Just before
adjournment,
County Manager Paige Dukes said the Bandit film continued filming downtown.
She answered Commissioners Demarcus Marshall and Mark Wisenbaker
saying the new millage letters were going out, with the exemption
for the new fire tax,
At the June 8, 2021, Lowndes County Commission Regular Session.

Everything passed unanimously.

Chairman, Finance, Attorney, Griner, Manager, Audience

The

Minutes record the County Manager also said in
Reports:

Mrs. Dukes stated staff will
be meeting with our Southern Marketing Coordinator, with the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Beth
Meeks next week regarding a Farmer of the Year recognition. Additionally, Mrs. Dukes mentioned
State Court Judge, John Edwards, was notified that Judge Melton has sent the last order extending
the emergency order for the courts through June 30th. Lastly, Mrs. Dukes commended Mr. Tye’s
leadership in providing a renewal of our ‘storm ready’ designation in Lowndes County; Mrs. Dukes
asked Mr. Tye to give the commission an update. Chairman Slaughter stated this would not have
happened without the partnerships with emergency management and thanked Mr. Tye for his efforts
and dedication.

See also
the LAKE videos of the preceding morning’s Work Session,
and
the agenda and the board packet.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
followed by a LAKE video playlist. Continue reading →

Air conditioning, a quit claim, and, by far the longest, those incorrect tax assessment notices were the big items
at the most recent Lowndes County, Georgia, Commission Work Session, June 7, 2021.

Manager and Chairman, Demarcus Marshall, Engineer

See
previous post
for the agenda and the board packet.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.

Continue reading →

The agenda for tomorrow morning’s Work Session and voting Tuesday evening doesn’t actually list the $437,823.30 insolvent tax writeoff as “BUDGET IMPACT”
but it seems like it must affect the budget of Lowndes County, Georgia.

What would you guess would be the biggest insolvency for business closed,
things moved somewhere else, etc.?
Mobile homes? Paving? Real Estate?

Nope.

Insolvent tax writeoffs, Fender Road Improvement

On page 21, Personal Property, GANDER MOUNTAIN COMPANIES has three lines
of base + interest + Penalty + FIFA and in one case they actually paid the base tax.
So the nets for each of the three lines add up as
$16,917.55 + $82,256.20 + $74,203.57 = $173,377.32.
That’s just shy of 40% of the $437,823.30 total.
Maybe big box stores are more of a risk than the county and cities
have been taking into account. Continue reading →