{"id":18338,"date":"2017-04-09T21:31:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T01:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=18338"},"modified":"2017-04-09T21:31:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T01:31:47","slug":"no-t-splost-juvenile-youth-action-and-justice-incentive-gdot-exits-mowing-late-subdivision-lcc-2017-04-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/no-t-splost-juvenile-youth-action-and-justice-incentive-gdot-exits-mowing-late-subdivision-lcc-2017-04-10.html","title":{"rendered":"No T-SPLOST, Juvenile Youth Action and Justice Incentive, GDOT Exits &amp; Mowing, late subdivision @ LCC 2017-04-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nNo T-SPLOST on\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_04112017-234?html=true\">the agenda<\/a> for Monday morning,\r\ndespite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/videos-regional-t-splost-tabled-trash-disposal-renewals-another-lift-station-pump-dasher-streets-lcc-2017-03-28.html\">tabling it two weeks ago<\/a>\r\nuntil their next meeting.\r\nThat may be because while Lowndes County dithered,\r\nten other of the 18 counties in the region agreed to put it on the ballot,\r\nso now it doesn&#8217;t matter what the Lowndes County Commission decides about that.\r\nRemember, even with it on the ballot, it can still be voted down, like in 2012.\r\nMeanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostadailytimes.com\/news\/local_news\/t-splost-headed-for-referendum\/article_9eed1c2d-ccd9-50e5-be20-a1aa622d5b30.html\">according to the VDT<\/a>,\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nIn the coming weeks, a regional roundtable of government\r\nrepresentatives will determine when the public vote will take place,\r\nthe projected revenue from the tax and what projects the tax would\r\nfund if passed.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nYou, the taxpayers, are not invited to those roundtables,\r\nwhich will be held on unknown dates at unknown locations.\r\n<p>\r\nOn the agenda for Monday morning and Tuesday evening is\r\nthe ironic justaxposition of\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"#Special-Proclamation-Presentation-to-the-Teen-Explosion-Youth-Action-Group\">Special Proclamation Presentation to the Teen Explosion Youth Action Group<\/a>\r\nand\r\n<a href=\"#FY2018-Juvenile-Justice-Incentive-Grant-Program-Request-for-Proposals-RFP-\">FY2018 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant Program Request for Proposals (RFP)<\/a>.\r\nThere are \r\n<a href=\"#GDOT-Project-00762-Exit-22-amp-29-Utilities-Relocation\">two<\/a>\r\nGDOT\r\n<a href=\"#GDOT-Project-00762-Exit-22-amp-29-Utilities-Relocation\">items<\/a>\r\nand a\r\n<a href=\"#Tuscany-Palms-Subdivision-Past-Due-Special-Assessment\">late payment by a subdivision<\/a>,\r\nwith its name spelled wrong by the county, or by Trulia, or somebody.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trulia.com\/property\/3112099761--Tuscan-Palms-Subdivision-Valdosta-GA-31601\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs.trulia-cdn.com\/pictures\/thumbs_4\/ps.51\/d\/f\/b\/9\/picture-uh=ca2d3e6116ef5653a5eb9910be50121c-ps=dfb9f3234fd9c617b5293f68011b6bf--Tuscan-Palms-Subdivision-Valdosta-GA-31601.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\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\nWORK SESSION, MONDAY,  APRIL 10, 2017, 8:30 a.m.\r\n<br>\r\nREGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2017,  5:30 p.m.\r\n<br>\r\n327 N. Ashley Street &#8211; 2nd Floor\r\n<\/p><!--more-->\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Call-to-Order\" href=\"#Call-to-Order\">Call to Order<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Invocation\" href=\"#Invocation\">Invocation<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Pledge\" href=\"#Pledge\">Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Special-Proclamation-Presentation-to-the-Teen-Explosion-Youth-Action-Group\" href=\"#Special-Proclamation-Presentation-to-the-Teen-Explosion-Youth-Action-Group\">Special Proclamation Presentation to the Teen Explosion Youth Action Group<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Minutes-for-Approval\" href=\"#Minutes-for-Approval\">Minutes for Approval<\/a>\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Work-Session-March-27-2017\" href=\"#Work-Session-March-27-2017\">Work Session- March 27, 2017<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Regular-Session-March-28-2017\" href=\"#Regular-Session-March-28-2017\">Regular Session- March 28, 2017<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"For-Consideration\" href=\"#For-Consideration\">For Consideration<\/a>\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"FY2018-Juvenile-Justice-Incentive-Grant-Program-Request-for-Proposals-RFP-\" href=\"#FY2018-Juvenile-Justice-Incentive-Grant-Program-Request-for-Proposals-RFP-\">FY2018 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant Program Request for Proposals (RFP)<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style='font-family: \"Tahoma\",sans-serif; font-size 110% mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Request authorization for&nbsp;the Chairman to sign the required documentation and for staff to\r\nsubmit the <\/span><\/span><span style='font-family: \"Tahoma\",sans-serif; font-size 110% mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">proposal to Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC).<\/span><\/span>\r\n<div id=\"radePasteHelper\" style=\"border: 0px solid red; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; border-image: none;\"><\/div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/1211?fileID=1436\">2018 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant Program Request for Proposals (RFP).pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"GDOT-Project-00762-Exit-22-amp-29-Utilities-Relocation\" href=\"#GDOT-Project-00762-Exit-22-amp-29-Utilities-Relocation\">GDOT Project 00762 Exit 22 &amp; 29 Utilities Relocation<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n\t\t\tContract item agreement between Lowndes County and GDOT for project 00762 involving upgrades and realignments at I-75 exits 22 &amp; 29, that will require the relocation of county utilities.\t\t\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/1226?fileID=1433\">GDOT Project 00762 Exit 22 and 29 Utilities Relocation.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Georgia-Department-of-Transportation-GDOT-Mowing-Contract\" href=\"#Georgia-Department-of-Transportation-GDOT-Mowing-Contract\">Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Mowing Contract<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n\t\t\tApproval of contract\t\t\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/1227?fileID=1432\">Georgia Department of Transportation Mowing Contract.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Tuscany-Palms-Subdivision-Past-Due-Special-Assessment\" href=\"#Tuscany-Palms-Subdivision-Past-Due-Special-Assessment\">Tuscany Palms Subdivision Past Due Special Assessment<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n\t\t\tCollection of past due special assessment\t\t\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/1221?fileID=1435\">Tuscany Palms Subdivision Past Due Special Assessment.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Reports\" href=\"#Reports\">Reports &#8211; County Manager<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"CWTBH\" href=\"#CWTBH\">Citizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Adjournment\" href=\"#Adjournment\">Adjournment<\/a>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\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>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No T-SPLOST on the agenda for Monday morning, despite tabling it two weeks ago until their next meeting. That may be because while Lowndes County dithered, ten other of the 18 counties in the region agreed to put it on the ballot, so now it doesn&#8217;t matter what the Lowndes County Commission decides about that. 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