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Regional T-SPLOST public meetings in Pearson and Valdosta 2018-01-29-30

Update 2018-01-28:
LAKE videos of Valdosta Mayor and Council talking about
$406 million and 25% discretionary funds which can be used for things like public transportation.

Preparing for a vote on the May 22, 2018, primary election ballot,
SGRC is holding two public meetings next week to review what the
regional roundtable has come up with for a project list for a regional
one-percent sales tax.
Most of the projects, ranging from $18 thousand to $26 million dollars, are for roads and bridges, but there are also sidewalks and one airport tower light.
There is nothing in the project list for public transportation,
but 25% of the funds are not on the project list, and counties or cities
could choose to use some of those funds for example for paying for
the urban area parts of trips by the Lowndes County MIDS on-call bus service.

When: 4-6PM, Monday, January 29, 2018

Where:
Pearson Sports and Civic Complex,

786 Austin Avenue East, Pearson, Georgia

When: 10AM-6PM, Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Where:
Southern Georgia Regional Commission Valdosta
Office,

327 West Savannah Ave. Valdosta, Georgia


Distribution by Jurisdiction, Revenue

Estimated
Revenue
Distribution
by
Jurisdiction,
Southern
Georgia
Regional
Transportation
Sales
Tax

SGRC Press Release, 19 January 2018,

Public Meetings Set for Transportation Sales Tax Project List, Continue reading →

Resolution for dedicated state fees and bids for equipment @ VCC 2018-01-25

Valdosta has a very light

agenda Thursday,
with a couple of bids and the same

resolution in support of Georgia HR 158 to stop diversion of state fees
that has already been passed by
Lanier County 2018-01-08,
by the City of Adel 2018-01-16,
by Atkinson County 2018-01-18,
and is on the agenda for Lowndes County 5:30 PM tonight 2018-01-23
and on the agenda for Hahira 6PM next Thursday 2018-02-01.


Valdosta City Council

Photo:

Valdosta City Council by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange, 2018-01-11.

If you can attend one of these meetings and thank these elected officials
for doing the right thing, I’m sure they would appreciate it.

Valdosta City Council Tim Carroll talked about this resolution Continue reading →

Videos: Resolution against state fee diversion, economic strategy, road abandonment @ LCC 2018-01-22


1. Call to Order 4. Minutes for Approval, Movies

The

tire amnesty went well, and

added to the agenda:
a county resolution in support of HR 158 in the Georgia legislature,
to stop state fee diversions.

The County Manager reminded them they had heard about the

Community and Economic Development Strategy a few months before
(apparently under another name), and there was some confusion
about Georgia Power’s continued involvement.

Below are links to each LAKE video with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also Continue reading →

Economic strategy, road abandonment, alcohol @ LCC 2018-01-22

The big item on
the agenda
for 8:30 AM Monday morning is an MoU and $25,000 to fund a
Community and Economic Development Strategy.
Presumably this is the

2013-2018 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)
that
the VDT says
the Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC) recently adopted.


LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

Continue reading →

Videos: New Valdosta City Council members, resolution to stop state fee diversions @ VCC 2018-01-11



Sworn in:
re-elected

Sandra Tooley (District 2) and
new members

Eric Howard (District 4)
and

Andy Gibbs (District 6),
plus Sandra Tooley again as

new Mayor Pro Tem.
The vote on Mayor Pro Tem

split evenly with the Mayor voting,
between Sandra Tooley and Tim Carroll,
so they ended up having Judge Tunison draw one of the two names out of a box.

Employee of the month was Continue reading →

Videos: Public Works, Development, Planning, Health Board Appointments, budget, qualifying @ LCC 2018-01-09



For two out of three boards, they came up with one name between
Monday morning and Tuesday evening.
No one applied for the

Lowndes County Development Authority;
instead they appointed Gary Moser who applied to be on Planning Commission.
They reappointed
Franklin Bailey, head of homebuilders association, to the

Planning Commission, plus
they appointed Ed Hightower to finish the unexpired term of Brad Folsom.
They appointed Dr. Frances Brown to the

Lowndes County Board of Health.
And the County Manager

recognized Public Works
for their good work during the recent storms.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each item,
with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also the Continue reading →

New Valdosta City Council members @ VCC 2018-01-11

New members top
the agenda for tonight:

Eric Howard (District 4)
and

Andy Gibbs (District 6).

AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL

5:30 PM Thursday, January 11, 2018

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL


Eric Howard

  1. Opening Ceremonies Continue reading →

Agenda, Deep South Regional Municipal Solid Waste Management Authority 2018-01-17

Update 2018-02-07:
Rescheduled to February 7, 2018.

Thanks to Larry Hanson, new member to replace him, election of officers, and annual audit
are on
the agenda for next Wednesday for the Deep South Solid Waste Management Authority.

Single page, Agenda
Still nothing about coal ash from Georgia, Florida, or elsewhere.

See previous post
for who’s on this Authority and who gets its grants.

DEEP SOUTH

REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

Meeting of the Board of Directors

Deep South Regional Municipal Solid Waste Management Authority

January 17, 2018

6:00 PM

Southern Georgia Regional Commission

Valdosta, Georgia

AGENDA

Continue reading →

Videos: Weather, Development, Planning, Health Board Appointments, budget, qualifying @ LCC 2018-01-08



County Manager Joe Pritchard

thanked county staff for their performance during the recent storms
and the public for mostly staying off the roads.
It will cost

$450 to qualify to run for County Commissioner.

No, we don’t know what was wrong with the sound.
We will try to get it better tomorrow evening.

No applicants for the

Lowndes County Development Authority

Board of Health,
and many for the

Planning Commission.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each item,
with a few notes, followed by a video playlist.
See also the
notes on the agenda. Continue reading →

Development, Planning, Health Board Appointments, budget, qualifying @ LCC 2018-01-08

Where did they advertise for applications for the three
boards on the agenda for tomorrow morning, voting Tuesday evening?
Who was the mysterious term expiration on the
Development Authority of Lowndes County (not the same as the Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority, VLCIA)?
If we assume the county’s web page for the Lowndes County Development Authority
is the relevant one, it doesn’t say what term expired nor who was in that slot,
it just says “Vacant”.
However, we can deduce that the missing board member is Jeff Reames,
whose seat expired June 8, 2017. When they appointed six members
to that board the next month, they did not appoint anyone to that slot,
even though Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker asked about that at the time.

Brad Folsom quit the
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
to join VLCIA.



Five people want to be appointed:
Keven Bussey, Gary Moser, Ed Hightower, and Bart Davis.
Also, Franklin Bailey wants to be reappointed.

“Mr.” Myron Faircloth (I thought he was a doctor)
resigned from the Board of Health, and

nobody is mentioned as wanting to be appointed.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, JANUARY 8, 2018, MONDAY, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION,JANUARY 9, 2018, TUESDAY, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

Continue reading →