{"id":18923,"date":"2017-08-12T10:49:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T14:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=18923"},"modified":"2017-08-12T10:49:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T14:49:09","slug":"videos-west-mims-fire-water-trails-transportation-construction-board-3-tax-lighting-districts-mosquitoes-no-bid-contract-lcc-2017-08-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/videos-west-mims-fire-water-trails-transportation-construction-board-3-tax-lighting-districts-mosquitoes-no-bid-contract-lcc-2017-08-08.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: West Mims Fire, Water Trails, Transportation, Construction Board, 3 tax lighting districts, mosquitoes, no-bid contract @ LCC 2017-08-08"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rTXOCTsPpDk\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n&ldquo;There&#8217;s nobody that can tackle something like that alone,&rdquo;\r\nsaid Emergency Management Director Ashley Tye in a\r\n<a href=\"#N-4-Special-Presentation-West-Mims-Fire\">\r\nWest Mims Fire Special Presentation<\/a>\r\nwith firefighters from all over Lowndes County and its cities,\r\nincluding a resolution from the Charlton County Commission.\r\n<p>\r\nCitizen\r\n<a href=\"#N-11-CWTBH-Gretchen-Quarterman-WWALS-and-Boat-Ramps\">\r\nGretchen Quarterman spoke about WWALS and trash and cameras at the\r\nNaylor Boat Ramp site, and about Boy Scouts at the GA 133 Boat Ramp<\/a>.\r\nCitizen Jim Parker\r\n<a href=\"#N-11-CWTBH-Jim-Parker-Public-Transit-Renewable-Energy\">\r\npoked them about public transportation and renewable energy<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nThey&#8217;re settling on\r\n&ldquo;Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Road to Success&rdquo;,\r\nbut when did Commissioners decide on that between the previous morning&#8217;s\r\nopen meeting and this one?\r\nBut wait:<!--more-->\r\n\r\n that&#8217;s not actually\r\n<a href=\"#N-8-e-Dedicate-a-Portion-of-Val-Tech-Road\">\r\nwhat they finally decided<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nThere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"#N-10-Reports-County-Manager\">\r\na date and time scheduled for the new Naylor Community Center opening<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nIn the one day since the county asked,\r\nnobody proposed any other plumber for the\r\n<a href=\"#N-6a-Appointment-Construction-Board-of-Adjustments-and-Appeals\">\r\nValdosta-Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals<\/a>,\r\nso they unsurprisingly approved the one they had.\r\n<p>\r\nThey spent four minutes debating\r\n<a href=\"#N-8-b-Request-to-purchase-Public-Safety-Radios\">\r\npurchasing public safety radios<\/a>\r\neven though they were inexpensive and under budget.\r\nAnd more than three minutes on the\r\n<a href=\"#N-8-f-Motorola-System-Upgrade-Agreement-Evergreen\">\r\nMotorola System Upgrade Agreement<\/a>, including the County Manager waved around\r\na review by an attorney.\r\nThey got to see the\r\n<a href=\"#N-8-g-Motorola-Subscriber-Maintenance-Agreement\">\r\nMotorola Subscriber Maintenance Agreement<\/a>,\r\nbut the taxpayers paying for it did not.\r\n<p>\r\nThey approved the Special Tax Lighting Districts for\r\n<a href=\"#N-7a-Gramercy-Phase-3\">Gramercy Phase 3<\/a>\r\nand\r\n<a href=\"#N-7b-Kinderlou-Forest-Phase-VII\">Kinderlou Fourest Phase VII (&#8220;Mr. Langdale is in the room&#8221;)<\/a>,\r\nbut tabled\r\n<a href=\"#N-7c-Part-of-Creekside-West\">\r\nboth parts of Creekside West<\/a> because one part wasn&#8217;t ready.\r\n<p>\r\nBelow are links to each LAKE video, with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist.\r\nSee also\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rTXOCTsPpDk\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLBUXWYxjSEuOk_JJcd1N_4KgHQNww\">\r\nthe LAKE videos of the previous morning&#8217;s Work Session<\/a>,\r\nand\r\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/west-mims-fire-construction-board-3-tax-lighting-districtcs-mosquitoes-radios-roads-and-truck-lcc-2017-08-07.html\">the agenda<\/a>.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Order\" href=\"#Order\">\r\n      1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LluANDm9KME&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LluANDm9KME\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLA4C91mxKV_Gba_XkceTqV9w24LiQ\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LluANDm9KME&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=1\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-4-Special-Presentation-West-Mims-Fire\" href=\"#N-4-Special-Presentation-West-Mims-Fire\">\r\n      4. Special Presentation- West Mims Fire\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      4. Special Presentation- West Mims Fire\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k7sd9_sDI0I&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=2\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      4. Special Presentation- West Mims Fire\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/k7sd9_sDI0I\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLBHZeZH1PPZLfe5OcV4jU2Ial3v_A\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k7sd9_sDI0I&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=2\">Video.