Annually Lowndes County and its cities including Valdosta
feed quail to state legislators at the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot
in Atlanta: this is the Bird Supper.
Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter, Valdosta Mayor John Gayle
Videos: Fire, Library, rezonings, water main, road abandonments @ LCC 2019-02-11
The longest item was not on the agenda:
Special Recognition of Fire Rescue.
Second longest at two minutes was
7d. MOU with City of Remerton for Fire Inspection and Plan Review Services.
They’re adding to the agenda for voting Tuesday evening
Carter Way emergency access.
Maybe by then they’ll know Continue reading
Library, rezonings, water main, road abandonments @ LCC 2019-02-11
On the
agenda
for this morning, with voting Tuesday evening,
$18,250.00 of $73,000.00 to
bore under US 84 for a water main to we don’t know who
(see also
LAKE videos of previous Regular session),
and
$7,500.00 paid in full by GDOT to
close the CSX railroad crossing at Dasher-Johnson Road and to improve the crossing at Good Hope Road.
Also final Public Hearing to
abandon part of McLeod Road (see also previous Regular Session),
first consideration of
Abandonment of Doyle Kelly Road.
Plus
reappointment of
attorney Karl Osmus to the
Lowndes County Library Board,
the three
rezonings
from the recent
Planning Commission meeting,
an
MOU with City of Remerton to provide Fire Inspection and Plan Review Services,
and
Lowndes County Historic Courthouse Architect Selection,
4.5 years since the
Courthouse Preservation Committee Meetings.
Gretchen is heading to the Commissioner meeting now with the LAKE video camera.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Videos: Old Pine Road and Madison Highway rezonings @ GLPC 2019-01-28
In her first meeting as Chair, Vicki Rountree moved right along,
even getting the opening reading of the set script down to barely four minutes,
even including invocation and pledge.
All the rezonings considered that Monday by the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) are in Lowndes County, not in any of its incorporated cities.
The two on Madison Highway appear to be coincidence.
REZ-2019-01 Jerry Stoker is apparently for one or both of the
two Stoker Development LLC parcels on Old Pine Road.
This is part of the general development of what Lowndes County staff
refer to as “Central Lowndes County”, as in their preferred development area.
Below are Continue reading
Videos: Scottie Orenstein swearing in for District 2 @ LCC 2019-01-22
As mentioned in the
morning Work Session,
at 5PM before the
evening Regular Session,
they had a swearing-in ceremony for re-elected County Commissioner Scottie Orenstein, District 2.
Nevermind he already voted in
a previous Regular Session after being elected.
Here’s
a LAKE video playlist:
Videos: All aye, Simpson Road paving, taxes, alcohol, emergency, roads, and law @ LCC Regular 2019-01-22
They approved everything that Tuesday evening that they discussed
that same morning, including
a
special tax assessment rate.
No item took as long as two minutes.
There were no special reports and no citizens wishing to be heard.
The whole thing took 16 minutes and 44 seconds.
See also Continue reading
Videos: Annual Planning @ LCC Plan 2019-02-07
Here are the LAKE videos of the first day of the two day Annual Planning Meeting
of
Lowndes County Commissioners and staff.
Gretchen is back down there today, videoing the rest.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each item,
with a very few notes,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
previous post
for the agenda (which was not posted publicly)
and a few previous comments.
Annual Planning @ LCC Plan 2019-02-07
Lowndes County Commissioners and staff are meeting for two days
to discuss strategy, as they do every year.
They didn’t post an agenda on
lowndescounty.com,
but Gretchen photographed the one they had at Chairman Bill Slaughter’s pond house,
so here it is:
Lowndes County
Georgia
lowndescounty.com
Annual Planning Meeting
6926 Simpson Road ~ Hahira
February 7-8
8:30 a.m.
Agenda
Audit Continue reading
Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) Meeting: Lowndes County and cities @ SDS 2019-02-04
Update 2019-03-04: WWALS videos.
At least some elected officials from at least Lowndes County and Valdosta
will be gathering Monday on neutral ground to discuss tax revenue allocation.
Apparently this is a public meeting which anyone can attend.
In its usual laconic manner, this is all the county says
in its online calendar:
SDS Meeting
Date:
February 4, 2019Time:
5:00 PMLocation:
Valdosta- Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority OfficesAddress:
1901 North Forrest Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
Google Street View,
VLPRA, 1901 N. Forrest Street, Valdosta, GA 31601
A usually reliable source says this meeting is for voting Council and Commissioners, and the Mayor and Chairman were not invited.
I don’t know if elected members of Council would only be from Valdosta,
or also from
Remerton, Lake Park, Hahira, and Dasher.
If a quorum of any Council or Commissioners for any of these elected
bodies is present, Georgia law requires it to be an open meeting
which the public may attend.
I can’t imagine the county would have posted it publicly if it wasn’t.
The offices of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA)
are neutral ground, because Continue reading
Annual Retreat, Valdosta Mayor and Council @ VCCSummit 2019-03-15
Not on Valdosta’s online calendar yet,
but we got this email notice from City Council Tim Carroll,
indicating Valdosta wastewater is first on his list to discuss.
His number 4 about Internet speed and access is also of interest
throughout the county and beyond.
As are his other items.
All,
I hope each and everyone of you are having a great start to 2019. As
we kick the year off, it is time to begin preparing for the cities
annual Mayor and Council retreat.It will be held March 15 & 16 at the Women’s Building.
When:
All day, Friday-Saturday, March 15-16, 2019
Where:
The Woman’s Building,
1409 N. Patterson St.,
Valdosta, GA 31602
What:
Annual Retreat, Valdosta Mayor and City Council
My current list includes: Continue reading