Videos: Appointments to DFACS & VLPRA, Beer and Wine, Pump Station and Forklift @ LCC Regular 2024-08-13

The County Manager gave
an electrical fire report,
and said Chairman Slaughter would be sworn in on August 19 to the Georgia state Board of Behaioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.
She mentioned 14 Lowndes County animals had been transported to Kentucky by the Humane Society.

EMA Director Ashley Tye gave

a weather report about Hurricane or Tropical Storm Debby: it wasn’t as bad as it could have been, and not as bad as our Florida neighbors to the south.

Three citizens

spoke about a need for improved policies for animal control.

The Lowndes County Commissioners approved all the regular agenda items unanimously, with no discussion about anything but the

Utilities Forklift at their Regular Session, August 13, 2024.

They

reappointed Lonnie Denton to the Lowndes County Division of Family and Children Services (DFACS).

They

reappointed Bubba Highsmith
to the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA).


[Collage @ LCC 13 August 2024]

Collage @ LCC 13 August 2024

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


LAKE videos of the preceding morning’s Work Session
and
the
agenda and The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request.

Here is the LAKE video playlist:


https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiG_OHMYZf9OtFvqT4qEldr7&si=_O-HAokplRw6UNBn

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