No rezonings this week, but plenty of purchases, resolutions, and a grant, on the agenda for the Lowndes County Commission.

Their Work Session is Monday morning, and they vote Tuesday evening in their Regular Session.

The county is under a GA-EPD Consent Order about drinking water. This is revealed by the agenda packet page for 5.a. Spring Creek Water Treatment Plant Design Build Project. Neither the board packet materials nor the ad for bids mentions where this is. However, previous research indicates it’s the well with water tower at 4245 Hattie Pl, Valdosta, GA 31605, near a creek that runs west by Pine Grove Middle School to the Withlacoochee River.

They will vote on spending $214,412.00 on the Spring Creek plant and $24,400.00 on a sewage pump repair at the Peterson Road Lift Station.

The packet materials don’t say where the Peterson Road Lift Station is, either, but it appears to be in the southeast corner of 6201 Peterson Road, east of the I-75 Georgia Visitor Center. The sign on the fence says Roadway Lift Station.

And the county thinks $12,400.00 is a fair condemnation price to get some road and drainage right of way along Twin Lakes Road.

That’s about a quarter million dollars they may approve Tuesday, before even adding in the $26,371.00 cash match for a VAWA grant.

Packet: Water treatment upgrade because GA-EPD Consent Order, Lift Station Pump Repair, VAWA, Twin Lakes Road Condemnation @ LCC 2026-01-26

Cost	What
$214,412.00	Spring Creek Water Treatment Plant Design Build Project
$26,371.00	Approval of the Solicitor General's FY26 VAWA Continuation Grant Application
$24,400.00	Peterson Road Lift Station Pump Repair
$12,400.00	Condemning Right of Way and Drainage Easement for Twin Lakes Road TSPLOST Paving Project; Parcel 3
$277,583.00	Total

Here is the agenda.

The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request, is on the LAKE website.

You may wonder, as I do, why doesn’t the county put its board packets on its own website?

Maybe you’d like to ask your County Commissioners that question.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2026, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
4. Minutes for Approval
   1. Work Session & Regular Session – January 12, 2026
      
5. For Consideration
   1. Spring Creek Water Treatment Plant Design Build Project
      

      Documents:Spring Creek Water Treatment Plant Design Build Project.pdf

   2. Peterson Road Lift Station Pump Repair
      

      Documents:Peterson Road Lift Station Pump Repair.pdf

   3. Resolution to Sell Surplus Water Meter Components
      

      Documents:Resolution to Sell Surplus Water Meter Components.pdf

   4. Condemning Right of Way and Drainage Easement for Twin Lakes Road TSPLOST Paving Project; Parcel 3
      

      Documents:Condemning Right of Way and Drainage Easement for Twin Lakes Road TSPLOST Paving Project Parcel 3.pdf

   5. Special Assessment Rate for 2026
      

      Documents:Special Assessment Rate for 2026.pdf

   6. Approval of the Solicitor General's FY26 VAWA Continuation Grant Application
      

      Documents:Approval of the Solicitor General FY26 VAWA Continuation Grant Application.pdf

6. Reports – County Manager
   1. Extension Office Update by Joshua Dawson (Work Session)
      
   2. American Red Cross Update by Jacqueline Shoemaker
      
7. Citizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address
   
8. Adjournment

LCC Agenda 2026-01-26

For Consideration and Reports
PDF

Another Report and Adjournment
PDF

Images of the rest of the packet pages are appended.

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Spring Creek Water Treatment Plant Design Build Project

BUDGET IMPACT: $214,412.00 FUNDING SOURCE: (xX) SPLOST due to GA-EPD Consent Order, one bid, Reynolds Construction
PDF

ExA

EXHIBIT A — PRELIMINARY STAGE WORK
PDF

SCAd

Spring Creek WTP Design Build Ad, 2025-08-01 –Lowndes County Public Works
PDF

SCWT

Spring Creek Water Tower, 2026-01-24 –Google Street View

Peterson Road Lift Station Pump Repair

BUDGET IMPACT: $24,400.00 FUNDING SOURCE: (XxX) Annual, Xylem repair
PDF

PRLS

Roadway Lift Station, Peterson Road, 2026-01-24 –Google Street View

PRWT

Peterson Road Water Tower, 2026-01-26 –Google Street View

Resolution to Sell Surplus Water Meter Components

Page 44 replacing water meters that have reached the end of their useful life.
PDF

Condemning Right of Way and Drainage Easement for Twin Lakes Road TSPLOST Paving Project; Parcel 3

BUDGET IMPACT: $12,400.00 FUNDING SOURCE: (xX) TSPLOST
PDF

Special Assessment Rate for 2026

The current prime rate is 6.75%; therefore, the rate for special assessments should be set at 8.75%.
PDF

Approval of the Solicitor General’s FY26 VAWA

BUDGET IMPACT: $26,371.00 Cash Match (X) Annual
PDF

January-12-2026-Regular-Session-Minutes

Page 1
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January-12-2026-Work-Session-Minutes

Chairman Slaughter and Mayor Matheson read and presented the Lowndes County School
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