Gretchen reports from Macon that Lowndes County Commissioner Clay Griner (District 5), Paige Dukes (County Clerk), Joyce Evans (District 1), Scott Orenstein (District 2-elect), and Valdosta City Clerk Theresa Bolden (not pictured)
are all at the
VDT Open Government Symposium in Macon.
Congratulations, Jim Zachary and the VDT, on getting them to show up! Continue reading
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SpectraBusters Informational Meeting 2013-11-16
Standing room only while
Ellis Black (GA Dist. 174),
Bill Slaughter (Lowndes County Chairman),
and
Tim Carroll (Valdosta City Council) spoke after
Gretchen Quarterman
gave an introduction
at the
first SpectraBusters Informational Meeting last Saturday.
A second meeting is scheduled for
this Saturday morning at 10AM at the Valdosta City Hall Annex.
Video.
Gretchen asked if there were any representatives from the pipeline
company present.
Nobody spoke up.
Several affected landowners did speak:
Beth Gordon from Levy County, Florida
and Larry Rodgers and Carol Singletary from Lowndes County, Georgia.
Video.
Elected officials spoke.
Bill Slaughter (Lowndes County Chairman) said Continue reading
Pipeline complaints heard at Lowndes County Commission @ LCC 2013-10-22
You don’t see this every day. After several citizens spoke in the Commission meeting against the proposed Sabal Trail pipeline and asked for the Lowndes County Commission to help them, four Commissioners stayed afterwards to listen to citizens:
L-R:
Tim Bland,
a citizen who spoke in the meeting,
Joyce Evans (District 1), Matthew Woody (VDT), John Page (District 4),
Bill Slaughter (Chairman),
Carol Singletary,
Demarcus Marshall (District 5), and other citizens.
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 October 2013.
Richard Raines (District 2) left quickly, saying he didn’t feel well.
Crawford Powell (District 3) spent the same time talking to County Engineer Mike Fletcher (who was at the Spectra meeting a week ago) about what could be done. There are things the county can ask for, and maybe get, that individual citizens cannot so easily accomplish.
Video of the Commission meeting will follow, including the citizens speaking.
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Striping and citing @ LCC 2013-10-08
Catching up with the Regular Session of 8 October 2013,
why is the county going to pay
$150/month for a traffic signal
and
$2200/month for offramp lighting
(both at Exit 22, North Valdosta Road)
when they could install solar panels and batteries once and pay nothing ongoing?
They tabled Nottinghill like the Planning Commission did. They voted to let Barrington subdivision sprawl into the county with no conditions, taking staff’s recommendation instead of one about a fence by the Planning Commission.. They voted to rotate the mostly ceremonial Vice Chairman position every eight months. They decided on a price for tentants in the Leila Ellis Building and will get around to drawing up a lease agreement. Commissioners finally did get that list of roads for striping. Fiddling changes to percentages evidence for juvenile justice and hardware and software for fining people coming off of I-75.
Here’s the agenda with links to the videos and a few notes. See also videos of the previous morning’s Work Session.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2013, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Rotating vice chairmanship @ LCC 2013-10-07
Six minutes on who will be
Vice Chairman and when,
a ceremonial position, as far as I know.
13 minutes on a parade of organizations that want to rent space in the
Leila Ellis.
They vote tonight at 5:30 PM.
The storm that wasn’t was the subject of Ashley Tye’s report. They tabled Nottinghill like the Planning Commission did. They vote tonight on letting Barrington subdivision sprawl into the county. Did Commissioners ever get that list of roads for striping? Do we have enough evidence yet for juvenile justice? Or will we continue to concentrate on fining people coming off of I-75? All that and a group photo. At least the Work Session yesterday morning had some actual discussion in it for a change.
Here’s the agenda with links to the videos and a few notes.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2013, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
No Nottinghill + 3 other rezonings, 3 contracts, a bid, and vice chairmanship @ LCC 2013-10-07
Will the County Commission take up
Nottinghill
even though the Planning Commission tabled it?
Is
Barrington subdivision
now ready to sprawl into the county?
