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Videos: Animals, Juveniles, Golf Course, Subdivision infrastructure, solid waste, and alcohol @ LCC Regular 2023-04-25

The Lowndes County Commission breezed through approving everything unanimously
two weeks ago.

There was some further discussion in

Reports
about

the county taking over management of the Moody AFB golf course
and some other items.


[Collage @ LCC 25 April 2023]

Collage @ LCC 25 April 2023

Then in Citizens Willing to Be Heard, Veterinarian Dr. Amanda Hall spoke

about changes in state law regarding animal control,
including about what counts as a breeder.
And it is now unlawful to tether animals during inclement weather
or mental distress, but that is not being enforced.
She recommended Lowndes County revise its local animal control ordinance
to be in line with the noise ordinance.

She recently learned the county was budgeting $7 million for a new animal shelter.
She said there was much lower hanging fruit than that,
such as updating the ordinance to use ideas that work elsewhere.

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

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Videos: Juveniles, Golf Course, Subdivision infrastructure, solid waste, and alcohol @ LCC Work 2023-04-24

Update 2023-05-08:
Videos: Animals, Juveniles, Golf Course, Subdivision infrastructure, solid waste, and alcohol @ LCC Regular 2023-04-25 2023-04-25.

Surprise housing!

Two weeks ago, the longest regular business item at the Lowndes County Commission Work Session was

6.a. FY2024 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant,
mostly because Judge Council wanted to mention a first quarter success rate of 86%,
and a second quarter success rate of 79%.

Also taking more than a minute were

6.b. Quiet Pines Golf Course Agreement
for Lowndes County to operate that course for Moody AFB,
and

the alcohol license for Twin Lakes Club & Grill,
for which they went through various scenarios requiring a new license.


[Collage @ LCC 24 April 2023]

Collage @ LCC 24 April 2023

Unscheduled under

7. Reports
was a seven-minute surprise report on affordable housing.
Mark Stalvey from the Housing Authority and Rhett Holmes from IDP Properties (the low income housing tax credit developer) gave a presentation on a new development at the corner of South Troupe Street and Griffin Ave. They are working on a phase two and asked for financial support in the form of $1,000,000 low interest loans. Similar to Freedom Heights on Bemiss Road which is both market rate and rent controlled units.

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 Continue reading →

Packet: Alcohol, Juveniles, Golf Course, Subdivision infrastructure, and solid waste @ LCC 2023-04-24

Update 2023-05-08:
Videos: Juveniles, Golf Course, Subdivision infrastructure, solid waste, and alcohol @ LCC Work 2023-04-24.

Just after I posted

the agenda
and mentioned that Lowndes County was past the three days limit state law
requires for a response (and I also sent them an email reminder),
the county sent the board packet.

The board packet is

on the LAKE website.


[Packet Collage @ LCC 2023-04-24]

Packet Collage @ LCC 2023-04-24

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Agenda: Alcohol, Juveniles, Golf Course, Subdivision infrastructure, and solid waste @ LCC 2023-04-24

Update 2023-04-23:
Packet: Alcohol, Juveniles, Golf Course, Subdivision infrastructure, and solid waste @ LCC 2023-04-24.

Here’s a rare Lowndes County Commission session where the total
amount of taxpayers dollars being considered to spend is zero.

Cost What
$368,179.20 FY2024 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant
-$368,179.20
Reimbursed 100% by CJCC
$0.00 Total

That of course ignores
future road and utility maintenance costs for
Quarterman Estates Subdivision Phase 4, Section 1 and
Grove Pointe Subdivision Phase 5, Section 3, plus
whatever it will cost for the county to run the
Quiet Pines Golf Course for Moody AFB.
Lowndes County already operates Moody AFB’s wastewater treatment plant.


[Agenda @ LCC 2023-04-24]

Agenda @ LCC 2023-04-24

Here is the
agenda.
We have no board packet to show you,
because there has been no response to the LAKE open records request of 8:00 AM Tuesday, four working days ago,
even though the Georgia Open Records Act (GORA) requires a response within three days.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2023, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2023, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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