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Videos: Three rezonings, three tax items, Sheriff Office and Water Wells bids @ LCC Regular 2025-04-08

The Tuesday evening Regular Session two weeks ago took 28 minutes,
5 of which were a Citizen Wishing to be Heard:

10. CWTBH – Brian Cosey – 4881 Newton Circle – dangerous dogs.
He was actually speaking for three people.


[Collage @ LCC 8 April 2025]

Collage @ LCC 8 April 2025

The Lowndes County Commissioners did not repeat
4. Georgia 811 Safe Digging Month Proclamation.
For that, you’ll need to see the

LAKE videos of the preceding Work Session.

There was some Commissioner discussion of the first of the three rezonings,
but all three breezed through unanimously,
as did everything else.

Once again, the item with the longest discussion, this time 2.5 minutes,
was

8.a. Alapaha Plantation Water Treatment Plant New Wells – Water Main Ext.

Commissioner Scottie Orenstein wanted to know when.

Answer from Utilities Director Steve Stalvey:
“We’re ready to roll” on approval.

He also wanted to know when it would be finished.

Answer:
It’s a 180-day project. Within 3 or 4 months of completion we will know if we need to do a nanocompression or not.

Commissioner Demarcus Marshall asked about the Consent Order.

Answer: I couldn’t make out the answer.

Paige Dukes in
9. Reports – County Manager
said the county’s hurricane debris collection program is finished.

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

See also the

LAKE videos of the preceding Work Session
and the

agenda and
board packet,
received in response to a LAKE open records request.

See also the

board packet
and

LAKE videos
for the preceding GLPC meeting.

Here is the LAKE video playlist:


https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiHashqrEifx8y43B9CUY_5-&si=duQqM6Qu3sQv7p75

-jsq

Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research. You can donate to LAKE today!


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Videos: Three rezonings, three tax items, Sheriff Office and Water Wells bids @ LCC Work 2025-04-07

Update 2025-04-21:
Videos: Three rezonings, three tax items, Sheriff Office and Water Wells bids @ LCC Regular 2025-04-08.

The Monday morning Work Session took 17 minutes.

Several minutes of that were for

4. Georgia 811 Safe Digging Month Proclamation.
Turns out you can call 811 and they will come locate your water, sewer, and electrical lines, even if you put them in.

The county’s visual system was not working for the first two rezonings,
but you can see many of the visuals in the

board packet as provided by LAKE through open records request.

The longest item at almost 3 minutes was for

8.b. Alapaha Plantation Water Treatment Plant New Wells – Water Main Extension.
As Gretchen noted, “To be paid out of SPLOST funds. No guarantee that this will work.

Wells are to be 600 feet deep and further away from the river.

There could still be river water infiltration.”

The Lowndes County Commission voted this evening at 5:30 PM; videos to come.


[Collage @ LCC 7 April 2025]

Collage @ LCC 7 April 2025

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

See also the Continue reading →

Packet: Three rezonings, three tax items, Sheriff Office and Water Wells bids @ LCC 2025-04-07

Update 2025-04-08:
Videos: Three rezonings, three tax items, Sheriff Office and Water Wells bids @ LCC Work 2025-04-07.

This week’s agenda for the Lowndes County Commission looks long
(and the board packet is 90 pages),
but I predict everything will get approved unanimously in little time.


[Collage: LCC Packet 2025-04-07]

Collage: LCC Packet 2025-04-07

The three rezonings had no opposition at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC),
which recommended all three unanimously.

The three tax items are thoroughly supported by evidence.

The county is not going to not pay for the repairs already done to the hurricane damage at the Sheriff’s office.

And the county has to drill two new water wells for Alapaha Plantation
because of a Consent Order from GA-EPD.

Here is the

agenda.

The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request, is
on the LAKE website.

See also the

board packet for the preceding GLPC meeting.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2025, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Videos: West Mims Fire, Water Trails, Transportation, Construction Board, 3 tax lighting districts, mosquitoes, no-bid contract @ LCC 2017-08-08



“There’s nobody that can tackle something like that alone,”
said Emergency Management Director Ashley Tye in a

West Mims Fire Special Presentation
with firefighters from all over Lowndes County and its cities,
including a resolution from the Charlton County Commission.

Citizen

Gretchen Quarterman spoke about WWALS and trash and cameras at the
Naylor Boat Ramp site, and about Boy Scouts at the GA 133 Boat Ramp.
Citizen Jim Parker

poked them about public transportation and renewable energy.