Did Commissioners ever get that list of roads for
striping?
Do we have enough
evidence yet for juvenile justice?
Or will we continue to concentrate on
fining people coming off of I-75?
Who was
Leila Ellis, anyway?
And who will be
Vice Chairman (hint: Joyce Evans is now)?
All that and a
group photo, continuing the tradition of County Commission
meetings as content-free photo-ops.
Here’s the agenda.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2013, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Ellen Golden for DFCS @ LCC 2013-07-22
“I was not aware DFAC has a board of directors,”
said Ellen S. Golden, local attorney, sole candidate for
the local Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) board,
at the
Monday 22 July 2013 Lowndes County Commission Work Session; they vote tonight.
Nor was I.
Maybe the county should tell us who they are.
Anyway, Ellen Golden is willing to serve, and we have video of what she said,
plus a little detail about her relevant experience.
6. Appointment – Department of Family & Children’s Services Board
County Manager Joe Pritchard said Commissioners had before them a letter from Virginia Boswell recommending a replacement for the expiring position of Mr. [Loud Click!] Farrell(?). He said the recomendee is Ellen Golden.
He didn’t say, but Continue reading
County bus system reapproved @ LCC 2013-06-25
Didn’t know the county had a bus system?
It does; you can call
316-2153 and they’ll pick you up for a flat fee.
The county’s contract with the state Department of Transportation
and with the contractor
MIDS, Inc. was reapproved
at
the 25 June Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.
7.b. Section 5311 Rural Transportation Operating Contracts
The contract is with GADOT, and the contractor is MIDS, Inc. Per Commissioner Joyce Evans’ request of the previous morning, County Engineer Joe Pritchard said there had been 12,322 trips with six buses over the past 5 months.
The County Engineer referred to some discussion of the previous morning, The Engineer said the federal government put in the first $220,000, and while the county had to pick up any shortfalls, there have been no shortfalls over the past twelve years. This is different from County Manager Joe Pritchard’s answer of the previous morning that it “has been budgeted”. At least staff managed to come up with budget detail after being asked in public by Commissioners. No questions. Unanimous approval.
Here’s Part 1 of 2:
Continue readingFour SPLOST town hall meetings –Joyce Evans @ LCDP 2013-07-02
“Hopefully” there will be four town hall meetings before
the final SPLOST lists are settled, said
Lowndes County Commissioner Joyce Evans (District 1)
at last night’s
Lowndes County Democratic Party Annual 4th of July Barbecue.
We’re beginning to put things together for the SPLOST.
Hopefully we’ll be able to do several…. I know the mayor has stated that they were going to do two town hall meetings and the county’s going to do a couple of town hall meetings and then we’re going to come together with the information that we’ve received from the community and go and put together an overall SPLOST for the city and the county.
So please, take time, think about it, and be involved.
We shall see. At least it’s a small change in the old boy backroom behavior so popular among elected officials around here that the famously reclusive commissioner said this in front of a video camera.
Here’s the video:
Four SPLOST town hall meetings –Joyce Evans
July 4th BBQ, Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP),
Gretchen Quarterman (Chair), Dennis Marks (Vice-Chair / Elections),
Amanda Hall (Vice-Chair / Membership), Richard Saeger (Vice-Chair / Qualifying), Jerrell Anderson (Secretary), James J. Parker (Treasurer),
Video by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 2 July 2013.
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Molly Deese for Convention Center and Tourism Authority @ LCC 2013-06-10
Do we have designated positions for specific local businesses on our appointed boards?
It sure looks like it, at least for Wild Adventures.
5.a. Valdosta/Lowndes County Conference Center and Tourism Authority
At the Work Session 10 June 2013
County Manager Joe Pritchard said Commissioners had a letter of resignation
from Bob Montgomery from VLCCCTA,
and a letter (he didn’t say from whom)
recommending Molly Deese to replace Montgomery.
Pritchard said Deese had been “filling in” for Montgomery at VLCCCTA.
Interesting. So Wild Adventures can send someone unappointed to fill in
on an appointed board?
He didn’t say who Deese is, but she is Continue reading