They approved everything in 10 minutes flat,
including the
Special Asessment Rate for 2018,
the
Community and Economic Development Strategy,
and yes, they added to the
agenda
and passed the
Resolution Supporting HR 158 to Stop Diversion of State Fees.
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Update 2018-01-28: LAKE videos of Valdosta Mayor and Council talking about $406 million and 25% discretionary funds which can be used for things like public transportation.
Preparing for a vote on the May 22, 2018, primary election ballot, SGRC is holding two public meetings next week to review what the regional roundtable has come up with for a project list for a regional one-percent sales tax. Most of the projects, ranging from $18 thousand to $26 million dollars, are for roads and bridges, but there are also sidewalks and one airport tower light. There is nothing in the project list for public transportation, but 25% of the funds are not on the project list, and counties or cities could choose to use some of those funds for example for paying for the urban area parts of trips by the Lowndes County MIDS on-call bus service.
When: 4-6PM, Monday, January 29, 2018
Where:
Pearson Sports and Civic Complex,
786 Austin Avenue East, Pearson, Georgia
When: 10AM-6PM, Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Where:
Southern Georgia Regional Commission Valdosta
Office,
327 West Savannah Ave. Valdosta, Georgia
Estimated
Revenue
Distribution
by
Jurisdiction,
Southern
Georgia
Regional
Transportation
Sales
Tax
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Valdosta has a very light agenda Thursday, with a couple of bids and the same resolution in support of Georgia HR 158 to stop diversion of state fees that has already been passed by Lanier County 2018-01-08, by the City of Adel 2018-01-16, by Atkinson County 2018-01-18, and is on the agenda for Lowndes County 5:30 PM tonight 2018-01-23 and on the agenda for Hahira 6PM next Thursday 2018-02-01.
Photo:
Valdosta City Council by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange, 2018-01-11.
If you can attend one of these meetings and thank these elected officials for doing the right thing, I’m sure they would appreciate it.
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The
tire amnesty went well, and
added to the agenda:
a county resolution in support of HR 158 in the Georgia legislature,
to stop state fee diversions.
The County Manager reminded them they had heard about the Community and Economic Development Strategy a few months before (apparently under another name), and there was some confusion about Georgia Power’s continued involvement.
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The big item on the agenda for 8:30 AM Monday morning is an MoU and $25,000 to fund a Community and Economic Development Strategy. Presumably this is the 2013-2018 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) that the VDT says the Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC) recently adopted.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Sworn in:
re-elected
Sandra Tooley (District 2) and
new members
Eric Howard (District 4)
and
Andy Gibbs (District 6),
plus Sandra Tooley again as
new Mayor Pro Tem.
The vote on Mayor Pro Tem
split evenly with the Mayor voting,
between Sandra Tooley and Tim Carroll,
so they ended up having Judge Tunison draw one of the two names out of a box.
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For two out of three boards, they came up with one name between
Monday morning and Tuesday evening.
No one applied for the
Lowndes County Development Authority;
instead they appointed Gary Moser who applied to be on Planning Commission.
They reappointed
Franklin Bailey, head of homebuilders association, to the
Planning Commission, plus
they appointed Ed Hightower to finish the unexpired term of Brad Folsom.
They appointed Dr. Frances Brown to the
Lowndes County Board of Health.
And the County Manager
recognized Public Works
for their good work during the recent storms.
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New members top the agenda for tonight: Eric Howard (District 4) and Andy Gibbs (District 6).
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL
5:30 PM Thursday, January 11, 2018
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
Update 2018-02-07: Rescheduled to February 7, 2018.
Thanks to Larry Hanson, new member to replace him, election of officers, and annual audit
are on
the agenda for next Wednesday for the Deep South Solid Waste Management Authority.
Still nothing about coal ash from Georgia, Florida, or elsewhere.
See previous post for who’s on this Authority and who gets its grants.
DEEP SOUTH
REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITYMeeting of the Board of Directors
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Deep South Regional Municipal Solid Waste Management Authority
January 17, 2018
6:00 PM
Southern Georgia Regional Commission
Valdosta, Georgia
AGENDA
County Manager Joe Pritchard
thanked county staff for their performance during the recent storms
and the public for mostly staying off the roads.
It will cost
$450 to qualify to run for County Commissioner.
No, we don’t know what was wrong with the sound. We will try to get it better tomorrow evening.
No applicants for the Lowndes County Development Authority Board of Health, and many for the Planning Commission.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each item, with a few notes, followed by a video playlist. See also the notes on the agenda. Continue reading