Fewer speakers at the Regular Session
than at the

previous morning’s Work Session
of the Lowndes County Commission.
The longest item was

a citizen wishing to be heard, who only spoke for 3 and a half minutes.
Up until then, the meeting took five minutes, as the Chairman noted.
And everything was adopted unanimously, with little or no discussion.

Here’s

the agenda,
annotated below with links to the videos and a few notes,
and followed by

a video playlist.

1. 
   
   Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
4. Minutes for Approval
   
   
   
   
   First the Chairman welcomed Leadership Lowndes.
   
   Then both sets of minutes were
   unanimously approved with no changes.
   1. Work Session — September 10, 2012
   2. Regular Session — September 11, 2012
5. For Consideration
   1. 
      Bevel Creek Lift Station Repair —Mike Allen
      
      The total for the wastewater lift station
      was still $38,969 with the budget impact being
      the insurance deductible.
      Unanimously approved.
   2. 
      
      
      Dell Lease Agreement for Sheriff’s Office Laptops —Aaron Kostyu
      
      Six years ago the Sheriff’s Dept. leased some laptops;
      plan was always to roll new laptops into the lease;
      that will be done using drug seizure funds.
      Unanimously approved.
   3. 
      Contract with Corporate Health Partners
      
      County Manager Joe Pritchard said they had started looking
      into wellness plans several years ago,
      $260,000 in savings in health care expenses so far;
      partnership with SGMC and YMCA.
      Commissioner Joyce Evans wanted to know how regularly
      it would be monitoried.
      Answer: quarterly.
      Commissioner Richard Raines moved to approve
      
      Corporate Health Partners,
      except instead of a three year contract,
      an initial one year with two one-year extensions.
      Unanimously approved.
   4. 
      
      
      Agreement with Basic Life
      
      Joe Pritchard alluded to
      
      yesterday’s presentation from Chris Park(? Clark?)
      recommending a change to basic life coverage,
      with an approximate annual savings of slightly over $10,000.
      Unanimously approved.
6. 
   Reports-County Manager
   
   Joe Pritchard had no report.
7. 
   Citizens Wishing to be Heard Please State Name And Address
   
   
   
   Chairman Ashley Paulk noted it was 5:35, and then
   
   Ken Klanicki spoke
   for 3 and a half minutes, the longest item in the meeting,
   after which
   they adjourned.

Video Playlist

Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 September 2012.

-jsq