They tabled the Withlacoochee River Flood Inundation Map Project, which is better than rejecting the idea of spending $40,000 to match Valdosta for a composite 50% match for a USGS grant.

As expected from the previous morning, they appointed Chairman Bill Slaughter to the South Georgia Community Service Board, after he got that board to change the time of its meetings to be different from this Commission’s time.

They approved the REZ-2016-12 Salami, 3320 Bemiss Rd community well for a home school science facility.

Below are links to each LAKE video of the Monday June 12th 2016 Lowndes County Commission Regular Session, followed by a video playlist. See also the LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session, and the agenda.

• 1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge

  Video.

• 4. Minutes for Approval

  Video.

• 5.a. Appointment – South Georgia Community Service Board

  Video. A Commissioner after the vote appointing Chairman Slaughter asked what this board did. Chairman’s answer: mostly behavioral health, and they used to hold their meetings the same time as the Lowndes meetings, but they have moved them to Adel at 1PM presumably also on Tuesday.

• 5.b. Appointment – Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals

  Video. They reappointed Randall Crews.

• 5.c. Appointment – Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA)- County Appointment

  Video. They reappointed Paul Alvarado.

• 6.a. REZ-2016-12 Salami, 3320 Bemiss Rd, R-21 to C-G,

  Video. Nobody spoke against. The applicant spoke for, summarizing what had already been said in the LAKE video of the June 27th 2016 Planning Commission review of this rezoning request. The County Commission unanimously approved the rezoning.

• 7.a. Beer Wine & Liquor License Holiday Market Liquors 3954 Old US Hwy 41N

  Video. “The old country store location which has been out of business for a few months.” They unanimously approved.

• 7.b. Grants Management Policy and Procedures

  Video.

• 7.c. Evidence Based Associates Service Agreement

  Video. See the LAKE videos from the previous morning’s Work Session for more background.

• 7.d. Withlacoochee River Flood Inundation Map Project

  Video. For quite a bit more background, see the LAKE video from the previous morning’s Work Session. Chairman asked for timeline. Ashley Tye said federal year starts October 1st, so Valdosta would like to have and agreement ready to sign before then. Also they could come back at a later time, but could lose out on the federal funding match.

  Chairman asked for timeline to get agreement ready by then. Tye said agreement with USGS would be with Valdosta, and he would check back with them for a more firm date, and would probably be best to decide at next Lowndes County Commission meeting.

  Commissioner Demarcus Marshall asked confirmation that waiting until the next meeting would work. Answer: tabling until next meeting would work. And that’s what they did.

• 8.a. Bid for Pest Control Services

  Video. Same summary as in Work Session. They unanimously approved the low bid from Astro Exterminating Services.

• 9. Reports – County Manager

  Video. “No additional report.”

• 10. CWTBH (none) 11. Adjournment

  Video. No citizens wished to be heard, so they adjourned.

Here’s a video playlist:

Videos: 3 appointments, 1 well public hearing, Withlacoochee River Flood Map
Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, July 12, 2016.

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