Category Archives: Alcohol

Videos: KLVB, Drinking, driving, and air conditioning @ LCC 2015-03-23




Keep Lowndes-Valdosta Beautiful did cleanups in wetlands in
both the Withlacoochee and the Alapaha River watersheds, plus
at exit 22, and the general illegal trash dumping situation came up.
Did the county change the speed limit on your road?

The County Engineer said only in one area, but they didn’t publish the list.
Also discussed
were
a

GEMA grant application, a

proposal for engineering services for Exits 22 and 29,

HVAC for county buildings, and a

liquor license.
Here’s
the agenda
with links to the videos and a few notes.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015  8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Drinking, driving, and air conditioning @ LCC 2015-03-23

Is the county changing the speed limit on your road?

Maybe, but they didn’t publish the list, so this is all you know:


300x388 Speed-zone-ordinance-001, in Speed Limit Ordinance, by John S. Quarterman, 23 March 2015
The Georgia DOT is in the process of updating the existing Speed
Zone Ordinance for Lowndes County. Attached is a copy of the updated
Speed Zone Ordinance with the changes that were requested by Lowndes
County. With the execution of this Ordinance, the speed limits on
these roads wili be updated. A signed copy of the Ordinance will be
forwarded to the Department of Public Safety for the updated radar
permit for Lowndes County.

Also on
the agenda are
a

presentation by Keep Lowndes-Valdosta Beautiful, a

GEMA grant application, a

proposal for engineering services for Exits 22 and 29,

HVAC for county buildings, and a

liquor license.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015  8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Videos: Pipeline, Tourism + KLVB appointments + flowers @ LCC 2014-12-09



The vote was unanimous for

the resolution against the Sabal Trail pipeline
at the Lowndes County Commission Tuesday,
to be followed tonight by the Valdosta City Council voting on

their resolution of support for Lowndes County against Sabal Trail,
including

an additional clause about protecting our drinking water in the Floridan Aquifer.
This follows a long string of

county and city resolutions against that unnecessary,
destructive, and hazardous pipeline boondoggle.

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Board packet: Trash, Pipeline, Tourism + KLVB appointments @ LCC 2014-12-08



The text of the
Resolution Opposing the Sabal Trail Pipeline,
the
Commission meeting schedule,
the
budget calendar,
and the

proposed sign for the G. Robert Carter Law Enforcement Complex,
plus maps for all those special tax lighting districts
and details of budget and requests,
all in the

board packet
for the
8 December 2014 Work Session
and
the
9 December 2014 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.



The County Clerk once again provided this packet only on paper
and only in black and white.
The
request to the County Clerk asked for
electronic copy, but once again she chose not to honor that part of the request.

There’s no change in that
after

the Open Government Symposium of 21 November 2014.
Also, this request was sent shortly after the previous Commission meeting,
and with more than three weeks notice the county only made this latest
packet available at 4:35 PM the Friday before the meeting,
when they close at 5PM.

-jsq

Videos: Trash, Pipeline, Tourism + KLVB appointments @ LCC 2014-12-08



Who could have foreseen that

ADS wants a rate hike?
The Resolution against the Sabal Trail pipeline

they already sent to FERC is

on the agenda for voting along with everything else tomorrow, 5:30 PM, Tuesday 9 December 2014.
Congratulations again in advance for doing that!

Update 2014-12-09: board packet.

Staff wants to
rename the Sheriff’s complex for former Sheriff and former Comissioner G. Robert Carter.
And a bunch of

appointments, contracts, calendars, and special tax lighting districts.
in a very full agenda.
Other county commissions, such as
Thomas County,
list potential appointees in their agenda.
If Lowndes County did that, we wouldn’t have to google to figure
out how to spell names of appointees.
And without this LAKE video, you wouldn’t know who was being considered,
unless you skipped work to go to that 8:30 AM Work Session.

Here’s

the agenda.
The videos are below in the order events transpired, followed
by a video playlist.

