This morning: another
Planning Commission appointment with no previous
advertisement that there was an opening,
yet another
road abandonment,
yet another
water pump replacement,
a
well and septic rezoning on Madison Highway,
and a
legal grant,
on the agenda.
Continue readingLOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
A request in the county
for heavy manufacturing.
In Valdosta,
Scintilla Charter Academy
wants
a school Conditional Use Permit;
Julie Hiers spoke about that proposed school
at the most recent county commission meeting.
And the tabled
Gung event center and flea market is back.
Here’s the agenda.
Greater Lowndes Planning CommissionContinue readingLowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AGENDA
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah AvenueMonday, September 29, 2014* 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
Here is the board packet for yesterday morning’s Work Session.
Notice it does not have anything about
reporting on services provided or number of citizens serviced
for the Leila Ellis leases,
and no contracts at all for
the Public Safety Radio System Upgrade.
And nothing at all about the non-even-on-the-agenda
Victim Witness Program renewal.
Maybe those items will be added to the board packet Commissioners get
before they vote tonight at 5:30 PM.
Here are
videos of their Work Session from yesterday morning, at which Commissioners Marshall and Powell made it clear they would like to see some additional items.
At least this packet cost a lot less ($7.80) than the last one.
-jsq
Update: Board packet.
They took a little longer than ten minutes,
because Commissioners had questions about
the right of way abandonment and
even more questions about rent, tenants, and services at the
Leila Ellis Social Services Building,
and about the
Public Safety Radio System System Upgrade:
Commissioners actually want to see what they’re voting in; fancy that!
Plus a substantial
presentation about the
USGS water level gauge on the Little River
and an unscheduled request for approval for
a continuation of a Victims Assistance grant.
Here’s the agenda with links to the videos and a few notes, followed by a playlist.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PROPOSED AGENDAContinue reading
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Will they take ten minutes to consider all these agenda items? They’re meeting right now.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
- Call to Order
- Invocation
Only in the Regular Session.
- Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
Only in the Regular Session.
- Minutes for Approval
- Public Hearing
- For Consideration
- Abandonment of Unopened Right of Way off Water Oak Drive
- Section 5311 Rural Transportation Program Operating Contracts
- Leila Ellis Social Services Building-Approval of Lease Agreements
- GEMA Performance Partnership Agreement (FY 2014)
- USGS Funding Agreement for Hwy 122 Stream Gauge
- Public Safety Radio System Upgrade
- Reports-County Manager
- Citizens Wishing to be Heard Please State Name And Address
Only in the Regular Session.
-jsq
Five
citizens spoke, on topics including
the “horrible wretched smell” from ADS,
the
Sabal Trail pipeline,
the proposed local charter school,
and
the board packet and the Alapaha River Water Trail.
Chairman Bill Slaughter asserted there had been nineteen applicants
for the
Planning Commission appointment and seemed to think the public
should be happy about that, having learned it presumably by telepathy.
He didn’t divulge who those applicants were, and the only one
in the board packet (charming young white guy Brad Folsom)
was appointed after somebody reminded
the Chairman to at least get a motion first.
They also appointed Commissioner Joyce Evans to the
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.
On the
GP Investments water rezoning,
County Planner Jason Davenport didn’t know whether there had been
a dump site there or where the well would go, but they approved it anyway.
They also approved the bookkeeping
ULDC updates for Special Events, Zoning Map, Fees
and they have since put the new zoning map online!
They approved unanimously the annual prisoner work detail contract without even mentioning the cost. And unanimously with no discussion they approved the Hahira extratorial request.
Here’s the agenda with links to the videos and some notes. See also the board packet, obtained for you by LAKE through an open records request, and the LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session, which have quite a bit more information, including applicants for appointment speaking.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
As a Commissioner said,
“It don’t pass the smell test”
that Sabal Trail already bought land for a compressor station
before they even filed for a formal permit.
A Commissioner said
“We have to be more aggressive.”
Well, then, time to
pass a land-user ordinance against pipelines!
Thanks to Jennifer Maloney, you can see for yourself Albany and
Dougherty County citizens and Commissioners
opposing the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline
in
a community effort
at a Dougherty County Commission meeting 15 September 2014. Continue reading
And we hear he’s angry because he thinks we called him an “angry white man”.
Actually,
what I said (also here,
here,
and here) was:
As an old white man, even I find it impressive how much this area is run by old white men.
Curious that someone would be angry about what we didn’t say. Maybe he just heard what somebody erroneously told him we said. That happens when somebody volunteers for public office. Which is why I applaud anyone who steps up to volunteer.
Besides, it’s not the appointees we’re criticising. It’s Continue reading
Looks like the 5720 S. Hagan Bridge address is in
VALOR GIS map for
the Hahira extraterritorial request
in the
board packet, which appears to have been received as an attachment to
the request letter from Hahira.
It’s easier to see if you go directly to
VALOR GIS
and zoom in.
Which raises the question of why is the address in VALOR GIS
different from the address in the
Tax Assessors map.
See also this comment today by Barbara Stratton. -jsq
Mr. Allen said 5720 S Hagan Bridge Rd, which is the agenda address I was also given by one of the County Commissioners Tuesday afternoon. 5710 S Hagan Bridge Rd is the address in the Tax Assessors records and also the address that was approved by the Hahira City Council in previous meetings. So where did the 5720 address come from and I also agree that the correct address and owner name should have been published for public record. The 5710 property owned by John Bailey was purchased in February 2014 and almost immediately Continue reading
Sometimes it doesn’t just look like they have something to hide: the FBI found some of what the DeKalb County Commmission was hiding, and one criminally-charged Commissioner promises to sing about the others, while 62 vendors and all the other sitting Commissioners are being investigated. No local elected body around here could have such problems, right?
The DeKalb FBI corruption investigation apparently started with news stories in the AJC. Coincidentally, here’s the board packet for tonight’s Lowndes County Commission meeting that it took an open records request for LAKE to get so you can see it.
20 February 2013, Fireworks erupt in court over DeKalb corruption case, by Jodie Fleischer for WSB-TV,
Only Channel 2’s Jodie Fleischer was there as a judge lashed out at prosecutors who want the public to see a secret corruption report.
The special grand jury investigating DeKalb County corruption Continue reading