Tag Archives: Valdosta City Council

Videos: Wastewater at Valdosta City Council @ VCC 2019-01-24

A brief agenda was handled quickly by Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Tooley
last night at the Valdosta City Council,
even with two Citizens to Be Heard and a bunch of Council Comments.

7. Thanks, Florida speaker --Tim Carroll

The longest item, at almost six minutes, was

4.b-i) Bids for vehicles,
because it was eight items rolled into one.

Second longest, at almost four minutes,
was
Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, who came from Florida to speak in
CBTH about

Florida effects of Valdosta Sewage.
Ms. Tooley stopped her precisely at three minutes, but
City Manager Mark Barber took most of a minute thanking her
for coming to speak.
Council Tim Carroll
and

Ms. Tooley
also thanked the Florida speaker in Council Comments.

Third longest was probably me (jsq) inviting
them to paddle and discussing sewage.
City Manager Barber before the meeting said he would be sure
he would get to Council the information I presented about
Valdosta spills over time.

Council Vivian Miller-Cody spoke about a Continue reading →

Videos: SCADA and Generators for sewer system lift stations @ VCC 2018-12-06

The longest single item in the one January Valdosta City Council meeting was unscheduled:
the

surprise statewide Georgia Parks and Rec Volunteer Award
and

Council Andy Gibbs responding with thanks.


The
most contentious rezoning was

4.b. CU-2018-13 Scintilla Charter Academy Conditional Use Permit,
to add a Middle School to an Elementary School.

The most-discussed general topic on the agenda was water, with
Utility Director Darryl Muse speaking about

5.b. Bids for 10 emergency standby generators for Utilities,

5.c. Bids for water treatment chemicals for Utilities,
and

6.b. Purchase SCADA system for Lift Stations and Water Treatment Plants,
with frequent questions from Council members.
They did bring up the
recent major spill at the Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant.

In Citizens to Be Heard,
I

told them what Valdosta Utilities hadn’t.

Also in CTBH,
John Robinson spoke about how

small businesses need to thrive
and another speaker said

he had been attacked physically by a local business man.
Renaming Forrest Street was discussed by Continue reading →

Police and Utilities vehicles and other bids @ VCC 2019-01-24

A brief agenda for the Valdosta City Council,
mostly consisting of bids for equipment,
mostly for the Police Department,
plus some for Utilities, Engineering, Fire, and Public Works.


AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL

5:30 PM Thursday, January 24, 2019

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL

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County and city setbacks @ ZBOA 2019-01-08

Setbacks are requested by in the county and in the city for ZBOA tomorrow afternoon.

[Conceptual Lot Layout Plan]

Conceptual Lot Layout Plan

The agenda packet is

on the LAKE website,
courtesy of ZBOA member Gretchen Quarterman.

Here is the agenda:

Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

Matt Martin,
Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator

300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 259-3563

Carmella Braswell,
Lowndes County Zoning Administrator

327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 671-2430

AGENDA

January 8, 2019

2:30 p.m.

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Generators and communications for sewer system lift stations @ VCC 2018-12-06

Nothing is on

the agenda
about the recent major spill at the Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant for tonight’s Valdosta City Council meeting.


However, there are three other sewage-related Utility Department items:
bids for

ten emergency standby generators and for


water treatment chemicals, and

Consideration of a request to purchase a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for Lift Stations and Water Treatment Plants.

Those are all good steps, so lift stations won’t fail due to lack of power,
so Valdosta Utilities can know what’s going on in real time (SCADA),
and so they can continue testing.

Maybe you’d like to come compliment Valdosta on that much
and ask them what they’re doing to prevent WWTP spills,
in

Citizens to be Heard.

Also tonight, appointments to KLVB, VLCDA, and Valdosta Tree Commission.

AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL

5:30 PM Thursday, December 6, 2018

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL

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Videos: Chair nominations, Accessory structure in Lowndes County and sign in Valdosta @ ZBOA 2018-10-02

Two opposite nomination slates for Chair and Vice-Chair, last month at ZBOA.
Also, both of the variances and the minutes were approved 6 to 0.

[City of Valdosta Case]

Here are the minutes, followed by a LAKE video playlist.



MINUTES

Valdosta-Lowndes Zoning Board of Appeals

Valdosta City Hall Annex Multi-Purpose Room

300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia

October 2, 2018

2:30 p.m.

