Tag Archives: fee

Videos: Resolutions and Railroad crossing @ Hahira 2018-01-30



The Hahira City Council passed two resolutions at its February 1, 2018
Regular Session, one
supporting GA HR 158 to stop state fee diversions,
and another

supporting the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail.
Two days before I spoke about both and there was discussion at the Hahira Work Session of January 30, 2018.

Another item from that Work Session has unfortunately
become big news:

possibly closing the Lawson Street railroad crossing,
where
a man was killed February 5 when a Norfolk Southern train struck a dump truck, according to WTXL.
WALB says, “The Georgia State Patrol identified the driver as Dexter Brown, 48, of Barnwell, S.C.”.
Mayor Bruce Cain gave a statement to Hahira Today,
which also included some discussion of that agenda item: Continue reading →

Resolutions against GA state fee diversions and for water trail @ Hahira 2018-01-30

Tonight, a resolution

for Georgia HR 158 against state fee diversions, and
another resolution

supporting the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail,
at the Hahira City Council Work Session (and Thursday on the Regular Session agenda).
Also, Terry Benjamin will get sworn in again as

Councilman, District 1,
the

food truck zoning ordinance is back,
there’s a

RR crossing closure request,
and a

Recommendation to Raise Hahira Depot Rental Fee from $400 to $500,
among other items on the agenda.

Hahira City Council

January 30, 2018

Work Session Agenda

6:00 pm- Hahira Courthouse



  1. Call to order     Continue reading →

Videos: Passed resolution for dedicated state fees and bids for equipment @ VCC 2018-01-25

The big item was they passed the

Resolution to support GA HR 158 for dedicated fee collections.


That and the

T-SPLOST projects and upcoming public meetings, by Mayor Gayle.
There was only one Citizen to Be Heard, which was

me, about the resolution and about public access to the Withlacoochee River
at Gornto Road in Valdosta.

Below are links to the LAKE video of each item, with a few notes,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also the

agenda.

Continue reading →

Videos: Approved resolution against state fee diversion, economic strategy, road abandonment @ LCC 2018-01-23



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 →

Resolution for dedicated state fees and bids for equipment @ VCC 2018-01-25

Valdosta has a very light

agenda Thursday,
with a couple of bids and the same

resolution in support of Georgia HR 158 to stop diversion of state fees
that has already been passed by
Lanier County 2018-01-08,
by the City of Adel 2018-01-16,
by Atkinson County 2018-01-18,
and is on the agenda for Lowndes County 5:30 PM tonight 2018-01-23
and on the agenda for Hahira 6PM next Thursday 2018-02-01.


Valdosta City Council

Photo:

Valdosta City Council by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange, 2018-01-11.

If you can attend one of these meetings and thank these elected officials
for doing the right thing, I’m sure they would appreciate it.

Valdosta City Council Tim Carroll talked about this resolution Continue reading →

Videos: Resolution against state fee diversion, economic strategy, road abandonment @ LCC 2018-01-22


1. Call to Order 4. Minutes for Approval, Movies

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 →

Videos: New Valdosta City Council members, resolution to stop state fee diversions @ VCC 2018-01-11



Sworn in:
re-elected

Sandra Tooley (District 2) and
new members

Eric Howard (District 4)
and

Andy Gibbs (District 6),
plus Sandra Tooley again as

new Mayor Pro Tem.
The vote on Mayor Pro Tem

split evenly with the Mayor voting,
between Sandra Tooley and Tim Carroll,
so they ended up having Judge Tunison draw one of the two names out of a box.

Employee of the month was Continue reading →

Videos: Reappointment to Airport Authority, raise convenience fees, Moody AFB swimming pool @ LCC 2017-05-22



Six minutes and ten seconds yesterday morning
to breeze through the

agenda for the Work Session;
the Lowndes County Commission votes tonight at 5:30 PM.
Also,

the Chairman announced
the
Budget Work Session to start at 9AM,
which didn’t match the posting about that time put on the county’s website.

Tonight they will very likely

reappoint Jeff Sikes to the

Airport Authority,
increase

“convenience fees for online and telephone payments to $2.50 per transaction”, some

I-75 exit work, and a

swimming pool at Moody Air Force Base.
Plus a

beer and wine license due to the usual change of ownership,
and an

HVAC maintenance contract.

Reappointment to Airport Authority, raise convenience fees, Moody AFB swimming pool @ LCC 2017-05-22

It probably won’t take them 15 minutes after 8 AM to breeze through this

light agenda, including reappoinging Jeff Sikes to the



Airport Authority,
increasing “convenience fees for online and telephone payments to $2.50 per transaction”, some I-75 exit work, and a swimming pool at Moody Air Force Base.
Plus a beer and wine license due to the usual change of ownership,
and an HVAC maintenance contract.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Colleton Solar Farm: South Carolina’s largest

South Carolina’s largest solar farm generated 5% more power
than planned


in its first year (2014), and demonstrated that
tracking mounts provide more power in the late afternoon at peak
air conditioning use time.
It took only nine weeks to build, far faster than any pipeline or nuclear project, and you could build enough of these solar farms to produce more energy
in less time than it would take just to permit either of those, much less build them.
However, Santee Cooper could do better about enabling others to install and connect solar power.
Right now, Santee Cooper is making even Duke Energy look good.

Santee Cooper, 24 January 2014,

South Carolina’s largest solar farm introduced to the public, Continue reading →