Tag Archives: Gretchen Quarterman

A contract, an alcohol license, two bids, and a special presentation @ LCC 2013-04-22



The special presentation is about the Westside Archives.
The agenda doesn’t say what that is, but

Valdosta City Council and former Mayor Sonny Vickers supports it,
as you can see in this

video by George Boston Rhynes.

According to

the VDT 15 February 2010, Vickers

received the Westside Archives Achievement Award for more than two decades
of service as a city councilman to the citizens of Valdosta. Westside
Archives and the Kill-Me-Quick Community sponsored this award.

At the same time, three other people got Westside Archives awards, including

Lowndes County Commissioner Joyce Evans was granted the Citizenship
Award for her services to the county and its citizens.

Here’s the agenda.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Agenda, Industrial Authority @ VLCIA 2013-04-16



The agenda is different for today’s Industrial Authority meeting!
It has even less information than usual:
no reports about PR or marketing or existing or new projects;
nothing about business parks, and no executive director’s report.
It does list an attorney report and an audit update.

Here’s
the agenda.


Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority

Agenda

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 5:30 p.m.

Industrial Authority Conference Room

2110 N. Patterson Street

General Business

  • Call to Order
  • Invocation
  • Welcome Guests

Minutes

  • Regular Meeting, March 8, 2013

Financial

  • Review Compiled Balance Sheet and Income Statements for March 2013
  • Audit Update

Attorney Report


Citzens Wishing To Be Heard


Adjourn General Meeting

Mission of the Valdosta Lowndes County Industrial Authority is to

lead economic development in our community by supporting existing industries

recruiting industries through capitalizing on opportunities for collaboration.

-jsq

Videos of ZBOA April meeting @ ZBOA 2013-04-02



Here are videos of the two Lowndes County cases (both in Lake Park)
and the one Valdosta case at the April meeting of the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA).

ZBOA is setting an example for local elected and appointed
authorities by

publishing its own agendas and minutes
which you can find

here on the City of Valdosta website.
The minutes for the March 2013 meeting are not up yet, but

the agenda is.
Here’s

transcription of the case descriptions.

Here’s

a video playlist:



Videos of ZBOA April meeting

Regular Session, Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA),

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 2 April 2013.

-jsq

Videos of ZBOA March meeting @ ZBOA 2013-03-05



Here are videos of the March meeting of the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA).
They had two cases, one each for Lowndes County and Valdosta.

ZBOA is setting an example for local elected and appointed
authorities by

publishing its own agendas and minutes
which you can find

here on the City of Valdosta website.
The minutes for the March 2013 meeting are not up yet, but

the agenda is.
Here are the two cases from that agenda:

LOWNDES COUNTY CASES



2.
VAR-2013-02 — Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (4914 Timber Drive, Lake Park)

(TABLED from the February meeting)

Variance to ULDC Chapter 9.01.06(A)(3) as it pertains
to nonconforming signs.

CITY OF VALDOSTA CASES:



3.
APP-2013-01 — Macedonia First Baptist Church (715 J.L. Lomax Drive)


Variance to LDR
Section 230-9(D)(8) as it pertains to the size of a freestanding sign.

Here’s

a video playlist:



Videos of ZBOA March meeting

Regular Session, Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA),

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 5 March 2013.

-jsq

Road abandonment, deannexation, and a mysterious special presentation @ LCC 2013-04-08



The Lowndes County Commission is holding a Special Presentation;
apparently so special they don’t say what it is.
Come see for yourself Monday morning at 8:30 or Tuesday evening at 5:30,
whichever meeting they’re going to have the Special Presentation;
the agenda doesn’t say that, either.
And see what they do about an abandonment of a road and
a deannexation request.

