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Videos: 7 CWTBH, one appointment, two subdivisions, huge and small @ LCC 2026-04-14

At the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session of April 14, 2026, seven citizens spoke in Citizens Wishing to Be Heard (CWTBH):

[Collage @ LCC 13 April 2026]
Collage @ LCC 13 April 2026

CWTBH took about 18 minutes. 4. Purple Up For Military Children Proclamation took 9.5 minutes. The usual preliminaries took 1.5 minutes. So that’s 29 minutes. The whole meeting took 46 minutes.

So that’s 17 minutes the Commissioners took to unanimously approve all the voting items.

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Videos: one appointment, two subdivisions, huge and small @ LCC Work 2026-04-13

Update 2026-04-27: Videos: 7 CWTBH, one appointment, two subdivisions, huge and small @ LCC Regular 2026-04-14.

Eight minutes is all it took for the light agenda at the Work Session yesterday morning. The Lowndes County Commission votes today at 5:30 PM, on two appointments to one Authority and two apparently uncontroversial subdivision rezonings.

[Collage @ LCC 13 April 2026]
Collage @ LCC 13 April 2026

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

See also the agenda and the board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request.

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Videos: Lake Laurie Drive case withdrawn, another Valdosta case, 2 county cases @ GLPC 2026-03-30

There was nothing for the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) to vote on regarding the controversial subdivision application on Lake Laurie Drive, because it was withdrawn by applicant.

Everything else got unanimous recommendations of approval: the other Valdosta rezoning and the two Lowndes County subdivisions.

That other Valdosta rezoning, 5. VA-2026-01 Alpha Britton, Johnson Lane, 0118C 017, did get quite a bit of opposition, mostly about drainage, but the Planning Commissioners and city staff assured people that staff would handle that as the permitting process continued.

[Collage @ GLPC 30 March 2026]
Collage @ GLPC 30 March 2026

Here are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

VA-2026-01 got three videos, because the first LAKE camera ran out of space, and I had to switch to the other one. I did lose a minute or so of what one opposition citizen was saying.

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Packet: one appointment, two subdivisions, huge and small @ LCC 2026-04-13

Update 2026-04-14: Videos: one appointment, two subdivisions, huge and small @ LCC Work 2026-04-13

It’s a pretty light agenda for the Lowndes County Commission Monday and Tuesday, with two appointments to one Authority and two apparently uncontroversial subdivision rezonings.

[Packet: one appointment, two subdivisions, huge and small, @ LCC 2026-04-13]
Packet: one appointment, two subdivisions, huge and small, @ LCC 2026-04-13

Here is the agenda.

The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request, is on the LAKE website, with images of each page below.

See also the LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission meeting.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2026, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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