Tag Archives: South Georgia Medical Center

Videos: ULDC contractor extension, hospital revenue certificate reissuance, LAS generator, Juvenile Justice grant, Val Del Estates infrastructure @ LCC Regular 2023-10-24

EMA Director Ashley Tye reported that all the disaster recovery centers were closing after Hurricane Idalia,
with Cook County still open for a bit.
This was six weeks ago, at a Lowndes County Commission Regular Session.

Collage @ LCC 24 October 2023

That took six minutes of the seventeen-minute meeting.
County Manager Paige Dukes took another three minutes for her report.

The Commissioners breezed through the other agenda items and unanimously approved them all.

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

Videos: ULDC contractor extension, hospital revenue certificate reissuance, LAS generator, Juvenile Justice grant, Val Del Estates infrastructure @ LCC Work 2023-10-23

Update 2023-12-07: Videos: ULDC contractor extension, hospital revenue certificate reissuance, LAS generator, Juvenile Justice grant, Val Del Estates infrastructure @ LCC Regular 2023-10-24.

The Lowndes County Commission took six minutes to breeze through this Work Session agenda.

Collage @ LCC 23 October 2023

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
Well, she made no notes this time, because no Commissioners asked any questions,
and the whole thing only took six minutes.
The only slightly new information is that J.D. Dillard said the ULDC Updates were still within budget even with the requested extension.

See also

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

ULDC contractor extension, hospital revenue certificate reissuance, LAS generator, Juvenile Justice grant, Val Del Estates infrastructure @ LCC Packet 2023-10-23

Update 2023-12-07:
Videos: ULDC contractor extension, hospital revenue certificate reissuance, LAS generator, Juvenile Justice grant, Val Del Estates infrastructure @ LCC Work 2023-10-23.

The ULDC updates are taking so long they’re extending their contractor agreement,
in the Lowndes County Commission meeting Monday 8:30 AM and voting Tuesday 5:30 PM.

Collage @ LCC Packet 2023-10-23

The Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, Georgia,
wants its revenue certificates reissued in the name of
South Georgia Medical Center, Inc.
They already had a public hearing that you didn’t hear about.

Lowndes Utilities got a deal on a generator for the Land Application Site (LAS).

And yet another acceptance of subdivision infrastructure claiming no budget impact, this time for 22 house lots in Val Del Estates Phase 4.

Cost	What
$48,068.00	Land Application System (LAS) Generator
$15,000.00	Extension of Agreement for ULDC Updates with Goodwyn Mills Cawood
$-50,000.00	Acceptance of FY2024 Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Grant
$13,068.00	Total

It’s a one-page
agenda with no rezonings, so it probably won’t take long.

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

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2023, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2023, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Videos: COVID 19 briefing by Lowndes Health and GA-DPH 2020-03-12

Update 2020-03-13:
Presentation Slides and
More information on the DPH website.

Dr. William R. Grow, Director, Georgia’s South Health District,
said he had never seen anything like this in his 40 year medical career.
Handwashing is the single best prevention for the novel coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes.

Crowd

Status at this meeting,
9AM Thursday March 12, 2020,
was one case from South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) tested positive when
he went to a Florida hospital,
SGMC is scrubbing itself, and
Moody Air Force Base had one positive case of the virus.

There is no GA DPH recommendation yet on large meetings other than if you’re ill stay home.
The Mayor of Savannah has postponed St. Patrick’s Day,
and Ireland, Chicago, and Boson have cancelled theirs.
So far Azalea Festival in Valdosta says it will go on, with multiple hand-washing stations.

Here are the main parts of the meeting, which was
at South Health HQ on Savannah Ave. in Valdosta, Georgia.

Since that meeting, Continue reading →

Videos: Paving, animals, speed zones, prison work details, fees @ LCC 2017-06-13

They

welcomed
Ross Berry,

the new CEO of South Georgia Medical Center,
and he spoke briefly.
Last minute agenda addition:

6.f. Lowndes County Accountability Court Grant and Match
Citzen Judy Havercamp

spoke about the animal shelter.
Citizen Shirley Garlan spoke for her neighborhood,

asking to connect to county water.

