Category Archives: Water

Lighting, mosquito, prison, radios, cameras, phones, 3 pumps, valves @ LCC 2018-08-13

It’s equipment day at the Lowndes County Commission.
On the agenda
for 8:30 this morning,
firefighting
Bullard

thermal imaging cameras.
Motorola
public safety radios,
Motorola

mobile data terminals,
and
AT&T
Intrado Phone System for E911 services, possibly the most expensive item at $244,324.00.


Lowndes County Emergency Operations Center


Prison work details (to do jobs locals could do),

mosquito testing (fortunately, Lowndes does not spray for mosquitos).
Lift station pumps at
Bevel Creek (again, and it feeds the Land Application Site or LAS),
and
Hart Road/Skipper Bridge,
a pump for
Gorman Rupp Bypass,
and
Coleman Road Lift Station Check Valves.
And of course an
Addition to Basic Decorative Lighting District: Creekside West, Phase 3B, GA Hwy 122, west of Hahira on Franks Creek.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2018, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2018, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Videos: EOC, KLVB, Grinder Pump, Bank, Computers, Health Ordinance, and Alcohol @ LCC 2018-07-24



Longest at 2.5 minutes:

appointment to Parks and Rec.
Commissioner Scottie Orenstein was not present at this Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.

Not on the agenda and not on the county’s website,

Chairman’s Announcement of Emergency Operations Center Open House.

The applicant spoke for

6.a. Beer, Wine & Liquor License – Jack’s Chophouse, 4479 N. Valdosta Rd.
We have a winner for the

RFP for Banking Services.

Maybe they all finally got to read the

7 d. Ordinance Adopting Current Board of Health Rules,
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Videos: City to County KLVB, Grinder Pump, Bank, Computers, Health Ordinance, and Alcohol @ LCC 2018-07-23

Eight minutes to do your business: yesterday morning’s Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall took the day off from his work at the City of Valdosta
to be there.
Not clear the rest of them took it that seriously.
He and at least one other Commissioner did get some questions in.
And they did all show up, at least.
We’ll see if they’re all there for voting this evening at 5:30 PM.

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City to County KLVB, Grinder Pump, Bank, Computers, Health Ordinance, and Alcohol @ LCC 2018-07-24 2018-07-23



In an interesting version of a revolving door,
county appointee Michael H. McDowell’s KLVB term is expiring,
so is Valdosta appointee Bubba Highsmith’s,
and the county proposes appointing Highsmith.
Highsmith is

a State Farm Insurance Agent.

Also on

the Lowndes County Commission agenda
for 8:30AM Monday morning are:

banking services (looks like
Ameris Bank costs way less than BB&T, and SunTrust even less,
but Ameris has the best interest rate),
a

computer bulk purchase for $54,795.98, yet another

pump purchase,
allegedly for $0 dollars because this is actually for specifications rather than actual purchase.





Typical Application: Residential Pump System, Triple “D” Pump Company

Finally, the tabled-from-last-meeting

Ordinance about Board of Health Rules:
will the Commissioners have had time to read the one copy
the County Manager allows them?

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Videos: 2 KLVB appointments, lift station pump, 2 rezonings @ LCC 2018-07-10



Scottie Orenstein and Mark Wisenbaker were absent,
so they barely had a quorum with three Commissioners: Joyce Evans, Mark Wisenbaker, and Clay Griner, plus Chairman Bill Slaughter, who does not vote
unless there is a tie.
Spoiler: they passed everything unanimously, except one item.

They took almost 2.5 minutes (less than the five minutes I predicted)
on the

KLVB appointments.
Remember,
Tracy Chapman asked for her name to be withdrawn.
See

previous post about the Work Session for
that and what

applicant Regina Kimbrough said.
And see

the agenda post
for more about the applicants.

Slightly longer and longest at 2:49 was

6.b. REZ-2018-14 Coventry Villas, Mulligan Rd,
followed by 1:32 for

7.d. Ordinance Adopting Current Board of Health Rules,
which did not go as planned,
and then 1:49 for the other rezoning,

6.a. REZ-2018-13 Sims, Beaver Lane.

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Lowndes EMA Hurricane Season Open House 2018-07-26

WTXL, 19 July 2018,
Lowndes County holds open house to inform community on severe weather,

LOWNDES COUNTY, Fla. [sic: s.b. Georgia] (WALB)—Lowndes County
Emergency services personnel are preparing for an upcoming open
house to inform community members of possible severe weather that
could strike this season.


Ashley Tye, Lowndes County EMA Director, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Still of Lowndes County EMA Director Ashley Tye from

Atlanta Journal-Constitution video 10 September 2017

When:
6-8PM, Thursday, July 26, 2018

Where:
250 Douglas St, Valdosta, GA 31601-5029

Event:
facebook

Join local emergency responders and Meteorologist Kerri Copello,
News Manager for WFXL/Fox 31, for a tour of the EOC and an
informational session on the 2018 Hurricane Season to include
preparedness information.

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Rainbarrel from Valdosta Stormwater 2018-07-20

Gretchen picked up a rainbarrel when she
stopped by the Valdosta City Hall Annex to drop off okra
(Okra Paradise Farms has customers everywhere).


Movie: Filling above 10 gallons (6.0M), Raining

Here’s

a video of it filling up: Continue reading →

Videos: Developments on Mulligan Road and North Oak St. Ext. @ GLPC 2018-06-25



Tonight

the Lowndes County Commission will be voting
on two rezonings that were considered a few weeks ago in the June 2018 Planning Commission meeting.

GLPC took 3/4 of an hour (by far the longest) on

4. REZ-2018-14 Jerry Stoker – Mulligan Road R-A and R-1 to P-D
and 8 minutes on

2. REZ-2018-13 Sims, Sims, Jackson Beaver Rd E-A to R-1,
before recommending both unanimously.

Second longest at 16 and a half minutes was the Valdosta case,

6. VA-2018-10 ADCO Investments – 3320 North Oak Street Ext – R-15 to R-P.

Here are LAKE videos of each GLPC agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
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2 county, 3 city @ GLPC 2018-06-25

Here’s

the agenda
for the June 2018 Planning Commission meeting.



Greater Lowndes Planning Commission


Lowndes County


City of Valdosta


City of Dasher


City of Hahira


City of Lake Park



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA



Monday, June 25, 2018 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

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Videos: 2 KLVB appointments, lift station pump, 2 rezonings @ LCC 2018-07-09



They vote this evening on what you can see they discussed yesterday morning,
in these LAKE videos of the Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
They barely had a quorum. Commissioner Demarcus Marshall is never at Work Sessions because he’s at work, and Commissioner Scottie Orenstein was on some beach.

Tracy Chapman asked for her name to be withdrawn from the KLVB appointment.
Regina Kimbrough spoke.
See

previous post
for more about the applicants.

Longest at more than 3 minutes was

6.b. REZ-2018-14 Coventry Villas, Mulligan Rd,
a rezoning for a planned development,
in which Commissioner Clay Griner actually asked a question.

Third longest (after the KLVB item) was the

7.d. Ordinance Adopting Current Board of Health Rules,
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