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Videos: Transportation, Water, Safety, and Alcohol @ LCC 2014-09-23


300x255 2100 East Hill Avenue, in GDOT option at Clay, Hollywood, and US 84, by John S. Quarterman, 23 September 2014
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall recused himself
in the Regular Session of 23 September 2014,
for the

Public Safety Radio System System Upgrade,
in case anybody thought a Motorola VP with the same last name was related. (Update 11:10 AM: added transcription of the three-part motion.)
Rental leases for the

Leila Ellis Social Services Building
got more discussion.
They added

VOCA-funded VWMAP
and

GDOT at Clay and Hollywood (from the previous morning’s Executive Session), that the Tax Assessor’s database says is owned by the School Board,
to the

amended agenda.
Everything else,
including

the USGS water level gauge on the Little River,
was breezed through with no discussion,
so fast the Chairman almost forgot to ask for speakers
in

an alcohol license public hearing,
and he didn’t bother to mention
before they adjourned that

nobody had signed up for Citizens Wishing to Be Heard.

Here’s the

amended agenda
with links to the videos and a few notes,
followed by a playlist.
See also the
LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session
and

Board Packet.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Board Packet @ LCC 2014-09-22



Here is the board packet for yesterday morning’s Work Session.
Notice it does not have anything about
reporting on services provided or number of citizens serviced

for the Leila Ellis leases,
and no contracts at all for

the Public Safety Radio System Upgrade.
And nothing at all about the non-even-on-the-agenda

Victim Witness Program renewal.
Maybe those items will be added to the board packet Commissioners get
before they vote tonight at 5:30 PM.
Here are
videos of their Work Session from yesterday morning, at which Commissioners Marshall and Powell made it clear they would like to see some additional items.

At least this packet cost a lot less ($7.80) than
the last one.

-jsq

Videos: Alcohol, Transportation, Water, and Safety @ LCC 2014-09-22

Update: Board packet.



They took a little longer than ten minutes,
because Commissioners had questions about

the right of way abandonment and
even more questions about rent, tenants, and services at the

Leila Ellis Social Services Building,
and about the

Public Safety Radio System System Upgrade:
Commissioners actually want to see what they’re voting in; fancy that!
Plus a substantial
presentation about the

USGS water level gauge on the Little River
and an unscheduled request for approval for

a continuation of a Victims Assistance grant.

Here’s the
agenda with links to the videos and a few notes,
followed by a playlist.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Alcohol, Transportation, Water, and Safety @ LCC 2014-09-22

Will they take ten minutes to consider all these agenda items?
They’re meeting right now.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor


  1. Call to Order


  2. Invocation

    Only in the Regular Session.


  3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

    Only in the Regular Session.


  4. Minutes for Approval


    1. Work Session — September 8, 2014


    2. Regular Session — September 9, 2014

  5. Public Hearing


    1. Beer, Wine and Liquor License — Cowboys Fire Pit Grill, LLC — 1088 Lakes Blvd

  6. For Consideration


    1. Abandonment of Unopened Right of Way off Water Oak Drive


    2. Section 5311 Rural Transportation Program Operating Contracts


    3. Leila Ellis Social Services Building-Approval of Lease Agreements


    4. GEMA Performance Partnership Agreement (FY 2014)


    5. USGS Funding Agreement for Hwy 122 Stream Gauge


    6. Public Safety Radio System Upgrade

  7. Reports-County Manager


  8. Citizens Wishing to be Heard Please State Name And Address

    Only in the Regular Session.

-jsq

Construction Board, Nelson Hill, and Creekwood @ LCC 2014-08-11



Water, water, construction, subdivisions, and alcohol:
Nelson Hill and Roger Budd are back,

like at the 28 July 2014 Planning Commission.
The first board appointment from

the list of ones to fill this year
is for the

Valdosta-Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals.
The Lowndes County Commission
already met yesterday morning for the Work Session, and they meet
tonight at 5:30 PM to vote in the Regular Session.

Here’s
the agenda. Continue reading →