Update 2025-05-28: Videos: Airport, Aging, Community Service Board Appointments, $1,677,028.92 LMIG funds from GDOT @ LCC Regular 2025-05-27.

They vote this evening at 5:30 PM in their Regular Session.

Here are LAKE videos of this morning’s Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission. Both the Work and Regular Sessions are being held today, because the Lowndes County Commission observed the Memorial Day holiday yesterday.

Collage @ LCC 27 May 2025

The Commissioners discussed several items, including more than four minutes on 6.b. Updated Debris Removal Contract Pricing with Ashbritt and about three minutes each on 6.a. 2025 Local Road Assistance (LRA) Administration Funds Application and 7.a. Bid for Mini Excavator for Public Works.

Plus there was a staff presentation in 8. Reports – County Manager – 10. Adjournment and County Manager Paige Dukes called for an executive session to discuss real estate.

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.

The board packet has not arrived yet, because I forgot to send the open records request until yesterday.

• 1. Call to Order 4. Minutes for Approval
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/Q0c-gVglVN4

  Lowndes County Board of Commissioners (LCC) Work Session – 2025-05-27

  Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).

• 5.a. Appointment – Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/i3DSl4FTCd0

  Chairman Slaughter recommends the incumbant.

• 5.b. Appointment – Southern Georgia Area Agency on Aging
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/wu6ngPp67fw

• 5.c. Appointment – South Georgia Community Service Board
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/VodMiMmsLG8

  This must be an elected official.

• 6.a. 2025 Local Road Assistance (LRA) Administration Funds Application
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/FHi8Tl-cHPg

• 6.b. Updated Debris Removal Contract Pricing with Ashbritt
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/mCl0tx-kJPI

• 7.a. Bid for Mini Excavator for Public Works
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/gMrG0WwXmMw

  Not actually \

• 8. Reports – County Manager – 10. Adjournment
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/afQT2NXjY-0

  Manager Dukes had staff talk about the Blue Star Museum designation recently given to the Historic Court House.

  Also, she asked for an executive session to discuss real estate.

Here is the LAKE video playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFJzInAXoHVAy4LZqtpe7nr&si=ocGt1TCOLHXSRnco

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