<\/a>\r\nEmergency Management Director Ashley Tye said,\r\n&ldquo;You can imagine when you have something of that magnitude. It doesn&#8217;t matter what community it happens in. There&#8217;s nobody that can tackle something like that alone,&rdquo;\r\nMutual aid is alive in emergency management cooperation among local governments,\r\nincluding drawing in equipment from counties surrounding Lowndes.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nTye also recognized Jessie McKinney, who could not go to Charlton County,\r\nbut helped in other ways.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nChairman Bill Slaughter read the resolution from the Charlton County Board of Commissioners.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nPeople took pictures from where-ever they were in the room, once again\r\nmaking clear the photography and video ordinance posted on the door is\r\nan illegal bill of attainder directly only against LAKE.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a title=\"Facing audience\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=18899\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"18901\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Facing audience\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/50ed87af036265735a024233e7cdddf0.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a title=\"Facing podium\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=18902\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"18904\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Facing podium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/9d4bc7fb543f6bf36fd9dcab893cf691.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-5-Minutes-for-Approval\" href=\"#N-5-Minutes-for-Approval\">\r\n      5. Minutes for Approval\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      5. Minutes for Approval\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ycfQ6Z_LP4c&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      5. Minutes for Approval\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ycfQ6Z_LP4c\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLBonAeWVb1kaaLrVZWoodAqQ2PnSA\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ycfQ6Z_LP4c&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=3\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-6a-Appointment-Construction-Board-of-Adjustments-and-Appeals\" href=\"#N-6a-Appointment-Construction-Board-of-Adjustments-and-Appeals\">\r\n      6a. Appointment Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      6a. Appointment Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B7to2beRXR4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=4\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      6a. Appointment Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/B7to2beRXR4\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLCGDRgizyvkMOe3Si2b0vU7BP5Iww\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B7to2beRXR4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=4\">Video.<\/a>\r\n&ldquo;It has been recommended that Mr. Mike Vickery be replaced by Mr. Trip Howell,&rdquo; said County Manager Joe Pritchard, passively, not revealing who recommended that.\r\nThey did it by acclamation.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-7a-Gramercy-Phase-3\" href=\"#N-7a-Gramercy-Phase-3\">\r\n      7a. Decorative Special Tax Lighting District &mdash; Gramercy Phase 3\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      7a. Decorative Special Tax Lighting District &mdash; Gramercy Phase 3\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J8qP1qr85Jw&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=5\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      7a. Decorative Special Tax Lighting District &mdash; Gramercy Phase 3\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/J8qP1qr85Jw\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLBkIb06D25Wd_YQV2fPNOWOyR8TOg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J8qP1qr85Jw&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=5\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-7b-Kinderlou-Forest-Phase-VII\" href=\"#N-7b-Kinderlou-Forest-Phase-VII\">\r\n      7b. Decorative Special Tax Lighting District &mdash; Kinderlou Forest Phase VII\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      7b. Decorative Special Tax Lighting District &mdash; Kinderlou Forest Phase VII\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aXlAh-q9tr4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=6\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      7b. Decorative Special Tax Lighting District &mdash; Kinderlou Forest Phase