Tag Archives: Valdosta

Videos: Law, radio, solid waste, busses, and qualifying fees @ LCC 2015-11-09

The

bid on three pursuit vehicles for the Sheriff


got a question from Commissioner Scottie Orenstein about maintenance costs for which

a staffer from Public Works just happened to be available
to answer.
Result: not the low bid.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall asked if they were going to pay $7,000 more per vehicle ongoing.
Answer from County Manager Joe Pritchard: case by case.
This was Monday morning 8:30 AM.
They vote this evening (Tuesday) at 5:30 PM.

There was also a

report from County Engineer Mike Fletcher about coordination with
the railroad about traffic crossing from Old US 41 N.

Here’s

the agenda.
Below are links to each of the videos, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading →

Law, radio, solid waste, busses, and qualifying fees @ LCC 2015-11-09

Monday morning 8:30 AM:
a million bucks for

road paving



(Phillips Road, Burkhalter Subdivision, Cannon Drive, and Terracewood Drive),
and an unknown (but smaller) amount in a grant re-application for

the county’s on-demand MIDS bus system.

$30,534 plus shipping for two “screwpeller aerators” for the county’s Land Application Site (LAS), aka spray field: the county does not have a wastewater treatment plant.
I’m pretty sure that’s the county’s LAS

just east of Grassy Pond, southwest of Lake Park.

It only costs

$360 to qualify to run for Tax Assessor, here in the only Georgia county that elects them.

Here’s
the agenda. Continue reading →

Videos: APA Candidate Forum 2015-10-06



The VSU Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, 100 Black Men of Valdosta, and the Valdosta-Lowndes Metro Section of the National Council of Negro Women held a candidate forum at Mathis City Auditorum on October 6th 2015: here are LAKE videos.
The

the Valdosta Daily Times provided some background:

“Each candidate will be given three minutes to describe themselves,
their platform and why they’re seeking their position,” [Valdosta City Council member Alvin] Payton said.
“We will then allow two minutes for each candidate to answer a
minimum of two questions from the floor. Some questions can be
answered quicker than others. After those two minutes, each
candidate will be given two minutes to wrap up their position.”

The forum will only involve candidates running for Valdosta City
Council and the position of Valdosta mayor.

Below are links to the LAKE video each candidate forum section, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading →

Videos: Moody MAZ text amendments to ULDC back again @ LCC 2015-10-26



After the County Commission Work Session shown in these LAKE videos,
the Planning Commission met Monday evening,
and this evening (Tuesday 5:30PM) the County Commission votes,
but will table the

ULDC amendments.

In addition to all the other items
on

the agenda and mentioned in the previous post,
they went into an

Executive Session about Pending Litigation.
Who are they suing now?
Or who’s still suing them about for example James Road?

Here are links to the LAKE videos of yesterday morning’s meeting, followed by a video playlist.

Moody MAZ text amendments to ULDC back again @ LCC Regular 2015-10-26

The Planning Commission meets Monday evening to consider

those ULDC amendments,

MAZ-ULDC-text-amendments-001
so county staff will recommend to the County Commission at their Monday 8:30 AM Work Session that they table the MAZ text changes
at their Regular Session Tuesday 5:30 PM evening.
Meanwhile,

the Air Force wants to maintain the road rights of way
for Davidson Road and along Grassy Pond.
And the
Land Bank Authority
wants to appoint some more members, acording to “the attached resolution”
which of course we the taxpayers aren’t allowed to see without an open records request.

Elected Probate Judge McDowell can appoint a part-time associate judge,
but she needs the county commission
to approve funding the salary.
The DA wants
to continue a Victims of Crime Act Victims Service grant.

Annual renewal of
health care service provider
and
Section 125 Plan Document.

Two more Lift Station (sewage) pumps, at
Val-Tech new for $20,076.42 and at
Whitewater repairs for $13,353.65.

