The
Tax Appraiser finally showed up, and got the longest discussion
at half an hour,
with
County Extension clocking in at 22 minutes,
Juvenile Court at 15, and the
Airport Authority at almost 13 minutes, in the last of three days
of budget requests to the Lowndes County Commission.
Here are links to each of the LAKE videos of this day 3 of 3 budget meeting,
followed by a video playlist. Continue reading
All four are county cases for tomorrow 2:30 PM at the decision-making
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Zoning Board of Appeals, one each
lot width
and
family ties
and
two
about
setbacks.
The agenda and board packet are
on the LAKE website
courtesy of ZBOA board member Gretchen Quarterman.
Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals
Matt Martin,
Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator
300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia
(229) 259-3563Carmella Braswell,
Lowndes County Zoning Administrator
327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia
(229) 671-2430AGENDA
May 2, 2017
2:30 p.m.
The Lowndes County Commission did not meet this week (no reason given: the meetings merely marked Canceled on the county’s online calendar), but it did two weeks ago.
On April 11, 2017 we discovered the T-SPLOST meeting would be at
the regular SGRC location in Pearson, 1PM Monday April 17, 2017.
Michelle Williams of Hahira
noted a phenomenon of people not checking for ownership of lost and found pets.
The week of 10 April 2017 was
Telecommunications Week and the Chairman thanked 911 Center personnel.
The
GDOT Mowing Contract includes all the exits in Lowndes County.
They unanimously approved that and everything else,
The longest item at almost eight minutes was
the Tuscan Palms
subvision asking to be forgiven paving money the county gave it that
never was used. Continue reading
Duke’s new solar farms in Florida echo what Duke was already doing
three and a half years ago when
an independent study concluded more solar power in North Carolina
would save utility ratepayers tens of millions of dollars annually.
Duke solar power farm in Perry, Florida, courtesy Duke Energy
John Downey,
Charlotte Business Journal, 23 October 2013,
Study: Solar benefits outweigh costs in NC, Continue reading
Two of the three
Valdosta cases for tonight involve the
Inner Perimeter Road Corridor Overlay District
of Valdosta’s
Land Development Regulations.
The other Valdosta case is about
a Personal Care Home on Hollywood Street.
The two
Lowndes County cases on
‘
the Planning Commission agenda
are opposite:
REZ-2017-05 Cody Califf wants the usual rezoning of agricultural
to residential development,
but
REZ-2017-04 Jeffrey Taibl wants to return to Estate Agricultural.
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
Lowndes County
City of Valdosta
City of Dasher
City of Hahira
City of Lake Park
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AGENDA
Monday, April 24, 2017 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue
Grants to participating local governments are mostly what’s on
the agenda for next Wednesday for the Deep South Solid Waste Management Authority,
sent today by Julia Shewchuck of SGRC (PDF).
On the telephone yesterday she clarified that the grants
from this Authority mentioned in
the Lowndes County Commission Goals meetinng
are exclusively available to the seven local governments
participating in this Authority.
They are:
Berrien County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, City of Nashville, City of Lakeland, City of Valdosta, and Echols County CG.
She also noted that Echols County was one of the original participants in the authority, even though it had dropped off for a while, and had been added back in a recent year (2014).
DEEP SOUTH
REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITYMeeting of the Board of Directors
Deep South Regional Municipal Solid Waste Management Authority
April 19, 2017
6:00 PM
Southern Georgia Regional Commission
Valdosta, Georgia
AGENDA Continue reading
They vote 5:30 PM Tuesday about what they discussed this morning.
The longest item at five minutes was
6a. FY2018 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant Program REquest.
Third longest was
a subvision asking to be forgiven paving money the county gave it that
never was used.
And second longest, although not on the agenda, was
a T-SPLOST report by the County Manager.
Below are Continue reading
No T-SPLOST on
the agenda for Monday morning,
despite tabling it two weeks ago
until their next meeting.
That may be because while Lowndes County dithered,
ten other of the 18 counties in the region agreed to put it on the ballot,
so now it doesn’t matter what the Lowndes County Commission decides about that.
Remember, even with it on the ballot, it can still be voted down, like in 2012.
Meanwhile, according to the VDT,
In the coming weeks, a regional roundtable of government
representatives will determine when the public vote will take place,
the projected revenue from the tax and what projects the tax would
fund if passed.
You, the taxpayers, are not invited to those roundtables,
which will be held on unknown dates at unknown locations.
On the agenda for Monday morning and Tuesday evening is
the ironic justaxposition of
Special Proclamation Presentation to the Teen Explosion Youth Action Group
and
FY2018 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant Program Request for Proposals (RFP).
There are
two
GDOT
items
and a
late payment by a subdivision,
with its name spelled wrong by the county, or by Trulia, or somebody.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2017, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
They
tabled T-SPLOST until their next meeting
because they got a complaint from the Chamber about process,
and also from others.
Remember, even if it gets on the ballot, it can still be voted down again, like in 2012.
Meanwhile, John Stephen, VDT, 7 April 2017,
T-SPLOST headed for referendum,
Even though the Lowndes County Commission delayed a vote on the
regional T-SPLOST at its last meeting due to local confusion on the
one-penny sales tax, enough counties in the area now support the tax
(10 out of 18 were needed) to move it forward to a public vote even
without the commission’s approval.In the coming weeks, a regional roundtable of government
representatives will determine Continue reading
2:30 PM today:
it looks like Don Brotherton bought a piece of land without enough road access,
and now he wants a
county variance,
while Valdosta Country Club wants
a city variance
for its clubhouse, and city staff don’t agree.
This is a very light
agenda
for the decision-making Zoning Board of Appeals.
Courtesy of ZBOA member Gretchen Quarterman,
the entire board packet is
on the LAKE website.
Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals
Matt Martin,
Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator
300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia
(229) 259-3563Carmella Braswell,
Lowndes County Zoning Administrator
327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia
(229) 671-2430AGENDA
April 4, 2017
2:30 p.m.