Prominently visible as you approach the terminal from Valdosta to catch a flight:
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange 2017-08-17
VRA’s web page curiously includes no mention I can find of these solar panels, which I would think would be great advertising for the airport. Continue reading
Six minutes and ten seconds yesterday morning
to breeze through the
agenda for the Work Session;
the Lowndes County Commission votes tonight at 5:30 PM.
Also,
the Chairman announced
the
Budget Work Session to start at 9AM,
which didn’t match the posting about that time put on the county’s website.
Tonight they will very likely reappoint Jeff Sikes to the Airport Authority, increase “convenience fees for online and telephone payments to $2.50 per transaction”, some I-75 exit work, and a swimming pool at Moody Air Force Base. Plus a beer and wine license due to the usual change of ownership, and an HVAC maintenance contract.
Video.
Jeff Sikes had a letter of endorsement from the Airport Authority,
and the county Chairman said a few words for him.
If Sikes was present, they didn’t mention it.
Below are links to each LAKE video of yesterday morning’s Work Session plus a very few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist. Continue reading
It probably won’t take them 15 minutes after 8 AM to breeze through this
light agenda, including reappoinging Jeff Sikes to the
Airport Authority,
increasing “convenience fees for online and telephone payments to $2.50 per transaction”, some I-75 exit work, and a swimming pool at Moody Air Force Base.
Plus a beer and wine license due to the usual change of ownership,
and an HVAC maintenance contract.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
One appointee bowed out, architect selection and public defender to the courthouse were clarified, and dog kennels were discussed, in these LAKE videos from yesterday morning’s 11 May 2015 Work Session
of the Lowndes County Commission, with a few notes.
See also
the agenda, plus a
new item
6 f. Server Replacement/Network Core Replacement. Continue reading
Picture by Michael Rivera, CC
Why is the county accepting Bids for Bottled Water Service? If its own water, or Valdosta’s, is good enough for the taxpayers, shouldn’t it be good enough for Commission and staff? They’ve also got a Bid for Coffee Service, but we don’t grow coffee here, as far as I know, so that’s not the same issue.
With many local people needing jobs, why does the county continue to renew an Annual Contract Renewal for Prison Work Details?
Looks like Joseph G. Stevens will be reappointed to the Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority. Both G. Norman Bennett and incumbent Anthony Payton want to be appointed to the one slot opening on the Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority. Their applications were not included with the agenda, so who can say which one is most qualified?
I guess they didn’t decide to relocate the Public Defender’s Office into the historic Lowndes County Courthouse, since on the agenda is a three-year Lease Agreement for the Public Defender’s Office at its present location.
Looks like J. Glenn Gregory will provide the Architectural Services for the Lowndes County Civic Center Renovations and the Architectural Services for the Naylor Community Center, both funded via SPLOST VII. Both apparently without competitive bids.
Here’s the agenda, which also has Declaration of Surplus Items and Authorization for Sale/Disposal and Easter Seals Southern Georgia Presentation (Work Session Only).
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2015 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
The
Hahira Annexation request
was actually heard at
the Planning Commission meeting that started at the same time.
All the incumbents were reappointed to the
Hospital Authority
and the
shadowy Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority.
Both the road abandonments were approved, of
Old Statenville Road
and
of
Excess Right of Way on James Road and Riverside Road.
All that plus a
GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement
and a
beer license,
plus
Poll Manager Recognition.
The blank page Budget Session was at 9:30 AM after the Work Session, all the same day as this Regular Session. See also my question about Budget Public Hearings.
Here’s the agenda. See the videos from the Work Session of the same morning and the videos from the previous Regular Session of May 13th for context on the Public Hearings and on the James Road Subsidence.
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
Nevermind the County Engineer said about the Cat Creek Road bridge,
“All construction will take place during the months of June and July”
(Work Session 2014-03-24),
it was closed when Gretchen was headed for this morning’s Work Session,
so she had to go by Moody AFB on Bemiss Road, and was a few minutes late.
