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Videos: 3 Hospital Authority appointments, 3 road abandonments @ LCC 2016-11-07



Discussion at Monday morning’s Work Session of the

Hospital Authority appointment clarified that it’s just for one opening,
but didn’t explain why they seem to be doing it
backwards to what Georgia law says.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall asked for resumes for the applicants.
The Commissioners vote tonight at 5:30 PM.

New intern,

Hampton Rawlinson(sp?), working with Finance and Clerk.
Finance reported on

credit cards for elected officials.
Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker

stumped County Engineer Mike Fletcher.
County Manager Joe Pritchard

had no report.

Here are links to each LAKE video, with a few notes, followed by
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3 Hospital Authority appointments, 3 road abandonments @ LCC 2016-11-07

On this morning’s

Work Session agenda,
Lowndes County is replacing 3 of its 4 Hospital Authority board members.
Of those, 2 of 3 are on the Hospital Foundation board, so how much change is this?
And why does the Lowndes County Commission seem to be doing this appointment backward to the way Georgia law requires?



These appointments are especially interesting after the
Valdosta City Council’s call for Hospital Authority resignations
back in September.
The city’s list of Authority board members
is out of date, still listing Continue reading →

Videos: Water, VSU bonds, 3 road abandonments, 1 widening, MIDS bus, Comprehensive Plan @ LCC 2016-10-11



Two weeks ago,

County Manager Joe Pritchard announced that
Commissioner Joyce Evans is now serving as Vice Chairman,
yes, the
resolution to approve the VSU bonds
was requested by the
South Regional Joint Development Authority (SRJDA),
and

John Stevens is the new VDT reporter.

Citizen Shirley Moore said she’d like a connection to
county water and sewer.
They tabled the

Comprehensive Plan update, apparently because the Commissioners wanted to
“dig into it deeper”.

The rest was mostly approving what they
already discussed the previous morning.
They meet again Monday morning.

Below are links to each LAKE video with a few notes, followed by a video playlist.

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Videos: Art, hurricane, engineering reports, VSU bonds, 3 road abandonments, 1 widening, MIDS bus, Comprehensive Plan @ LCC 2016-10-10



The Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline and others already in the county
came up in the

Comprehensive Plan approval discussion, as you can see in these
LAKE Videos from Monday morning; they vote tonight 5:30 PM.

Stephen Spradley and Georgia Forestry
were still helping after Hurricane Matthew,
but

Ashley Tye reported on evacuees,
Chad McLeod

reported on engineering projects including the Naylor Boat Ramp at the Alapaha River,
and
Angela Crance reported on

an art district; actually Buddy Boswell did that.

They also heard about a

self storage rezoning,
three

road abandonments, a

road widening, the annual

MIDS bus service renewal,
and
a

county resolution about bonds for another private LLC by the

South Regional Joint Development Authority (SRJDA),
different from the one

with the public hearing October 21st at a private law firm.
What does the resolution say?
It’s not in the documents with
the agenda.

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VSU bond resolution, 3 road abandonments, 1 widening, MIDS bus, Comprehensive Plan @ LCC 2016-10-10

Monday morning 8:30 AM,
a

self storage rezoning, (final?)

Comprehensive Plan approval,
three

road abandonments, a

road widening, the annual

MIDS bus service renewal,
an

art district presentation by Angela Crance,
a

Georgia Forestry presentation by Stephen Spradley,
and
a

county resolution about bonds for another private LLC by the

South Regional Joint Development Authority (SRJDA),
different from the one

with the public hearing October 21st at a private law firm.
What does the resolution say?
It’s not in the documents with
the agenda.




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Videos: HEAT on Sheriff finances @ LCC 2016-09-13

Half the meeting (11 1/2 minutes) Tuesday was Commissioners grilling

Sheriff Chief Deputy Joe Crow
about
the cost of

High Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (Heat):


how less funding is provided the more successful the program is,
and federal funding may go away, leaving the county to foot the bill.
Chairman asked for monthly statistical updates.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall moved to approve continuation of the grant,
plus a statement in favor of the grant including a disclaimer that the county would “work to preserve” as much of the grant as possible if state funding goes away.

They approved

finally fixing the railroad bridge over Old Quitman Highway.
and

similar but less complicated (no railroad) for the Jumping Gulley Road bridge.
Nobody mentioned that the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline proposes to cross Jumping Gulley Road half a mile west of that bridge, and then to open cut through Jumping Gulley Creek just south of the state line.

Snake Nation Road is getting

an emergency $168,928 box culvert repair,
which isn’t fast enough for former Commissioner Richard Lee,

who Continue reading →

Videos: Finally, Wright Road RR Bridge @ LCC 2016-09-12



They vote 5:30 PM this evening on

finally fixing the railroad bridge over Old Quitman Highway.
As you can see in the videos below of yesterday morning’s Work Session,
County Engineer Mike Fletcher said it’s taken long negotiations with CSC and GDOT,
ending up with realigning the road to go across the railroad at 90 degrees.

Way back in 2011 this Old Quitman Road bridge was on the
T-SPLOST list.
Old Quitman Road itself was announced on a striping and citing list 2013-10-08 and on an LMIG resurfacing list 2014-03-24 and 2014-03-25.
It was said to be the only road for which the speed limit is being changed 2015-03-23 and
2015-03-24.
And they fixed a culvert on private Carter Way
before they got to this RR bridge on Old Quitman Road.
But now they’re doing it, and they didn’t need T-SPLOST for that after all.

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Two subdivisions, 3 road abandonments, 2 bridges, MIDS @ LCC 2016-09-12

This morning at 8:30 AM at the Lowndes County Commission, the two subdivisions from the previous Planning Commission meeting,


REZ-2016-16 Livingston Properties, Bemiss Knights Academy Rd and Merriman Ct.

What’s with all the road abandonments these past many months?
REZ-2016-17 Grove Pointe Ph 6, Dasher Grove Rd,
a public hearing on
Abandonment of Strong Road,
probably scheduling of one for
Abandonment of Unopened Right of Way off of Pikes Pond Road,
and finishing up with a
Quit Claim Deed for Abandoned Right of Way on Old Miller Concrete Property.

Surveying and engineering for two bridge replacements, on
Old Quitman Road
and
Jumping Gully Road.
And the annual renewal of
Section 5311 Rural Transportation Program Capital Contract, which is the MIDS on-call bus service, in case you can’t tell from the obscure agenda item.

Plus lots more on
the agenda.
Will they speed through it all in their usual 15 minutes?
They vote tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 5:30 PM.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2016, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Videos: funded flood map, Behavioral Health Board still vacant, Rezoning also on GLPC Monday, road abandonment, land exchange @ LCC 2016-07-26



On July 26th 2016,
they

approved up to $40,000
for the

Withlacoochee River Flood Inundation Map Project, and

I thanked them for that and for considering my modest suggestion.
The County Manager,
unlike

the previous morning,
did not mention it’s time for
scheduling meetings to set millage rates.
Still no applicant for the

Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Board, but Commissioner Joyce Evans thought she had a prospect for later.

They approved the
event center rezoning
which also sailed by the previous night’s
Planning Commission.

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Videos: Vacant seat Behavioral Health Board, Rezoning also on GLPC Monday, road abandonment, land exchange, and flood map project @ LCC 2016-07-25



They didn’t have an applicant for the
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
at Monday morning’s Work Session;
Chairman Bill Slaughter invited anyone who wanted to apply to speak up.
The

Withlacoochee River Flood Inundation Map Project
had the longest discussion,
and the County Manager reminded everyone
it’s time for

scheduling meetings to set millage rates.
They vote tonight at 5:30 PM; see Continue reading →