The Lowndes County Commissioners were quite chatty at their Work Session yesterday morning,
which took more than 35 minutes; very unusual for them.
They vote this evening at 5:30 PM.
The
rezoning on Horace Avenue next to Mud Swamp Creek that the Planning Commission recommended to deny is on the agenda for the Lowndes County Commission this week.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025, 8:30 A.M.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025, 5:30 P.M.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
The Lowndes County Commissioners did not repeat
4. Georgia 811 Safe Digging Month Proclamation.
For that, you’ll need to see the
LAKE videos of the preceding Work Session.
There was some Commissioner discussion of the first of the three rezonings,
but all three breezed through unanimously,
as did everything else.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item of the Regular Session,
with a few comments by Gretchen Quarterman,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
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Several minutes of that were for
4. Georgia 811 Safe Digging Month Proclamation.
Turns out you can call 811 and they will come locate your water, sewer, and electrical lines, even if you put them in.
The county’s visual system was not working for the first two rezonings,
but you can see many of the visuals in the
board packet as provided by LAKE through open records request.
The longest item at almost 3 minutes was for
8.b. Alapaha Plantation Water Treatment Plant New Wells – Water Main Extension.
As Gretchen noted, “To be paid out of SPLOST funds. No guarantee that this will work.
Wells are to be 600 feet deep and further away from the river.
There could still be river water infiltration.”
The Lowndes County Commission voted this evening at 5:30 PM; videos to come.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item of the Work Session,
with a few comments by Gretchen Quarterman,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
It took the Planning Commission only 43 minutes to unanimously recommend all six of their items for February 2025.
Chair Steve Miller was absent.
Vice Chair James Miller presided.
The Lowndes County rezonings are before the Lowndes County Commission
today for voting tomorrow.
Nobody spoke against any of the county items in the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) meeting.
This week’s agenda for the Lowndes County Commission looks long
(and the board packet is 90 pages),
but I predict everything will get approved unanimously in little time.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2025, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request,
is
on the LAKE website.
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~
~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~
Monday, March 24, 2025 5:30 P.M. Work Session
Monday, March 31, 2025 5:30 P.M. Regular Session
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia
The agenda was so light that three Greater Lowndes Planning Commissioners
did not show up, including the Chair.
Vice-Chair James Miller presided.
Here are LAKE videos of each agenda item, with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman, followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also the
agenda and board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request.
The Valdosta Mayor and City Council already decided this case at its
March 6, 2025, Regular Meeting.
The City has not published its minutes of that meeting yet,
so we do not know the outcome.
But I’m betting they unanimously approved it. Continue reading →
Thanks to Matt Martin, City Planner for Valdosta and Hahira,
for sending their board packet materials for tonight’s
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) meeting at 5:30 PM.
This Valdosta case,
8. CU-2025-02 Perma-Fix of South Georgia (1612 James P Rodgers Circle)
CUP for a Solid Waste Transfer Station in M-2 zoning,
is for Perma-Fix to resume processing hazardous waste like it was doing
seven years ago when it burned.
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA-EPD) has already approved it.
And is there a rare case for which staff recommends denial:
9. VA-2025-01 James Warren (202 Denmark Street)
Rezone 0.73 acres from R-6 to C-C.
These board packet materials, received in response to a LAKE open records request,
are
on the LAKE website.
Images of each page are below.
![[Collage @ LCC 8 September 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2025-09-08--lcc-work-videos/many.jpg)
![[Packet: 1 controversial, 1 easy rezoning, pet shop ordinance, Moody AFB water storage tank @ LCC 2025-09-08]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2025-09-08--lcc-packet/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ GLPC 25 August 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2025-08-25--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 8 April 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2025-04-08--lcc-regular-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 7 April 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2025-04-07--lcc-work-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ GLPC 31 March 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2025-03-31--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage: LCC Packet 2025-04-07]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2025-04-07--lcc-packet/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ GLPC Packet 2025-03-30]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2025-03-30--glpc-packet/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 24 May 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2025-05-24--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
![[Valdosta and Hahira Cases, Packet @ GLPC 2025-01-27, Perma-Fix approved by, GA-EPD to resume operations]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2025-01-27--glpc-packet-valdosta-hahira/many.jpg)