{"id":13466,"date":"2015-06-21T18:46:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T22:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=13466"},"modified":"2015-06-21T18:47:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T22:47:26","slug":"videos-budget-public-hearing-lcc-budget-2015-06-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/videos-budget-public-hearing-lcc-budget-2015-06-09.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Budget Public Hearing @ LCC Budget 2015-06-09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiHL0Yp68DAcMG5Bp3M5XOot\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZRwK0W99-84\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nFor the budget they will vote on Tuesday June 23rd,\r\ntwo weeks ago\r\nFinance Director Stephanie Black said:\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n&ldquo;This is the public hearing&rdquo;\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nWhat happened to the requirement for two budget public hearings?\r\n<p>\r\nThe County Chairman said they had $7 million in requests above the expected\r\nrevenue, so they had had a difficult time coming up with a budget.\r\nFor (some of) how they did that, see the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/videos-budget-work-session-lcc-budget-2015-05-18.html\">LAKE videos of the 18 May 2015<\/a> Budget Work Session.\r\n<p>\r\nHalf of this budget hearing consisted of the same presentation from\r\nthat previous meeting.\r\nThen County Manager Joe Pritchard\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZRwK0W99-84&#038;t=8m50s\">\r\nadded<\/a><!--more-->\r\n\r\n they got out of paying for some court reporter transcripts,\r\nand the Sheriff&#8217;s office requested software will be handled through\r\nthe contingency fund, while the victim&#8217;s witness fund revenue is less\r\nthan expected requiring &#8220;a different division than past years&#8221;.\r\nSolicitor General Justin Cabral wants to maintain a part time position,\r\nand the District Attorney has not approved an adjusted division to permit that.\r\nAnd\r\nVLMPO\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZRwK0W99-84&#038;t=12m10s\">\r\nwants an additional $16,000<\/a> for two previously unbudgeted transporation studies.\r\n<p>\r\nThere were more people in the audience than usual.\r\nUnlike his predecessor, Chairman Bill Slaughter actually let citizens speak.\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernjudicialcircuit.com\/sodr.htm\">\r\nPublic Defender Wade Kreuger<\/a>\r\nwanted to know about the proposed office move to the historic courthouse.\r\nAnswer: about 3 more years at the current location.\r\n<p>\r\nNobody else wanted to speak, so they adjourned.\r\n<p>\r\nThere&#8217;s still no draft of that budget on the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/137\/Finance\">finance department web page<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiHL0Yp68DAcMG5Bp3M5XOot\">\r\na video playlist:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLshUv86fYkiHL0Yp68DAcMG5Bp3M5XOot\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nVideos: Budget Public Hearing\r\n<br>\r\nBudget Public Hearing, Lowndes County Commission (LCC Budget),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\n327 N. Ashley St., Valdosta, GA 31601, 9 June 2015.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the budget they will vote on Tuesday June 23rd, two weeks ago Finance Director Stephanie Black said: &ldquo;This is the public hearing&rdquo; What happened to the requirement for two budget public hearings? 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