Here is the one LAKE video of the two-minute Special Called Meeting in which the Lowndes County Commissioners unanimously agreed to forward a SPLOST IX Agreement to the cities within the county.

Collage @ LCC 4 August 2025

The tax-paying citizens have not seen this Agreement nor the list of projects on which the county projects $17 million to be spent in Fiscal Year 2026.

According to County Manager Paige Dukes, the County Commission will have to vote again after the cities approve it.

Citizens get to vote on SPLOST IX in the General Election on November 4, 2025.

Today, they unanimously approved sending to the cities, on a motion by Commissioner Scottie Orenstien and a second by Commissioner Michael Smith.

• SPLOST IX Agreement
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/zmLJI4tMgnc

  Lowndes County Board of Commissioners (LCC) Special Called Meeting – 2025-08-04

  To vote on the SPLOST IX agreement

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

Here it is in a LAKE video playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFmbivnooJvJJS9W-6uVkdS&si=Ae9YeEA32x9A2ruy

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