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Videos: Annual Planning Meeting Day 2 @ LCC 2017-02-17



We learned why Lowndes County has gotten religion about Internet access and speed:

Moody AFB wants it.

Commissioner Scottie Orenstein made the case for

board packets and agendas in electronic form
instead of the paper packets they currently use.
Maybe they’ll even reveal them to the public before their meetings,
like real MSAs do.
Meanwhile,

Community Engagement
means marketing, as in telling people what the county did,
not listening to the citizens.

They talked about

interconnecting (almost) all of the county’s water systems,
about

routes to get trucks out of downtown Valdosta.
The

water-sewer ordinance is in ten or twelve pieces,
and the county is all for expanding water and sewer throughout the county
as long as it doesn’t cost developers money.

There’s

a regional T-SPLOST meeting in Waycross by SGRC Feb 28 2017,
but Lowndes commissioners and staff said nothing Continue reading →

Videos: Day 1 of Budget Hearings @ LCC Budget 2015-03-03


300x400 Commission and agenda, in Agenda, by John S. Quarterman, 3 March 2015
It’s good the Commission is having these meetings where they can
hear directly from the various department heads.
And with LAKE’s videos, you the citizens can hear what the departments
are asking for.

Also, why are these called budget hearings?
The public doesn’t get to speak, so they are not actually public hearings,
and they are not the state-required budget hearings before passing a budget:
they don’t even have a draft budget yet.
And the next time the Commission rushes citizen speakers to finish,
remember
this 14 minutes of dead air
or the several others like it in yesterday’s meeting.

They met in the Commission Chambers,
nevermind the address
on the Commission’s calendar
yesterday,
and

still says for today’s meeting.

There’s still no agenda posted, except for paper copies in the Commission building, which read as below. Continue reading →

Videos of Day 1 @ LCC-Budget 2014-03-10



It’s a good thing the county held these first-ever (as far as I know)
comprehensive budget sessions.
Here are videos of the first day.
Most of the departments are asking for more money,
due to increased population and increased demand for services
during a period of economic downturn.
Something needs to be done, and these sessions are one step in
getting to doing something.

Here’s

the agenda.

Ankle monitoring system budget adjustment: Lowndes County Commission 9-10 January 2012

Two more board appointments, several road and infrastructure items,


and a budget adjustment to the ankle monitoring system,
among many other items on the agenda for the Lowndes County Commission.
The Commission will vote Tuesday on its meeting schedule and
its budget calendar.
This morning’s meeting is the Work Session; no voting during that,
but maybe some information that won’t get mentioned Tuesday.

They can change their meeting schedule at any time.
Did you know they had a special called meeting
December 1st?
They didn’t mention that during their 12-13 Dec meetings;
there’s no agenda for it on their web pages;
and this agenda doesn’t say what it was for.

Here’s
the agenda.


LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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I really support … allowing non-violent offenders the opportunity to work and rehabilitate — Jessica B. Hughes

Received yesterday on

Ankle monitoring for Lowndes County Jail. -jsq

I really support this idea. Initially, I was concerned about it, because


I know that things like the SCRAM bracelet and the ignition interlock
devices are very expensive to install and maintain, especially if you
consider the costs involved with probation fees. $213.00/month may not
sound like a lot of money to some people, but it is a king’s ransom
to others (saying $7.00/day makes it seem more manageable). Still,
allowing non-violent offenders the opportunity to work and rehabilitate
themselves outside of a prison is a big step forward in the philosophy
of crime and punishment in this county, in my opinion.

-Jessica B. Hughes

Ankle monitoring for Lowndes County Jail @ LCC 13 December 2011



Tuesday the Lowndes County Commission approved ankle bracelet monitoring
for nonviolent jail inmates so they can serve the rest of their time
outside the jail, putting them in a better environment and
decreasing expenses at the Sheriff’s office.
This sounds like a good idea.
I have not expressed an opinion because,

as Barbara Stratton pointed out,
the public doesn’t really know what was in the proposal County Commissioners
got in their agenda packet.
However, I would like to compliment Commissioner Joyce Evans about trying to do
something about nonviolent prisoners.

Summarizing the

ankle monitoring discussion of Monday morning,
County Manager Joe Pritchard Tuesday evening asked the Lowndes County Commission
to approve continued work by county staff with the Sheriff’s office in implementing
an ankle monitoring system to move some inmates out of the county jail.

Commissioner Richard Raines gave the credit to Commissioner
Joyce Evans for both proposing a drug court and for
proposing ankle monitoring.

Commissioner Evans declined comment but did make the motion,
seconded by Commissioner Powell, and approved unanimously.

The VDT had a little more information
in David Rodock’s Wednesday story:

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8.a. Ankle Monitoring System —Joe Pritchard @ LCC 12 December 2011



County Manager Joe Pritchard briefly described

agenda item

8.a. Ankle Monitoring System

He said it would permit jail inmates to serve some of their time outside the jail.
He mentioned early discussions with Commissioners Joyce Evans and Richard Raines,
and said it started related to drug court, but the idea had expanded.
He recommended the board approve the County Manager working with the
judges to organize the monitoring.

Chairman (and former Sheriff) Ashley Paulk remarked that this could lower the jail population.
He seemed to be in favor of it.

Sheriff Chris Prine had some concerns that were hard to hear,
but seemed to be related to budget.

Pritchard indicated that everybody realized the program was an experiment,
and everyone would work with the Sheriff to avoid any unnecessary impact.

Commissioner Raines also reassured the Sheriff along the same lines.

They vote on it

tonight, 5:30 PM.

Here’s

the video:




8.a. Ankle Monitoring System –Joe Pritchard @ LCC 12 December 2011

Work Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 December 2011.

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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