Subtract out the invocation, pledge, and approval of minutes (which you couldn’t hear anyway because the county’s sound system wasn’t working) and the Chairman’s ending comments on Youth Leadership, and your elected Commissioners spent about six minutes on the business of the county, including spending some unknown amount of money on road services.
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Chairman Bill Slaughter mentioned the recent death of his predecessor Fred DeLoach. County Manager Joe Pritchard said he tried to talk Carmella Braswell out of retiring, but she has done so.
County Engineer Mike Fletcher clarified that more than one engineering firm was working on professional surveying and engineering for road projects.
Kevin Beals presented the solid waste franchises for annual renewal, and we were reminded he is also Chairman of the Deep South Solid Waste Authority that dispenses funds from their tipping fees, and which the next day announced a special called meeting for Wednesday.
Chad McLeod said the county has successfully cleaned up from a nearby closed gasoline station.
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Update 2019-03-27: Cancelled.
Not in the public notices, rather as an article, Valdosta Daily Times, 26 March 2019, Deep South holds called meeting,
VALDOSTA — The Deep South Solid Waste Authority will hold a special called meeting, 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the Southern Georgia Regional Commission office, 327 W. Savannah Ave.
Photo: John S. Quarterman, DSSWA meeting 2019-02-07
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Update 2019-03-27: LAKE videos of Monday morning Work Session and Tuesday evening Regular Session.
A single-source no-bid contract with Lovell Engineering is on the agenda for Professional Surveying and Engineering Services for Improvements to Lester Road. The dollar amount is not given in the agenda sheet.
The Basic Decorative Street Lighting District is not the one defered last time (Walker’s Run). They want to charge $61.50 per lot per year.
No special trash collection tax district for Lowndes County, though, although state law explicitly authorizes that. Instead, once again they are renewing curbside trash pickup licenses for ADS and DSS; the latter of course only after the county sued all the way to the state Supreme Court to try to stop it.
Here is the bid sheet from 2012. You may want to compare Veolia’s bid to what its new owner ADS is charging now.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2019, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
An
Executive Session for pending or potential litigation:
are they going to sue Deep South Sanitation again?
Some of them sure seem to want to find any excuse
not to re-approve
DSS’s franchise, which was the longest item at three minutes.
Second longest was two minutes for the Bid for Mini Excavator for the Utilities Department. Slow morning at the County Commission.
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The Street Lighting Ordinance on the agenda for this morning and tomorrow evening is not among those on the County Ordinances web page. How are we to “Know the Laws”, as the link from the county’s front page says, when unknown ordinances keep popping up? Ah, it’s currently a resolution and they want to make it an ordinance.
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Most of the meeting (13 and a half minutes) was about
Bill Branham’s subdivision,
which passed,
with the Chairman breaking the tie because one Commissioner recused himself.
Opponents took up almost another minute
leaving the room.
On a split vote the Commission declined to modify the solid waste ordinance to give the County Manager more power.
Second longest at more than 6 minutes was Michael J. Killeen’s R-A to M-1 rezoning. Virdie Mae Lyons got her well and septic rezoning in a minute and a half.
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Lengthiest at more than three and a half minutes was
the Bill Branham subdivision rezoning,
plus a tie for second at 2 minutes 13 seconds between
the new Conference Center CEO
and
the
Virdie Mae Lyons Old Clyattvile Road well and septic rezoning,
at yesterday morning’s Work Session.
Gretchen is off with the LAKE video camera to the voting Regular Session
tonight.
The County Manager wants more power through an ordinance that would further favor Advanced Disposal Services (ADS) over Deep South Sanitation (DSS).
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On the agenda for Monday’s Work Session, the agenda a word from the new-as-of-January CEO (not Executive Director) of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Conference Center and Tourism Authority. On the agenda for both Monday and Tuesday evening’s Regular Session, Bill Branham’s Copeland Road subdivision, back for at least the third time in four calendar years, plus an ordinance that would further favor Advanced Disposal Services (ADS) over Deep South Sanitation (DSS). Better news: bids for a Portable 65 KW Generator to keep lift stations from leaking.
Photo: Chris Hamilton via
Valdosta Daily Times.
See also the LAKE videos of the most recent Planning Commission meeting for all three rezoning cases, and that post also has links to videos of most of the previous appearances of the Branham Project.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2018, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2018, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
- Call to Order
- Invocation
- Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
- Chris Hamilton- CEO, Valdosta- Lowndes County Conference Center and Tourism Authority (Work Session)
- Minutes for Approval
- Public Hearing
- REZ-2018-04 Lyons, 1350 Old Clyattville Rd, R-A to C-H, Well and Septic, 8.05 acres
GLPC Recommendation: Approval
TRC Recommendation: VariousDocuments:Rezoning Case REZ-2018-04.pdf
- REZ-2018-05 Killeen, 1228 S Main St, R-A to M-1, 27.5 acres
GLPC Recommendation: Approval with 1 Condition (Paving)
TRC Recommendation: Various
Documents:Rezoning Case REZ-2018-05.pdf
- REZ-2018-07 Branham Project, 2480 Copeland Rd, R-1 to R-10 Water/Sewer, 18.04 acres
GLPC Recommendation: Approval with 4 Conditions
TRC Recommendation: Various
Documents:Rezoning Case REZ-2018-07.pdf
- For Consideration
- Transportation Safety Improvements Agreement
Execute Agreement- Ordinance Amending 2015 Solid Waste Disposal Ordinance
Approval of ordinanceDocuments:Ordinance Amending 2015 Solid Waste Disposal Ordinance.pdf
- Water Meter and Register Replacement
Approval of water meter and register replacementDocuments:Water Meter and Register Replacement.pdf
- Beer License- Marilyn Lewis of Palak Corporation DBA Bigfoot #908 – 1255 Lakes Blvd., Lake Park, GA
Approval of Beer LicenseDocuments:Beer License- Marilyn Lewis of Palak Corporation DBA Bigfoot 908 Lakes Blvd, Lake Park, GA.pdf
- Bid
- Portable 65 KW Generator
Bids solicited for a 65 KW portable generator to service smaller lift stations that do not have backup generators. Staff recommends awarding bid to Cowart Electric for $49,750.00Documents:Portable 65 KW Generator.pdf
- Reports – County Manager
- Citizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address
- Adjournment
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They approved both contentious cases, but not unanimously.
Joshua Stevens of Wendover Road, according to pictures submitted by neighbor Franklin J. Richards II, built a building eight inches from another building. “Staff Recommendation: Find inconsistent with the Variance Fteview Criteria and deny the requests.”
ZBOA Chairman Allan Strickland was not present, so Mac McCall chaired. However, for this first case he recused himself, and Gretchen Quarterman chaired. Staff Tracy Tolley suggested tabling to get more information. Nathaniel Brantley moved to approve citing Continue reading