{"id":12054,"date":"2015-01-21T11:53:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T16:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=12054"},"modified":"2015-01-25T21:53:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T02:53:59","slug":"budget-surplus-abandonment-evidence-workers-comp-manhole-lcc-2015-01-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/budget-surplus-abandonment-evidence-workers-comp-manhole-lcc-2015-01-26.html","title":{"rendered":"Budget, Surplus, Abandonment, Evidence, Workers Comp, Manhole @ LCC 2015-01-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nUpdate 25 January 2015:<\/strong> Additional item #5 Anti-Chaining Ordinance Request – Dr. Amanda Hall<\/a>;
\nsee separate post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nLowndes County won
\n
\nan award<\/a> for its budget as “a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a communications device.”
\n
\n<\/a>
\nAll good except: as a communications device?
\nThey’d probably have to publish drafts of it before they passed it for
\nthat to be true.
\nUnless they mean as in a public telling, not a public hearing.
\nThey won last year, too,
\n
\nalong with 45 other winners in Georgia<\/a>,
\nincluding Valdosta.
\nAward, or passing grade?<\/p>\n

\nNo rezonings, but
\n
\nsurplus computing devices<\/a>,
\nabandonment of
\nDeloach Road E (CR 95)<\/a>,
\nmore on the
\nnever-ending juvenile justice Evidence Based Associates<\/a> topic,
\nand
\n
\nsewer gasses corrode manhole covers<\/a>. I wonder how much gases
\ncorrode pipelines?<\/p>\n

\nThe agenda<\/a> (PDF<\/a>) still doesn’t give the dates; just Monday and Tuesday, so I’ve inserted them in [brackets].
\nBut congratulations on having the agenda online a week in advance!<\/p>\n

\n

\nLOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
\n
\nPROPOSED AGENDA
\n
\nWORK SESSION, MONDAY, [January 26th<\/sup><\/small>] 8:30 a.m.
\n
\nREGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, [January 27th<\/sup><\/small>] 5:30 p.m.
\n
\n327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \nCall to Order<\/a><\/p>\n
  2. \nInvocation<\/a><\/p>\n
  3. \nPledge of Allegiance to the Flag<\/a><\/p>\n
  4. \nMinutes for Approval<\/a><\/p>\n
      \n
    1. \nWork Session- January 12, 2015<\/a>
      \n<\/p>\n
    2. \nRegular Session- January 13, 2015<\/a>
      \n\n<\/ol>\n
    3. \nAnti-Chaining Ordinance Request – Dr. Amanda Hall<\/a><\/p>\n
    4. \nFor Consideration<\/a><\/p>\n
        \n
      1. \nGFOA Distinguished Budget Award<\/a>
        \n<\/p>\n

        The
        \n Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada
        \n (GFOA) has presented Lowndes County with the Distinguished Budget Award
        \n for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 (Fiscal Year 2015).  In
        \norder to receive the budget award, the entity has to satisfy nationally
        \nrecognized guidelines which assess how well the budget serves as a
        \npolicy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a
        \ncommunications device.  Budget documents are rated by three
        \nindependent reviewers and must be rated proficient in all four
        \ncategories to receive the award.  The GFOA awards around 1,400
        \nentities annually throughout the United States and Canada.  This is
        \n the ninth consecutive budget award for Lowndes County.<\/p>\n

        The GFOA is a nonprofit professional association serving 18,000
        \ngovernment finance professionals throughout North America.  The
        \nGFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentations Awards Program is the only
        \nnational awards program in governmental budgeting.<\/span> <\/span> <\/p>\n

        \t\t<\/p>\n

      2. \nDeclaration of Surplus Items – Aircards and Cellular Phones<\/a>
        \n
        \n\t\t\tThe
        \nLowndes County Finance Department has a number of aircards (used in
        \ncomputers for internet connections) and cellular phones which are no
        \nlonger in use and are ready to be disposed of.  Staff requests that
        \n the Board declare these items surplus and authorize the disposal
        \nthrough a recycling company.<\/span>\t\t<\/p>\n
      3. \nAbandonment of Deloach Road E (CR 95) <\/a>
        \n<\/p>\n

        The
        \n County has received a request to abandon Deloach Road E (CR 95), from
        \nits intersection with Inner Perimeter Road to its intersection
        \n with S 94, the entire length being 0.26 miles long and is shown on
        \n the attached drawing.  Georgia statute requires an initial
        \ndetermination that the “section of the county road system has for any
        \nreason ceased to be used by the public to the extent that no substantial
        \n public purpose is served by it or that its removal from the county road
        \n system is otherwise in the best public interest.”  If the Board
        \nmakes either or both of these determinations with respect
        \nto Deloach Road E, the statute provides for notice to adjoining
        \nproperty owners, notice to the public by newspaper publication, and a
        \npublic hearing.  After the public hearing, the Board “may declare
        \nthat section of the county road system abandoned.”<\/span><\/p>\n

