Category Archives: KLVB

KLVB appointment, Stafford Wright Road R.I.P., GEFA, pumps, and dollars @ LCC 2017-10-23

To

replace Molly Stoltz on KLVB (she moved),
they will appoint

either Adam Floyd or Kyle Rudrow,
discussing Monday morning and voting Tuesday evening.


Between Valdosta at Cherry Creek Road and the Skipper Bridge Road McDonalds, Google Map

Years ago I tried to explain to people on Stafford Wright Road that if the
county ever paved that road, it wouldn’t be for the current residents.
Now it’s getting

a water main with paving.
The county only ever runs water to places it plans to have subdivisions.
Enjoy your quiet country road while you can, old-time residents.
You’re about to be displaced for an expansion of “Central Lowndes County”
west of Skipper Bridge Road and north of Cherry Creek.

Lowndes County has been approved for a
GEFA Loan Agreement
submitted in December 2016, for upgrades at the Land Application Site (LAS)
and lift stations.
It’s not clear whether that includes the purchase of Continue reading →

Videos: alias for Val Tech Road, Moody, Library, KLVB, DFCS, Construction Board @ LCC 2017-07-25

They actually spent the most time on the

fire pages,
but
the biggest item was

renaming Val Tech Road:
they decided not to do that, rather to designate “a portion” of it as
Wiregrass Technical College Way or something like that.

For two boards,
KLVB
and
DFCS,
they didn’t have an application for one seat,
so they left it until the next meeting.

The meeting lasted more than fifteen minutes, so they’ll probably have
to pay staff overtime!
Below are links to the LAKE video for each item in the
agenda,
for yesterday morning’s Regular Session, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
the LAKE videos of hte previous morning’s Work Session.

Videos: Moody, Library, KLVB, DFCS, Construction Board, renaming Val Tech Road @ LCC 2017-07-24

Below are links to the LAKE video for each item in the
agenda,
for yesterday morning’s Work Session, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

Air Force lobbyists, appointments to four boards, renaming Val Tech Road @ LCC 2017-07-24

The agenda still says 8:30 AM Monday morning for the Work Session,
and they have only half an hour left to change it and still comply with state law.

In case anybody has forgotten Moody AFB is by far the biggest employer in these parts, the county wants

to hire for $36,000 a year a pair of lobbyists to the Air Force:
Parker and Lucy Greene,
“to provide consulting services on behalf of Lowndes County to enhance
relationships with the Air Force and Department of Defence regarding Moody AFB.”


Parker and Lucy Greene

Kari L. Sands (R.I.P.), VDT, 22 June 2007,

Parker Greene honored with award, Continue reading →

Videos: Lowndes County Commission Goals @ LCC 2017-03-27



The Chairman confirmed that yesterday’s

“Lowndes County Commission Goals”
was a continuation of the rather testy
goals discussion at their February planning session,
in which they disagreed on things such as whether to hold Work Sessions
at times when working people could attend.
And ten days later held a three-minute Work Session.
There’s still no agenda for that 9:30AM to 10:30AM Goals meeting

on the county’s website,
even though it appears they had one.

They declared

Solid Waste Management accomplished,
yet they spent even more time discussing

Litter Control and Beautification and kept that on their short-term goals.
Later they seemed to decide to make a special class of ongoing issues,
including

litter and Moody AFB.

The elephant in the room is that

tax revenue is down and inconsistent.

Below are links to each LAKE video of that Goals meeting,
with a few notes, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading →

Videos: sidewalk, KLVB, DFCS, SGCSB, LCLB appointments, prisoners, mosquitos, grants, contracts @ LCC 2016-06-14



In a very unusual move, they tabled

trust deed or a well system
that a developer wants because he does not want to have property annexed into the city of Valdosta. Valdosta services are across the street.
The Chairman said he asked the Engineer who asked the developer first.

Citizens

Lawrence and Helen Williams
expressed concern about dogs and a gun at a neighbor’s house.

They unanimously approved everything else Continue reading →

Videos: KLVB, DFCS, SGCSB, LCLB appointments, prisoners, mosquitos, grants, contracts, and a sidewalk bid @ LCC 2016-06-13



Sandra Tooley, Valdosta City Council District 2,
was among the very few people present who did not have business on
the agenda of the
Lowndes County County Commission Work Session this Monday morning.
They vote 5:30 PM Tuesday evening.

Below are LAKE videos of Monday morning’s Work Session, with a few notes,
followed by a video playlist. Continue reading →

KLVB, DFCS, SGCSB, LCLB appointments, prisoners, mosquitos, grants, contracts, and a sidewalk bid @ LCC 2016-06-13



Here’s the
agenda
for this morning’s 8:30 AM Work Session and tomorrow evening’s voting Regular Session:
will the Lowndes County Commission spend more on mosquito testing than on renting prisoners from Valdosta State Prison?
(Answer: no,

$45,790 on mosquitos
and

$118,500 on three prisoner work details at $39,500 each:

“The details are utilized in the maintenance of over 5,000 easements that require manual hand cutting.”
Hm, if the county didn’t insist on 80-foot easements….

They’re also

appointing people to four different boards.
If you wanted to apply, how would you know to do so?

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2016, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

Continue reading →

Videos: Four board appointments, plus Justice, Water, and Alcohol @ LCC 2015-06-23



$16,915

to upgrade a water main to subsidize a developer,
but no approval of

$15,957 to study public transportation and truck routing.

Speaking of subsidizing private developers,
there’s yet more fallout from the failed 2007 mega-mall-and-subdivision Market Street project; see separate post.

And the Chairman

gave an excellent demonstration of why elected officials would benefit
by interacting and even debating with citizens, instead of
jumping to conclusions and preaching at them.

Here’s the agenda,
and the
LAKE videos of

the previous morning’s Work Session
and
the budget hearing immediately before the Regular Session.
Below are the Regular Session LAKE videos with a few comments,
followed by a video playlist. Continue reading →

Videos: Four board appointments, plus Justice, Water, and Alcohol @ LCC 2015-06-22



The Chairman said the Finance Director would make a presentation
about the

Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
Tuesday before they voted; he said nothing about that presentation
being the second Public Budget Hearing.
See LAKE videos of the first Budget Hearing
and of
the second budget hearing.

The

Commercial Driveway for Raceway on James Road.
is yet more fallout from the failed 2007 mega-mall-and-subdivision Market Street project; see separate post.
Also five pre-bidders but only one bid, this one from Scruggs Co., for

Widening of a Portion of Old US 41 N.

Why is the county paying the cost to

Upgrade Water Main at Lake Alapaha Subdivision
from 2 inches to 6 inches?
At least we found out where and why for the

Engineering and Surveying Services for Water and Sewer.

Here’s the agenda.
Below are the LAKE videos of the Work Session with a few comments,
followed by a video playlist. Continue reading →