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Videos: Special Called Meeting to adopt FY 2026 Budget @ LCC 2025-06-30

Only two voting Commissioners were present: Demarcus Marshall and Michael Smith.

Commissioner Scottie Orenstein rushed in to complete a quorum of the Lowndes County Commission.

Commissioners Joyce Evans and Mark Wisenbaker were absent.

Apparently there was an agenda, although it is not on the county’s website.

At the end Chairman Bill Slaughter mentioned they would set the millage once they got the tax digest.

[Collage @ LCC 30 June 2025]
Collage @ LCC 30 June 2025

This meeting took four and a half minutes, even counting the minute saying they would recess until there was a quorum, and the 45 seconds of Chairman’s comments at the end thanking Finance Director Stephanie Black.

It is still mysterious why they couldn’t schedule this vote to be during their Regular Session last week, and why they only announce this Monday morning meeting Friday afternoon.

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Notice: Special Called Meeting to adopt FY 2026 Budget @ LCC 2025-06-30

Update 2025-06-30: Videos: Special Called Meeting to adopt FY 2026 Budget @ LCC 2025-06-30.

Lowndes County announced this 8:30 AM Monday meeting on Friday afternoon.

Why they have to have it during a workday is mysterious.

I hear they have to adopt the budget by the end of the month, but they could have scheduled the previous Public Hearing early enough to adopt the budget at last week’s Regular Session.

And if they knew they had to adopt by the end of the month, they could have announced the date of adoption at the Public Hearing.

[Notice: Special Called Meeting, to adopt FY 2026 Budget, Announced Friday, @ LCC Monday 2025-06-30]
Notice: Special Called Meeting, to adopt FY 2026 Budget, Announced Friday, @ LCC Monday 2025-06-30

For the LAKE videos of the Public Hearing and the presentation slides, see previous post.
http://www.l-a-k-e.org/blog/?p=25068

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