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Videos: alias for Val Tech Road, Moody, Library, KLVB, DFCS, Construction Board @ LCC 2017-07-25

They actually spent the most time on the

fire pages
,
but
the biggest item was

renaming Val Tech Road
:
they decided not to do that, rather to designate “a portion” of it as
Wiregrass Technical College Way or something like that.

For two boards,
KLVB
and
DFCS,
they didn’t have an application for one seat,
so they left it until the next meeting.

The meeting lasted more than fifteen minutes, so they’ll probably have
to pay staff overtime!
Below are links to the LAKE video for each item in the
agenda,
for yesterday morning’s Regular Session, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
the LAKE videos of hte previous morning’s Work Session.

Videos: Moody, Library, KLVB, DFCS, Construction Board, renaming Val Tech Road @ LCC 2017-07-24

Below are links to the LAKE video for each item in the
agenda,
for yesterday morning’s Work Session, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

Videos: Budget, Tax, Sewage Pump Station, Road Abandonment @ LCC 2017-06-27

They unanimously approved everything except the one

withdrawn item
,
and except for the

Executive Session
,
the whole thing took 9 minutes.
They meet again

8:30 AM Monday morning 24 July 2017
.

Below are links to each LAKE video of the 27 June 2017 Lowndes County Commission Regular Session,
with a very few notes, followed by a video playlist.
See also the

LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session

including the

Zika Presentation by Ken Lowery
;
and the

agenda
.

Air Force lobbyists, appointments to four boards, renaming Val Tech Road @ LCC 2017-07-24

The agenda still says 8:30 AM Monday morning for the Work Session,
and they have only half an hour left to change it and still comply with state law.

In case anybody has forgotten Moody AFB is by far the biggest employer in these parts, the county wants

to hire for $36,000 a year a pair of lobbyists to the Air Force
:
Parker and Lucy Greene,
“to provide consulting services on behalf of Lowndes County to enhance
relationships with the Air Force and Department of Defence regarding Moody AFB.”


Parker and Lucy Greene

Kari L. Sands (R.I.P.), VDT, 22 June 2007,

Parker Greene honored with award
, Continue reading

Videos: Appointments to Hospital Authority and Parks and Rec + well pump @ LCC 2017-07-10

Nope, there are no LAKE videos of yesterday morning’s Work Session,
because, remember,

they moved the meeting half an hour earlier so when Gretchen showed up it was already over
.
The county does not video its Work Sessions, so there is no county video, either.
Since the Valdosta Daily Times apparently did not run a story (I don’t even know if they had a reporter there),
this means you won’t know what the Commissioners discussed nor who else was there Monday morning before they vote this evening at 5:30 PM.


Valdosta City Manager Larry Hanson welcomes new 23d Wing Commander Col. Jennifer Short at the July 10 Change of Command ceremony.


City of Valdosta PR 2017-07-10:

Valdosta City Manager Larry Hanson welcomes new 23d Wing Commander Col. Jennifer Short at the July 10 Change of Command ceremony.

Commissioner Scottie Orenstein asked, on facebook, in response to

yesterday’s LAKE blog post about the moved meeting
: Continue reading

You missed it: Appointments to Hospital Authority and Parks and Rec + well pump @ LCC 2017-07-10

They moved the meeting half an hour earlier, to 8AM.
Gretchen, who is signed up to the county’s alert system yet never got any alert about this time change,
got there at the usual time and it was over already.
It’s listed in their calendar as “8:00 AM – 8:35 AM” but she got there
with the LAKE camera before 8:30 and it was already over.


Look closely: 8:00 AM, not 8:30 AM

And on the agenda:
two county appointments for the same Hospital Authority that hired a CEO for five years,
fired him without cause after two years, and now: Continue reading

Videos: Budget, Tax, Sewage Pump Station, Road Abandonment, Zika @ LCC 2017-06-26



Tonight at 5:30 PM they vote on what they discussed
yesterday morning at the Lowndes County Commission.
But you won’t hear the
Zika Presentation by Ken Lowery;
that was only in the Work Session.
It was by far the longest item, at seven minutes, longer than all the rest of the meeting, which took less than six minutes.
The second longest item at almost a minute and a half was

abandonment of a portion of Ponce de Leon Trail (CR 374)
.

You will see them

adopt the Fiscal Year 2018 budget
.
See the

previous post
for more background about the budget requests
that the county almost all denied.

Below are Continue reading

Agenda: Lake Park Zoning Amendment, Valdosta personal care CUP @ GLPC 2017-06-26

Another very light agenda at the Planning Commission,
with one zoning change from Lake Park,
and one Valdosta rezoning for a “personal care salon”
on Woodrow Wilson Drive.


Parcel ID 0114A 006



Parcel ID 0114A 006
, 401 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Lowndes County Tax Assessors

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 26, 2017 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

Continue reading

Budget, Tax, Sewage Pump Station, Road Abandonment, Zika @ LCC 2017-06-26

They’re going to

adopt the county budget
Tuesday, after talking about it
this morning at 8:30 AM, after complaining that nobody showed up at
a budget hearing they didn’t announce.
Also after refusing budget requests due to revenue continuing down for several years,
and not being willing to adjust taxes.

The VDT summarized,
Thomas Lynn, VDT, 23 May 2017, County Manager: Proposed budget austere; Most new funding requests denied.
And Thomas Lynn, 22 June 2017, Public absent from county budget hearing.
No wonder, since

the county didn’t even post the meeting online until that same morning, with no agenda
.
The VDT wasn’t there most of the time, but Gretchen was, with the LAKE video camera.


LAKE video by Gretchen Quarterman of Harrison Tillman and Stephanie Black about Budget at the Lowndes County Annual Planning Meeting Day 1 @ LCC 2017-02-16


Photo: Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE of

Harrison Tillman and Stephanie Black about Budget at the Lowndes County Annual Planning Meeting Day 1 @ LCC 2017-02-16

Gretchen also videoed Continue reading

Videos: Paving, animals, speed zones, prison work details, fees @ LCC 2017-06-13



They

welcomed

Ross Berry,

the new CEO of South Georgia Medical Center
,
and he spoke briefly.
Last minute agenda addition:

6.f. Lowndes County Accountability Court Grant and Match

Citzen Judy Havercamp

spoke about the animal shelter
.
Citizen Shirley Garlan spoke for her neighborhood,

asking to connect to county water
.

They spent by far the longest time (almost 20 minutes including public
participation) on the

New Statenville Highway rezoning
for a Dollar General,
which they finally approved with conditions, including what
County Planner Jason Davenport said was an unprecedented condition on lighting.
For this item, see also the
the LAKE videos of the
preceding Greater Lowndes Planning Commission meeting
.

Second longest at more than five minutes was Continue reading