Most of the meeting (13 and a half minutes) was about Bill Branham’s subdivision, which passed, with the Chairman breaking the tie because one Commissioner recused himself. Opponents took up almost another minute leaving the room.

On a split vote the Commission declined to modify the solid waste ordinance to give the County Manager more power.

Second longest at more than 6 minutes was Michael J. Killeen’s R-A to M-1 rezoning. Virdie Mae Lyons got her well and septic rezoning in a minute and a half.

Two water items: not clear how much to replace water meters and registers, and bids for a Portable 65 KW Generator to keep lift stations from leaking.

Below are links to each LAKE video, with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist. See also the LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session, the agenda, and the LAKE videos of the most recent Planning Commission meeting for all three rezoning cases, and that post also has links to videos of most of the previous appearances of the Branham Project, back for at least the third time in four calendar years.

• 1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge

  Video.

• 5. Minutes for Approval

  Video.

• 6a. REZ-2018-04 Lyons, 1350 Old Clyattville Rd, R-A to C-H 8.05 acres

  Video. GLPC Recommendation: Approval
  TRC Recommendation: Various
  Nobody spoke for or against.
  LCC: Approved

• 6b. REZ-2018-05 Killeen, 1228 S Main St, R-A to M-1, 27.5 acres

  Video. GLPC Recommendation: Approval with 1 Condition (Paving)
  TRC Recommendation: Various
  Attorney Bill Langdale spoke for the applicant.
  LCC: Approved

• 6c. REZ-2018-07 Branham 2480 Copeland Rd, R-1 to R-10 18.04 acres

  Video. GLPC Recommendation: Approval with 4 Conditions
  TRC Recommendation: Various
  LCC: Approved with 7 conditions 3/2 Marshall – abstain Chairman tiebreaker

• And the public leaves because they only came for their item

  Video.

• 7 a. Transportation Safety Improvements Agreement

  Video.

• 7 b. Ordinance Amending 2015 Solid Waste Disposal Ordinance

  Video. Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker moved, Demarcus Marshall seconded, and Scottie Orenstein also voted for, while Commissioners Joyce Evans and Clay Griner did not raise their hands, so the motion passed 3:2 (I don’t know what the Chairman meant when he said “3:4”). The County Manager referred to the recent county planning sessions; see the LAKE videos: Day 1 and Day 2.

• 7 c. Water Meter and Register Replacement

  Video. Gretchen: $17K per month. Wasn’t clear (to me) how many months this was for to replace meters that are 10+ years old.

• 7d. Beer License- Bigfoot #908 – 1255 Lakes Blvd., Lake Park

  Video. 7d. Beer License- Marilyn Lewis of Palak Corporation DBA Bigfoot #908 – 1255 Lakes Blvd., Lake Park, GA
  Change of ownership.
  Approved.

• 8 a. Portable 65 KW Generator

  Video.

• 9. Reports (none) 10. CWTBH (none) 11. Adjournment

  Video. It wasn’t a particularly long meeting, but they seemed ready to get out of there.

Here’s a LAKE video playlist:

Videos: Branham subdivision, Trash, RR crossing
Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, March 13, 2018.

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