They’re settling on
“Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Road to Success”,
but when did Commissioners decide on that between the previous morning’s
open meeting and this one?
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Videos: Rivers and Pipeline, Rehab homes, LAMP Lease, Rezonings, Alcohol, public defender, paving Stafford Wright Road @ LCC 2016-02-09



Gretchen

thanked them for putting most of the response to her open records request
on CDs, shortly after they had said at their recent planning session that
they wanted to promote interaction with the community.
Still nothing from the county attorney about the Sabal Trail documents, and it’s been well over three days.
I

invited them on behalf of WWALS to a workshop and a movie;
there’s more below.
See also the contested rezoning

5.d. REZ-2016-05 Union Rd Subdivision, E-A to R-A, ~114 acres
for more water issues.

Three citizens spoke explicitly about the pipeline,

Jim Parker,

Michael Noll,
and

Dr. Mario Bartoletti,
as also noted in
Jason Stewart, VDT, 11 February 2016,
Sabal protests continue.
As I noted

in another post,

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Videos: Fire aid, drinking, driving, and air conditioning @ LCC 2015-03-24



One citizen got cut off
just as he said the county attorney
thought he could interpret state law however he liked.
In addition to the
Lake Park Fire Department Automatic Aid Agreement
the County Manager asked at the Work Session to add to
agenda,
they also added
Southern Region Traffic Enforcement Network (SRTEN).
Plus not on the agenda there was

recognition of student guests.
See also the previous morning’s Work Session

Keep Lowndes-Valdosta Beautiful cleanup presentation.
They meet again this morning.

Also voted on two weeks ago were
changes to the

speed zone ordinance,
a

GEMA grant application, a

proposal for engineering services for Exits 22 and 29,

HVAC for county buildings, and a

liquor license.
Here’s
the agenda
with links to the videos and a few notes.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015  8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Videos: KLVB, Drinking, driving, and air conditioning @ LCC 2015-03-23




Keep Lowndes-Valdosta Beautiful did cleanups in wetlands in
both the Withlacoochee and the Alapaha River watersheds, plus
at exit 22, and the general illegal trash dumping situation came up.
Did the county change the speed limit on your road?

The County Engineer said only in one area, but they didn’t publish the list.
Also discussed
were
a

GEMA grant application, a

proposal for engineering services for Exits 22 and 29,

HVAC for county buildings, and a

liquor license.
Here’s
the agenda
with links to the videos and a few notes.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015  8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Drinking, driving, and air conditioning @ LCC 2015-03-23

Is the county changing the speed limit on your road?

Maybe, but they didn’t publish the list, so this is all you know:


300x388 Speed-zone-ordinance-001, in Speed Limit Ordinance, by John S. Quarterman, 23 March 2015
The Georgia DOT is in the process of updating the existing Speed
Zone Ordinance for Lowndes County. Attached is a copy of the updated
Speed Zone Ordinance with the changes that were requested by Lowndes
County. With the execution of this Ordinance, the speed limits on
these roads wili be updated. A signed copy of the Ordinance will be
forwarded to the Department of Public Safety for the updated radar
permit for Lowndes County.

Also on
the agenda are
a

presentation by Keep Lowndes-Valdosta Beautiful, a

GEMA grant application, a

proposal for engineering services for Exits 22 and 29,

HVAC for county buildings, and a

liquor license.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015  8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Valdosta force main GEFA loan awarded

Valdosta city PR today,

City Receives $36.7 million GEFA Loan to Move Forward with Force Main Project,

The City of Valdosta was awarded a $36.7 million

Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) loan by the



Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA), on Nov. 14, 2013.

The city will use the low-interest loan to finance the construction
of two major pump stations, two minor pump stations, a 6-mile
32-inch and 40-inch force main, a headworks structure with grit
removal and bar screens, and a 6-million gallon equalization basin.
Wastewater will be gravity fed to the existing site of the
Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) for final treatment
and discharged utilizing the existing plant outfall, until the
relocation of the plant is completed in November 2015.


Easement Exhibit Context

This project will Continue reading →

Where is the Alapaha Water Treatment Plant?

Where is the Alapaha Water Treatment Plant
that has had

20 violations in the past 10 years,
for which the Lowndes County Commission

had Lovell Engineering write a letter to GA EPD
and then

approved
a

no-bid contract to the same firm?
April Huntley supplied this pictorial answer. -jsq

Take Highway 84 east from Valdosta GA:


Take Highway 84 east from Valdosta GA.

After passing through Naylor GA look for this neighborhood on your right (Lake Alapaha Hidden Cove):

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