Yesterday morning’s Work Session took eleven minutes.
They vote this evening.

The three rezoning cases took the longest, simply due to time for Planning Technician Molly Stevenson to read them out.
Only one Commissioner had one questions on one of them.
Longest at 2 and a half minutes was
6c. REZ-2019-11 Stewart, 4151 Stewart Circle R-1 to C-H
which is for establishing a new metal working business with rail access.
Second at almost two minutes was

6a. REZ-2019-09 Mark Courson, 5761 Long Pond Rd. R-1 to R-10,
which was for subdividing into two lots; this one had the quesion.
Third at a minute and a half was

6b. REZ-2019-10 Ballard, Madison Hwy E-A to C-C and R-A
for a boat repair service and a single residence.

None of the appointment candidates appeared.
Surprisingly there were questions on two appointments, to Continue reading →

Update 2019-07-09: Videos.

On

the Lowndes County Commission agenda
for Monday and Tuesday, appointments to three boards, three rezonings,
and a mystery agreement.

They have no candidates to replace Malinda Taylor
on the
Lowndes County Library Board.
Paul Alvarado and John McCall want to be reappointed
to the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals.
Gregory Powell apparently does not want to be reappointed,
and Victoria O’Steen and Kelisa Brown have applied for
Keep Lowndes Valdosta Beautiful (KLVB).

Area map

The

rezoning cases are three from
the preceding Planning Commission meeting; GLPC unanimously recommended approval of all three.

The mystery
Agreement with Cornerstone
is, according to the agenda sheet, a $96,000 ($8,000 / month) item:

As a part of Lowndes County’s ongoing support of Moody Air Force Base, the
services of Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc. are being recommended. In addition to assistance with
matters related to the Department of Defense, Continue reading →