{"id":18268,"date":"2017-03-28T08:09:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T12:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=18268"},"modified":"2017-03-28T08:09:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T12:09:37","slug":"videos-trash-disposal-renewals-regional-t-splost-another-lift-station-pump-dasher-streets-lcc-2017-03-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/videos-trash-disposal-renewals-regional-t-splost-another-lift-station-pump-dasher-streets-lcc-2017-03-27.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Trash disposal renewals, regional T-SPLOST, another lift station pump, Dasher Streets @ LCC 2017-03-27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/bDqcQm7hUGE\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nMore than four minutes yesterday morning on<br \/>\n<a href=\"#N-5-e-f-Residential-Solid-Waste-Franchise-Renewal\"><br \/>\nResidential Solid Waste Franchise Renewal<\/a>: maybe it&#8217;s still contentious<br \/>\nbecause they still don&#8217;t have a good model.<br \/>\nMaybe not everybody wants to have their trash picked up at the end of their<br \/>\ndriveway like they lived in town.<br \/>\nThey vote tonight at 5:30 PM, and they agreed<br \/>\nadd an agenda item amending the ordinance to change insurance requirement from $5 million to $1 million.<br \/>\nAs of this writing at 8AM, they have not yet changed <a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_03282017-232?html=true\">their online agenda<\/a>.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll see how it eventually changes from<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/trash-disposal-renewals-regional-t-splost-another-lift-station-pump-dasher-streets-lcc-2017-03-27.html\"><br \/>\nthe agenda already blogged<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nThey spent more than three minutes on<br \/>\n<a href=\"#N-5-b-Consideration-of-Regional-T-SPLOST\"><br \/>\nRegional T-SPLOST<\/a>; follow the link for details.<br \/>\nAnother<br \/>\n<a href=\"#Bevel-Creek-Lift-Station-Pump\">Lift Station Pump<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#N-5-d-Bevel-Creek-Lift-Station-Pump\"><br \/>\nlift station pump<\/a><br \/>\nneeds replacing<br \/>\nAnd<br \/>\n<a href=\"#N-5-g-Agreement-to-Provide-Street-Maintenance-to-Dasher\"><br \/>\nDasher wants the county to maintain a couple of dirt streets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nBelow are links to each LAKE video, with a few notes, followed by a video playlist.<br \/>\nSee also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/trash-disposal-renewals-regional-t-splost-another-lift-station-pump-dasher-streets-lcc-2017-03-27.html\">the agenda<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a name=\"Order\" href=\"#Order\"><br \/>\n      1. Call to Order 4. Minutes for Approval<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      1. Call to Order 4. Minutes for Approval\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VTDmJHEvmaQ&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      1. Call to Order 4. Minutes for Approval\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VTDmJHEvmaQ\/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&#038;w=120&#038;h=90&#038;jpg444=true&#038;jpgq=90&#038;sp=68&#038;sigh=GPSk5f0j_lwjt8YfixPHwJ_Mwzs\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VTDmJHEvmaQ&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=1\">Video.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<li>\n<a name=\"N-5a-Accept-infrastructure-for-Gramercy-Subdivision-Phase-III\" href=\"#N-5a-Accept-infrastructure-for-Gramercy-Subdivision-Phase-III\"><br \/>\n      5a. Accept infrastructure for Gramercy Subdivision Phase III<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      5a. Accept infrastructure for Gramercy Subdivision Phase III\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XjVEcHxJrYk&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=2\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      5a. Accept infrastructure for Gramercy Subdivision Phase III\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/XjVEcHxJrYk\/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&#038;w=120&#038;h=90&#038;jpg444=true&#038;jpgq=90&#038;sp=68&#038;sigh=p9yRSN5nODB8Vh46dZ9sruFaGoU\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XjVEcHxJrYk&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=2\">Video.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<li>\n<a name=\"N-5-b-Consideration-of-Regional-T-SPLOST\" href=\"#N-5-b-Consideration-of-Regional-T-SPLOST\"><br \/>\n      5 b. Consideration of Regional T-SPLOST<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      5 b. Consideration of Regional T-SPLOST\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VhBQkbgciEo&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      5 b. Consideration of Regional T-SPLOST\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VhBQkbgciEo\/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&#038;w=120&#038;h=90&#038;jpg444=true&#038;jpgq=90&#038;sp=68&#038;sigh=1EVyVAnk0Uo1UryXCu23yfYcD_Y\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VhBQkbgciEo&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=3\">Video.