This morning, 8:30 AM, all of the items from the previous cancelled meeting are back on the agenda, for voting Tuesday 5:30 PM. Plus four more:
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For Consideration:
- Addendum to the Withlacoochee Flood Inundation Mapping Project
- USGS Funding Agreement for Hwy 122 Stream Gauge
- Public Safety Information Technology Purchase
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High Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (HEAT), Document:
HISTORY, FACTS, AND ISSUES: The certified Lowndes County fatality rate: 2006-14, 2007-14, 2008~19, 2009-16, 2010-18, 2011-15, 2012-11, 2013-7, 2014-14, 2015-19, 2016-20. Any traffic fatality in Lowndes County is too many. For numerous years, the county has been plagued with an unacceptable fatality rate. Consistently for ten years between 2006 and 2016 we suffered with as much as nineteen people dying annually in crashes. In April 2012 the Sheriff created the SPEED team which joined forces with the Valdosta Police HEAT team. Together both agencies diligently fought to reduce the fatality rate. In 2013, Lowndes County recorded an unprecedented lowest rate of the decade with seven fatalities.
Photo: Valdosta Daily TimesSoon after, the police department lost their HEAT team which contributed to a Continue reading