Tag Archives: Valdosta

Videos: EOC, KLVB, Grinder Pump, Bank, Computers, Health Ordinance, and Alcohol @ LCC 2018-07-24



Longest at 2.5 minutes:

appointment to Parks and Rec.
Commissioner Scottie Orenstein was not present at this Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.

Not on the agenda and not on the county’s website,

Chairman’s Announcement of Emergency Operations Center Open House.

The applicant spoke for

6.a. Beer, Wine & Liquor License – Jack’s Chophouse, 4479 N. Valdosta Rd.
We have a winner for the

RFP for Banking Services.

Maybe they all finally got to read the

7 d. Ordinance Adopting Current Board of Health Rules,
since this time Continue reading →

New Member and blood bank @ GLPC 2018-07-30

Since Celine Gladwin declined to be reappointed,

GLPC has a new member, Calvin Graham, Sr.,
who ran for Valdosta City Council District 2 in 2013, when he said

he was an Army veteran who subsequently worked for the Department of Defense.
Sandra Tooley

won, and is still on the Valdosta City Council.


Calvin Graham Sr. campainging in 2013

That leaves the Planning Commission with no female members and no architect.

There’s only one case on
the agenda for this evening: Continue reading →

Videos: City to County KLVB, Grinder Pump, Bank, Computers, Health Ordinance, and Alcohol @ LCC 2018-07-23

Eight minutes to do your business: yesterday morning’s Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall took the day off from his work at the City of Valdosta
to be there.
Not clear the rest of them took it that seriously.
He and at least one other Commissioner did get some questions in.
And they did all show up, at least.
We’ll see if they’re all there for voting this evening at 5:30 PM.

Some interesting questions on the Continue reading →

River Hill Cemetery 2018-07-21

Here are pictures of a cemetery at the end of Baytree Road, just east of I-75
and slightly south of the Withlacoochee River.


Stones, Cemetery

The
Lowndes County Tax Assessors
identify it only as Continue reading →

City to County KLVB, Grinder Pump, Bank, Computers, Health Ordinance, and Alcohol @ LCC 2018-07-24 2018-07-23



In an interesting version of a revolving door,
county appointee Michael H. McDowell’s KLVB term is expiring,
so is Valdosta appointee Bubba Highsmith’s,
and the county proposes appointing Highsmith.
Highsmith is

a State Farm Insurance Agent.

Also on

the Lowndes County Commission agenda
for 8:30AM Monday morning are:

banking services (looks like
Ameris Bank costs way less than BB&T, and SunTrust even less,
but Ameris has the best interest rate),
a

computer bulk purchase for $54,795.98, yet another

pump purchase,
allegedly for $0 dollars because this is actually for specifications rather than actual purchase.





Typical Application: Residential Pump System, Triple “D” Pump Company

Finally, the tabled-from-last-meeting

Ordinance about Board of Health Rules:
will the Commissioners have had time to read the one copy
the County Manager allows them?

Plus an

alcohol license, Continue reading →

Videos: 2 KLVB appointments, lift station pump, 2 rezonings @ LCC 2018-07-10



Scottie Orenstein and Mark Wisenbaker were absent,
so they barely had a quorum with three Commissioners: Joyce Evans, Mark Wisenbaker, and Clay Griner, plus Chairman Bill Slaughter, who does not vote
unless there is a tie.
Spoiler: they passed everything unanimously, except one item.

They took almost 2.5 minutes (less than the five minutes I predicted)
on the

KLVB appointments.
Remember,
Tracy Chapman asked for her name to be withdrawn.
See

previous post about the Work Session for
that and what

applicant Regina Kimbrough said.
And see

the agenda post
for more about the applicants.

Slightly longer and longest at 2:49 was

6.b. REZ-2018-14 Coventry Villas, Mulligan Rd,
followed by 1:32 for

7.d. Ordinance Adopting Current Board of Health Rules,
which did not go as planned,
and then 1:49 for the other rezoning,

6.a. REZ-2018-13 Sims, Beaver Lane.

Below are Continue reading →

Lowndes EMA Hurricane Season Open House 2018-07-26

WTXL, 19 July 2018,
Lowndes County holds open house to inform community on severe weather,

LOWNDES COUNTY, Fla. [sic: s.b. Georgia] (WALB)—Lowndes County
Emergency services personnel are preparing for an upcoming open
house to inform community members of possible severe weather that
could strike this season.


Ashley Tye, Lowndes County EMA Director, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Still of Lowndes County EMA Director Ashley Tye from

Atlanta Journal-Constitution video 10 September 2017

When:
6-8PM, Thursday, July 26, 2018

Where:
250 Douglas St, Valdosta, GA 31601-5029

Event:
facebook

Join local emergency responders and Meteorologist Kerri Copello,
News Manager for WFXL/Fox 31, for a tour of the EOC and an
informational session on the 2018 Hurricane Season to include
preparedness information.

Continue reading →

Rainbarrel from Valdosta Stormwater 2018-07-20

Gretchen picked up a rainbarrel when she
stopped by the Valdosta City Hall Annex to drop off okra
(Okra Paradise Farms has customers everywhere).


Movie: Filling above 10 gallons (6.0M), Raining

Here’s

a video of it filling up: Continue reading →

Solar and wind can power Georgia

Solar power is here right now. Georgia is #10 in the nation (up from #22 in 2017)
by solar deployed (1,552.98 MW) and #7 in projected growth,
according to

the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
That’s ahead of Florida, but still behind much farther north New Jersey and Massachusetts, which have less sun.


Graph: Top 10 Solar Power States, SEIA, Paul Horn, Inside Climate News


Graph: Top 10 Solar Power States, SEIA, Paul Horn, Inside Climate News

This Georgia solar improvement is despite Southern Company and Georgia Power cutting back on
renewable energy investment last year and a hostile federal administration.


Graph: Georgia's Solar Boom, SEIA and Paul Horn, InsideClimateNews


Graph: Georgia’s Solar Boom, SEIA and Paul Horn, InsideClimateNews

Sheer economies of scale continue decreasing solar prices and driving
more solar installations, with more jobs. Continue reading →

Videos: Developments on Mulligan Road and North Oak St. Ext. @ GLPC 2018-06-25



Tonight

the Lowndes County Commission will be voting
on two rezonings that were considered a few weeks ago in the June 2018 Planning Commission meeting.

GLPC took 3/4 of an hour (by far the longest) on

4. REZ-2018-14 Jerry Stoker – Mulligan Road R-A and R-1 to P-D
and 8 minutes on

2. REZ-2018-13 Sims, Sims, Jackson Beaver Rd E-A to R-1,
before recommending both unanimously.

Second longest at 16 and a half minutes was the Valdosta case,

6. VA-2018-10 ADCO Investments – 3320 North Oak Street Ext – R-15 to R-P.

Here are LAKE videos of each GLPC agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also Continue reading →