Citizen Billy Rowland complained about poor road grading,
his dogs being shot, and misuse of Knights Ferry Landing on the Withlacoochee River.
Maybe the Commission will listen to what he said this time, at last Tuesday’s Lowndes County Commissioner Regular Session.
Apparently G. Norman Bennett wants Hall Web Road paved for the mile to his house at the Little River, but
Julia Bass,
Ralph Niehenke,
and
Diane Guess
spoke up saying they don’t want it paved.
Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker tried to ask them questions,
but Chairman Bill Slaughter cut him off.
Slaugher did have time earlier fo
an extra announcement of a joint governmental meeting Tuesday morning.
It’s not clear citizens will even get to speak there, much less get questions answered.
See
separate post.
They passed
the resolution to ask the legislature to start the proecess
to appoint rather than elect Lowndes County Tax Assessors.
They already did emergency repairs to
Clyattville Nankin Road Bridge (problem discovered by a local citizen)
and
Jumping Gully Road Bridge (found by GDOT),
and the Commissione approved payment after the fact.
So two more no-bid contracts were let, this time without even a Commission vote before the work was done.
They agreed to the
North Lowndes Park Quitclaim and Custodial Agreement
by which Valdosta-Lowndes Parks & Rec. Authority (VLPRA) takes
charge of some land west of I-75 north of Hahira for a soccer field.
A few citizens spoke about rezoning for the mysterious
Project Max, but of course they passed the rezoning anyway,
even though apparently none of the Commissioners know who the prospective tenant is.
The
Lowndes County Commission agenda
contained quite a few other items as the Commission caught up after the holidays.
See also
the LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session.
Below are links to each LAKE video of the Tuesday evening 12 January 2016 Regular Session, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading →
three new lift station pumps, and for each:
“This pump has not been bid due to it being a sole source item in accordance
with the County’s standards and specifications.”
One commissioner did ask about that.
Where can we see these no-bid standards and specifications?
In other water news, they are likely to approve the annual renewal of the
USGS Little River GA 122 stream gauge, which they started paying for after the 2009 floods.
