Tag Archives: Deep South Sanitation

Videos: Litigation Executive Session, Lighting Ordinance, Drainage, Well, Trash, Software, Trucks @ LCC 2018-03-26



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.

Below are links to each LAKE video with a very few notes,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
agenda.
They vote this evening at 5:30 PM. Continue reading →

Lighting Ordinance, Drainage, Well, Trash, Software, Trucks @ LCC 2018-02-26

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.


Lighting-ordinance-agenda-sheet-0001,

The

agenda sheet says
“For
reference, copies of maps Continue reading →

Videos: Branham subdivision, Trash, RR crossing @ LCC 2018-03-13



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.

Two water items:

not clear how much Continue reading →

Videos: Conference Center, Branham subdivision, Trash, RR crossing @ LCC 2018-03-12



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).

Two water items: Continue reading →

Conference Center, Branham subdivision, Trash, RR crossing @ LCC 2018-03-12

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.


Chris Hamilton

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

  1. Call to Order

  2. Invocation

  3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

  4. Chris Hamilton- CEO, Valdosta- Lowndes County Conference Center and Tourism Authority (Work Session)

  5. Minutes for Approval

    1. Work Session- February 26, 2018

    2. Regular Session- February 27, 2018
  6. Public Hearing

    1. REZ-2018-04 Lyons, 1350 Old Clyattville Rd, R-A to C-H, Well and Septic, 8.05 acres

      GLPC Recommendation: Approval
      TRC Recommendation: Various

      Documents:Rezoning Case REZ-2018-04.pdf

    2. 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

    3. 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

  7. For Consideration

    1. Transportation Safety Improvements Agreement

      Execute Agreement

      Documents:Transportation Safety Improvements Agreement.pdf

    2. Ordinance Amending 2015 Solid Waste Disposal Ordinance

      Approval of ordinance

      Documents:Ordinance Amending 2015 Solid Waste Disposal Ordinance.pdf

    3. Water Meter and Register Replacement

      Approval of water meter and register replacement

      Documents:Water Meter and Register Replacement.pdf

    4. Beer License- Marilyn Lewis of Palak Corporation DBA Bigfoot #908 – 1255 Lakes Blvd., Lake Park, GA

      Approval of Beer License

      Documents:Beer License- Marilyn Lewis of Palak Corporation DBA Bigfoot 908 Lakes Blvd, Lake Park, GA.pdf

  8. Bid

    1. 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 $49,750.00

      Documents:Portable 65 KW Generator.pdf

  9. Reports – County Manager

  10. Citizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address

  11. Adjournment

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Videos: Building too close and trash disposal staging @ ZBOA 2018-02-06



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.”


Eight inches and ten inches

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 →

Videos: Dasher, Remerton, Valdosta, Lowndes County @ GLPC 2018-01-29



The Planning Commission last month

welcomed Ed Hightower,
appointed earlier that same month

by the Lowndes County Commission.
They heard one case each from the seldom seen Cities of

Dasher,
and

Remerton (longest at almost 38 minutes on apartments at the old mill site).
plus
and three from
Lowndes County including

REZ-2018-02 CR Ventures – Rocky Ford Rd – 71 acres (third longest at 23 minutes),
and
five from Valdosta
including

Deep South Sanitation (second longest at more than 37 minutes),
which was also separately heard on a related matter by

ZBOA a week later.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each item,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
the agenda,
and

the three Lowndes County cases will be voted on by the county Tuesday evening. Continue reading →

Dasher, Remerton, Valdosta, Lowndes County @ GLPC 2018-01-29

One case each from the seldom seen Cities of
Dasher
and

Remerton,
plus five from
Valdosta
and three from

Lowndes County,
at last week’s Planning Commission meeting; video up shortly.


Greater Lowndes Planning Commission


Lowndes County


City of Valdosta


City of Dasher


City of Hahira


City of Lake Park



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA



Monday, January 29, 2018 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

Continue reading →

ZBOA Packet 2018-02-06

Two cases, both contentious because neighbors blew them in for code violations.
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.”



Deep South Sanitation (DSS) of Tucker Road
apparently has been using a neighboring
lot as a staging area for trash trucks without permit approval,
and there’s a complaint by Steve Edwards of Evergreen Landfill.
If I’m not mistaken, Evergreen Landfill is owned by
Advanced Disposal Services (ADS), and
this would appear to be the same Steve Edwards who has

repeatedly spoken for ADS.
Probably many readers recall, Lowndes County sued DSS on behalf of ADS
all the way to the Georgia Supreme Court before finally coming up with a

Solid Waste Ordinance that allows two trash collection services to co-exist
in Lowndes County.
Staff recommend Continue reading →

Videos: regional T-SPLOST tabled, Trash disposal renewals, another lift station pump, Dasher Streets @ LCC 2017-03-28

They

tabled T-SPLOST until their next meeting
because they got a complaint from the Chamber about process,
and also from others.
Remember, even if it gets on the ballot, it can still be voted down again, like in 2012.


Meanwhile, John Stephen, VDT, 7 April 2017,
T-SPLOST headed for referendum,

Even though the Lowndes County Commission delayed a vote on the
regional T-SPLOST at its last meeting due to local confusion on the
one-penny sales tax, enough counties in the area now support the tax
(10 out of 18 were needed) to move it forward to a public vote even
without the commission’s approval.

In the coming weeks, a regional roundtable of government
representatives will determine Continue reading →