Update 2023-04-24: Videos: Howell Road Halfway House approved in split vote @ LCC Regular 2023-04-11.

Yesterday the Lowndes County Commissioners had no discussion about what Chairman Bill Slaughter referred to as “One public hearing item that just will not go away.” That’s 7.a. REZ-2022-10 Campus Transitional Care, 2193 Howell Road, E-A to P-D. The Commissioners vote at the Regular Session this evening at 5:30 PM. They can make it go away for at least a year by denying the rezoning.

Collage @ LCC 10 April 2023

On 8.b. Amend 2015 Solid Waste Ordinance, Gretchen remarked: “In my mind, it seems super inconvenient to shorten the hours of the collection sites on Monday and Friday. If someone works 8-5, then getting their recycling there by 6 is not possible.

“Oh, but this isn’t for the health, safety and well being of the citizens, it is for the convenience of the garbage companies. They are proposing to cut out 7 hours per week. I don’t know how much the people who sit at the collection sites make but the amount of savings is small, compared to the inconvenience of the citizens.”

There was quite a bit of discussion about 8.a. Probation Department Service Agreement

None of the candidates for the three boards showed up at this meeting.

The county does not post video of Work Sessions, so LAKE is where you can see 10.a. Extension Office Update Presentation by Joshua Dawson (Work Session).

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

See also the agenda and board packet and other backgrounds linked from there.

• 1. Call to Order 4. MInutes for Approval
  

  Video.

• 5.a. National Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week
  

  Video.

• 5.b. National Public Safety Telecommunications Week
  

  Video.

• 6.a. Lowndes County Board of Health
  

  Video.

• 6.b. Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA)
  

  Video.

• 6.c. South Georgia Regional Library Board
  

  Video.

• 7.a. REZ-2022-10 Campus Transitional Care, 2193 Howell Road, E-A to P-D
  

  Video.

• 8.a. Probation Department Service Agreement
  

  Video.

• 9.a. Brookridge Drive Grading, Drainage, Base, and Paving
  

  Video.

  Yes. the items were called out of the order on the agenda.

• 8.b. Amend 2015 Solid Waste Ordinance
  

  Video. In my mind, it seems super inconvenient to shorten the hours of the collection sites on Monday and Friday. If someone works 8-5, then getting their recycling there by 6 is not possible.

  Oh, but this isn’t for the health, safety and well being of the citizens, it is for the convenience of the garbage companies. They are proposing to cut out 7 hours per week. I don’t know how much the people who sit at the collection sites make but the amount of savings is small, compared to the inconvenience of the citizens.

• 9.b. Bid for a Crop Sprayer for the Utilities Department
  

  Video.

• 10.a. Extension Office Update Presentation by Joshua Dawson (Work Session)
  

  Video.

• 10. Reports – County Manager 12. Adjournment
  

  Video.

Here’s a LAKE video playlist:

Videos: Recognitions, Extension Office, Raise waste collection rates, Howell Road halfway house rezoning, appointments to 3 boards @ LCC Work 2023-04-10
Lowndes County Board of Commissioners (LCC) Work Session – 2023-04-10
Monday, April 10, 2023, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).

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