{"id":13588,"date":"2015-07-13T08:19:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T12:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=13588"},"modified":"2015-07-13T08:28:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T12:28:10","slug":"videos-budget-public-hearing-2-lowndes-county-lcc-budget-2015-06-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/videos-budget-public-hearing-2-lowndes-county-lcc-budget-2015-06-23.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Budget Public Hearing #2, Lowndes County @ LCC Budget 2015-06-23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFWkXVSmxtrla6hXivlkr4G\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/eAtH3esB96s\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nOnly one citizen spoke at the second Budget Hearing 5PM 23 June 2015:<br \/>\nGretchen Quarterman asking for approval of the VLMPO request<br \/>\nfor funding for a public transportation study.<br \/>\nThe Chairman said they weren&#8217;t going to, and shortly afterwards<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/videos-four-board-appointments-plus-justice-water-and-alcohol-lcc-2015-06-23.html\">at their Regular Session they didn&#8217;t, although they did approve more than that for a water main subsidy for<br \/>\nprivate developers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 5PM meeting was billed on<br \/>\nthe county&#8217;s website as<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/budget-adoption-meeting-lowndes-county-lcc-budget-2015-06-23.html\"><br \/>\nBudget Adoption Meeting<\/a><br \/>\nand the previous morning by the Chairman as<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/videos-four-board-appointments-plus-justice-water-and-alcohol-lcc-2015-06-22.html#Adoption-of-the-Fiscal-Year-2016-Budget\"><br \/>\na presentation by the Finance Director<\/a>.<br \/>\nIs it a public hearing if it&#8217;s never advertised as a public hearing?<\/p>\n<p>\nAt least the proposed budget is on the county&#8217;s website,<br \/>\njust not where<!--more--><\/p>\n<p> they previously said it would be.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=59\"><br \/>\nPosted on: May 28, 2015,<br \/>\nThe Proposed Budget and Presentation is Now Available<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/DocumentCenter\/View\/1208\"><br \/>\nProposed Budget and Presentation<\/a><br \/>\nSee also<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2015-05-18--lcc-budget-proposal\/\"><br \/>\npage images by LAKE<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFWkXVSmxtrla6hXivlkr4G\"><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=PLshUv86fYkiFWkXVSmxtrla6hXivlkr4G\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos: Budget Public Hearing #2, Lowndes County<br \/>\n<br \/>\nBudget Adoption Meeting, 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, 23 June 2015.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only one citizen spoke at the second Budget Hearing 5PM 23 June 2015: Gretchen Quarterman asking for approval of the VLMPO request for funding for a public transportation study. 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