In Quitman, several people told LAKE about an extensive sewage problem
on the south side of town.
At one house we were told that she had been having problems for 13 years.
She said the city told her to lift up her pipes, which she did.
Yet sewage still makes a pit in her yard, which she has covered with tin;
you can see the pit under there.
When she uses her plumbing, sewage backs up inside the house. The city sent a jail inmate Continue reading
Fewer speakers at the Regular Session than at the previous morning’s Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission. The longest item was a citizen wishing to be heard, who only spoke for 3 and a half minutes. Up until then, the meeting took five minutes, as the Chairman noted. And everything was adopted unanimously, with little or no discussion.
Here’s the agenda, annotated below with links to the videos and a few notes, and followed by a video playlist.
Call to Order
First the Chairman welcomed Leadership Lowndes.
Dell Lease Agreement for Sheriff’s Office Laptops —Aaron Kostyu
Agreement with Basic Life
Chairman Ashley Paulk noted it was 5:35, and then
Ken Klanicki spoke
for 3 and a half minutes, the longest item in the meeting,
after which
they adjourned.
Video Playlist
Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 September 2012.
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A parade of speakers not on the agenda extended yesterday morning’s Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission. They spoke about the conference center, about South Georgia Partnership for Homelessness, and about health and life insurance. Commissioners heard from staff about repairs to a sewage lift station and laptops for the Sheriff’s office. They vote on all these things at their Regular Session tonight at 5:30 PM.
Here’s the agenda, annotated below with links to the videos and a few notes, and followed by a video playlist.
Call to Order
The Chairman announced guests not on the agenda.
Bevel Creek Lift Station Repair
County Manager Joe Pritchard said they had achieved
$260,000 in savings towards projected $300,000 savings
in health care expenses.
He introduced
Chris Park(?) with Park(?) Group and
Jack Curtis with
Corporate Health Partners.
Pritchard said the county Wanted to add a wellness program to improve
employee quality of life and wellbeing.
Chris Park(?)
spoke first.
He introduced Jack Curtis,
who spoke about
a wellness program proposal.
Video Playlist
Work Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Videos by Brandon Livingston for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 September 2012.
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Repairs to a sewage lift station, laptops for the Sheriff’s office, and health and life insurance. I’ll bet this morning’s Lowndes County Commission Work Session will be brief.
What’s this about a
Bevel Creek Lift Station Repair?
That sewer line station seems to have last been mentioned in a Commission
meeting
11 February 2003:
Mr. Clark stated that the Bevel Creek Lift Station rehab came in under budget enough to cover the additional $26,000.00 from the Exit 22 project.
The Commissioners (of whom only Joyce Evans is still or again on the Commission) proceeded to approve one of their famous transportation change orders.
But what is Bevel Creek?
According to
Watershed Assessment:
The Watersheds Associated with
Lowndes County, Georgia, May 2001,
Bevel Creek discharges into the Withlacoochee River in north-central Florida.
Since Bevel Creek doesn’t join the Withlacoochee River in Georgia, it’s considered as a separate watershed basin for Lowndes County.
Here’s the agenda.
Continue readingLOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
Since the floods of 2009 Valdosta had been waiting on FEMA
to say whether it would grant some funding for improving the wastewater treatment plant that flooded then. Finally, FEMA gave a decision, no, which allowed the Valdosta City Council to choose another path. But not in time for improvements before the same plant had another wastewater overflow.
WCTV posted PR from the City of Valdosta of 17 August 2012, Major Sewage Overflow from Withlacoochee Water Pollution Control Plant,
Continue readingAt approximately 1 a.m. on Aug. 16, 2012, the pumps in the Influent Pump Station of the Withlacoochee Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) stopped working.
An emergency bypass pump system was placed into service at 12:45 a.m., on Aug. 17; and as a result, the sewer spills are no longer occurring. Contractors are currently on site investigating the cause of the failure, which has not yet been determined, while also making necessary repairs to the damaged equipment.
Sewer overflows were recorded at the following locations within the sewer collection system:
Continue readingWhile certain entities see no negative environmental impact of the proposed biomass plant, the information and data that I have does not indicate that incineration of wood is efficient, environmentally sound, or safe for our citizens. Yet others see this as a win-win scenario claiming a vastly different perspective on the situation; economically, environmentally and in regard to the health of our citizens. Why is that?
This appears to be the date and location for the Georgia EPD
air quality hearing for the Wiregrass Biomass plant proposed
for Valdosta:
6:30 PM, 27 April 2010We’ve been waiting on this date for a while. EPD is going to send a press release to the VDT a few weeks in advance and post it on its own website, www.georgiaair.org. Assuming, of course, that the date and place don’t change again.
Multipurpose Room
Valdosta City Hall Annex
300 North Lee Street
Valdosta, Georgia
Why should you care? This plant proposes to burn sewage sludge, which can release numerous hazardous chemicals into the air. Here is Seth’s letter to the editor of the VDT of 21 Feb 2010: Continue reading
