator.
There is an online way to attend this meeting tonight. Contact:
Elizabeth Backe, AICP
Southern Georgia Regional Commission
Planning Director
1937 Carlton Adams Dr.
Valdosta, GA 31601
229-333-5277 ext. 146
ebacke@sgrc.us
DEEP SOUTH
REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITYMeeting of the Board of Directors
Deep South Regional Municipal Solid Waste Management AuthorityAugust 18, 2021
6:00 PM
1937 Carlton Adams Dr.
Valdosta, GeorgiaAGENDA
- Welcome and Introduction
- Minutes of April 21, 2021 Meeting
- Draft attached for review and motion
- Financial Report Jan-June 2021
- Proposed Budget for FY 2022 (July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022)
- City of Lakeland Grinding Reimbursement Request
- Other Business
- Adjourn
Next regular scheduled meeting will be on October 20, 2021 at 6 p.m.
Phone: (229) 333-5277
1937 Carlton Adams Dr.
Fax: (229) 333-5312
Valdosta, Georgia 31601
Easy to see from Burnt Church Road, two solar farms near Lakeland, GA in Lanier County:
Here’s contact information: Continue reading
Local counties and cities
sold off one landfill in Lowndes County in the late 1990s,
and a second one in 2005 through the Deep South Solid Waste Management Authority.
Yet in 2007 the
Deep South Municipal Regional Solid Waste Management Authority (WMA),
with the same county and city member governments,
was still active, discussing a regional recycling station.
And it is still active today, including some of the same board members
the entire time since 2005,
such as
Valdosta City Manager Larry Hanson.
Hanson was not present last week
when Valdosta Mayor John Gayle said
Valdosta does not control the landfill, or perhaps he would have
mentioned that Valdosta through its longterm seat on the WMA board
does have some degree of control over the landfill’s operations.
I notice quite a few of the Valdosta City Council’s own minutes record discussions and votes related to that WMA including this item from their Regular meeting of 4 October 2014, which was called to order by Mayor Gayle:
- Boards, Commissions, Authorities, and Advisory Committees
- Consideration of an appointment to the Deep South Regional Municipal Solid Waste Management Authority. — Appointed Richard Hardy, Public Works Director (7-0 Vote).
There must be some advantage to the City of Valdosta to have two members (Hanson and Hardy) on the WMA board. Certainly the average citizen or organization does not have that.
Bill Roberts, VDT, 5 December 2005, Authority closes on landfill deal, Continue reading
Flatlanders Arts & Crafts Show
The Flatlanders Arts & Crafts Show features a variety of antiques, collectibles, food and beverages. It is one of the oldest annual arts and crafts shows, and is held each Labor Day weekend at the Threatte Center, just inside the city limits of Lakeland, Georgia.
10AM to 5PM Saturday October 11th
10AM to 4PM Saturday October 12th
The Threattle Center
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The answer is:
Burnt Church Road is the location of the
2 MW Lakeland Solar Farm,
conveniently next to what appears to be a Georgia Power substation.
The landowner appears from the Lanier County tax assessor maps to be
Patten Seed Company.
Compare this map to the big image in the
previous post
and they clearly show the same location.
Apparently nobody has satellite images of Lanier County new enough
yet to show the solar panels. Continue reading
Somebody told me a few weeks ago there’s a big solar farm near Lakeland. He was not very specific about where, but it’s big: two megawatts, organized by a company out of Chicago. Can anybody point me to where it is so I can go take pictures?
Evergreen Solar Services says,
2.0 MW Lakeland, GA
Completed in 2014, 2 — 1.0 MW Georgia Power ASI projects. Fixed tilt PV with central inverters, medium voltage interconnected.
You can see by this Evergreen Solar Services picture that Continue reading
Demolition debris buried without a permit? That happened in Lakeland, and it’s causing a heap of trouble for the City Council. Could such a thing also have happened in a nearby county?
Andy Alcock reported yesterday for WCTV,
Lakeland Hires Firm to Check Environmental Issues
There’s a new push to find out about dozens of potential environmental violations in the South Georgia city of Lakeland.
As we first reported last week, Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division issued a notice of violation for the city of Lakeland.
That notice lists twenty-three properties where demolition debris may be buried without a permit.
The city council has now unanimously approved the hiring of an engineering firm to assess those sites.
Stevenson & Palmer Engineering will be paid an hourly rate plus expenses not to exceed $15,000 without approval by the city.
There are claims of improperly demolishing, burning and burying dozens of homes.
According to whom?
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Local newspaper videos local government and puts it on YouTube!
They have city council, county commission, board of education
since September last year.
It’s the
Lanier County Advocate,
videoing the
Lakeland City Council,
the
Lanier County Commission, and the
Lanier County Board of Education, plus
the
Lanier County Historical Society
on their
YouTube channel.
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