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Videos: Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) Meeting: Lowndes County and cities @ SDS 2019-02-04

The longest topic was

water and wastewater, when
elected officials from Lowndes County and its cities, Valdosta,
Lake Park, Dasher, and Hahira (but apparently not Remerton),
gathered on neutral ground to discuss tax revenue allocation,
in a public meeting.
Curiously, the Chairman and the Mayors were not invited.
It’s not clear whether omitting them helped or not.
There was actually mention that

growth close to existing services is better than sprawl.

Below are links to each WWALS video Gretchen took,
with a few notes,
followed by a WWALS video playlist.
See also

the meeting announcement.

Videos: Fire, Library, rezonings, water main, road abandonments @ LCC 2019-02-11

The longest item was not on the agenda:

Special Recognition of Fire Rescue.


Special Recognition of Fire Rescue

Second longest at two minutes was

7d. MOU with City of Remerton for Fire Inspection and Plan Review Services.

They’re adding to the agenda for voting Tuesday evening

Carter Way emergency access.
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Library, rezonings, water main, road abandonments @ LCC 2019-02-11

On the

agenda
for this morning, with voting Tuesday evening,
$18,250.00 of $73,000.00 to

bore under US 84 for a water main to we don’t know who
(see also
LAKE videos of previous Regular session),
and
$7,500.00 paid in full by GDOT to

close the CSX railroad crossing at Dasher-Johnson Road and to improve the crossing at Good Hope Road.
Also final Public Hearing to

abandon part of McLeod Road (see also previous Regular Session),
first consideration of
Abandonment of Doyle Kelly Road.
Plus

reappointment of
attorney Karl Osmus to the
Lowndes County Library Board,
the three
rezonings
from the recent
Planning Commission meeting,
an
MOU with City of Remerton to provide Fire Inspection and Plan Review Services,
and
Lowndes County Historic Courthouse Architect Selection,
4.5 years since the

Courthouse Preservation Committee Meetings.


Historic Lowndes County Courthouse

Gretchen is heading to the Commissioner meeting now with the LAKE video camera.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Videos: Old Pine Road and Madison Highway rezonings @ GLPC 2019-01-28

In her first meeting as Chair, Vicki Rountree moved right along,
even getting the opening reading of the set script down to barely four minutes,
even including invocation and pledge.


GLPC Chair Vicki Rountree

All the rezonings considered that Monday by the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) are in Lowndes County, not in any of its incorporated cities.
The two on Madison Highway appear to be coincidence.

REZ-2019-01 Jerry Stoker is apparently for one or both of the
two Stoker Development LLC parcels on Old Pine Road.
This is part of the general development of what Lowndes County staff
refer to as “Central Lowndes County”, as in their preferred development area.

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Videos: Scottie Orenstein swearing in for District 2 @ LCC 2019-01-22

As mentioned in the

morning Work Session,
at 5PM before the

evening Regular Session,
they had a swearing-in ceremony for re-elected County Commissioner Scottie Orenstein, District 2.


Nevermind he already voted in
a previous Regular Session after being elected.

Here’s

a LAKE video playlist:

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Videos: All aye, Simpson Road paving, taxes, alcohol, emergency, roads, and law @ LCC Regular 2019-01-22

They approved everything that Tuesday evening that they discussed
that same morning, including
a

special tax assessment rate.


Special Assessment Rate

No item took as long as two minutes.
There were no special reports and no citizens wishing to be heard.
The whole thing took 16 minutes and 44 seconds.

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Videos: Annual Planning @ LCC Plan 2019-02-07

Here are the LAKE videos of the first day of the two day Annual Planning Meeting
of
Lowndes County Commissioners and staff.
Gretchen is back down there today, videoing the rest.


Below are links to each LAKE video of each item,
with a very few notes,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
previous post
for the agenda (which was not posted publicly)
and a few previous comments.

Annual Planning @ LCC Plan 2019-02-07

Lowndes County Commissioners and staff are meeting for two days
to discuss strategy, as they do every year.


Commissioners and senior staff, Participants

They didn’t post an agenda on
lowndescounty.com,
but Gretchen photographed the one they had at Chairman Bill Slaughter’s pond house,
so here it is:

Lowndes County

Georgia

lowndescounty.com

Annual Planning Meeting

6926 Simpson Road ~ Hahira

February 7-8

8:30 a.m.


Agenda


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Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) Meeting: Lowndes County and cities @ SDS 2019-02-04

Update 2019-03-04: WWALS videos.

At least some elected officials from at least Lowndes County and Valdosta
will be gathering Monday on neutral ground to discuss tax revenue allocation.
Apparently this is a public meeting which anyone can attend.

In its usual laconic manner, this is all the county says

in its online calendar:

SDS Meeting

Date:
February 4, 2019

Time:
5:00 PM

Location:
Valdosta- Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority Offices

Address:
1901 North Forrest Street

Valdosta, GA 31601


Street View, Image

Google Street View,
VLPRA, 1901 N. Forrest Street, Valdosta, GA 31601

A usually reliable source says this meeting is for voting Council and Commissioners, and the Mayor and Chairman were not invited.
I don’t know if elected members of Council would only be from Valdosta,
or also from
Remerton, Lake Park, Hahira, and Dasher.
If a quorum of any Council or Commissioners for any of these elected
bodies is present, Georgia law requires it to be an open meeting
which the public may attend.
I can’t imagine the county would have posted it publicly if it wasn’t.

The offices of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA)
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Annual Retreat, Valdosta Mayor and Council @ VCCSummit 2019-03-15

Not on Valdosta’s online calendar yet,
but we got this email notice from City Council Tim Carroll,
indicating Valdosta wastewater is first on his list to discuss.
His number 4 about Internet speed and access is also of interest
throughout the county and beyond.
As are his other items.

All,

I hope each and everyone of you are having a great start to 2019. As
we kick the year off, it is time to begin preparing for the cities
annual Mayor and Council retreat.

It will be held March 15 & 16 at the Women’s Building.

When:
All day, Friday-Saturday, March 15-16, 2019

Where:

The Woman’s Building,

1409 N. Patterson St.,
Valdosta, GA 31602

What:
Annual Retreat, Valdosta Mayor and City Council





The Woman’s Bulding

My current list includes: Continue reading →