Tag Archives: 2020-01-13

Videos: Clyattstone Road Paving, Bids, Lease, Appointments, nothing for Fire Dept. @ LCC 2020-01-14

Maybe it was “custom fit” that caused Commissioner Clay Griner to ask for
postponement of approval of purchase of firefighting equipment until after the county’s retreat.
All five Commissioners voted for tabling.
More detail

below in the notes on that item.


Bob Dewar has discovered the county wants an 80-foot right of way to pave Clyattstone Road,
“What we do not want is a highway. It’s a quaint county road.”
Well, that’s not why the county paves roads.
More in

the item notes below.

Everything else was passed with little or no discussion.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also the Continue reading →

Videos: Water quality testing, Bids, Leaase, Appointments @ LCC 2020-01-13

Not on the agenda, Chairman Bill Slaughter

at the end of the meeting said Utilities Director Steve Stalvey
had been testing water quality on the Withlacoochee River.
On December 31, bacterial counts were acceptable.
But on January 6, 2020, counts were quite high, so the county made and
posted some warning signs at Knights Ferry, Nankin, and State Line (GA 31) Boat Ramps.


Here is one of the county’s signs, at Knights Ferry Boat Ramp,
with a sign by WWALS Watershed Coalition (Suwannee Riverkeeper)
at the bottom of the other pole with Continue reading →

Bids $1.4 million, insurance $1 million, and $0.4 million lease plus two Appointments @ LCC 2020-01-13

A million dollars for
Paving – Quail Hollow Acres Subdivision
and $0.4 million for
Bid for a 3,000 Gallon Tanker for the Fire Department.
Another million for
2020 Stop Loss Insurance Coverage through Symetra Life Ins. Company.
A quarter million to relocate utilities at I-75 Exit 2 will be paid by GDOT.
And a million in income for a
Lease Agreement with the State Properties Commission for the Division of Family & Children Services (DFACS).

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Molly Deese wants to be reappointed to the
Valdosta Lowndes County Conference Center and Tourism Authority.
Incumbents almost always get reappointed if they say they want to,
and the chances of them not reappointing the Vice President and General Manager of Wild Adventures is pretty slim.
Ditto
Dr. Frances Brown on the
Lowndes County Board of Health.

They’re setting the

Special Assessment interest rate “for all paving and utilityassessments that are not paid off within the initial 90-day phase. Unpaid assessments revert to installment agreements which are to be paid over a period of up to ten years.”
New rate: 6.75% for 2020, down from 7.50% for 2019.

They’re setting qualifying fees to run for office, primary or general election: Continue reading →