<\/a><br \/>\nFor background see<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/regional-t-splost-agenda-2017-02-28.html\"><br \/>\nRegional T-SPLOST agenda 2017-02-28<\/a>.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve marked with * below the five counties that voted for T-SPLOST in 2012:<br \/>\nClinch, Atkinson, Coffee, Bacon, and Irwin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\nEight voted for already: Atkinson*, Ben Hill, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch*, Echols, Irwin*, and Lanier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\nTwo opposed: Berrien and Brantley.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\nEight not voted yet:<br \/>\nBacon*, Pierce, Lowndes, Cook, Ware,<br \/>\nTift, Turner, and Coffee*.<br \/>\nNone of those eight (other than Lowndes) have a meeting prior to April 1st,<br \/>\nyet the all plan to &#8220;visit this issue&#8221; some time in April.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\nIf ten counties vote for, a regional T-SPLOST referendum can be put on the<br \/>\nNovember ballot.<br \/>\nIf fewer vote for, individual counties can put their own county T-SPLOST on that ballot.<br \/>\nUnder current state law, a county can choose to authorize both.<br \/>\nHowever, there is a bill in the legislature right now to<br \/>\nmake it not possible to authorize a county-only T-SPLOST until after<br \/>\na regional T-SPLOST fails to get ten county commissions for it.\n<\/p>\n<li>\n<a name=\"N-5-c-FY-2016-Performance-Partnership-Agreement-and-EMPG-Application\" href=\"#N-5-c-FY-2016-Performance-Partnership-Agreement-and-EMPG-Application\"><br \/>\n      5 c. FY 2016 Performance Partnership Agreement and EMPG Application<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      5 c. FY 2016 Performance Partnership Agreement and EMPG Application\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qp07JzutnU4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=4\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      5 c. FY 2016 Performance Partnership Agreement and EMPG Application\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qp07JzutnU4\/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&#038;w=120&#038;h=90&#038;jpg444=true&#038;jpgq=90&#038;sp=68&#038;sigh=Y9N6_thBPqKfZV_8ZXqCbSL8JT0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qp07JzutnU4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=4\">Video.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<li>\n<a name=\"N-5-d-Bevel-Creek-Lift-Station-Pump\" href=\"#N-5-d-Bevel-Creek-Lift-Station-Pump\"><br \/>\n      5 d. Bevel Creek Lift Station Pump<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      5 d. Bevel Creek Lift Station Pump\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iFYFSYdAmYw&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=5\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      5 d. Bevel Creek Lift Station Pump\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/iFYFSYdAmYw\/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&#038;w=120&#038;h=90&#038;jpg444=true&#038;jpgq=90&#038;sp=68&#038;sigh=Vd6sgeUMY7cR7k-Ej2IgMmdCzcE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iFYFSYdAmYw&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=5\">Video.<\/a><br \/>\nThis pump feeds 60% of the flow to the county&#8217;s Land Application Site<br \/>\n(the county does not have a wastewater treatment plant).<br \/>\nThree bids, and staff recommends the one for<br \/>\n$34,908.11.\n<\/p>\n<li>\n<a name=\"N-5-e-f-Residential-Solid-Waste-Franchise-Renewal\" href=\"#N-5-e-f-Residential-Solid-Waste-Franchise-Renewal\"><br \/>\n      5 e\/f. Residential Solid Waste Franchise Renewal<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      5 e\/f. Residential Solid Waste Franchise Renewal\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bDqcQm7hUGE&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=6\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      5 e\/f. Residential Solid Waste Franchise Renewal\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/bDqcQm7hUGE\/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&#038;w=120&#038;h=90&#038;jpg444=true&#038;jpgq=90&#038;sp=68&#038;sigh=sNuUy4qaUr_fTMdg8C9KC4UJQxE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bDqcQm7hUGE&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=6\">Video.<\/a><br \/>\nAlso Commissioner Demarcus Marshall said there is an uptick in recycling,<br \/>\nand he wondered if either franchisee had expressed interest in starting that.<br \/>\nAnswer: no, although they can.<br \/>\nAnd people can take recycling to the centers.<br \/>\nHm, so what if we re-open the more local collection centers&#8230;.