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VSU bond resolution, 3 road abandonments, 1 widening, MIDS bus, Comprehensive Plan @ LCC 2016-10-10

Monday morning 8:30 AM,
a

self storage rezoning, (final?)

Comprehensive Plan approval,
three

road abandonments, a

road widening, the annual

MIDS bus service renewal,
an

art district presentation by Angela Crance,
a

Georgia Forestry presentation by Stephen Spradley,
and
a

county resolution about bonds for another private LLC by the

South Regional Joint Development Authority (SRJDA),
different from the one

with the public hearing October 21st at a private law firm.
What does the resolution say?
It’s not in the documents with
the agenda.




U.S. Air Force Col. Billy Thompson, 23d Wing commander, expresses his gratitude to Continue reading →

Videos: Hambrick Road paving and traffic and Bevel Creek bridge @ LCC 2016-04-26

Thanks to County Engineer Mike Fletcher for doing almost

what Gretchen asked

at the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session 26 April 2016.

They rattled through
the agenda
with almost no questions, unanimously approving everything, including
the $89,005 in emergency no-bid repairs.
You’d have little idea why they were doing anything if you weren’t at the
previous morning’s Work Session or you didn’t view the

LAKE videos of the Work Session,
in which we discovered for example
it’s not

Beatty Creek Bridge, rather Bevel Creek Bridge.
Nonetheless, the County Engineer still said the creek name wrong.

Here are links to each of the LAKE videos of the Regular Session of April 26th 2016, with a few notes, followed by a video playlist.
See also the

LAKE videos of the Work Session of April 25th 2016,
and the agenda.

They meet again this morning at 8:30 AM. Continue reading →

Videos: Emergency no-bid repairs, a bridge where, and unnecessary resurfacing @ LCC 2016-04-25


5.e. Emergency Fiber Replacement to South Lowndes
The

FY 2017 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant was a popular topic yesterday morning, and
some Commissioners showed a little bit of scepticism about that
$89,005 in

emergency no-bid

repairs
on

the agenda for yesterday morning and for voting 5:30PM this evening.

Also

$634,800 for a bridge we can’t tell where, and

some unknown fraction of
$1,663,888.78 to resurface a road that shouldn’t be used as a highway in the first place.
Who’s in charge of budget planning for the county?

At the end, there was

more from the County Manager about private road Carter Way:
they discovered another property owner (“at least one”) after they

agreed to spend $67,822 to fix a private road.

Here are links to each of the LAKE videos, with a few notes, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading →

Emergency no-bid repairs, a bridge where, and unnecessary resurfacing @ LCC 2016-04-25

$89,005 in emergency no-bid repairs on the agenda for Monday morning and voting Tuesday evening.

Agenda Sheet
Also $634,800 for a bridge we can’t tell where, and some unknown fraction of $1,663,888.78 to resurface a road that shouldn’t be used as a highway in the first place.
Who’s in charge of budget planning for the county?

Why is replacing the fiber optic data cable that connects the South Lowndes Data Center and the E911 Center an
emergency repair for $61,020,
when apparently the problem has been going on for years?
Meanwhile, it’s good that it’s not an emergency that the 911 Center
Core Network Equipment
needs replacing for $38,621.
Planning ahead is good.
Is one of these items in the budget and the other not?

Another emergency not marked as such in the agenda is Continue reading →

Videos: Law, radio, solid waste, busses, and qualifying fees @ LCC 2015-11-10



A month ago, nobody on the County Commission or staff
knew how much the extra equipment might cost for the

three Sheriff’s pursuit vehicles,
but they awarded the bid to Langdale Ford anyway.
The automobile dealer on the Commission did have some computations
on why the higher bid might be more cost-effective.
“We have the bids in the room” said the County Engineer,
recommending awarding $1,188,500 to the Scruggs Company
for

Graded Aggregate Base, Curb-and-Gutter and Asphalt.
He also noted “they will come in and place the curb and gutter”.
The County Engineer also announced

flashing and then regular traffic lights
at Tillman Crossing on Old US 41 North.

Two citizens talked about dog problems:

three dogs perhaps without shelter
and

barking dogs and arson.

Commissioner Demarcus Marshall

is holding a Town Hall December 15th.

Here’s

the agenda.
See also the LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session.
Below are links to each of the videos of the Regular Session, followed by a video playlist.
Meanwhile, they already met again this morning
and will vote again Tuesday evening. Continue reading →

Videos: Law, radio, solid waste, busses, and qualifying fees @ LCC 2015-11-09

The

bid on three pursuit vehicles for the Sheriff


got a question from Commissioner Scottie Orenstein about maintenance costs for which

a staffer from Public Works just happened to be available
to answer.
Result: not the low bid.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall asked if they were going to pay $7,000 more per vehicle ongoing.
Answer from County Manager Joe Pritchard: case by case.
This was Monday morning 8:30 AM.
They vote this evening (Tuesday) at 5:30 PM.

There was also a

report from County Engineer Mike Fletcher about coordination with
the railroad about traffic crossing from Old US 41 N.

Here’s

the agenda.
Below are links to each of the videos, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading →

Law, radio, solid waste, busses, and qualifying fees @ LCC 2015-11-09

Monday morning 8:30 AM:
a million bucks for

road paving



(Phillips Road, Burkhalter Subdivision, Cannon Drive, and Terracewood Drive),
and an unknown (but smaller) amount in a grant re-application for

the county’s on-demand MIDS bus system.

$30,534 plus shipping for two “screwpeller aerators” for the county’s Land Application Site (LAS), aka spray field: the county does not have a wastewater treatment plant.
I’m pretty sure that’s the county’s LAS

just east of Grassy Pond, southwest of Lake Park.

It only costs

$360 to qualify to run for Tax Assessor, here in the only Georgia county that elects them.

Here’s
the agenda. Continue reading →

More Lowndes County news reported on an individual facebook page: US41N

It’s great that the Lowndes County Comissioner for District 2

300x94 I received word from the County Engineer that..., in US 41N congested; Scruggs Co. no longer working during day, by Scottie Orenstein, 12 August 2015
is reporting about a highway in his district,
but why isn’t the county reporting it on its own facebook page,
website, twitter account, etc.?
While the county doesn’t have facebook account (why not?) it does
have those other things and there’s nothing on them about

this news: Continue reading →