Tag Archives: 23 July 2013

Videos: SPLOST VII open up, Prisoners, Water, Roads, and Costs @ LCC 2013-07-23

The closest we’re apparently going to get to a town hall or public hearing
about the county’s SPLOST VII list:
Chairman said “we’re going to open up” for comments.
The only taker was

Airport Authority Executive Director Jim Galloway.
Confusion about the minutes continued.
They appointed Ellen Golden to the

Department of Family & Children’s Services Board.
They hired prisoners again to compete with local labor.
They approved a letter
from Lovell Engineering to GA EPD on behalf of the county;
it wasn’t clear whether any of the Commissioners knew about
all the previous violations at the same water treatment plant.
They accepted Barrington subdivision infrastructure,
whereever that is, saying it wouldn’t cost the county anything,
except, of course, maintaining those roads as county development sprawls outwards.
They approved their
their Directors and Officers insurance.
This was all with a bare 3 of 5 quorum, because
Commissioners Raines and Powell didn’t show up for work.
A citizen thanked the Commission for increasing library funding.



Here’s

the agenda, with links to the videos and a few notes.
See also

the previous morning’s Work Session.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JULY 22, 2013, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Airport Authority Director pled for SPLOST VII funding @ LCC 2013-07-23

The Executive Director of the Airport Authority pled for runway funding
at

the 23 July 2013 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.




5. SPLOST VII request from Executive Director of Airport Authority


The one public speaker when County Chairman Bill Slaughter
“opened up” the SPLOST VII item
was Jim Galloway,
Executive Director of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority,
who noted SPLOST VII included nothing for the airport from the county
or any of the cities.
The long runway is federally funded, but the shorter runway is not.
He asked for county funding.
which I see now lists its board members on

its website:

Steve Everett – Chairman

Jeff Sikes

Nathaniel Haugabrook

Dr. James Sinnott

Anthony Payton

Jane Shelton

Jim Galloway – executive director/airport manager (229) 333-1833

Here’s

Jim Galloway in a Valdosta CEO video
explaining what the Airport Authority is and does,
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Violations at Alapaha Water Plant in Lowndes County –EPA @ LCC 2013-07-23

Did Demarcus Marshall know

when he asked, “The water is good now, right?”
about the
15 “Health Based Violations”
and the 4 “Complete Failure to Report” plus the 1 “Monitoring, Routine Major (TCR)”, all in the last ten years?
Maybe some of those have to do with why

Lowndes County is doing major upgrades to the Alapaha Water System
by the end of March 2015.
However, given all those “Complete Failure to Report”, how will we know
when or if it’s fixed?
These reports found by Chris Graham.
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U.S. EPA

SWDIS Violation Report:

LOWNDES CO.-ALAPAHA PLANTATION S/D
VALDOSTA, GA 31601-1349
229-671-2504
Primary Water Source Type Population Served
Groundwater 205

This report was created on AUG-22-2013

Results are based on data extracted on JUL-30-2013

NOTICE: EPA is aware of inaccuracies and underreporting of some data in the Safe Drinking Water Information
System. We are working with the states to improve the quality of the data.

The tables below list all violations that the state reported to
EPA for this water system. Health-based violations are listed first,
followed by monitoring, reporting, and other violations.

Health Based Violations:
amount of contaminant exceeded safety standard (MCL) or water was not
treated properly.

Type of Violation Compliance Period Begin Date Compliance Period End Date Drinking Water Rule or Contaminant Analytical Result Violation ID
MCL, Average JUL-01-2012 SEP-30-2012 TTHM .166 11422



Follow-up Action Date of Response
St Public Notif requested MAR-05-2013
St Violation/Reminder Notice MAR-05-2013


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7.b. Lovell Eng. letter to EPD for Lowndes County @ LCC 2013-07-23



in

the 22 July 2013 Work Session
Here is the letter discussed (“So at this point, in order to comply with the deadline submitted by EPD, it was necessary to go ahead and work with Lovell on this.”)
and approved (“The water is good, right?”)
at the

23 July Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission,
obtained through an Open Records Request by April Huntley,
plus a transcription.
You may wonder, as I do, why the county didn’t just put it online
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The water is good now, right? –Demarcus Marshall about Alapaha Water Treatment @ LCC 2013-07-23

A County Commissioner wanted the Utilities Director to confirm
that the water was already good before the county fixes the treatment
plant at Alapaha Plantation,
at the

23 July Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.

7.b. Letter to Environmental Protection Division concerning Alapaha Water Treatment Plant Upgrade


The water is good now, right? --Demarcus Marshall
Regarding the letter written by Lovell Engineering to GA EPD on behalf of the
county, discussed in the previous morning’s

22 July 2013 Work Session,
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall asked:

I just had a question regarding the timing of the letter.
I know it says eight month pilot study.
And I just wanted to know for the record, that
the water is good now, right?
It’s drinkable, and so forth, just for the public to be aware
that it’s not some public health risk out there.

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Idelle Dear thanks Commission for library funding improvements @ LCC 2013-07-2223



Idelle Dear handed the Commission a thank-you card on behalf of library users
for providing additional funding that reduced furlough days.
She tried to speak at the meeting two weeks ago,
but the Chairman

stopped her then on a technicality.

Ms. Dear reminded the Commission that she did speak to them

at the beginning of the year,
and she appreciated the card she got from the Chairman after that.
She appreciated even more that the number of furlough days had
been reduced, since, as she explained again this time,
people use the library for everything from job hunting to course assignments.


Idelle Dear begins

Idelle Dear Card

Here’s

the video:

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