At the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session of April 14, 2026, seven citizens spoke in Citizens Wishing to Be Heard (CWTBH):

• Susan Wehling about a data center ordinance and transparency,
• back again was Mary Roe about Paving of Green Road,
• both Beverly Sharp and Kathleen Hodges spoke about pay rate for election poll workers,
• and Chase West, Cara West, and William Whitesell spoke about proposed animal control ordinance language.

Collage @ LCC 13 April 2026

CWTBH took about 18 minutes. 4. Purple Up For Military Children Proclamation took 9.5 minutes. The usual preliminaries took 1.5 minutes. So that’s 29 minutes. The whole meeting took 46 minutes.

So that’s 17 minutes the Commissioners took to unanimously approve all the voting items.

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

For the rezonings, see also the LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission meeting.

• 1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/xxa0y3JvXI4

  Lowndes County Board of Commissioners (LCC) Work Session – 2026-04-14

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

• 4. Purple Up For Military Children Proclamation
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/r3jjy0lhecY

• 5. Minutes for Approval
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/2eDZlMjxGr0

• 6.a. Appointment – South Regional Joint Development Authority
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/Os_NqV_Vqyk

  Joe Brownlee of Georgia Power and Vickie Ogletree of Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority were appointed by acclamation.

• 7.a. REZ-2026-08 Cedar Subdivision, ~184ac, R-1, C-G, – C-H to R-10 – C-H
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/xDviaLplQ6c

  7a. REZ-2026-08 Cedar Subdivision, White Water Rd, Cedar Rd, & Madison Hwy, ~184ac, R-1, C-G, & C-H to R-10 & C-H, County Utilties

  
  

• 7.b. REZ-2026-09 Cameron Place, 4554 Bemiss Rd, ~10.2ac, E-A to P-D – C-G
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/nuKnSj4LWCk

  7b. REZ-2026-09 Cameron Place, 4554 Bemiss Rd, ~10.2ac, E-A to P-D & C-G, County Utilities

• 8. Reports – County Manager
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/0RCWs1JVFrc

  County Manager Paige Dukes called on Utilities Director Steve Stalvey to give an update in new water meter installation progress.

• 8.a. Reports – County Manager – no additional reports
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/VbK9BT3nKxg

• 9. CWTBH – Beverly Sharp – Pay for election poll workers
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/JP1Si2lkJy0

• 9. CWTBH – Kathleen Hodges – pay rate for election poll workers
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/4x9pGeqWgJw

• 9. CWTBH – Susan Wehling – data center ordinance and transparency
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/LO_SRisQpU0

• 9. CWTBH – Mary Roe – Paving of Green Road
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/h4rj7ZyitDg

• 9. CWTBH – Chase West – potential limits on number of animals
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/a7_CKzCA49E

• 9. CWTBH – Cara West – questions about new animal control ordinance
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/Munu8MaacuI

• 9. CWTBH – William Whitesell – proposed animal control ordinance language
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/4L9cNSTuAYk

• 10. Adjournment
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/D3_bBIrVxLA

Here is the LAKE video playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFRnj9Z5zkHu_GMfiICR44f&si=t1YS2f6bCSODQbsv

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