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Reappointments and no annexation in Regular Session @ LCC 2014-05-27 @ LCC 2014-05-27



The

Hahira Annexation request
was actually heard at

the Planning Commission meeting that started at the same time.
All the incumbents were reappointed to the


Hospital Authority
and the

shadowy Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority.
Both the road abandonments were approved, of

Old Statenville Road
and
of

Excess Right of Way on James Road and Riverside Road.
All that plus a

GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement
and a

beer license,
plus

Poll Manager Recognition.

The

blank page Budget Session
was at 9:30 AM after the Work Session, all the same day as this Regular Session.
See also
my question about Budget Public Hearings.

Here’s the
agenda.
See the

videos from the Work Session of the same morning
and the

videos from the previous Regular Session of May 13th for context on the
Public Hearings
and on the

James Road Subsidence.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Videos: Road work and apparently annexation @ LCC Work 2014-05-27



Nevermind the County Engineer said about the Cat Creek Road bridge,
“All construction will take place during the months of June and July”
(Work Session 2014-03-24),
it was closed when Gretchen was headed for this morning’s Work Session,
so she had to go by Moody AFB on Bemiss Road, and was a few minutes late.
That’s why there’s no video for the first few agenda items,
and the videos are handheld.
They vote 5:30 PM this evening at the Regular Session,
is the same time as the Planning Commission meeting.

The smaller acreage for the

return of the Hahira Annexation request
is because it no longer has frontage on Hagen Bridge Road,
only on GA 122, thus removing

the county’s previous grounds for objection
(but it’s also on

the Planning Commission agenda at 5:30PM today, same time as the Regular Session).
There is an appointment to the



Hospital Authority
and two reappointments to the

shadowy Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority
that approves bonds.
Two Public Hearings for road abandonments, of

Old Statenville Road
and
of

Excess Right of Way on James Road and Riverside Road.
All that plus a

GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement
and a

beer license,
plus

Poll Manager Recognition.

Here’s the
agenda,
with links to the videos and a few notes.
See
videos from the previous Regular Session for context on the
Public Hearings
and on the

James Road Subsidence.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Work, Budget, and Regular Sessions all Tuesday @ LCC 2014-05-27

The

Hahira Annexation request is back
(while on

the Planning Commission agenda the same day),
and there is an appointment to the



Hospital Authority
and two to the

shadowy Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority
that approves bonds.
Two Public Hearings for road abandonments, of

Old Statenville Road
and
of

Excess Right of Way on James Road and Riverside Road.
All that plus a

GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement
and a

beer license,
plus

Poll Manager Recognition.

The county’s front page and calendar link to

a blank page for a Budget Session Tuesday.
Guessing by previous behavior, that may mean at 5PM
before the Regular Session at 5:30 PM,
which in turn is the same time as the Planning Commission meeting.
The Work Session is also Tuesday, at 8:30AM, due to Memorial Day Monday.

Here’s the
agenda.
See
videos from the previous Regular Session for context on the
Public Hearings
and on the

James Road Subsidence.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Videos of votes: James Road fallout, airport, water, sewer, alcohol @ LCC 2014-05-13



In a

Special Presentation to Thomas Smith on retiring from the 911 center,
we saw a rare use of the county’s video camera to display the podium
at the front of the room.
Escalated from contingency fund to SPLOST payment (we still don’t know how much):
fixing the

James Road 10-inch drop in 48 hours
in front of Westside Elementary School due to faulty road construction in 2008.
Also due to that same hasty 2008 James Road widening and realignment
for the

James Road second mall and massive subdivision mega-project
that never happened,
they scheduled a Public Hearing for abandoning

Excess Right of Way on James Rd & Riverside Dr.
And they voted

to fix three discrepencies MIDS, Inc. found in its contract of last year.
They voted for the low bid on the

lift station pump without ever saying what the other bids were.

They reappointed
Airport Authority Chairman Steve Everett

for another four-year term; he did not appear.
They approved the

911 Center surplus item sale.
They scheduled a Public Hearing to abandon part of

Old Statenville Road SE
because they say only seven cars a day, no, now it’s ten cars a day,
use it and there are no houses on it.
Nobody had any questions about the

a beer license.

And the County Manager said

a quarantine on the Animal Shelter was being lifted and

the next Work Session would be Tuesday (27 May 2014)
because of the holiday (Memorial Day).