      4. \nEvidence Based Associates Agreement for Service<\/a>
        \n<\/p>\n

        In
        \n October 2014, following approval by the Board of Commissioners, Lowndes
        \n County submitted a funding proposal to the Criminal Justice
        \nCoordinating Council (CJCC) on behalf of the Lowndes County Juvenile
        \nCourt for funding to implement diversionary programs for youth who score
        \n low on the Predisposition Risk Assessment (PDRA) administered by Intake
        \n Officers of the Juvenile Court.  As part of the application
        \nprocess the Board of Commissioners also entered into a Memorandum of
        \nUnderstanding with Evidence Based Associates (EBA) to utilize their
        \nservices if funding for programs was awarded.  Lowndes County was
        \nrecently notified that their application has been selected for funding
        \nin the amount of $72,000 which will provide services to 24 youths and
        \ntheir families.  EBA has submitted a service agreement which
        \noutlines the scope of work they will provide as well as administrative
        \nprocedures such as billing.  Upon approval of this agreement EBA
        \nwill begin implementation of the <\/span>Strengthening<\/span> Families Program for those youth and their families referred through the Lowndes County Juvenile Court system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

        This
        \n grant program requires no matching funds on the part of Lowndes County
        \nbut is a reimbursement grant.  This means that Lowndes County will
        \nbe billed monthly by EBA for services provided and will submit a
        \nreimbursement request once the monthly invoices have been paid.<\/p>\n

        Services will be funded utilizing $72,000 in grant funding with no direct budget impact to Lowndes County’s annual budget.<\/span><\/p>\n

      5. \nWorkers Compensation Insurance Renewal<\/a>
        \n<\/p>\n

        Lowndes
        \n County participates in the ACCG-GSIWCF (Group Self-Insurance Workers
        \nCompensation Fund) Insurance Program (a non-profit, Georgia County
        \ngovernment owned insurance fund). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

        The
        \n 2015 renewal premium for Lowndes County is $237,760.00. However, due to
        \n a dividend credit of $15,159.00, the total amount due comes to
        \n$222,601.00. This is a decrease of $9,227.00, from the 2014 renewal of
        \n$231,828.00. It should be noted that the Lowndes County’s safety\/loss
        \ncontrol program contributed to an additional 7.5%
        \nor $19,277.00, reduction in premium costs for 2015. <\/p>\n

        Staff is seeking approval of the 2015 ACCG Workers Compensation Insurance renewal in the amount of $222,601.00.
        \n<\/span><\/span>
        \n<\/span><\/p>\n

      6. \nManhole Rehabilitation<\/a>
        \n
        \n\t\t\tDuring
        \n routine inspections of the Lowndes County sewer line, it was discovered
        \n that as a result of the corrosive atmosphere from sewer gases, 15
        \nmanholes have deteriorated and are in need of rehabilitation. <\/p>\n

        Two bids have been obtained:
        \n1) Standard Contractors – $129,745.00
        \n2) Radney Plumbing – $97,518.70<\/p>\n

        Both bids include updating the structures to include lining
        \nthe manholes in addition to repairing the brick and mortar. This
        \nwill add life to the structures which vary in age from 7 to 15
        \nyears. In order to help reduce the need for emergency repairs,
        \nstaff recommends that the Board of Commissioners approve the Radney
        \nPlumbing bid for $97,518.70  to rehabilitate the 15 manholes. <\/p>\n

        These repairs are a budgeted item for FY 2015.<\/span>
        \n<\/span>
        \n
        \t\n<\/ol>\n

      7. \nReports – County Manager<\/a><\/p>\n
      8. \nCitizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address<\/a>
        \n<\/p>\n
      9. \nAdjournment<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

        \n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Update 25 January 2015: Additional item #5 Anti-Chaining Ordinance Request – Dr. Amanda Hall; see separate post. Lowndes County won an award for its budget as “a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide and a communications device.” All good except: as a communications device? They’d probably have to publish drafts of it before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,2,20,88,3,55],"tags":[8183,381,6977,8704,8184,8701,8699,10,8702,8710,91,12,7,8734,1770,2504,8700,6,8727,90],"class_list":["post-12054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-government","category-law","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-transparency","category-water","tag-26-january-2015","tag-budget","tag-corrosion","tag-economy","tag-gases","tag-georgia","tag-government","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-lake","tag-law","tag-lcc","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-manhole","tag-sewer","tag-transparency","tag-valdosta","tag-water","tag-work-session"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12054"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12085,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12054\/revisions\/12085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}