Tuesday Chairman Bill Slaughter did say
there will be a retreat Thursday and Friday this week, but he didn’t say where or what time of day.
Yesterday afternoon they finally put on their website that
it starts 8AM this morning at Quail Branch Lodge.
Here’s hoping Commissioner Joyce Evans is well enough to attend.
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This agenda finally showed up on the county’s website
less than 24 hours before the meeting.
No doubt their excuse would be they informed the newspaper 24 hours in advance.
Nevermind the taxpaying public.
I wonder what “Citizen Engagement” means? It’s on the agenda for 2PM tomorrow.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
2017 Commission Annual Planning Meeting
Quail Branch Lodge
7601 Zeigler Road, Lake Park, GeorgiaThursday, February 16 Continue reading
They vote 5:30 PM today. The longest item at yesterday morning’s Work Session was
6b. REZ-2017-02 Calles, Alexandria St, R-10 and CON to E-A, Well and Septic, 0213 acres,
which also got the longest discussion of any county case at the recent
Planning Commission meeting, where GLPC voted to recommend denial.
All parties want the other rezoning,
6a. REZ-2017-01 Cone/Malone, tabled.
The second longest item yesterday morning was 7c. Request for Relief for Tuscany Palms Utility Tax District, which had a long list of staff involved in it.
They did name the three three candidates for two VLMPO vacancies, but none of them were present. At least one wasn’t even aware he was actually a candidate.
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On
the agenda for 8:30 AM this morning,
three candidates for two VLMPO vacancies,
and none of the candidates are
incumbents, according to
Valdosta
or
Lowndes County.
Rezonings on
Madison Hwy
and
Alexandria St,
both probably uncontroversial; see the
LAKE videos of the preceding GLPC meeting for those two items.
Yet again
Approval of Elected Officials Using County Issued Purchasing Cards and Credit Cards
and as usual a
Beer License.
Three water items:
Bevel Creek Lift Station Automatic Transfer Switch,
Professional Engineering Services and Environmental Permitting for Jumping Gully Road Bridge Replacement,
Drainage Improvements – Valencia Street.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
It’s great they’re talking early about the
CDBG grant for Habitat for Humanity and maybe some others,
but they can’t get any state or local grants until the county finishes
feuding with all the cities in the county about tax distribution.
They spent second most time on
the Kinderlou Road CSX RR crossing closure.
Seago rezoning was withdrawn by the applicant.
For Emergency Manager Ashley Tye’s report on tornado damage, see the
videos of the previous morning’s Work Session.
See also
the agenda.
Below are links to each LAKE video of the 2017-01-24 Regular Session, with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist. Continue reading
Lowndes County had no fatailities or major injuries from the recent storm,
but our neighbors to the west and north were not so lucky,
reported Emergency Management Director Ashley Tye.
They vote tonight at 5:30 PM on
is no longer on
the agenda,
but not on the
Seago rezoning,
because the applicant withdrew it.
They can talk about
CDBG funding,
because of “all the circumstances”, namely that the county is feuding
with all the cities in the county about tax distribution,
and can’t apply for any state or federal grants until that is resolved.
They
adjourned to executive session to discuss litigation:
does that mean they’re going to sue the cities about tax distribution
all the way to the Georgia Supreme Court again?
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The three rezonings back
the agenda
after being tabled were
approved,
tabled again,
and
denied.
They meet again this morning at 8:30 AM to consider
that tabled rezoning and other matters.
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This morning at 8:30 AM
we’ll probably hear a storm report from Emergency Management Director Ashley Tye.
And back on the agenda for the third time,
REZ-2016-21 Seago, 4678 US Hwy 41 S,
still trying to buy a bit of adjoining land to get up to the minimum acreage:
see
the LAKE videos of the previous regular session, which link to all the previous stuff.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
They vote tonight at 5:30 PM, and yesterday morning they reviewed
the three rezonings back
the agenda
after being tabled
last month.
County Manager Joe Pritchard
said staff would be sending Commissioners
a list of upcoming board apointments so they could think of candidates.
He didn’t say anything about showing that list to the public.
See also the LAKE videos of last November’s Planning Commission meeting for those three rezonings.
Below are links to LAKE videos from each item yesterday morning, with a few notes, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading
24 minutes on
REZ-2016-19 Turnberry at Thompson E-A to R-21 which changed to R-1
at the last minute,
14 minutes on
Bill Branham’s
REZ-2016-23 Copeland Road development,
4 on
REZ-2016-24 Martin<
3 on
REZ-2016-25 Cain’s Creekside RV Park,
and
3 on the
Peterson Road Lift Station Rehab,
plus
almost 5 minutes of
Chairman and Commission Comments!
Real discussion and revealing their opinions in public?
What’s gotten into them?
Did they see in advance
the VDT’s Sunlight on the horizon?
Yet the Chairman said nobody could ask the audience to stand up on REZ-2016-19 Turnberry at Thompson and while they were waiting for the room to clear before the next item could start, Continue reading
