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Directors and Officers Insurance: ACCG IRMA for Lowndes County

With
almost $22 million in liability coverage,
why do Lowndes County Commissioners and staff express such apprehension about lawsuits?
This is what Lowndes County returned in response to an open records
request for its contract for Directors and Officers insurance:

paperwork about its ACCG IRMA subscription.

IRMA is Interlocal Risk Management Agency,
and

ACCG is Association of County Commissioners of Georgia.

ACCG IRMA as D&O Insurance for Lowndes County

[Open Records Request]
Open Records Request
[Summary of Insurance]
Summary of Insurance
[Contribution Breakdown]
Contribution Breakdown
[Contributions by Coverage]
Contributions by Coverage
[Renewal Contribution Worksheet]
Renewal Contribution Worksheet

Copies of these documents are

on the LAKE website.

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Liability and retirement ACCG plans @ LCC 2013-07-22

The county does have liability insurance that covers
all employees, including Commissioners, we learned


at the

Monday 22 July 2013 Lowndes County Commission Work Session; they vote tonight.
And the county is also adopting an ACCG plan for retirement for
a couple of new employees.


7.e. IRMA Liability Program Renewal
7.3. ACCG IRMA Liability Program Renewal

Someone (I couldn’t interpret the Chairman’s mumble) said
it’s for both property and personal liability.
This

Interlocal Risk Management Agency (IRMA)
program from the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG)
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SPLOST, Children’s Appointment, Prisoners, and Water @ LCC 2013-07-22

A SPLOST VII presentation, an appointment to the


Department of Family & Children’s Services Board,
rehiring prisoners who are cheaper than local labor,
and a letter to GA EPD about an upgrade to
the Alapaha Water Treatment Plant they’ve been tinkering with since
13 and 14 August 2007 at least.
Is this the upgrade
Reed Construction Data says is on US 84,
was engineered by Lovell Engineering?
If so, it’s for:

Water Treatment, Sewage Treatment The Work To Be Done Shall Consist
Of Furnishing All Labor Materials & Equipment Necessary To Construct
The Project Titled Alapaha Water Treatment Facility As Shown On The
Construction Drawings In General Construction Consists Of
Approximately 950 LF Of 6 PVC Watermain, Relocation Of 20000 Gallon
Hydro-Pneumatic Tank, Valves, Fittings, Controls, Erosion Control
Grassing, 2 Submersible Wells, Water Supplies Sulfide Removal
Stripper Tank, 2 Booster Pumps, 16′ X 16′ Blcok Masonry Bldg & All
Other Associated Apertures Necessary For A Complete Installation

Here’s

the agenda.

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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SB 104 that changed comprehensive plan rules: good or bad?

The Georgia legislature overwhelmingly passed a rather brief

bill that changes


the requirements for Comprehensive Plans by local governments.

ACCG
and

GMA both supported it.
It seems to be related to recent

Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
rulemaking that was mostly positive.
Does that make it a good law?
Opinions seem to differ.
Here’s what I’ve found.

The Bill: SB 104

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ALEC again: GA HB 176 for higher cell towers with less local government oversight



After
massive public opposition
just fought off

a subdivision near Moody’s gate,
do we want telephone cell towers popping up in Moody’s flight lines?

Trying to outlaw municipal broadband isn’t the only thing telecom
companies and ALEC are up to in the Georgia legislature:
they’re also pushing a bill for higher cell towers with less
local government control over height or siting.
Do you want one next to you without even an opportunity for a local government hearing?

Here’s what ACCG says about

HB 176,
renamed from ‘Advanced Broadband Collocation Act’ to
‘Mobile Broadband Infrastructure Leads to Development (BILD) Act’:


Cell Tower Siting Preemption Legislation Progresses

HB 176 passed a House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
Sub-Committee on Thursday. Representatives from ACCG, Cobb County,
Gwinnett County, GMA and several cities expressed concerns on the
impact this legislation will have on local cell tower siting
ordinances. This bill significantly preempts local governments in
reviewing and approving applications for both the modification of
existing cell towers and structures (collocation) and the
construction of new cell towers and structures local communities. As
HB 176 is the top priority of the wireless industry this session and
is being backed by many other influential groups including the
Americans for Prosperity and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, it has
very strong momentum. Please have your county staff review the bill
and inform your House members of any negative implications it has on
your local zoning, land use or tower/equipment application review
processes. This legislation will likely be heard on the House floor
soon.

Guess who’s chair of the

Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications SubCommittee?

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National attention on GA HB 282 against muni broadband: needs GA leg. to vote it down

Another bad idea from ALEC already passed in SC and NC and is now in the GA
legislature, getting coverage in several national technical
and political blogs:

HB 282, which would effectively forbid
municipal broadband if any commercial carrier offers 1.5Mbps.
It's up for a hearing this week: time to call your state rep.

Timothy B. Lee wrote for ArsTechnica 14 Feb 2013,

Bill would ban muni broadband if one home in census tract gets 1.5Mbps:
Approach could leave some Georgia residents without a viable broadband option.



Incumbent broadband providers are pushing legislation that would
restrict Georgia towns from building municipal broadband networks.
Under the proposal, if a single home in a census tract has Internet
access at speeds of 1.5Mbps or above, the town would be prohibited
from offering broadband service to anyone in that tract.

State-level restrictions on municipal broadband networks are

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