Gretchen notes: This meeting was advertised as a Public Hearing (see agenda).

There was no input from the public. The public was not asked for input at the meeting. So, any hearing, was the public listening to the presentation, or the public being told (aka a public telling).

Collage @ LCC 20 June 2023

jsq wonders: is that even legal, to advertise a Public Hearing and then hold a different meeting at that time?

The whole thing lasted about sixteen minutes.

They vote on approving the budget 5:30 PM, Tuesday, June 27, 2023.

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:

• Notice: Lowndes County Budget Public Hearing 2023-06-20.
• LAKE videos from the Budget Work Session,
• slides from that meeting,
• Agenda: Adoption of Budget, Appointments to DFACS, VLPRA, Construction Board, Courts, Prisoners @ LCC 2023-06-26

• 1. Call to Order 2a. Presentation of Budget
  

  Video.

  This meeting was advertised as a Public Hearing (see agenda).

  There was no input from the public. The public was not asked for input at the meeting. So, any hearing, was the public listening to the presentation, or the public being told (aka a public telling).

• 2.a. Presentation of Budget (part 2) questions and discussion
  

  Video.

  There was no public hearing.

  One must assume that the meeting was incorrectly labeled.

Here’s a LAKE video playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiEZWfP25zIr9CkcT3epy4PK
Videos: Not a Public Hearing, even though advertised as one, Presentation @ LCC Budget 2023-06-20
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).

-jsq

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