They spent by far the longest time (almost 20 minutes including public
participation) on the

New Statenville Highway rezoning for a Dollar General,
which they finally approved with conditions, including what
County Planner Jason Davenport said was an unprecedented condition on lighting.
For this item, see also the
the LAKE videos of the
preceding Greater Lowndes Planning Commission meeting.

Second longest at more than five minutes was Continue reading →

Videos: Lowndes County Commission Goals @ LCC 2017-03-27

The Chairman confirmed that yesterday’s

“Lowndes County Commission Goals”
was a continuation of the rather testy
goals discussion at their February planning session,
in which they disagreed on things such as whether to hold Work Sessions
at times when working people could attend.
And ten days later held a three-minute Work Session.
There’s still no agenda for that 9:30AM to 10:30AM Goals meeting

on the county’s website,
even though it appears they had one.

They declared

Solid Waste Management accomplished,
yet they spent even more time discussing

Litter Control and Beautification and kept that on their short-term goals.
Later they seemed to decide to make a special class of ongoing issues,
including

litter and Moody AFB.

The elephant in the room is that

tax revenue is down and inconsistent.

Below are links to each LAKE video of that Goals meeting,
with a few notes, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading →

New Marketing person @ VLCIA 2016-07-19

Tonight at 5:30 PM they welcome
new marketing person
Meghan Schunhoff, whose

linkedin profile
says she also works for
The Triangle Furniture Football Friday Night Radio Show- Black Crow Media
and she previously worked for
South Georgia Medical Center.

She is listed on the Development Authority’s Our Team web page as Marketing & Research Manager, with no picture or other information yet.
Maybe it’s her job to put that there….

Meanwhile, thanks to Lu Williams for posting
the agenda.
FYI, they didn’t meet last month.

Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority

Tuesday, July 19, 2016 5:30 p.m.

Development Authority Conference Room/103 Roosevelt Drive

Monthly Meeting Agenda

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Local hospital opens 1950s-style diesel power plant

And still not a single solar panel at South Georgia Medical Center.
Yes, I know that won’t work for emergency power during the night,
but it would do fine for peak load during the afternoon.
Plus, did anybody see a request for bids for that new power plant?

Eames Yates posted SGMC PR for WCTV Friday 19 July 2013 verbatim including
the title, plus a smoking smokestack image,

State-Of-The-Art Power Plant Opens At SGMC, while
WALB posted a slightly shortened version,

S. GA Medical boasts brand new power plant.
Here’s the SGMC PR;
I’ve added a few links: Continue reading →

Harris resignation letter —Gretchen Quarterman

Some thoughts on the

Kay Harris resignation letter.

If the library building is going to fall down, move the
library to another available building like the soon to be
closed federal building downtown.
Has she forgotten that the newspaper brags that SPLOST is paid
half by people who don't even live in the county?
If Valdosta had gone ahead with the MOST then for sure
county residents would have been paying for something
that they wouldn't get to use. How much "shopping" is outside
the Valdosta city limits? Harvey's in Bemiss, Harvey's in
Hahira and the stores in Lake Park.

Certainly a SPLOST is better than a MOST.

-gretchen

Kay Harris resigned as Chair and from Library Board

Received today:
PDF, with transcription appended below. -jsq

March 15, 2013

Joe Pritchard
County Manager
Lowndes County
327 N. Ashley St.
Valdosta, GA 31601

Dear Mr. Pritchard:

It is with great regret that I find the need to step down from the Lowndes County
and South Georgia Regional Library Board of Trustees. I fear that I am no longer
capable of holding this position in light of the county’s recent actions.

As you are aware,

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On the LAKE front

Citizen dialog for transparent process by the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange