The Regular Session two weeks ago took 26 minutes, but 14 of
that was the County Manager’s Report, 2 was the Budget award
presentation, and 1 was the invocation and pledge, so 9 minutes
were about business.

Collage @ LCC 28 May 2024

The Lowndes County Commissioners unanimously approved
everything, including the application for state funds for the Val
Del Road intersection expansion to support subdivisions and the
almost $9 million jail expansion. There was some discussion about
the process of moving from Code Red to RAVE Alert.

Again in the Regular Session after they did it in the Work
Session: a presentation about Lowndes County
having won a Distinguished Budget Award from the Government
Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for the 18th year.

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

See also the Continue reading →

Update 2024-06-11:
Videos: Budget award, LMIG for Val Del Road widening, Jail addition max price, service and software agreements @ LCC Regular 2024-05-28.

For the 18th year,

Lowndes County won a Distinguished Budget Award from
the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA).
That was the first item
ihis morning at the Lowndes County Commission Work Session.

They vote this evening at 5:30 PM.

Collage @ LCC Work 28 May 2024

We heard some clarification about the

almost $9 million dollars in jail additions.
Gretchen says,
“This is for the proposed new medical area at the jail.
Some of the money is ARPA 2021 money.”

With the

changeover from Code Red to RAVE Alert,
everyone will have to sign up again,
because Code Red had an option not to share personal information, which included with the county.
However, Ashley Tye said the new system would provide more functionality for less price.
That was the longest discussion in the meeting, at more than six minutes.

Hurricane Idalia provided incentive to look for a faster way to do damage assessment.
The county is

buying Crisis Track damage assessment software,
which is a smartphone or table app for faster input to the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA).
That was the second longest discussion, at more than five minutes.

They ended with an

executive session to discuss client-attorney privilege for real estate acquisition.

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

See also the

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