The
Tax Appraiser finally showed up, and got the longest discussion
at half an hour,
with
County Extension clocking in at 22 minutes,
Juvenile Court at 15, and the
Airport Authority at almost 13 minutes, in the last of three days
of budget requests to the Lowndes County Commission.
Here are links to each of the LAKE videos of this day 3 of 3 budget meeting,
followed by a video playlist. Continue reading
The
Airport Authority got inserted among the judges and lawyers,
and the
Coroner’s Office failed to turn in a budget.
The day was mostly sitting around waiting,
because most of the actual presentations were only a few minutes each,
yet were scheduled hours apart,
in the last day of the
three days of
“Budget Hearings” which aren’t really hearings because nobody from the
public can speak and they don’t have a budget to hear yet.
See the first day for
the agenda.
Here are links to videos of each item with some notes by Gretchen,
followed by a video playlist.
No video for the first item, EMS, due to camera failure; sorry.
For the rest,
as the Chairman said, referring to Gretchen and the LAKE camera:
We have our videographer back there, so we’re ready.
Hm, maybe LAKE should submit a budget request to the county…. Continue reading
The same company that sued Lowndes County in 2007 to try to put a
tall building above the 30-foot height limit in Valdosta’s Runway Protection Zone
now appears to want to put a contractor yard for Sabal Trail’s fracked methane
pipeline in the same location.
Will this involve any tall cranes?
What about Moody’s flights off of that runway at Valdosta Airport?
And what about those aquifer recharge zones?
Among the contractor yard maps
Sabal Trail filed with FERC 20 February 2015,
there’s this one: Continue reading
One citizen actually got a response out of a Commissioner in Citizens Wishing
to Be Heard!
Unfortunately,
only half a dozen citizens where there to hear that,
or to see the Lowndes County Commission
vote on matters that affect everyone,
from abandoning a road leading to a river to an alcohol license.
Here's
the agenda,
with links to the videos and a few notes.
See also
the Work Session the morning of that same day.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Commissioners discussed several items much more than last year’s Commission
at this morning’s Work Session; they vote 5:30 PM tonight at their Regular Session.
However, you’d think with an
ankle monitoring program Commissioners praised so highly,
they’d want the public to know the details.
Nope, still none of the documents related to that nor any of the other
items they were discussing were revealed to the tax-paying public.
They don’t have a press release about that,
nor about the
Parade of Champions
the Chairman talked about
(twice)
even though it wasn’t on the agenda.
He was silent, however, on who the
candidates for the Airport Authority
are, and none of them were present.
That’s four reports that were not on the agenda:
Parade of Champions,
ankle monitoring,
the county’s wellness program
and
the upcoming Bird Supper.
Here’s
the agenda,
with links to the videos and a few notes, followed by the video playlist.
It's curious how the Lowndes County Commission can hold a public hearing
for a single beer, wine, and liquor license, but not for
doing away with the solid waste collection sites
that affect
5,000 county residents.
And what's this "Special Assessment Rate for 2013"?
At today's early morning work session maybe they'll say,
or perhaps at tonight's regular session, both on the same day
because of yesterday's holiday.
Here's
the agenda.
-jsq
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
- Call to Order
- Invocation
- Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
- Minutes for Approval
- Work Session — January 7, 2013
- Regular Session — January 8, 2013
- Appointment — Valdosta/Lowndes County Airport Authority
- Public Hearing — Beer Wine & Liquor License — Rascal's — 4875 Hwy 41
- For Consideration
- Special Assessment Rate for 2013
- Abandonment of a portion of Old State Road (CR 16)
- Replacement of the Jail Fire Alarm System in Buildings 001 & 002
- Reports-County Manager
- Citizens Wishing to be Heard Please State Name And Address
Here’s another local Authority; this one signs its own contracts.
Brittany D. McClure wrote for the VDT 13 October 2011,
Airport Authority discusses improvements to airport,
The Valdosta Airport Authority Board met Wednesday at its office in the
main terminal of the
Valdosta Regional Airport.
Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport AuthorityValdosta Regional Airport is owned and operated by the Valdosta-Lowndes
County Airport Authority. This six-member authority was established
in 1987 and is comprised of three appointees from the city and three
appointees from the county. The full-time staff of the Airport Authority
is comprised of the executive director/airport manager and 5 additional
staff members. The following personnel are members of the Airport
Authority:
Steve Everett – Chairman
Wayne Edwards – Vice Chairman
Nathaniel Haugabrook
Dr. James Sinnott
Anthony Payton
Jane Shelton
Jim Galloway – executive director/airport manager
(229) 333-1833The board reviewed several airport improvement projects in various stages
of completion — including a remedy to the drainage problem, a proposal
for a new Airport Rescue and Firefighting vehicle and new ARFF station
and the anticipated opening of the new Subway restaurant.
Yet another Authority.
This ones executive director, Jim Galloway,
who was appointed January 1st,
can sign contracts for it:
The proposal for a new ARFF vehicle and station, covered by AIP-28,
is complete and Galloway brought the contracts that were ready for
approval signatures.“The way this contract is written is not where the mayor can sign it,
it’s where we can actually sign it,” explained Galloway.
Good thing the VDT was there.
-jsq