She said on the telephone yesterday that
Georgia Power met with Valdosta City Manager Larry Hanson last week.
Georgia Power plans over next four years to change out all the streetlights
in Georgia, from high pressure sodium (or whatever they’re currently using)
to LED lighting.
She says that will be more efficient, and will provide more
light, with a better pattern of coverage.
Valdosta had already expressed interest, so they were one of the first
to join this LED streetlight program.
Rather ironic, wouldn’t you say, what with all the problems
at the other end of the water usage pipeline?
This award is for treating water as it comes out of the city’s wells.
The City of Valdosta Water Treatment Plant has been recognized as
the 2013 Water Treatment Plant of the Year by the Georgia
Association of Water Professionals (GAWP).
The plant was recently evaluated by GAWP inspectors on its well
field operations, chemical processes and documentation, and scored
90% or better in all areas. City staff will accept the award in the
category for groundwater systems that pump over 10 million gallons
daily (MGD), at the GAWP Conference in Macon, Ga., on Tuesday April
16.
City of Valdosta Clerk Teresa Bolden has earned the designation of
Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC), awarded by the International
Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC), Inc. IIMC grants the CMC
designation exclusively to municipal clerks who complete the
demanding education requirements and who have a record of
significant contributions to their local government, their community
and state.
“In light of the speed and drastic nature of change these days,
lifelong learning is not only desirable, it is necessary for all in
local government to keep pace with growing demands and changing
needs of the citizens we serve,” said City Manager Larry Hanson.
“Teresa performs her duties with the highest degree of
professionalism and integrity and is a great credit to our city and
to her profession. We are fortunate to benefit from her talent and
ability.”
Apparently
WCTV’s “at the South Georgia Medical Center Parking Garage”>
meant actually in the nearby parking lot, because that’s where we found
some city and county employees and a few volunteers
standing in the shade of a Valdosta Police van.
An invocation and six speeches from five speakers ensued,
all in support of SPLOST VII,
the Special Local Option Sales Tax on the November ballot.
Several of the speakers were not so positive off the podium about the
library and auditorium projects, and nobody from the library board spoke.
The major theme of the event was a firm reminder that SPLOST VII is
not a new tax, just a continuation of a penny sales tax that has
been in place since 1987.
Fair enough.
However, Sam Allen’s second talk summed up what’s wrong with SPLOST VII:
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Larry Hanson, Valdosta City Manager, asked for the regional council to reconsider aviation projects, especially considering that the tax was supposed to be for projects of regional significance. Then he pointed out
Out of that $503 million about 40% of it or $212 million is projected to be generated here in Lowndes County. And when you look at what's being returned, for instance to the city of Valdosta, it's $47 million. It is certainly one thing to be a donor, but that's a pretty substantial donor.
He said he appreciated all the other counties, but much of the money would go to counties that are not contiguous to Lowndes County and are not part of the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes the four counties of Lowndes, Brooks, Lanier, and Echols. He continued:
Lowndes County is about 26% of the region's population and we generate about 38% of the revenue, and we're not quite getting that back in terms of the distribution.
You may wonder why a City of Valdosta official was speaking for Lowndes County. County Manager Joe Pritchard was there at the start of the meeting, and I think County Engineer Mike Fletcher was, as well. County Chairman Ashley Paulk came in late and summoned Pritchard and Fletcher outside the glass doors of the meeting room. They stood there for quite some time, peering in, and then vanished.
Aviation Projects, and Valdosta is a substantial donor –Larry Hanson @ T-SPLOST 2011-09-19 T-SPLOST Public Meeting, Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC), Corey Hull, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 19 September 2011. Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).
There are many injustices of socialism and redistribution of wealth (or garbage) and I’m glad to see you recognize this in the shifting of illegal dumping costs to landowners. I am also glad to see that at least the county is talking about privatization and not public/private partnerships (so far). When Hahira almost succeeded in placing a regional waste transfer station on city owned property
REZ-2007-32 City of Hahira, 0028 027 6751 Union Road, 2 lots, R-21 to M-2, DRI
I was concerned that the county was complacent in this because the Lowndes Board of Commissioners November 2007 meeting minutes showed they agreed to rezone the property for the purpose of the transfer station against the recommendations of the county planner, Jason Davenport. That rezoning action replaced a DRI (Development of Regional Impact) request for waste transfer station rezoning so it was easy to assume the county and possibly the region had a mutual agenda for the transfer station. During a recent discussion on the dangers of regional government with Valdosta mayor, Larry Hanson, I asked if the transfer station was a regional interest. He assured me the City of Valdosta had no knowledge and no interest in that transfer station prior to articles in the Valdosta Daily Times. I’ve not had an opportunity to discuss the possibility of mutual agenda with the county and if it comes up again in the future I am assuming proper procedures will be followed which mandate public meetings and input into the planning before a third DRI is entered, not after.
I worked a contract for the IT of a Pensacola, FL software company that had waste management software contracts all over the US. It was my job to be
Build retaining ponds upriver to capture flood waters and use them for irrigation?
That would be a start on some of the
many water concerns.
Tim Carroll sent the appended to a long list of people Sunday.
-jsq
All,
Important news concerning storm water/flood water management in our
area. As noted below in Larry’s email, much work has been done to find
solutions. I made this presentation to both the local and state Chamber
Governmental Affairs Council’s soliciting their support. There have
also been numerous contacts with state and federal representatives
concerning this issue.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or comments.
Happy Independence Day,
Tim Carroll
From: Larry Hanson
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:10 PM
To: Tim Carroll
Subject: FW: Suwannee-Satilla Regional Water Plan Comments
Mayor and Council;
Any and all Georgians have the opportunity to comment on the proposed
state water plan and specifically the Suwannee-Satilla Regional Water
Plan that covers our region. As you know, I made a presentation to the
regional water council late last year in Douglas regarding regional
stormwater and the need to address this issue as part of the state water
plan. The presentation was
The Georgia Municipal Association inducted Valdosta City
Manager Larry Hanson into the Municipal Government Hall of Fame at the
association’s annual convention in Savannah Monday, June 27.
She said on the telephone yesterday that
Georgia Power met with Valdosta City Manager Larry Hanson last week.
Georgia Power plans over next four years to change out all the streetlights
in Georgia, from high pressure sodium (or whatever they’re currently using)
to LED lighting.
She says that will be more efficient, and will provide more
light, with a better pattern of coverage.
Valdosta had already expressed interest, so they were one of the first
to join this LED streetlight program.
