Tag Archives: 9 February 2015

Oppose reducing sales tax funding to local goverments –Lowndes County Board of Education against HB 170

According to Terri Welden at the Lowndes County School Superintendent’s
office just now,


the Lowndes County Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution
against HB 170 last night.
It reads in part:


WHEREAS, this Board urges the members of the Georgia General Assembly
and our local delegation to strongly oppose any provision or measure to reduce
allocation of sales tax funding to local governments;

Here’s

the entire LCBOE resolution,
which is quite similar to the ones passed that same night by the

Valdosta Board of Education
and the

Valdosta City Council.
What will the

Lowndes County Commission do at its meeting tonight that still
doesn’t even have HB 170 on its
agenda? Continue reading →

HB 170 would have a devastating effect on our community –Valdosta Board of Education

The Valdosta Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution against


HB 170 last night and forwarded it to the local legislative delegation
via email and on paper, according to Joy at the Valdosta School Superintendent’s
office just now.

Not surprisingly, VBOE’s resolution looks a lot like

the City of Valdosta’s resolution.
Both were written before yesterday’s
changes to HB 170,
which
still pit counties against cities.

The Lowndes County Board of Education unanimously passed a similar resolution
also last night.

What will the
Lowndes County Commission do tonight?
And what will the

Lowndes County Board of Education do Thursday?

Here’s the Rationale in the yesterday’s VBOE agenda:

HB170 has been introduced this legislative session. It proposes to
remove the local tax on fuel and replace it with a tax at the
distributor level which would be paid to the state. For Valdosta
City Schools this would mean a reduction in revenue of approximately
$1.8 million annually from ESPLOST. The total loss of revenue for
the city and county governments and the city and county school
districts would be approximately $12 million annually. If passed,
this bill would have a devastating effect on our community.

And here’s

the resolution: Continue reading →

Videos: 3 rezonings, boat ramp, bridge, utilities, new public defender @ LCC 2015-02-09



The only rezoning to get much time was the
Devine Subdivision at Tillman Crossing,
at this morning’s Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission.
Maps were displayed for that and
REZ-2015-01 Gramercy 2
and
REZ-2015-03 Scurry Property,
but the board packet is still not on the county’s website.
I filed an open records request, asking for them to be emailed,
and got a telephone callback saying they were ready for pickup,
which means I won’t get them until tomorrow, and you may not
see them until after tomorrow evening’s voting Regular Session.

Tuesday evening there will be Continue reading →

Partial packet items! @ LCC 2015-02-09


This agenda includes links to the Commission Agenda Item form for each item!


That’s not all yet, since it does not link to the numerous maps
and other materials for each of the three rezoning items, for example.
But it’s progress!
And the meeting dates also now appear.
Good show!
Also the name of the engineering firm is in the document for
Professional Surveying and Engineering Services for Naylor Boat Ramp.

See also the
LAKE videos of the 26 January 2015 Planning Commission meeting
for background on the three rezonings, which are in this LCC agenda as
REZ-2015-01 Gramercy 2, Old Pine Rd, R-1 to R-10, Water and Sewer, ~4.1 acres,
REZ-2015-02 Devine Subdivision, Tillman Crossing Rd, R-1 to R-10, Water and Sewer, ~24 out of ~72 acres,
and
REZ-2015-03 Scurry Property, Skipper Bridge Rd, R-A to R-1, Well and Septic, ~1.97 acres, plus
Public Hearing fo the Abandonment of Deloach Road E (CR 95).

Proposals are also in this agenda for
Preliminary Engineering Services for Exit 22 and 29 Utility Relocations,
Professional Surveying and Engineering Services for Naylor Boat Ramp,
and
Proposal for Bridge Foundation Investigation for Morven Road Bridge Replacement,
plus a
2015 Public Defender Services Contract & 2015 Operating Contract.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

Continue reading →