That’s why there’s no video for the first few agenda items,
and the videos are handheld.
They vote 5:30 PM this evening at the Regular Session,
is the same time as the Planning Commission meeting.
The smaller acreage for the
return of the Hahira Annexation request
is because it no longer has frontage on Hagen Bridge Road,
only on GA 122, thus removing
the county’s previous grounds for objection
(but it’s also on
the Planning Commission agenda at 5:30PM today, same time as the Regular Session).
There is an appointment to the
Hospital Authority
and two reappointments to the
shadowy Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority
that approves bonds.
Two Public Hearings for road abandonments, of
Old Statenville Road
and
of
Excess Right of Way on James Road and Riverside Road.
All that plus a
GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement
and a
beer license,
plus
Poll Manager Recognition.
Here’s the agenda, with links to the videos and a few notes. See videos from the previous Regular Session for context on the Public Hearings and on the James Road Subsidence.
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
The
Hahira Annexation request is back
(while on
the Planning Commission agenda the same day),
and there is an appointment to the
Hospital Authority
and two to the
shadowy Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority
that approves bonds.
Two Public Hearings for road abandonments, of
Old Statenville Road
and
of
Excess Right of Way on James Road and Riverside Road.
All that plus a
GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement
and a
beer license,
plus
Poll Manager Recognition.
The county’s front page and calendar link to a blank page for a Budget Session Tuesday. Guessing by previous behavior, that may mean at 5PM before the Regular Session at 5:30 PM, which in turn is the same time as the Planning Commission meeting. The Work Session is also Tuesday, at 8:30AM, due to Memorial Day Monday.
Here’s the agenda. See videos from the previous Regular Session for context on the Public Hearings and on the James Road Subsidence.
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
In a
Special Presentation to Thomas Smith on retiring from the 911 center,
we saw a rare use of the county’s video camera to display the podium
at the front of the room.
Escalated from contingency fund to SPLOST payment (we still don’t know how much):
fixing the
James Road 10-inch drop in 48 hours
in front of Westside Elementary School due to faulty road construction in 2008.
Also due to that same hasty 2008 James Road widening and realignment
for the
James Road second mall and massive subdivision mega-project
that never happened,
they scheduled a Public Hearing for abandoning
Excess Right of Way on James Rd & Riverside Dr.
And they voted
to fix three discrepencies MIDS, Inc. found in its contract of last year.
They voted for the low bid on the
lift station pump without ever saying what the other bids were.
They reappointed Airport Authority Chairman Steve Everett for another four-year term; he did not appear. They approved the 911 Center surplus item sale. They scheduled a Public Hearing to abandon part of Old Statenville Road SE because they say only seven cars a day, no, now it’s ten cars a day, use it and there are no houses on it. Nobody had any questions about the a beer license.
And the County Manager said a quarantine on the Animal Shelter was being lifted and the next Work Session would be Tuesday (27 May 2014) because of the holiday (Memorial Day).
Here’s the agenda.
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
They vote tomorrow evening on paying for an emergency road fix
and several discrepencies.
James Road
dropped 10 inches in 48 hours in front of Westside Elementary School,
due to faulty road construction in 2008.
Also due to that same hasty 2008 James Road widening and realignment
for the
James Road second mall and massive subdivision mega-project
that never happened,
there is
Excess Right of Way on James Rd & Riverside Dr.
that the County Engineer wants to quit claim and give back to the neighboring
landowners.
In other discrepencies, MIDS, Inc. found three in its contract of last year
and wants a
Transportation Service Contract Addendum
to fix the work the county didn’t check.
A Commissioner wanted to know why
the three bids for a lift station pump varied so much.
Airport Authority Chairman Steve Everett wants to be reappointed for another four-year term. The 911 center has surplus items out back it wants to sell off. County staff want to abandon Old Statenville Road SE because they say only seven cars a day use it and there are no houses on it. Nobody had any questions about the a beer license.
Here’s the agenda.
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor