A third Lowndes County Case in west Valdosta near James Road,
REZ-2016-15, was pulled from the agenda until next month
to be sure it will be ready for review (but not withdrawn).
One Valdosta case,
CU-2016-02, was announced as withdrawn
at the beginning of the meeting.
The
stormwater LDR changes apparently were mostly to
remove description of very old previous material and various housekeeping
including reflecting a rate increase the Valdosta City Council already approved
back in June after a series of public hearings.
Expect the Comprehensive Plan back next month: they didn’t examine it this time because
the agenda was already very long. Continue reading
Category Archives: Lowndes County Commission
More northern subdivision rezonings + 6 Valdosta @ GLPC 2016-08-29
Still more subdivisions planned in what the county calls
Central Lowndes County
and near Hahira,
and a bunch of stuff in Valdosta.
including
stormwater revisions to the LDR.
Here’s
the agenda,
and see the
LAKE videos of the meeting.
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
Continue reading
Lowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AGENDA
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue
Monday, August 29, 2016 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
Videos: Welcomes, Millage, 5 minutes 30 seconds @ LCC 2016-08-23
3.5 minutes of actual meeting after a minute of invocation and pledge and a minute of welcomes.
First they welcomed Cub Scout Pack 400 and Troup 410, a member of the Lowndes County Explorer Program, for their interest in the gubmint. Also a Valdosta City Council member (Sandra Tooley, although Chairman Bill Slaughter didn’t name her), and Carl Smith. Plus Tax Commissioner Felicia Williams. He didn’t name any of the regulars in the room, yet the welcomes took more than a minute which, plus the minute for the invocation and prayer, that was two minutes of non-business in the entire 5 and a half minute meeting, so that was only 3 and a half minutes of actual meeting. Which was more than 2.5 minutes of the previous morning’s Work Session. It does make you wonder: where and when do they actually discuss the county’s business, and why isn’t it in the public meetings?
Below are links to each of the LAKE videos of the August 23nd 2016 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission. See also Continue reading
Millage Public Hearing @ LCC Millage 2016-08-23
People showed up and asked questions!
Finance Director Stephanie Black said they were having public hearings because they were required to when raising the millage. She said some of the reasons for the raise were a decline in the Local Option Sales Tax revenue, “because of the TATV” a decline in motor vehicle revenues, and a decline of 1.88% or $56 million in the property tax digest. TATV appears to be Ad Valorem Title Tax, which changed with HB 386 becoming law 1 March 2013, changing annual TATV to a one-time tax at vehicle purchase, and that new tax goes to the state, not the local government. As you can see in the Millage History slide pictured, they did Continue reading
Videos: 2 minutes 39 seconds, plus new county agent @ LCC 2016-08-22
That’s 2:39 for all business in Monday’s Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission, except for
a report at the end about a new county agent.
The whole thing took less than 5 and a half minutes, according to their own clock.
Valdosta City Council Sandra Tooley showed up at 5:35, just before they adjourned, and wondered what happened.
You ever get the feeling they discuss business somewhere other than in public m eetings?
Tonight there’s a third millage hearing at 5PM, followed by their voting Regular Session at 5:30 PM. See previous post for some background on the millage and the agenda.
Below are links to each of the LAKE videos of the August 22nd 2016 Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission. They vote tonight. Continue reading
Videos: Jerry Wallace reitrement, ZBOA, Verizon, abandonment, landfill @ LCC 2016-08-09
The engineering department utlity player, Jerry Wallace, is retiring.
They approved everything they discussed at the previous morning’s Work Session. See also the LAKE video of the Zika and mosquito control report from that Work Session.
Below are links to the LAKE videos plus a few notes for the Regular Session, August 9th 2016, of the Lowndes County Commission. They vote again tonight.
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1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge
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Special Retirement Recognition – Jerry Wallace
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4. MInutes for Approval
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5.a. Appointment – Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA)
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5.a. Appointment – Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) – part 2
Video. They reappointed Mac McCall.
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6.a. TWR-2016-01 Verizon Wireless, 4278 Lakeland Highway
Video. Even the Moody AFB engineer spoke for.
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6. Abandonment of Strong Road (CR 250)
Video. County Engineer Mike Fletcher noted this would not landlock anybody. He also pointed out this was not the public hearing. This was the determination of why to abandon (serves no public purpose), which will lead to a public hearing in a later meeting.
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7.a. Accept Infrastructure for Grammercy Subdivision Phase II
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7.b. Execution of the Resolution for the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund
Video. Yes, the same closed landfill they gave an easement to Sabal Trail for its 36-inch fracked methane pipeline.
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7.c. Speed Zone Ordinance
Video. County Engineer Mike Fletcher said the only change was at Kinderlou from 55 to 65 MPH.
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7.d. Declaration of Surplus Items for Fire Department
Video. Ashley Tye said items that had no additional useful life and no salvage value. He clarified that they had exceeded safety deadlines, so they couldn’t even give it to some other fire department.
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7.e. Firehouse Software Upgrade
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7.f. Moody AFB Water/Wastewater Treatment Systems Contract
Video. See details in previous post about Work Session and details in the agenda LAKE blog post.
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7.f. Moody AFB Water/Wastewater Treatment Systems Contract (part 2)
Video. Chairman Bill Slaughter said the process to reach this agreement had received national recognition.
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7.g. Contract with Condrey and Associates, Inc
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7.h. Bulk Computer Purchase
Video. Aaron Kostyu said bulk purchase would get additional discounts. They’re buying from Dell.
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8.a. Bid for Equipment for Fire Apparatus
Video. Finance Director Stephanie Black said this equipment is for the new pumper that was recently purchased for the fire department.
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8.b. Bid for Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Equipment
Video. Commissioner Demarcus Marshall wanted to know if that was enough equipment. Answer from Ashley Tye: yes, because this is only for the new truck; fire dept. already has enough for others.
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9. Reports (none) 10. CWTBH (none) 11. Adjournment
Video. See the LAKE video of the Zika and mosquito control report from the previous morning’s Work Session.
Here’s a video playlist:
Videos: Jerry Wallace reitrement, ZBOA, Verizon, abandonment, landfill
Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, August 9, 2016.
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Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research. You can donate to LAKE today!
Millage, grants, computers, and land bank @ LCC 2016-08-22
This morning the county will discuss raising the millage rate, and they will vote on it Tuesday evening, with a third millage hearing half an hour before the voting session.
Michael Praats, Valdosta Daily Times
As County Manager Joe Pritchard reminded them July 25th, it’s time for the annual millage rate setting. As usual, their agenda doesn’t say what they’re setting it to. There’s a number in Continue reading
Videos: Mosquitoes! ZBOA Reappointment, Verizon tower, Strong abandonment, closed landfill @ LCC 2016-08-08
Most controversial and not on the agenda:
Zika and mosquito control in the County Manager’s report.
They vote tonight at 5:30 PM.
The county wants to operate and maintain water treatment, wastewater, and three swimming pools at Moody AFB. Are they changing the speed limit on your road? And the county is re-evaluating its job descriptions.
Also on the agenda: Continue reading
Videos: A development back again + a communications tower @ GLPC 2016-07-25
A
development rezoning tabled previous GLPC meeting
(and since
approved the next evening by the Lowndes County Commission)
and
a communications tower
to be voted on by the County Commission tonight,
Those two
Lowndes County cases
were the only ones
on the
Planning Commission agenda for July 25th 2016.
See also the Continue reading
Videos: funded flood map, Behavioral Health Board still vacant, Rezoning also on GLPC Monday, road abandonment, land exchange @ LCC 2016-07-26
On July 26th 2016,
they
approved up to $40,000
for the
Withlacoochee River Flood Inundation Map Project, and
I thanked them for that and for considering my modest suggestion.
The County Manager,
unlike
the previous morning,
did not mention it’s time for
scheduling meetings to set millage rates.
Still no applicant for the
Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Board, but Commissioner Joyce Evans thought she had a prospect for later.
They approved the event center rezoning which also sailed by the previous night’s Planning Commission.
Below are links to each LAKE video with a few notes, followed by a video playlist. See also Continue reading