Here’s
the agenda.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Videos: airport appointment, water, sewer, alcohol, and surplus right of way @ LCC 2014-05-12



They vote tomorrow evening on paying for an emergency road fix
and several discrepencies.
James Road

dropped 10 inches in 48 hours in front of Westside Elementary School,
due to faulty road construction in 2008.
Also due to that same hasty 2008 James Road widening and realignment
for the

James Road second mall and massive subdivision mega-project
that never happened,
there is

Excess Right of Way on James Rd & Riverside Dr.
that the County Engineer wants to quit claim and give back to the neighboring
landowners.
In other discrepencies, MIDS, Inc. found three in its contract of last year
and wants a

Transportation Service Contract Addendum
to fix the work the county didn’t check.
A Commissioner wanted to know why

the three bids for a lift station pump varied so much.

Airport Authority Chairman Steve Everett wants to be

reappointed for another four-year term.
The 911 center has

surplus items out back it wants to sell off.
County staff want to abandon

Old Statenville Road SE
because they say only seven cars a day use it and there are no houses on it.
Nobody had any questions about the

a beer license.

Here’s
the agenda.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Airport Authority appointment, water, sewer, alcohol, and surplus right of way @ LCC 2014-05-12

If anybody knew about upcoming appointments, like this one
to the

Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority, they might want to apply,
or suggest a likely applicant.
Which

surplus items?
Which
Transportation Service
needs a

Contract Addendum?
Why is the Commission considering abandoning

Old Statenville Road SE
and

Excess Right of Way on James Rd & Riverside Dr.?


Does this mean the infamous 2007

James Road second mall and massive subdivision mega-project
is finally really dead and gone?
Or something else?
Is it comforting to know the only thing that is clear on your
Lowndes County Commission’s agenda for tomorrow morning is

a beer license?

Here’s
the agenda.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

    PROPOSED AGENDA

    WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

    REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

    327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Videos: Garbage falling off trucks @ LCC 2014-03-25



If the County Commission hadn’t privatized garbage collection,
Frenchie could have registered his complaint about

garbage falling off trucks
through the new

turnkey government website service once it’s online.
No mention of the

annexation request by the City of Hahira from the Work Session.

Commissioner Powell
noted the three SPLOST VII projects were

“a direct reinvestment into the community of those funds”.
The

road resurfacing of four roads
is actually mostly from a GDOT LMIG grant,
but the other three,
shoulder paving on

Val Del Road
and

Boring Pond Road
and a

bridge replacement on Cat Creek Road
are all from SPLOST VII funds.
Plus

some trucks for Animal Control and

tablets for the Fire Department,
an

alcohol license, and some alphabet-soup agreements,
one of which turned out to be for

a grant for a victim advocate position in the Solicitor General’s office.

Here’s

the agenda.
See also
the previous morning’s Work Session.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Videos: Mostly Paving and Bridges @ LCC 2014-03-24


Yesterday morning they discussed a

turnkey government website service.
And an

annexation request by the City of Hahira.
And they may actually be serious about coming into the 21st century with

online county services.

Turns out the

road resurfacing of four roads
is actually mostly from a GDOT LMIG grant,
but the other three,
shoulder paving on

Val Del Road
and

Boring Pond Road
and a

bridge replacement on Cat Creek Road
are all from SPLOST VII funds.
Plus

some trucks for Animal Control and

tablets for the Fire Department,
an

alcohol license, and some alphabet-soup agreements,
one of which turned out to be for

a grant for a victim advocate position in the Solicitor General’s office.

Here’s

the agenda.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Animals, Alcohol, Alphabet Soup, Paving, Bridges, and Fire @ LCC 2014-03-24



Got to spend those SPLOST dollars widening roads and bridges
to promote development farther out in the country!
Plus some trucks for Animal Control and tablets for the Fire Department,
an alcohol license, and some alphabet-soup agreements.
It may be healthy as food, but I wonder if opaque acronyms
unexplained in the agenda is good for local government.

Here’s

the agenda.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Videos: 2 agreements, education, jail, alcohol, and a health care presentation @ LCC 2014-01-13



They vote tonight at 5:30PM. Probably there won’t be a repeat of
yesterday morning’s presentation
by
District Health Director Dr. Grow.

The county wants

an architect for a new roof and shower in one jail pod;
it’s considering two interagency agreements,
one for

Valdosta Inspections for Lake Park
and the other for

the county extension,
plus

setting election qualifying fees
and

a Special Assessment Rate for 2014.
There’s a

beer license
and acceptance of

infrastructure for part of Grove Pointe Subdivision.

Here’s

the agenda with links to the videos:

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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