\n<\/p>\n<li>\n<a name=\"N-5-g-Agreement-to-Provide-Street-Maintenance-to-Dasher\" href=\"#N-5-g-Agreement-to-Provide-Street-Maintenance-to-Dasher\"><br \/>\n      5 g. Agreement to Provide Street Maintenance to Dasher<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      5 g. Agreement to Provide Street Maintenance to Dasher\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IEMA0dj1n_I&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=7\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      5 g. Agreement to Provide Street Maintenance to Dasher\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/IEMA0dj1n_I\/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&#038;w=120&#038;h=90&#038;jpg444=true&#038;jpgq=90&#038;sp=68&#038;sigh=kEsasffEHA57tTMek8HkmmpMlnE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IEMA0dj1n_I&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=7\">Video.<\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s for Triple Eight Circle and Triple Eight Drive, both dirt roads,<br \/>\nfor five years, termination by either party with 30-day notice,<br \/>\n$1350 per calendar quarter.<br \/>\nDasher has not yet responded to agreement drawn up by county attorney.\n<\/p>\n<li>\n<a name=\"N-6-a-Bid-for-Tractor-with-Boom-Mower\" href=\"#N-6-a-Bid-for-Tractor-with-Boom-Mower\"><br \/>\n      6 a. Bid for Tractor with Boom Mower<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      6 a. Bid for Tractor with Boom Mower\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZVQQ5sLhijg&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=8\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      6 a. Bid for Tractor with Boom Mower\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZVQQ5sLhijg\/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&#038;w=120&#038;h=90&#038;jpg444=true&#038;jpgq=90&#038;sp=68&#038;sigh=idyqBWWb6IzO4fNP7Fsr4ZG0bZo\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZVQQ5sLhijg&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=8\">Video.<\/a><br \/>\nTwo bids &#8220;that were deemed responsive&#8221;, said Finance Director Stephanie Black,<br \/>\nand she said the one from Ag-Pro fit their local criteria.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nSomebody from Austell, GA $116,800<\/p>\n<li>\nAg-Pro Valdosta $118,175\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<li>\n<a name=\"N-7-Reports-County-Manager-none\" href=\"#N-7-Reports-County-Manager-none\"><br \/>\n      7. Reports &#8211; County Manager (none)<br \/>\n    <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"video: \n      7. Reports - County Manager (none)\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C6bj7uVq_QQ&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=9\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\n      7. Reports - County Manager (none)\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/C6bj7uVq_QQ\/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&#038;w=120&#038;h=90&#038;jpg444=true&#038;jpgq=90&#038;sp=68&#038;sigh=tbqQUpbVXJTPbSligBfeXRdWVsQ\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C6bj7uVq_QQ&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk&#038;index=9\">Video.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk\"><br \/>\na LAKE 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=PLshUv86fYkiEXrvIQMZVF_H-k5zNkaJAk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos: Trash disposal renewals, regional T-SPLOST, another lift station pump, Dasher Streets<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, March 27, 2017.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq\n<\/p>\n<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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than four minutes yesterday morning on Residential Solid Waste Franchise Renewal: maybe it&#8217;s still contentious because they still don&#8217;t have a good model. Maybe not everybody wants to have their trash picked up at the end of their driveway like they lived in town. They vote tonight at 5:30 PM, and they agreed add [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[601,14,2,88,478,3,449,479,55],"tags":[9560,619,6143,4827,8790,773,6391,8704,8701,8699,10,8702,2723,9324,91,12,7,8734,9686,9685,61,8772,9037,8822,383,7960,8700,8767,8773,6,8727,90],"class_list":["post-18268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dasher","category-economy","category-government","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-solid-waste","category-transparency","category-transportation","category-trash","category-water","tag-9560","tag-ads","tag-advanced-disposal-systems","tag-boom","tag-dasher","tag-deep-south-sanitation","tag-dss","tag-economy","tag-georgia","tag-government","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-lake","tag-land-application-site","tag-las","tag-lcc","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-maintenance","tag-march-27","tag-sewage","tag-solid-waste","tag-street","tag-t-splost","tag-taxes","tag-tractor","tag-transparency","tag-transportation","tag-trash","tag-valdosta","tag-water","tag-work-session"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18268","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=18268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18270,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18268\/revisions\/18270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}