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Videos: Development Authority appointment, VOCA grants, Coleman Road paving, LMIG, Water projects, Windstream @ LCC Regular 2025-01-15

Ms. Terri Lupo was reappointed to the 5.a. Valdosta Lowndes
Development Authority
.

The Lowndes County Commission at their Regular Session of January 14, 2025, also passed everything else unanimously, with little or no
discussion.


[Collage @ LCC 14 January 2025]


Collage @ LCC 14 January 2025

Commissioner Demarcus Marshall did have a question about
7.k.
GEFA Loan DWLSL2023097 for Lead Service Line Inventory
. He also
had a special thanks for Samaritan’s Purse in Commission Comments.

Former Valdosta City Council Alvin Payton, Jr., sat front and
center the entire meeting.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a
few comments by Gretchen Quarterman, followed by a LAKE video
playlist.

See also Continue reading

Packet: Development Authority appointment, VOCA grants, Coleman Road paving, LMIG, Water projects, Windstream @ LCC 2025-01-13

Update 2025-01-16:
Videos: Development Authority appointment, VOCA grants, Coleman Road paving, LMIG, Water projects, Windstream @ LCC Regular 2025-01-14

Yesterday morning
Commissioner Mark Wisenbarker wanted to know whether the staff had a list of roads needing striping for

7.g. 2025 Georgia DoT Local Maintenance – Improvement Grant (LMIG) Application
.
Here’s the project list:


[Road paving list and Broadband map @ LCC Packet 2025-01-13]


Road paving list and Broadband map @ LCC Packet 2025-01-13

The map appears to be where Windstream thinks Lowndes County already had broadband in 2021. Continue reading

Videos: Development Authority appointment, VOCA grants, Coleman Road paving, LMIG, Water projects, Windstream @ LCC Work Session 2025-10-13

The Lowndes County Commission started the Work Session yesterday morning by

welcoming new Commissioner Michael Smith
.
He will vote for the first time at the Regular Session this evening at 5:30 PM.


[Collage @ LCC 13 January 2025]


Collage @ LCC 13 January 2025

Chairman Bill Slaughter praised Terri Lupo, long-time baord member of the

5.a. Valdosta Lowndes Development Authority
,
although he noted there were two other applicants for her expired term.

There was some discussion on

7.f. Emergency Repair – Lowndes County Fire Station #5
.
Fire Station #5 is the one on Bemiss Road. Apparently after the November rain, there was a sewage back up in the fire station that was 3″ deep and everything from the floor to 2′ up the wall had to be replaced, including furniture. Insurance covered some of the cost.

Commissioner Mark Wisenbarker wanted to know whether the staff had a list of roads needing striping for

7.g. 2025 Georgia DoT Local Maintenance – Improvement Grant (LMIG) Application
.
Answer: yes.

They do not yet have a design for the

7.h. Local Bridge Replacement at Jumping Gully Road at Bevel Creek (0019937)
.

There was Commissioner discussion about the prices for the Continue reading

Agenda: Development Authority appointment, VOCA grants, Coleman Road paving, LMIG, Water projects, Windstream @ LCC 2025-01-13

It’s a busy first agenda of the year for the Lowndes County Commission,
Work Session Monday morning, voting Regular Session Tuesday evening.


[Agenda: VLDA appointment, Coleman Road paving, LMIG, VOCA grants, Water projects, Windstream @ LCC 2025-01-13]


Agenda: VLDA appointment, Coleman Road paving, LMIG, VOCA grants, Water projects, Windstream @ LCC 2025-01-13

Terri Lupo’s term has expired for the Development Authority.
Robert Green and Brice Evans also want to be appointed.
Usually the Commission reappoints the incumbent.

Cost What
$1,300,000.00 Coleman Road NW Paving and Drainage Improvements, P.1.0016279 Supplemental Agreement No. 1
$635,000.00 GEFA Loan DWLSL2023097 for Lead Service Line Inventory
$160,122.00 Bid for Six Compact SUV Vehicles for Multiple Departments
$79,380.00 Emergency Repair – Lowndes County Fire Station #5
$50,000.00 Lowndes County Local Bridge Replacement at Jumping Gully Road at Bevel Creek (0019937)
$45,761.60 Union Road Lift Station Pump Replacement
$33,232.00 Approval of the Solicitor General’s FY25 VOCA Grant Award
$2,303,495.60 Total

The above table, generated by LAKE from the agenda items, is hard to add up because
of items where the BUDGET IMPACT is actually incoming funds from a new source, such as this one: Continue reading