Tag Archives: Georgia

City to County KLVB, Grinder Pump, Bank, Computers, Health Ordinance, and Alcohol @ LCC 2018-07-24 2018-07-23

In an interesting version of a revolving door,
county appointee Michael H. McDowell’s KLVB term is expiring,
so is Valdosta appointee Bubba Highsmith’s,
and the county proposes appointing Highsmith.
Highsmith is

a State Farm Insurance Agent.

Also on

the Lowndes County Commission agenda
for 8:30AM Monday morning are:

banking services (looks like
Ameris Bank costs way less than BB&T, and SunTrust even less,
but Ameris has the best interest rate),
a

computer bulk purchase for $54,795.98, yet another

pump purchase,
allegedly for $0 dollars because this is actually for specifications rather than actual purchase.

Typical Application: Residential Pump System, Triple “D” Pump Company

Finally, the tabled-from-last-meeting

Ordinance about Board of Health Rules:
will the Commissioners have had time to read the one copy
the County Manager allows them?

Plus an

alcohol license, Continue reading →

Videos: 2 KLVB appointments, lift station pump, 2 rezonings @ LCC 2018-07-10

Scottie Orenstein and Mark Wisenbaker were absent,
so they barely had a quorum with three Commissioners: Joyce Evans, Mark Wisenbaker, and Clay Griner, plus Chairman Bill Slaughter, who does not vote
unless there is a tie.
Spoiler: they passed everything unanimously, except one item.

They took almost 2.5 minutes (less than the five minutes I predicted)
on the

KLVB appointments.
Remember,
Tracy Chapman asked for her name to be withdrawn.
See

previous post about the Work Session for
that and what

applicant Regina Kimbrough said.
And see

the agenda post
for more about the applicants.

Slightly longer and longest at 2:49 was

6.b. REZ-2018-14 Coventry Villas, Mulligan Rd,
followed by 1:32 for

7.d. Ordinance Adopting Current Board of Health Rules,
which did not go as planned,
and then 1:49 for the other rezoning,

6.a. REZ-2018-13 Sims, Beaver Lane.

Below are Continue reading →

Lowndes EMA Hurricane Season Open House 2018-07-26

WTXL, 19 July 2018,
Lowndes County holds open house to inform community on severe weather,

LOWNDES COUNTY, Fla. [sic: s.b. Georgia] (WALB)—Lowndes County
Emergency services personnel are preparing for an upcoming open
house to inform community members of possible severe weather that
could strike this season.

Still of Lowndes County EMA Director Ashley Tye from

Atlanta Journal-Constitution video 10 September 2017

When:
6-8PM, Thursday, July 26, 2018

Where:
250 Douglas St, Valdosta, GA 31601-5029

Event:
facebook

Join local emergency responders and Meteorologist Kerri Copello,
News Manager for WFXL/Fox 31, for a tour of the EOC and an
informational session on the 2018 Hurricane Season to include
preparedness information.

Continue reading →

Rainbarrel from Valdosta Stormwater 2018-07-20

Gretchen picked up a rainbarrel when she
stopped by the Valdosta City Hall Annex to drop off okra
(Okra Paradise Farms has customers everywhere).

Here’s

a video of it filling up: Continue reading →

Solar and wind can power Georgia

Solar power is here right now. Georgia is #10 in the nation (up from #22 in 2017)
by solar deployed (1,552.98 MW) and #7 in projected growth,
according to

the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
That’s ahead of Florida, but still behind much farther north New Jersey and Massachusetts, which have less sun.

Graph: Top 10 Solar Power States, SEIA, Paul Horn, Inside Climate News

This Georgia solar improvement is despite Southern Company and Georgia Power cutting back on
renewable energy investment last year and a hostile federal administration.

Graph: Georgia’s Solar Boom, SEIA and Paul Horn, InsideClimateNews

Sheer economies of scale continue decreasing solar prices and driving
more solar installations, with more jobs. Continue reading →

Videos: Developments on Mulligan Road and North Oak St. Ext. @ GLPC 2018-06-25

Tonight

the Lowndes County Commission will be voting
on two rezonings that were considered a few weeks ago in the June 2018 Planning Commission meeting.

GLPC took 3/4 of an hour (by far the longest) on

4. REZ-2018-14 Jerry Stoker – Mulligan Road R-A and R-1 to P-D
and 8 minutes on

2. REZ-2018-13 Sims, Sims, Jackson Beaver Rd E-A to R-1,
before recommending both unanimously.

Second longest at 16 and a half minutes was the Valdosta case,

6. VA-2018-10 ADCO Investments – 3320 North Oak Street Ext – R-15 to R-P.

Here are LAKE videos of each GLPC agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also Continue reading →

2 county, 3 city @ GLPC 2018-06-25

Here’s

the agenda
for the June 2018 Planning Commission meeting.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission

Lowndes County

City of Valdosta

City of Dasher

City of Hahira

City of Lake Park

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA

Monday, June 25, 2018 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing

Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

Continue reading →

Videos: 2 KLVB appointments, lift station pump, 2 rezonings @ LCC 2018-07-09

They vote this evening on what you can see they discussed yesterday morning,
in these LAKE videos of the Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
They barely had a quorum. Commissioner Demarcus Marshall is never at Work Sessions because he’s at work, and Commissioner Scottie Orenstein was on some beach.

Tracy Chapman asked for her name to be withdrawn from the KLVB appointment.
Regina Kimbrough spoke.
See

previous post
for more about the applicants.

Longest at more than 3 minutes was

6.b. REZ-2018-14 Coventry Villas, Mulligan Rd,
a rezoning for a planned development,
in which Commissioner Clay Griner actually asked a question.

Third longest (after the KLVB item) was the

7.d. Ordinance Adopting Current Board of Health Rules,
because of Continue reading →

Videos: Grants, Budget, Tax, Bonds, Parks, Land, Water, Waste, 911 @ LCC 2018-06-26

The most interesting items were not on
the agenda
of the Regular Session two weeks ago of the Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
The County Engineer had

One more thing: Loch Laurel Bridge Work and Closure 7/16 – 7/23,
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall

reminded everyone the Georgia hands-free driving law was going into effect,
and the Chairman announced

swearing in of the newly un-privatized Probation Officers the following morning.

The longest scheduled item at almost 3 minutes was

New Consoles For 911 Dispatchers,
followed by

Contract With Parks And Recreation Authority,
because both had questions from Commissioners.

The two grant items added the previous morning, for

Accountability Court
and

DUI Court,
sailed through, as did the

Francis Lake Lift Station Repair
and the

LAS Storage Pond Improvements.

Below are Continue reading →

Videos: Budget, Tax, Bonds, Parks, Land, Water, Waste, 911 @ LCC 2018-06-25

Videos of the Lowndes County Commission Work Session two weeks ago.
See
agenda post for background.
The budget got no comments from Commmissioners.

County Manager Joe Pritchard asked for
addition of two grant agenda items, for

Accountability Court
and

DUI Court.
Proponents of each spoke, and both items were added to the agenda
for the next day’s Regular Session.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
with a few notes,
especially about the

Hotel/Motel Tax
and the still-mysterious

Wisconsin Public Finance Authority Bond Issue,
a rare verbal appearance by Joyce Evans on Continue reading →

On the LAKE front

Citizen dialog for transparent process by the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange