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Georgia Power can’t get a schedule from its own contractors for Vogtle nuclear project

After two years of no integrated project schedule (IPS),
Georgia Power tried to get the
the elected Public Service Commissioners to
tell it how to enforce a contract for Plant Vogtle that Georgia Power
brought to them.
This video clip ends with formerly staunch pro-nuclear Commissioner
H. Doug Everett saying any company that did that probably would be imprudent.
And Everett also said:

We haven’t seen any results.

Georgia Power’s representative, I think Rob Trokey, said:

We have agreed haven’t we that
the company does not manage this project.
They oversee it,
they may report to this commission the status of it,
but it does not manage this project.

Answer from the Commission:

It doesn’t.

So who does?
According to Georgia Power: Continue reading →

No Development Authority meeting today @ VLCIA 2014-12-16

According to their

Meeting Schedule.

The Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority’s Regular monthly
meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 5:30 pm at the
Development Authority Conference Room, 103 Roosevelt Drive has been
cancelled. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 20,
2015.

Happy Holidays!

-jsq

Videos: Pipeline, Tourism + KLVB appointments + flowers @ LCC 2014-12-09

The vote was unanimous for

the resolution against the Sabal Trail pipeline
at the Lowndes County Commission Tuesday,
to be followed tonight by the Valdosta City Council voting on

their resolution of support for Lowndes County against Sabal Trail,
including

an additional clause about protecting our drinking water in the Floridan Aquifer.
This follows a long string of

county and city resolutions against that unnecessary,
destructive, and hazardous pipeline boondoggle.

Speaking of boondoggles, Continue reading →

Ask Sabal Trail to invest in solar farms instead of pipelines –Alton Paul Burns @ TCC 2014-12-09

He concluded, “There’s nothing beneficial to the state of Georgia in this pipeline.”
Some Commissioners had never heard of Sabal Trail:
now they have, from local resident Alton Paul Burns,
at their

9 December 2014 Thomas County Commission Regular Session,
and they know it could come right through Thomasville.

Discussing

among themselves, one Commissioner remarked that the pipeline
wouldn’t go through her place, but it was still a concern, and they
should ask Sabal Trail to come explain themselves.

Later, Continue reading →

Probation, Sabal Trail, budget, calendar, appointments, Thomas County Commission @ TCC 2014-12-09

The

Sabal Trail pipeline
and

probation payments were
major issues at the Thomas County Commission 9AM Tuesday 9 December 2014.

Sheriff R. Carlton Powell noted that private probation company
Sentinel, which he said serves Lowndes County, was involved in

several lawsuits.

Here’s the agenda,
and below are links to the videos, followed by a video playlist.

Continue reading →

Special Election, Budget, Meters, and Rezoning @ Lake Park 2014-12-02

They called

a special election to fill the unexpired term
of Sandy Sherrill, who had resigned unexpectedly,
plus

a referendum for Sunday off-premisses liquor sales,
at the Lake Park City City Council Regular Session of 2 December 2014.
They amended the

2014 budget
and adopted a

2015 budget.
More than half an hour on a presentation about

water meters.
Professional therapy, including massage therapy, at the location
being rezoned for Keith Sandlin in
rezoning
LP-2014-10-20.
The

Planning Commission 24 November 2014,
previously unanimously recommended approval.
The Lake Park City Council voted 2 for 1 against, so it passed.
And they had direct reports by

Police,

Fire/Rescure,
and

Maintenance,
since they don’t have a city manager.
They appointed an additional member to the

cemetery committee.
They discussed

executive sessions being each time a choice
and participants in executive sessions not being bound to secrecy,
the real test being not violating the public trust.

Here’s the agenda, and below are the videos,
followed by a video playlist. Continue reading →

We all live in Lowndes County: Valdosta Draft Resolution Against Sabal Trail Pipeline @ VCC 2014-12-09

Last night, while the Lowndes County Commission
unanimously approved

their

resolution against the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline,
the Valdosta City Council

discussed a supporting resolution at its Work Session.
Council Tim Carroll
said Valdosta had added

a clause about the Floridan Aquifer.
Council Robert Yost said he didn’t think such a resolution was something
the City of Valdosta should be doing, and he would not vote Thursday.
No other Council members expressed any reservations.
Council Sonny Vickers said he thought it was worth doing to show unity.
Mayor John Gayle remarked, “We all live in Lowndes County.” Continue reading →

Board packet: Trash, Pipeline, Tourism + KLVB appointments @ LCC 2014-12-08

The text of the
Resolution Opposing the Sabal Trail Pipeline,
the
Commission meeting schedule,
the
budget calendar,
and the

proposed sign for the G. Robert Carter Law Enforcement Complex,
plus maps for all those special tax lighting districts
and details of budget and requests,
all in the

board packet
for the
8 December 2014 Work Session
and
the
9 December 2014 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.

The County Clerk once again provided this packet only on paper
and only in black and white.
The
request to the County Clerk asked for
electronic copy, but once again she chose not to honor that part of the request.

There’s no change in that
after

the Open Government Symposium of 21 November 2014.
Also, this request was sent shortly after the previous Commission meeting,
and with more than three weeks notice the county only made this latest
packet available at 4:35 PM the Friday before the meeting,
when they close at 5PM.

-jsq

Videos: Trash, Pipeline, Tourism + KLVB appointments @ LCC 2014-12-08

Who could have foreseen that

ADS wants a rate hike?
The Resolution against the Sabal Trail pipeline

they already sent to FERC is

on the agenda for voting along with everything else tomorrow, 5:30 PM, Tuesday 9 December 2014.
Congratulations again in advance for doing that!

Update 2014-12-09: board packet.

Staff wants to
rename the Sheriff’s complex for former Sheriff and former Comissioner G. Robert Carter.
And a bunch of

appointments, contracts, calendars, and special tax lighting districts.
in a very full agenda.
Other county commissions, such as
Thomas County,
list potential appointees in their agenda.
If Lowndes County did that, we wouldn’t have to google to figure
out how to spell names of appointees.
And without this LAKE video, you wouldn’t know who was being considered,
unless you skipped work to go to that 8:30 AM Work Session.

Here’s

the agenda.
The videos are below in the order events transpired, followed
by a video playlist.

Continue reading →

ADS wants a trash collection rate hike: who could have forseen? @ LCC 2014-12-08

Who could have forseen the rate hike ADS
requested

Monday morning at the Lowndes County Commission Work Session?
Maybe anybody who noticed that ADS’ bid was 40% more than
its quickly-acquired subsidiary Veolia’s bid.

Update 2014-12-10: No report from ADS in the
board packet.
Joe Adgie reported on this topic in the VDT 10 December 2014,
Advanced Disposal wants price increase.

8.a. Advanced Disposal —Steve Edwards (work session)

Video.
ADS wants to amend the exclusive franchise
for solid waste collection due to “lost revenue and unanticipated costs”.
And their number one reason: competition with “another hauler”,
in other words Continue reading →

On the LAKE front

Citizen dialog for transparent process by the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange