A very busy agenda,
for Monday morning’s Work Session and
Tuesday evening’s Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.
See also
the LAKE videos of
the three county cases from the recent Planning Commission meeting.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2016, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2016, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
The
reading of the Animal Welfare Ordinance
drew two citizen speakers:
Jim Sharpe
and
Dr. Amanda Hall.
Chairman Bill Slaughter remarked on the 5 March 2016 death of former Lowndes County Coroner Charles Exum.
See also the LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session and the agenda for that meeting and this Regular Session for the three board appointments, the two Copeland Road items related to water, sewer, pavement, and Lowndes Middle School students, the two Tax Assessor items, others, and, last but not least, the four alcohol items. See also Continue reading
Work Session 8:30 AM this morning,
and Tuesday evening finally voting on the
Animal Services Ordinance
including tethering, and (who knew about this?)
appointing Christina Bennett to the Animal Control Board.
Renewing the annual Section 5311 Rural Transportation Program Capital Contract for the MIDS bus service is on the agenda, as is appointing three people to the Valdosta Lowndes County Metropolitan Planning Organization (VLMPO) out of these four: Ronald Skrine, Tammy Greenway, Floyd Rose, Bob Wilburs. As usual, how were people supposed to know? And where are the applications of those named? Continue reading
See also the previous post for
LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission Work Session and Regular Session.
County Manager Joe Pritchard brought up in
his Report yesterday morning
the annexation request that is part of the
Valdosta proposed rezoning for a development on Bemiss Road;
see the
packet materials for that item obtained by LAKE through open records request.
They heard the long-awaited animal tethering ordinance,
and will vote on it this evening, as part of an
Animal Welfare Ordinance.
See agenda posting
for the three board appointments, the two Copeland Road items
related to water, sewer, pavement, and Lowndes Middle School students,
the two Tax Assessor items,
others, and, last but not least,
the four alcohol items.
See also the previous post for
LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission Work Session and Regular Session including
the CAC item on Skipper Bridge Road, with a link to the
board packet materials for that item
that LAKE obtained by open records request.
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The long-awaited animal tethering ordinance will be heard Monday morning
and voted on Tuesday evening, as part of an
Animal Welfare Ordinance.
They’re going to reappoint Joyce Evans and Frank Morman to the
Landbank Authority.
They last
reappointed those two 27 March 2012,
so apparently they serve four-year terms.
Despite the public not knowing there was an opening on the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Board, they’ve already picked who they’re going to appoint: Chris Yarbrough. What he sent in his application, we don’t know, but his LinkedIn profile says he’s a “Community Supervision Officer III Mental Health Specialist, Georgia Department of Community Supervision, May 1996 – Present (19 years 11 months) Valdosta, Ga.”
Per LAKE open record request, here are the packet items for the Children’s Activity Center (CAC) rezoning on Skipper Bridge Road, REZ-2016-06, as sent to the Continue reading
No agenda available to the public,
not on county’s website,
and not available at the door at Monday’s Planning Commission Work Session.
They didn’t even say the rezoning case numbers.
Apparently the Planning Commissioners had a board packet with some materials,
but the citizens and taxpayers did not get to see it,
and the City Planner said the electronic version would be much different.
They haven’t even put a sign up on
the Lowndes County property.
The
Valdosta rezoning
is a pretty big deal, with a grocery store and a gas station
for the unnamed applicant, who apparently is Continue reading
They vote tonight at 5:30 PM.
At yesterday’s Work Session, there were two unscheduled reports.
Mark Stalvey of the county Housing Authority
said they’re working together with Habitat for Humanity
to form a nonprofit for collecting funds for rehabilitating
housing, and they’re asking for $5,000 each from Valdosta and Lowndes County
to get the nonprofit up and running, in return for which each would get
to appoint some board members; the rest would be elected by the nonprofit board.
Last, Tina Folsom with Lowndes Associated Ministries to People (LAMP) said their executive director left, so they don’t need their space in the Leila Ellis building. They’d like to be let out of their lease and have the funds applied to another county building they’re also renting space in.
See previous post for context and the agenda. Below are links to each LAKE video of the Work Session, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading
Following
the email announcement about the Comprehensive Plan,
I showed up late, expecting no formal presentation and
a typical SGRC tables-and-easels mill-about meeting,
and found the Planning Commission and staff in their usual seats.
Turns out they were there for their
Work Session agenda;
see the
LAKE videos.
As you can see in this video of the first part of the meeting,
there were citizen questions from Valdosta City Council Sandra Tooley and from me. Continue reading
The Lowndes County cases
are the ones the County Commission is reviewing
this morning in their Work Session.
GLPC recommended approval for all of them, with conditions on one,
REZ-2016-03 Jacob Eckwahl on US 41 South.
See also the GLPC agenda and the LAKE videos of the 19 Jan 2016 GLPC Work Session. Below are the LAKE videos of the 25 Jan 2016 GLPC Regular Session, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading
Not on
the agenda,
they started with
a public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan.
Expecting from
the email announcement about the Comprehensive Plan
that this would be a typical SGRC tables-and-easels mill-about meeting,
I didn’t show up on the dot and was quite surprised to find
the Planning Commission and staff in their usual spots.
See separate post.
Here are the LAKE videos with some notes, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading