Not on the agenda for that Tuesday morning Work Session, Chairman Bill Slaughter introduced the new Executive Director of Legacy Behavioral Health, Paivi Parssinen. The LBH website says her title is Chief Executive Officer.

County Manager Paige Dukes said a bit more about obstacles to such care, in her County Manager Report.

Collage of LCC Work, 2026-07-14 –LAKE

They rotate the Vice-Chair seat. It just moved from Scottie Orenstein to Mark Wisenbaker.

On the Minutes for Approval, Chairman Bill Slaughter forgot that the Regular Session was for later that same Tuesday evening because the Work Session had been moved from Monday to Tuesday for reasons they never made public.

County Manager Paige Dukes explained the complicated staggered nine board slots for the revamped Lowndes County Library System Board of Trustees. At least two of the applicants were actually present.

There was some discussion about merging the current split zoning on 6.a. REZ-2026-14 Ray Colding, 6808 Wisenbaker Rd., ~8.5ac, M-1 & R-A to M-2.

Once again the County Planner presented slides that were not in the board packet for 6.b. WR-2026-02 New 159′ Telecommunications Tower in Langdale Park: tower inventory and why Verizon says they can’t cover what this tower could. See Propagation maps.

Cities in the county can participate if they want to, in 7.a. Award of Pre-Event Disaster Logistics Support Services Contracts.

Utilities Director Steve Stalvey continues to stay ahead of potential sewage spills, with 7.c. Lift Station Bypass Pump Request for Proposal.

Here is a YouTube playlist of the LAKE videos of each agenda item, with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman.

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