They approved everything in 10 minutes flat,
including the
Special Asessment Rate for 2018,
the
Community and Economic Development Strategy,
and yes, they added to the
agenda
and passed the
Resolution Supporting HR 158 to Stop Diversion of State Fees.
Below are Continue reading
Update 2018-01-28:
LAKE videos of Valdosta Mayor and Council talking about
$406 million and 25% discretionary funds which can be used for things like public transportation.
Preparing for a vote on the May 22, 2018, primary election ballot,
SGRC is holding two public meetings next week to review what the
regional roundtable has come up with for a project list for a regional
one-percent sales tax.
Most of the projects, ranging from $18 thousand to $26 million dollars, are for roads and bridges, but there are also sidewalks and one airport tower light.
There is nothing in the project list for public transportation,
but 25% of the funds are not on the project list, and counties or cities
could choose to use some of those funds for example for paying for
the urban area parts of trips by the Lowndes County MIDS on-call bus service.
When: 4-6PM, Monday, January 29, 2018
Where:
Pearson Sports and Civic Complex,
786 Austin Avenue East, Pearson, Georgia
When: 10AM-6PM, Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Where:
Southern Georgia Regional Commission Valdosta
Office,
327 West Savannah Ave. Valdosta, Georgia
Estimated
Revenue
Distribution
by
Jurisdiction,
Southern
Georgia
Regional
Transportation
Sales
Tax
SGRC Press Release, 19 January 2018,
Public Meetings Set for Transportation Sales Tax Project List, Continue reading
The
tire amnesty went well, and
added to the agenda:
a county resolution in support of HR 158 in the Georgia legislature,
to stop state fee diversions.
The County Manager reminded them they had heard about the
Community and Economic Development Strategy a few months before
(apparently under another name), and there was some confusion
about Georgia Power’s continued involvement.
Below are links to each LAKE video with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also Continue reading
The big item on
the agenda
for 8:30 AM Monday morning is an MoU and $25,000 to fund a
Community and Economic Development Strategy.
Presumably this is the
2013-2018 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)
that
the VDT says
the Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC) recently adopted.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
The added agenda item
6e. Emergency Repairs to Rocky Ford Road
got a couple of bids (unusual procedure; different from their
usual no-bid emergencies) passed.
The Chamber sent
Gary Wisenbaker to speak in Citizens Wishing to Be Heard
to ask for (after a very long preamble by John Page)
apparently money from GDOT for a long list (in a letter the taxpayers
did not get to see) of
transportation projects to help “the business community”,
apparently including the truck bypass.
They only appointed six of the seven members of the
Development Authority of Lowndes County,
although a Commissioner did ask about that.
It’s also curious they said all the terms expired right then,
since the Wayback machine has a snapshot of 4 April 2017, which shows three expiring in June 2017 and four already
expired in December 2016.
Apparently they just didn’t bother to appoint anybody to the four slots
that expired in December 2016 until eight months later,
and then they didn’t appoint anybody to one of the 2017 slots.
Below are links to Continue reading
Maybe ask the company that adopted Clay Road?
Response yesterday from the EMA Lowndes facebook page:
Hi, as a point of clarification emergency personnel
responded to reports of an odor; however, after thorough
investigation no evidence of a chemical leak or release could be
identified or confirmed. As a precaution, the Board of Education
property was accessed by responders. No evidence of contamination
was present. A follow up visit to the area later this morning
reports the odor was no longer present.
Thank you, EMA Lowndes, for responding, and on a weekend, too.
However, people couldn’t get home that night.
Adopt-A-Street ADM, Clay Road north from Howell Road
google street view.
I still think it would be good to
check with nearby industry.
Maybe start with Continue reading
Received yesterday:
Good Morning,
A quick reminder for our 1st Regional Plan Update Workshop on:
September 21st, 2017 9:30a to 12:30p
Valdosta SGRC Offices at 327 W. Savannah Ave
The first workshop will cover the following topics:
Regional Bicycle Corridors
- Review the existing issues and opportunities within the Region
and determine whether Continue reading
Bids for an emergency repair!
This could be a first, instead of their usual sole source approve-it-right now method.
See
the County Manager’s Report, in which County Engineer Mike Fletcher
describes bids incoming from both Scruggs and Reames for temporary
repair to Rocky Ford Road.
Below are links to each LAKE video of yesterday morning’s Work Session with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
the agenda with notes about appointments and millage.
And see also
the 5 PM today Millage Rate Meeting.
This is all she wrote on Lowndes County’s web pages: no agenda, no draft documents.
Lowndes County Millage Rate Meeting
Date:
August 22, 2017
Time:
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location:
Board of Commissioners Administration Building
Address:
327 N. Ashley Street
2nd Floor
Valdosta, GA 31601
Still from WWALS video of
Millage Public Hearing @ LCC Millage 2016-08-23
Rummaging around in the
agenda sheet
for
6.a. Adoption of Millage on the 5:30 PM Regular Session agenda,
we find: Continue reading
Maybe the county would have enough applicants their Work Session,
Monday morning at 8:30 AM,
if they advertised for applicants for open board seats,
such as on the Development Authority of Lowndes County,
And if they posted the application sheets for the applicants they did get,
such as for the Lowndes County Library Board,
we’d have some idea of who they are.
They could even say whether the millage is going up or down.
According to the
agenda sheet
for the appointment to the
Lowndes County Library Board,
There is a vacant seat on the Lowndes County Library Board. The
Board of Trustees of the South Georgia Regional Library System
respectfully requests the appointment of Mr. Gene Toffolo to fill the
vacant seat.
They don’t say who applicant Gene Toffolo is.
According to the South Georgia Regional Library
he’s a 2016 Friends of the Library Board member:
Front Left to Right: Kay Scott, Janet Toffolo, Mary Helen Watson (President), Merrilee Casady,
Sarah Smart (Vice President), Robert DeVan (Treasurer)
Back Left to Right: Gene Toffolo, Patricia Marks, Riley Howard, Karl Osmus, John Swiderski (Secretary)
The county’s agenda and agenda sheet for the Lowndes County Library Board
don’t say whose seat expired or maybe somebody resigned.
The county’s
web page for this board
is no more helpful, listing these members and expirations,
none of which expires in 2017: Continue reading
