Tag Archives: Law

Videos: EMT, Cleaning, Bids, VLCIA bonds, Airport Authority, Opioids @ LCC 2018-05-22



By far the longest item was

a special proclamation for EMT Services,
at 4.5 minutes,
followed by

cleaning bids,
which took almost three minutes for the Lowndes County Commission to reject.

In Citizens Wishing to Be Heard,

Gretchen took 2 minutes to invite them
to WWALS’

Wild & Scenic Film Festival,
at Mathis Auditorium,
Thursday, May 31, 2018.


WSFF WWALS Logo, Graphics

Almost everything else was read out and unanimously approved,
except the one most contentious the previous morning,

7 b. Additional Deputy Coroner Request,
was tabled.

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Videos: New County Agents, VLCIA bonds, Airport Authority, Opioids @ LCC 2018-05-21



Not on the agenda,

County Agent Jake Price introduced two new people in his office.
The Industrial Authority Executive Director

explained the bonds are not new, she just wants to refinance them to reduce
payments.

Among items they will vote on tonight at 5:30 PM,
the longest item at almost four minutes was the

request for an additional Deputy Coroner.
Looks like they’re finally going to sign up an attorney for the

opoioid litigation.
They spent more time on the

cleaning bids.

The whole Work Session Monday morning took 13 minutes, including the presentaitons.
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Videos: Opioid Attorney, Soccer, Airport Authority, Probation, Ankle Monitoring, Wetlands, Hay, GEFA, Pump @ LCC 2018-05-08



Two weeks ago, they spent the most time (5.5 minutes) on the
two
sections of

5. Proclamation Presentations for National Drug Court Month.

They spent 2.5 minutes on

bids
and almost 2 minutes (almost 5.5 total) on the

wetland credits
for the
North Lowndes Park Soccer Complex.

Third most time was 4.5 minutes on

recognizing retiring volunteer firefighter
Scott Caldwell(?).
The speaker was Chief Ashley Tye, so I guess he’s now the regular county Fire Chief.

They tabled the

Airport Authority appointment
waiting for more information.
Maybe they noticed George Page had also asked the City of Valdosta
to appoint him.

The alleged County Attorney, with his microphone three feet from his face
and pointing 90 degrees away, muttered something about the

mysterious Wisconsin bond issue.

The

Probation agreement
and

Electronic Monitoring Contract
got more than three minutes total.
They spent a bit more than a minute voting on

a law form for the opioid litigation.

The

Hay Lease Agreement Amendment
is a water item, because it’s about the county’s
spray field, also known as its Land Application Site (LAS).
And the

Bevel Creek Lift Station Pump that feeds it.
Final water item:
dates of completion for the

GEFA Loan Agreement; they did provide a clue what that loan was for.

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VLCIA bonds for what? Airport Authority, Opioids @ LCC 2018-05-21

What are the Industrial Authority (excuse me, Development Authority)

bonds for?
Maybe they’re finally going to finance solar power for people here,
since VLCIA has a budget surplus?


Steve Everett at LCC 2018-07-14

VLCAA Chairman Steve Everett and Executive Director Jim Galloway asking for the county to fix its shortfall in funding the Airport Authority, July 14, 2015.

Since George Page got appointed to the Airport Authority by the City of Valdosta,
I suppose they’re going to

reappoint Steve Everett.
They last reappointed him

May 13, 2014.
By the way, he’s the

Chair of VLCAA.

Apparently they’ve

picked an attorney for the
Opioid Litigation
in their

previous meetings two weeks ago,
and now they’re down to signing the agreement.

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Videos: Opioids, Soccer, Airport Authority, Probation, Ankle Monitoring, Wetlands, Hay, GEFA, Pump @ LCC 2018-05-07



Opioid litigation will be added to the agenda
for this evening, although not for voting, as
8.i, Selection of Legal Firm for Opioid Litigation:

Select legal firm,

The Studstill Law Firm and the Blasingame, Burch, Garrard &
Ashley Law Firm have both submitted proposals to represent Lowndes County
in the opioid litigation.

That was the longest agenda item at the Monday morning Work Session.
The

Probation Resolution and Services Agreement,
which

had been tabled two weeks before,
got almost two minutes,
including questions about cost.
Add the minute and a half for the

Electronic Monitoring Contract
and those two items with the same presenter got the longest total.

The two North Lowndes Park Soccer Complex items,

Wetland Credits
and
Bids,
that will massively change Hahira, did not get a total of two minutes.
The

Hay Lease Agreement Amendment
is another water item, because it’s about the county’s
spray field, also known as its Land Application Site (LAS).
And the

Bevel Creek Lift Station Pump that feeds it.
Final water item:
dates of completion for the

GEFA Loan Agreement, whatever it’s for.

