“You’ll see on the attached drawing….” and

“You will see in your packet….”,
but you the taxpayers and voters cannot see, because
the county has not put the packet on its website and has not
yet returned it in response to an open records request by LAKE.

Did you know

a rollback of 0.126 mills was scheduled for a
5PM meeting today, with adoption at the 5:30PM meeting?

Surprise eighteen minutes yesterday morning on

procedures for taking private roads into the county road system.

Three Lowndes County Commission items are about water:

Transfer of Drainage Easement Agreement between Lowndes County and the City of Lake Park
, and two Lift Station Pumps,

Francis Lake
for

$49,103.25 to buy a new pump
and

Peterson Road
for

$29,689.20 for repairs for lightning damage
, both to Xylem. There is no mention of bids.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item from
yesterday morning’s Work Session, with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
the agenda.

• 
  1. Call to Order 4. Minutes for Approval
  
  

  Video.

• 
  6.a. Beer, Wine, and Liquor license, Yogeshkumar B. Patel
  
  

  Video.
  A new store.

• 
  6.b. Adoption of the Millage Rate
  
  

  Video.
  Rollback of 0.126 mills.
  5PM meeting; adoption at 5:30PM meeting.

• 
  6.c. Abandonment, Ivandale Circle
  
  

  Video.
  “You’ll see on the attached drawing….”
  Commissioner Wisenbaker couldn’t find it in the electronic packet.

• 
  6.d. Transfer, Drainage Easement, Lowndes County to Lake Park
  
  

  Video.

• 
  6.e. Updated Title VI Plan for Lowndes County Transit
  
  

  Video.
  Commissioner Demarcus Marshall: “This one takes us to 2021?”
  
  Planning Technician Molly Stephenson: Yes.

• 
  6.f. South Joint Regional Development Authority Resolution (Jason Shaw)
  
  

  Video.
  Each county will be required to vote. on appointing Jason Shaw as a member at large to the mystery
  South Regional Joint Development Authority,
  for which no current Member At Large is listed on
  
  the Lowndes County website:

  Similar to the Lowndes Development Authority, this joint authority
  is comprised of members representing Lowndes, Berrien, Brooks,
  Clinch, Echols and Lanier counties. Serving as a funding mechanism,
  members are appointment by their respective county for a term of
  four years. For more information, you may contact the Office of the
  County Clerk, 229-671-2400, or email the County Clerk.

• 
  6.g. ImageTrend Service agreement (Fire Dept. call reports)
  
  

  Video.

• 
  6.h. Francis Lake Lift Station Purchase
  
  

  Video.
  Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker: “What is the life of these pumps?”
  Utilities Director Steve Stalvey: It depends: lightning, seal, etc.

  Francis Lake or Frances Lake keeps coming up at the County Commission and the Planning Commission.

  
  

• 
  6.i. Peterson Road Lift Station Pump Repair
  
  

  Video.

• 
  7. Reports a. Dedication of Private Roads
  
  

  Video.
  County Manager Joe Pritchard: “You will see in your packet a list of items concerning the acceptance of private dirt roads.”
  Quite a bit of discussion among the Commissioners about the proposed criteria for acceptance of private roads, drafted by County Engineer Mike Fletcher.

• 
  9. Adjourn
  
  

  Video.

Here’s

a LAKE video playlist:

Videos: Private Roads, Alcohol, and Water

Work Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 2019-08-26.

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