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Videos: Grants, Budget, Tax, Bonds, Parks, Land, Water, Waste, 911 @ LCC 2018-06-26



The most interesting items were not on
the agenda
of the Regular Session two weeks ago of the Lowndes County Commission Work Session.
The County Engineer had

One more thing: Loch Laurel Bridge Work and Closure 7/16 – 7/23,
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall

reminded everyone the Georgia hands-free driving law was going into effect,
and the Chairman announced

swearing in of the newly un-privatized Probation Officers the following morning.

The longest scheduled item at almost 3 minutes was

New Consoles For 911 Dispatchers,
followed by

Contract With Parks And Recreation Authority,
because both had questions from Commissioners.

The two grant items added the previous morning, for

Accountability Court
and

DUI Court,
sailed through, as did the

Francis Lake Lift Station Repair
and the

LAS Storage Pond Improvements.

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Videos: Budget, Tax, Bonds, Parks, Land, Water, Waste, 911 @ LCC 2018-06-25



Videos of the Lowndes County Commission Work Session two weeks ago.
See
agenda post for background.
The budget got no comments from Commmissioners.


County Manager Joe Pritchard asked for
addition of two grant agenda items, for

Accountability Court
and

DUI Court.
Proponents of each spoke, and both items were added to the agenda
for the next day’s Regular Session.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
with a few notes,
especially about the

Hotel/Motel Tax
and the still-mysterious

Wisconsin Public Finance Authority Bond Issue,
a rare verbal appearance by Joyce Evans on Continue reading →

Budget, Tax, Bonds, Parks, Land, Water, Waste, 911 @ LCC 2018-06-25

A

busy morning’s agenda
starts with approving

a new annual budget and related

hotel and motel taxes.
Plus a
Contract with Valdosta Continuing Land Bank Authority.

Parks and Rec is negotiating a $3 million loan from Ameris Bank for improvements to Freedom Park and wants

the county to guarantee its 1.25 mil tax base.

Utilities wants

about $20,000 for impellers and wear rings for the pumps in the

Francis Lake Lift Station and about $275,000 to improve the

Land Application Site (LAS), where they spray sewer waste onto a field
which they then rent out for hay production (the county does not have a wastewater treatment plant).
See also WWALS blog post.

The mysterious

out-of-state apartment bonds
actually get an explanation this time:

The Board of Commissioners is requested to adopt the attached
revised Resolution approving the issuance of bonds by a Wisconsin
Public Finance Authority. A portion of the proceeds of the bonds
will be used for a project located on Old Statenville Road. The
project is a 204-unit multi-family affordable housing development
known as Brittany Woods & Park Chase Apartments.


1110 and 1150 Old Statenville Road, Map

1150 Old Statenville Road, Parcel 0159D 014,

The reason for this revised Resolution is Continue reading →