Finally, bids for
Disaster Related Debris Removal Proposals required by FEMA, plus the usual beer, wine, and liquor licenses.

All that in Continue reading →

Sabal Trail bad for VSU, rivers, animals, landowners, and community: to FERC in Valdosta 2015-09-30



Sinkholes, explosions, and other risks to our rivers, lands, and wildlife for no benefit from the Sinkhole Trail, plus FERC and its environmental contractor are paid by the pipeline companies, but still we can win, said local landowners and others to FERC in Valdosta last night, as you can see in these LAKE videos.
And you can come to the

Kayaktivism Day this Saturday

several Valdosta State clubs are holding on the Withlacoochee River.
Meanwhile, the FERC circus moves to Columbia High School in Live Oak, FL tonight. Continue reading →

A farce, a hoax, and wrong: citizens about Sabal to FERC in Moultrie 2015-09-29


“You tell us you’re sorry and it happens again”, said Alton Burns of Coolidge about pipeline leaks, fires, and explosions,
setting the tone for the whole evening, which ended with local landowners
calling the whole process

a farce
and

a hoax.
As attorney Jonathan Waters said,

South Georgia is a home, not a pipeline easement.

The FERC meetings started the previous evening in Albany and continue at 5:30 PM each night at:

  • Wednesday, September 30, at Holiday Inn Valdosta, Conference Center Magnolia Ballroom, 1805 West Hill Ave., Valdosta, GA 31601. LAKE videos from Valdosta.
  • Thursday, October 1, at Columbia High School Auditorium, 469 SE Fighting Tiger Drive, Lake City, FL 32025 LAKE videos from Lake City.

There are

many more things you can do to stop Sabal Trail.
Remember, the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Here are links to the LAKE videos from last night in Moultrie, followed
by a video playlist. Continue reading →

Lake Park dwelling in commercial zone, 4 Valdosta, 4 County @ GLPC 2015-09-28


I’d guess the Lake Park case will breeze through tonight.
The cases are more complicated, a couple with multiple parcels,
and the
Lowndes County cases are all big: 18-43 acres.
Here’s the

GLPC agenda
that appeared on the county’s website Friday without anybody having to ask!

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission

Lowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park


REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue


Monday, September 28, 2015 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing

Continue reading →

Videos: Candidate Forum @ SCLC 2015-09-20



Here are videos of the candidate forum at Serenity Church last Sunday.
Anyone can use these videos provided they attribute Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
There’s another candidate forum tonight at VSU.

And if you haven’t heard

John Robinson sing,
you really ought to listen to this.
Plus Roy Taylor says he didn’t do it.

Videos: Forestry, river gage, abandon two roads, dedicate another @ LCC 2015-09-21



They vote this evening, about right now.
Here are videos of yesterday morning’s Work Session.
The
Forestry report referred to a report that the public can’t see.
What the forestry rep reported was mostly numbers of burn permits.

County Manager Joe Pritchard had to

stop Chairman Bill Slaughter from
adjourning so he could say:
“Friday afternoon we received a request for electronic signalling at highway 41.”
County Engineer Mike Fletcher elaborated that it was a
railroad pre-empt that would not allow for left turns onto Tillman Crossing
when there’s a train.
Request came from Norfolk Southern.
Chairman agreed to add it to the agenda, then they adjourned.


The annual continued funding for the Little River USGS stream gage at GA 122
costs $400 more this year.
Commissioner Marshall wanted to know what happened with the automated gage reporting system he thought they voted for previously, that would send reports
when the gage was high.
County Manager Joe Pritchard said that was actually the SCADA system for the county’s wells and sewage lift stations.
Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker wanted to know how this gage operates.
Box on bridge, tube down into river, monitors height and flow,
reported through a cell phone,

real time data on the web.
It’s been there long enough to establish flood stages and advanced warning levels
so people can protect their property.

The
Abandonment of a portion of Spain Ferry Road and Kinderlou Clyattville Road turns out to be from Continue reading →