A brief agenda was handled quickly by Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Tooley
last night at the Valdosta City Council,
even with two Citizens to Be Heard and a bunch of Council Comments.

The longest item, at almost six minutes, was

4.b-i) Bids for vehicles,
because it was eight items rolled into one.

Second longest, at almost four minutes,
was
Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, who came from Florida to speak in
CBTH about

Florida effects of Valdosta Sewage.
Ms. Tooley stopped her precisely at three minutes, but
City Manager Mark Barber took most of a minute thanking her
for coming to speak.
Council Tim Carroll
and

Ms. Tooley
also thanked the Florida speaker in Council Comments.

Third longest was probably me (jsq) inviting
them to paddle and discussing sewage.
City Manager Barber before the meeting said he would be sure
he would get to Council the information I presented about
Valdosta spills over time.

Council Vivian Miller-Cody spoke about a

cleanup she organized,
and Council Sonny Vickers spoke about

The recent annual MLK Jr. Commemorative Dinner.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also

the agenda.

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  1. Order, Invocation, Pledge
  
  

  Video.

• 
  2. Minutes approval (2019-01-10)
  
  

  Video.

• 
  3. Resolution for GCF grant application
  
  

  Video.

• 
  4.a) Bids for 4 traffic cabinets and 15 signal controllers
  
  

  Video.

• 
  4.b-i) Bids for vehicles
  
  

  Video.

• 
  5. CTBH: Rules
  
  

  Video.

• 
  5. CTBH: Florida effects of Valdosta Sewage –Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson
  
  

  Video.

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  5. CTBH: Is sewage what Valdosta wants to be famous for in Tallahassee and Atlanta? –John S. Quarterman

  Video: there is none, because the camera operator, being the same as the speaker,
  did not succeed in having the camera running.
  But see
  
  Sewage spills in the Suwannee River Basin 2015-2018.
  I also invited them to
  paddle with WWALS from Troupville Boat Ramp to US 84
  on Saturday, February 2.
  I thanked Langdale Company for providing a much better take out on closed
  Old Quitman Highway.
  I reminded them that last time I had asked the Council to help
  get GA-EPD to publish sewage spill reports,
  but
  
  GA-EPD already started doing that on December 20th.
  Which revealed that Valdosta spilled more than 2 million more gallons
  of raw sewage since then.
  I wondered whether being a subject of legislative committees in Tallahassee
  and of GA-EPD in Atlanta was really what Valdosta wanted to be famous for?

  
  

• 
  6. City Manager’s Report
  
  

  Video.

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  7. Thanks, Florida speaker –Tim Carroll
  
  

  Video.

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  7. Cleanup –Vivian Miller-Cody
  
  

  Video.

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  7. Still working on wastewater –Sandra Tooley
  
  

  Video.

• 
  7. MLK Dinner –Sonny Vickers
  
  

  Video.

• 
  8. Adjournment
  
  

  Video.

Here’s

a LAKE video playlist:

Videos: Wastewater at Valdosta City Council

Regular Session, Valdosta City Council (VCC),

Videos by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, January 24, 2019.

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