The County Commission hasn’t posted an agenda for its own
Work Session tomorrow morning, nor for its Regular Session
Tuesday evening.
Under Current Events on the county’s website there’s this event posting:
Lowndes County Work Session Meeting (7/7/2014)
Lowndes County Board of Commissioners
327 N. Ashley St – Commission Chambers, 2nd Floor Administration Building
Valdosta, GA
8:30 a.m.
Where the agenda would be on the county’s website, there is none for July 7th or July 8th 2014.
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None of the appointees spoke, but all were appointed unanimously,
and they unanimously approved
a landfill expansion item without ever seeing a site plan.
Ray Devery and Barry Barr to the
Library Board,
Sheila Wakeley to the
South Georgia Community Service Board,
and
John Sineath to the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals,
even though Valdosta’s web page says he’s a city appointee.
They also unanimously approved everything else: a grant for help getting a grant, re-evaluation of all rural agricultural tax assessments, the annual mosquito testing contract with VSU, and the landfill public hearing clarification item about the hearing of the public notice already posted for 17 July 2014.
Here’s the agenda, with some notes, and links to the videos.
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
The Chairman refusing to publish a draft of the budget before the hearings
didn’t get any more people to show up.
Only a handful of people where there who didn’t work for the county,
and
no citizens spoke.
I still don’t see the budget on the county’s website, two weeks later.
I guess you can look at the LAKE video of
Finance Director Stephanie Black’s presentation
and hope it has the parts you want to see.
We didn’t know about the first budget hearing on 17 June 2014, but here are videos of the 24 June 2014 budget hearing.
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Not enough board members available to meet,
so today’s meeting is cancelled due to lack of a quorum:
Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA).
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Twelve acres requested to rezone
to agricultural
and
“an amendment to the zoning conditions”
for the
Nelson Hills Subdivision; the same one that previously
got waivers from county staff with no public hearing.
People might think that’s why the county didn’t want anybody to see this agenda.
After no electronic copy was available, Gretchen photographed a paper copy of the agenda, which I’ve OCRed. She heard that one item was withdrawn and another was requested to be tabled for 30 days. We’ll see.
Greater Lowndes Planning CommissionContinue readingLowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AGENDA
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah AvenueTuesday, June 30, 2014* 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
The Planning Commission meets tonight, we hear with no cases other than
two for Lowndes County, one of which may be tabled.
No agenda is available to the public, unless you show up in person 5:30 PM tonight at 325 W savannah Ave., Valdosta, GA.
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Candidate for Governor of Georgia Jason Carter headlines
the program for the annual Lowndes County Democratric Party Barbecue Tuesday.
LCDP wrote yesterday, Georgia: Back on Track –LCDP BBQ 1 July 2014,
Other candidates speaking include Democrats Daniel Blackman for GA PSC, Valerie Wilson for State School Superintendent (runoff), Bikram Mohanty for Georgia State Senate District 8, Dexter Sharper for Georgia House District 177, and Demarcus Marshall for Lowndes County Commission District 4. Plus G. Norman Bennett and Clay Griner in the nonpartisan special election runoff for Lowndes County Commission District 5. All statewide and local candidates are still invited.
When: 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 Where: Mathis Municipal Auditorium
2300 North Ashley Street
Valdosta, GeorgiaPrice: $25.00 PROGRAM
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The county’s
response to the weekend storms (straight-line event, not tornado)
was less confused than its proposed board appointments.
They vote Tuesday evening at 5:30 PM, including on the
budget.
Likely return of Ray Devery to the Library Board as Chairman, and reappointment of Barry Barr. Sheila Wakeley for the South Georgia Community Service Board, but even the Commissioners had no bio for her. John Sineath for Valdosta-Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals, even though Valdosta’s web page says he’s a city appointee. None of the applicants spoke.
A grant for help getting a grant, re-evaluation of all rural agricultural tax assessments, the annual mosquito testing contract with VSU, and the landfill public hearing clarification item apparently is about the hearing of the public notice already posted for 17 July 2014.
Here’s the agenda, with some notes, and links to the videos.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
They wouldn’t say
what they would do to secure their own building after July 1st
when the Georgia guns-everywhere law goes into effect.
A split vote for not opposing the
Hahira annexation
recommended against by the Planning Commission
plus unanimous approval of everything else under
For Consideration, including
declaring some Finance computers surplus.
They voted to approve their
opaque selection of auditing services
and to buy
an unnamed firewall replacement
among other things for unknown amounts.
Maybe somebody should bring that up at the county Budget Hearings.
They reappointed Lonnie Denton to a sixth five-year term on the Lowndes Division of Family and Children Services (he spoke) and Willie Houseal and Gretchen Quarterman each to a third three-year term on the ZBOA (they spoke yesterday morning). Also Public Hearings for well and septic and a special events change to the ULDC. in their Luke Bryan balancing act.
Here’s the agenda, with links to the videos and a few notes. See also the videos of the Work Session of the previous morning and the videos of the 27 May 2014 Planning Commission meeting.
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
Emily Davenport, Valdosta Stormwater Manager, sent a letter 2 June 2014
to attendees of the 6 May 2014 Army Corps of Engineers presentations,
with paper materials attached, and a note that they are also online at
Stormwater Division, Regional Flooding. [Not there anymore, but see updated first bullet item below. 2018-01-28 -jsq]
This one is just the presentation by the Corps.
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