Here’s
the agenda.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

  1. Call to Order

  2. Invocation

  3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

  4. Special Presentation

  5. Minutes for Approval

    1. Work Session — March 25, 2013

    2. Regular Session — March 26, 2013
  6. For Consideration

    1. Abandonment of Log Road (CR 8)

    2. Deannexation Request, Houser, 2990 Stallings Rd, 148-58A, ~36 acres, R-15 (City)
  7. Bid — Six Month Fuel Contract

  8. Reports-County Manager

  9. Citizens Wishing to be Heard Please State Name And Address

-jsq

Videos: Tourism Authority February meeting @ VLCCCTA 2013-02-27


Here are videos of the February meeting of the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Convention Center and Tourism Authority.
We can guess they met again 27 March 2013,
but there’s nothing on

their website
or

their facebook page
to indicate that.
Their Chair
did say 27 March 2013 was the next meeting right at the end of this meeting.
And their executive did promise
the new website will have meeting times, list of board members, etc.
They’re

spending money on security cameras and VCRs;
hm, maybe they could use some of those cameras to record their own events?
Maybe record other board and authorities, and maybe even elected bodies?



I would post the agenda, but I don’t have one; only this

picture of the announcement on the door
of the Convention Center.

They talked about

financials and events vs. event days; they had 25 events in January, down
slightly from the same month a year ago, but event-days were similar.
Perhaps someone would like to listen to the whole thing and report back on what they did?

Here’s

a video playlist:

Videos: Tourism Authority February meeting

Regular Session, Valdosta Lowndes County Conference Center and Tourism Authority (VLCCCTA),

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 27 February 2013.

-jsq

Videos: Beer, filters, roads, weather, and executive session @ LCC 2013-03-25



A beer license, and some filters for public works:
that's all that's on the agenda for the unquestioning Lowndes County Commission.
They did have two very brief reports on the weekend's
weather and how they dealt with it.
Then they went into executive session for real estate and litigation,
which seems to have been the real purpose of this meeting,
which otherwise lasted four minutes.
They vote on the agenda items Tuesday at 5:30 PM.

Here's

the agenda,
with links to the videos and some notes.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Beer and filters at the Lowndes County Commission @ LCC 2013-03-25



A beer license, and some filters for public works:
that’s all that’s on the agenda for the Lowndes County Commission.
Maybe they’ll have a report on this weekend’s weather;
any damage it caused; how they dealt with it.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

  1. Call to Order
  2. Invocation
  3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
  4. Minutes for Approval

    1. Work Session — March 11, 2013
    2. Regular Session — March 12, 2013
  5. For Consideration – Beer License — Race Way — 1177 Lakes Blvd., Lake Park
  6. Bid — Filters for Public Works
  7. Reports-County Manager
  8. Citizens Wishing to be Heard Please State Name And Address

-jsq

Industrial Authority already met; what about open meetings law? @ VLCIA 2013-03-08


Wanting to go to the Industrial Authority meeting tonight?
Oops, you missed it: they held it 11 days ago.
Did you want to speak there?
Nope, no Citizens to be Heard on that agenda, and not much else, either.

To find that agenda on VLCIA’s website:
Home → About Us → Industrial Authority →
Meeting Schedule,

There will be a Special Called Meeting of the Valdosta-Lowndes
County Industrial Authority on

Friday, March 8, 2013, 11:00 am at
the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority Offices. This
Special Called Meeting will also serve as the Regular March 2013
Meeting.


Agenda (PDF) There will be no meeting on Tuesday, March 19, 2013.

I don’t know when they put that on their website, but they announced
the same thing on

their facebook page on March 4th.
Much of the usual agenda boilerplate
is replaced by an executive session, and the agenda doesn’t
even say for what.
I seem to recall the Industrial Authority’s attorney on several occasions
reminding the Chair that before going into executive session it was
necessary to say for what purpose.
As the

Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG)
puts it:

What is the procedure for going into and holding an “executive session” or “closing a meeting”?

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Videos: Two rezonings and a lease @ LCC 2013-03-11



A surprising number of questions were asked by Commissioners
at yesterday morning’s Work Session, yet still nobody asked
about the well near

one of the proposed rezonings.
We had a microphone failure during the first few items;
sound picks up as the Commissioners start asking questions on

5.b. REZ-2013-04.
Because of the sound glitch
you can’t tell that for sure from the videos that nobody discussed SPLOST,
but Gretchen was there from call to order to adjournment, and she didn’t hear anything about
SPLOST.
Maybe they’ll say something about it tonight at their 5:30 PM Regular Session,
at which they vote on these rezonings and contract.

Here’s

the agenda with links to the videos and some notes.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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