{"id":17891,"date":"2016-11-29T18:16:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T23:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=17891"},"modified":"2016-11-29T18:16:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T23:16:33","slug":"service-delivery-mismatch-between-cities-and-lowndes-county-lcc-2016-11-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/service-delivery-mismatch-between-cities-and-lowndes-county-lcc-2016-11-29.html","title":{"rendered":"Service Delivery mismatch between cities and Lowndes County @ LCC 2016-11-29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walb.com\/story\/33818849\/service-delivery-negotiations-continue-in-lowndes-co\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"photo: WALB TV\" style=\"float:right;border:none;width:300px\" src=\"http:\/\/walb.images.worldnow.com\/images\/12568014_G.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nBack in 1999, Lowndes County made AP news for being\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlineathens.com\/stories\/070299\/new_0702990015.shtml#.WD4JcnUrKtU\">the only Georgia county to miss the deadline to file a service delivery plan and also not to file an extension<\/a>.\r\nThey finally came to\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dca.state.ga.us\/development\/PlanningQualityGrowth\/PAGES\/Regional\/Verified%20local%20government%20SDS\/Lowndes%20County%20SDS%20June%202008.pdf\">an agreement in 2008<\/a> after a lot of wrangling,\r\nThe tradition of local government disagreement about\r\nthe 1997\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostatoday.com\/2016\/11\/lowndes-county-issues-statement-concerning-service-delivery-strategy-agreement\/\">HB 489<\/a> law requiring lack of duplication of tax-paid services\r\ncontinued tonight, with a Special Called Meeting.\r\nCaitlyn Chastain, WALBNews10, 11 November 2016,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walb.com\/story\/33818849\/service-delivery-negotiations-continue-in-lowndes-co\">\r\nValdosta and Lowndes Co. leaders miss deadline for SDS agreement<\/a>,\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nLowndes County leaders are holding a special meeting for citizens to\r\ntalk about their newest proposal for the city on November 29th.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nIf I&#8217;m not mistaken, they only posted\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/11292016-223\">\r\nthe agenda<\/a>\r\nyesterday.\r\nBut Gretchen is there with the LAKE video camera.\r\nUntil they straigten this out, none of them can apply for federal or state grants.\r\nLast I heard,<!--more-->\r\n\r\n the cities had agreed to ask for an extension, but Lowndes County refused.\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\r\nLOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS\r\n<br>\r\nPROPOSED AGENDA\r\n<br>\r\nSPECIAL CALLED MEETING\r\n<br>\r\nNOVEMBER 29, 2016\r\n<br>\r\n5:30 P.M.\r\n<br>\r\n327 N. Ashley Street &mdash; 2<small><sup>nd<\/sup><\/small> Floor\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li> Call to Order\r\n<li> Invocation\r\n<li> Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag\r\n<li> Presentation &mdash; Service Delivery\r\n<li> For Consideration &mdash; Service Delivery Agreement\r\n<li> Adjourn\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;font-style:italic\">Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research.  You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">donate to LAKE today<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back in 1999, Lowndes County made AP news for being the only Georgia county to miss the deadline to file a service delivery plan and also not to file an extension. 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