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