This morning, 8:30 AM, all of the items from
the previous cancelled meeting
are back on
the agenda, for voting Tuesday 5:30 PM.
Plus four more:
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For Consideration:
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Addendum to the Withlacoochee Flood Inundation Mapping Project
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USGS Funding Agreement for Hwy 122 Stream Gauge
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Public Safety Information Technology Purchase
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High Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (HEAT), Document:
HISTORY, FACTS, AND ISSUES: The certified Lowndes County fatality
rate: 2006-14, 2007-14, 2008~19, 2009-16, 2010-18, 2011-15,
2012-11, 2013-7, 2014-14, 2015-19, 2016-20. Any traffic
fatality in Lowndes County is too many. For numerous years, the
county has been plagued with an unacceptable fatality rate.
Consistently for ten years between 2006 and 2016 we suffered with as
much as nineteen people dying annually in crashes. In April 2012 the
Sheriff created the SPEED team which joined forces with the Valdosta
Police HEAT team. Together both agencies diligently fought to reduce
the fatality rate. In 2013, Lowndes County recorded an unprecedented
lowest rate of the decade with seven fatalities.
Photo:
Valdosta Daily Times
Soon after, the
police department lost their HEAT team which contributed to a Continue reading →