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Accessory structure in Lowndes County and sign in Valdosta @ ZBOA 2018-10-02

The most exciting ZBOA thing last month was nominations for Chair and Vice-Chair.


Members, ZBOA


ZBOA Members.

Here is the agenda:

Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

Matt Martin,
Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator

300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 259-3563

Carmella Braswell,
Lowndes County Zoning Administrator

327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 671-2430

AGENDA

October 2, 2018

2:30 p.m.

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A farm to subdivision, 2 Howell +3 Valdosta, 6 Nijem Remerton @ GLPC 2018-10-29

The six Joe Nijem
Remerton cases are merely for public input.
Wait, isn’t everything before the GLPC merely advisory?
So how are these items different?

Two of the five
Valdosta cases are for Michael Howell on West Gordon Street.

And then there’s

Knights Landing Development, LLC,
for which

the Tax Assessors’ acreages don’t add up to the stated 42 acres,
for the sketched out medieval street names on Hoyle Lane and the nearby property on Bemiss Knights Academy Road, off Bemiss Road.


Knights Development LLC, parcel 01458 357, REZ-2018-18

Knights Development LLC, parcel 01458 357, REZ-2018-18

All on

the agenda for this evening at the Planning Commission.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission


Lowndes County


City of Valdosta


City of Dasher


City of Hahira


City of Lake Park



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA



Monday, October 29, 2018 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

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Church, manufacturing, subdivisions, Hahira annexation @ GLPC 2018-08-27

The

Hahira annexation and rezoning
from the Lowndes County Commission meeting two weeks ago (and see comment below)
was on the

agenda for the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) last night,
along with another subdivision, a church expansion, and some industry,
in Valdosta and Lowndes County.
I did not go, and Gretchen is out of the county, so there is no LAKE video.

You may ask yourself, as I do: why doesn’t the county video GLPC meetings?
Or the city of Valdosta?
Both have the facilities to do so.


Hahira annexation and rezoning HA-2018-03, HA-2018-02

On the

LAKE website,
Hahira annexation and rezoning HA-2018-03, HA-2018-02.

LAKE received this comment yesterday on the Hahira case:

Here is more info on this project which I am proud to bring to the community and which I believe will be a wonderful addition to it that all will feel proud to have. It ties into the community roots, it honors those that came before, and it meets a need today in north Lowndes County and does so in a wall all can feel proud of. I am a concerned citizen like anyone else and that is a big part of why I have gone out of my way with my engineer and planners to create something not only compliant, but that goes well above the line to bring something truly beautiful, that reflects both my family and my community in a way I can hold my up about when I walk around the community. Thank you for your interest. Sincerely, Chris Connell http://www.mcnealestates.com

LAKE does not have a position on this case.
We will be happy to publish other comments for or against.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission


Lowndes County


City of Valdosta


City of Dasher


City of Hahira


City of Lake Park



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA



Monday, August 27, 2018 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

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Lowndes County rolled back millage @ LCC 2018-08-17

As Lowndes County Finance Director Stephanie Black always reminds everybody,

of
the total 8.814 county millage, 1 mil goes to the Development Authority,
and 1.25 mils to Valdosta-Lowndes Parks and Recreational Authority.
Here is a table from the

PDF of her presentation slides.

Property Tax Example
City of Valdosta Resident Unincorporated Resident
Property Value $200,000 $200,000

Assessed Value (40%) $80,000 $80,000

Homestead Exemption $(6,000) $(6,000)

Net Taxable Base $74,000 $74,000

Tax Calculation:

Lowndes County — 8.814 PY 8.974 $652 $652

Development Authority — 1.00 $74 $74

Parks

& Recreation Authority — 1.25 $93 $93

Lowndes County Schools — 16.541 PY 16.839 $1,224

City of Valdosta — 8.001 PY 8.001 $592

Valdosta City Schools — 16.980 PY 16.980 $1,257

Total Estimated Taxes $2,668 $2,043

Since she made that table, Valdosta actually lowered its millage to 7.916, which in the above example would mean $50.32 less per year, for an example of how little difference
these minor millage rollbacks or increases actually mean to taxpayers.
The

Valdosta Board of Education wants to increase its tax rate (but not its millage).

Last year the Lowndes County Commission voted on the millage during a Regular Session,

Tuesday, August 22, 2017.


This year Continue reading →