I saw no agenda posted beforehand for the Budget Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission, 9 AM, Wednesday, May 31, 2021.
Below are LAKE videos by Gretchen Quarterman, with a few notes by her, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
There was no audio feed back to the video ghetto in the rear of the room, so you’ll have to crank up the volume and see what you can hear. Continue reading
In Lowndes County’s annual Planning Retreat, these items seem especially interesting, for today and Friday:
Wednesday- 2:00 p.m. Unified Land Development Code Ordinance Update
Friday- 8:30 a.m. Ordinance Update Discussion
It’s hard to tell what will be discussed in the other agenda items, since they have labels like “Finance” or “Departmental Updates”.
Not sure when this was posted, but it is under Lowndes County News: 2023 ANNUAL PLANNING MEETING AGENDA. Continue reading
Update 2023-01-21: Packet: Dollar General rezoning again, VLDA appointment, 2 subdivision infrastructure, special assessment rate, DA VOCA, server blades @ LCC 2023-01-23.
If you do not think “commercial and shopping options in Lowndes County” should include a development foothold in an agricultural and forestry area, here are ways you can oppose it: a survey, a petition, letters, call your Commissioner, and speak in the Public Hearing.
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Trash bags across GA 122 from the rezoning notice sign
Somebody identified only as “Joe w/ WG Research” is sending text messages with a survey that includes this question:
4. Would you be in favor of a new and architecturally enhanced Dollar General in North Lowndes County located on GA Hwy 122?
No doubt they want to hear from everybody.
So please answer
the survey and get friends and relatives who oppose that rezoning to answer it.
https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7170646/Lowndes-County?x=2DCD7BDE9 Continue reading
Update 2024-01-24: Why the traffic light: The Towns at 4443 (Bemiss Road @ Studstill Road) letter of intent and Conceptual Plan @ GLPC 2022-09-26.
Lowndes County Commissioners were still not happy with the City of Valdosta about the Service Delivery Agreement, with Chairman Bill Slaughter reciting a litany of recent extraterritorial water and sewage decisions and a change in funding for county roads for the upcoming “physical” year, at their Regular Session of October 11, 2022. Commissioners Clay Griner and Scottie Orenstein complained about the agreement, with some threats to go back to the 2008 agreement if signatures were not gotten from the Valdosta immediately. It passed 4:1, with Griner voting against.
They spent 25 minutes on 5.a. REZ-2022-16 4443 Bemiss, ~14.1 acres, from C-G \u0026 R-A to P-D \u0026 C-G, finally agreeing for the applicant to add a fence between it and the nearby church.
County Manager Paige Dukes in her report said the county was only doing their river cleanup because it is required by the county’s stormwater permit, so it’s a checkbox they are checking. Also, she was asking Public Works to have the county’s litter crew stand down beforehand, so volunteers would have something to pick up at the boat ramps.
Two citizens spoke, Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman proposing a grant application about water quality, and Matthew and Debra Williams of Bethany Drive back again after a year about a county drainage easement draining onto their property.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also the LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session, the agenda and board packet, and the LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission meeting. Continue reading
Update 2022-10-31: Videos: Leadership Lowndes, Rezonings, Lift Station, Pictometry, SDS, Suwannee Riverkeeper, Bethany Drive @ LCC 2022-10-11.
An executive session involving the fire chief and an extra attorney was the most unusual thing at the Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission on October 10, 2022.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also the agenda and board packet, and the LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission meeting. Continue reading
Last month, the most time was spent on a six-minute Hurricane Ian report by EMA Director Ashley Tye, plus a minute on an added Local Emergency Declaration, at the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session of September 27, 2022.
Chairman Bill Slaughter was absent due to illness. Commissioner Scottie Orenstein presided. Commissioner Demarcus Marshall was also absent.
The most discussion on the regular agenda, at more than three minutes, was on the high-dollar item, the ongoing redo of the facilities at the county palace. Next at more than a minute was more than a minute on widening of Old Clyattville Road. The whole thing took twenty minutes.
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LAS, TIA, Facilties, Emergency @ LCC 2022-09-27
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes by Gretchen, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also the LAKE videos of the preceding morning’s Work Session and the agenda and board packet. Continue reading
Update 2022-10-31: Videos: Rezonings, pictometry, lift station @ LCC 2022-10-10.
The two subdivision rezonings won’t cost anything, according to the Lowndes County Commission, even though on the same agenda there’s a resolution to adopt infrastructure for another subdivision that the county will then have to maintain, and a quitclain of a sewage lift station in another subdivision.
The only thing for which they do detail costs is aerial mapping of the county as requested by the Tax Assesssors’ office.
| Cost | What |
|---|---|
| $39,979.33 years 1-3 | Eagleview Pictometry Agreement between the Lowndes County Board of Assessors and Pictometry International Corp. |
| $40,310.67 years 4-6 | Eagleview Pictometry Agreement between the Lowndes County Board of Assessors and Pictometry International Corp. |
| $80,290.00 | Total |
All that plus a beer license at the Work Session this morning, to be voted on in the Regular Session at 5:30 PM Tuesday.
Here is the agenda. The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request, is on the LAKE website. For the two rezonings, see also the Continue reading
Update 2022-10-24: Videos: LAS, TIA, Facilties, Emergency @ LCC 2022-09-27.
A report on Hurricane Ian by EMA Director Ashley Tye (could be here by Wednesday) took eight minutes of the eighteen minutes of yesterday morning’s Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
![[LAS, TIA, Chiller, Ian @ LCC 2022-09-26]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2022-09-26--lcc-videos/many.jpg)
LAS, TIA, Chiller, Ian @ LCC 2022-09-26
Nonetheless, there was a surprising amount of discussion of other items, especially on 5.c. Transportation Investment Act (TIA) Old Clyattville Road Widening and on the $1,364,736.00 5.d. Comprehensive Facilities Energy Savings Project Amendment, which everybody agreed should not have needed so much fixing so soon.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also agenda and board packet. Continue reading
Two weeks agao the Lowndes County Commission at its Regular Session recognized Fire Chief Lloyd Green for finishing second in his age class in a recent road race.
Then they unanimously approved the previously-rejected O’Neal James Road rezoning, after applicant’s attorney Bill Langdale pointed out the code infractions would have to get fixed regardless of the rezoning decision.
![[Rezonings and Citizens To Be Heard, Lowndes County Commission Regular Session 2022-09-13]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2022-09-13--lcc-videos/many.jpg)
Rezonings and Citizens To Be Heard, Lowndes County Commission Regular Session 2022-09-13
On the previously-decided Campus Howell Road rezoning, they voted twice to invalidate their previous vote. because first they forgot to hold the public hearing. Twice because the Chairman first forgot to hold the Public Hearing. In the Hearing, several citizens spoke against the rezoning. The actual rezoning decision will be taken somewhere between six and nine months later, after the other Public Hearing held just after this Public Hearing.
In the other Public Hearing, they took no vote, since the vote will be sometime between March and May 2023. The rezoning may also go before the Planning Commission again before then. One citizen spoke against, asking why bother going through the Planning Commission again considering that the County Commission rejected the previous GLPC recommendation. County Chairman Bill Slaughter said GLPC will be asked if that is required for due process. Joshua Knight and Brent Moore spoke for.
All the extraterritorial water and sewer extensions passed, but both the Valdosta ones by split votes.
Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker voted against the Griner Park work, saying it is not a top priority and later they might get more than one bid. It passed anyway.
Everything else passed unanimously.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also Continue reading
Update 2022-09-27: Videos: LAS, TIA, Chiller, Ian @ LCC 2022-09-26.
This week the Lowndes County Commission will spend $1.4 million, mostly on fixing faulty chillers on their meeting building, but also $45,460 on the South Lowndes Land Application Site (LAS) which handles the county’s sewage.
Their Work Session is 8:30 AM this morning. They vote at their Regular Session, 5:30 PM tomorrow evening, September 27, 2022.
| Cost | What |
|---|---|
| $1,364,736.00 | Comprehensive Facilities Energy Savings Project Amendment Resolution |
| $45,460.00 | South Lowndes LAS Expansion Assessment and Testing |
| $1,410,196.00 | Total |
Plus some amount of previously-authorized funds to widen Old Clyattville Road.
And there’s a beer and wine license.
![[Collage Lowndes County Commission Packet 2022-09-26]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2022-09-26--loco-packet/many.jpg)
Collage Lowndes County Commission Packet 2022-09-26
The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request, is on the LAKE website. Here is the agenda:
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2022, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
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