The mysterious

Wisconsin Public Finance Authority Bond Issue
is to finance a project on Old Statenville Road in the Valdosta City Limits.

They’re going to reappoint Steve Everett to the

Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority; he did not speak.
And George Page would also like to be considered.

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Food Trucks on Agenda @ Hahira 2018-05-03

They are also talking about water tanks and treesand the work on I-75
Exit 29,
including what the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)
hasn’t covered that may have to be picked up in SPLOST VII.




Photo:

WTXL ABC 27 News.

But the main topic, with a Public Hearing, is food trucks.
That Zoning Text Amendment didn’t fare very well with
the Planning Commission Monday.
But of course GLPC is only advisory, and Hahira can decide whatever it wants.
Expect at least the same speakers tonight as you can see in the

LAKE videos of that Planning Commission meeting.

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Videos: No Opioid No Probation Military Utility @ LCC 2018-04-24

They would have managed less than four minutes,
even with

chatting with Leadership Lowndes in the audience,
including 45 seconds on the only substantial
agenda item,

6 a. Grant Of Easement for Utility Right of Way Moody-Azalea Commons
(aka Moody Family Housing).


2013-07-29 GLPC Packet-007 REZ-2013-09 Moody Family Housing


2013-07-29 GLPC Packet-007 REZ-2013-09 Moody Family Housing

Note the big sinkhole in Phase 2.

But

citizen Jacinta Howell talked about traffic safety.
Let’s remember the immortal words of

former Chairman Ashley Paulk
during a rezoning near Bemiss Road:

I’m not going to argue Bemiss Highway, it’s not a pertinent fact.

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Videos: Opioid Vaginal Mesh, Military Utility, No Probation @ LCC 2018-04-23

Yesterday morning Chairman Bill Slaughter

looked straight at the LAKE video camera and said:
“We’ll have a record-setting short meeting tomorrow, with one agenda item.”
Then he chuckled.



The Work Session was 17 minutes and 35 seconds, because of 12 minutes on the

Special Presentation by Andrew Hill on Opioid Litigation (Work Session).

The longest other item was 3 minutes on

6 b. Lowndes County Government Probation Plan and Resolution,
which wasn’t ready yet, and is what the Chairman removed from the agenda for tonight.

Indeed it didn’t take five minutes, not even half a minute, for them not to discuss

6 a. Grant Of Easement for Utility Right of Way Moody-Azalea Commons.

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Opioid Military Utility Probation @ LCC 2018-04-23

Maybe 15 minutes because of the
Special Presentation by Andrew Hill on Opioid Litigation (Work Session).

It won’t take them five minutes to discuss

a water and sewer easement
for the sinkhole-prone recently-renamed

Moody Family Housing Housing,
now called Azalea Commons,
which is
in a recharge zone for the Floridan Aquifer from which we all drink.
That subdivision only has water and sewer lines running by it up Val Del Road
because
the county ran those lines to enable
the Nelson Hill subdivision,
for which the county permitted razing wetlands, and
which then mysteriously

got staff variances to avoid building condominiums,
mixed elevations, or becoming a gated community.


WRPDO Site Map, Moody Family Housing, REZ-2013-09


WRPDO Site Map, Moody Family Housing, REZ-2013-09.

It’s unlikely to take longer for them to discuss the
Lowndes County Government Probation Plan and Resolution.

Here’s

the agenda.
Gretchen is on her way there with the LAKE video camera.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2018, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2018, 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 by Andrew Hill on Opioid Litigation (Work Session)

  5. Minutes for Approval

    1. Work Session- April 9, 2018

    2. Regular Session- April 10, 2018
  6. For Consideration

    1. Grant Of Easement for Utility Right of Way Moody-Azalea Commons

      ACC Group Housing, LLC desires to Grant Lowndes county an easement and right of way to provide access to service and maintain the water and sewer lines serving the Azalea Commons residential area.

      Documents:Grant of Easement for Utility Right of Way Moody-Azalea Commons.pdf

    2. Lowndes County Government Probation Plan and Resolution

      Approval of probation plan and resolution

      Documents:Lowndes County Government Probation Plan and Resolution.pdf

  7. Reports – County Manager

  8. Citizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address

  9. Adjournment

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Videos: Proclamations, Thoroughfare Plan, RR bridge, resurfacing four roads, opioids @ LCC 2018-04-10



The two longest items were proclamations, for the

Teen Explosion Youth Action Group
and for

Telecommunications Week.
Everything else sailed through.

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