VII\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/aXlAh-q9tr4\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLDj_MhzLuiVxKSOtm9ew5PvMSPMtQ\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aXlAh-q9tr4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=6\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-7c-Part-of-Creekside-West\" href=\"#N-7c-Part-of-Creekside-West\">\r\n      7c. Decorative Special Tax Lighting District &mdash; Part of Creekside West\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      7c. Decorative Special Tax Lighting District &mdash; Part of Creekside West\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UI8fkjH-gdw&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=7\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      7c. Decorative Special Tax Lighting District &mdash; Part of Creekside West\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/UI8fkjH-gdw\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLDke_eIEHJhHIdqt8dywzptVOQDqw\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UI8fkjH-gdw&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=7\">Video.<\/a>\r\nOne is ready, the other is not, so County Planner Jason Davenport asked\r\nfor tabling until at least September 12th.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-8-a-Annual-Contract-Renewal-for-Mosquito-Identifying-and-Testing\" href=\"#N-8-a-Annual-Contract-Renewal-for-Mosquito-Identifying-and-Testing\">\r\n      8 a. Annual Contract Renewal for Mosquito Identifying and Testing\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      8 a. Annual Contract Renewal for Mosquito Identifying and Testing\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zkl2Lb0drfU&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=8\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      8 a. Annual Contract Renewal for Mosquito Identifying and Testing\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/zkl2Lb0drfU\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLDXmbTFgLX04VAAjt3yePlrB4WKoA\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zkl2Lb0drfU&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=8\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-8-b-Request-to-purchase-Public-Safety-Radios\" href=\"#N-8-b-Request-to-purchase-Public-Safety-Radios\">\r\n      8 b. Request to purchase Public Safety Radios\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      8 b. Request to purchase Public Safety Radios\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ebJ0MuJvpLA&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=9\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      8 b. Request to purchase Public Safety Radios\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ebJ0MuJvpLA\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLCo-uKhTR-KcSSd7SZFoqRuXnd69w\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ebJ0MuJvpLA&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=9\">Video.<\/a>\r\nYes, if one of the local cities or the county can probably buy more later\r\nat the same price.\r\nAnd they&#8217;re already all on the same system,\r\nalthough police and fire may have different radios.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-8-c-Acceptance-of-Infrastructure-for-Knights-Landing-Phase-II\" href=\"#N-8-c-Acceptance-of-Infrastructure-for-Knights-Landing-Phase-II\">\r\n      8 c. Acceptance of Infrastructure for Knights Landing Phase II\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      8 c. Acceptance of Infrastructure for Knights Landing Phase II\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BGR0bduj5Y8&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=10\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      8 c. Acceptance of Infrastructure for Knights Landing Phase II\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/BGR0bduj5Y8\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLBUkhQ1o-JawVfa59FzftuzDBgCww\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BGR0bduj5Y8&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=10\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-8d-Professional-Services-for-Improvements-to-Simpson-and-Parker-Roads\" href=\"#N-8d-Professional-Services-for-Improvements-to-Simpson-and-Parker-Roads\">\r\n      8d. Professional Services for Improvements to Simpson and Parker Roads\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      8d. Professional Services for Improvements to Simpson and Parker Roads\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rTXOCTsPpDk&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=11\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      8d. Professional Services for Improvements to Simpson and Parker Roads\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rTXOCTsPpDk\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLBUXWYxjSEuOk_JJcd1N_4KgHQNww\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rTXOCTsPpDk&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=11\">Video.<\/a>\r\nQuestioned by Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker,\r\nCounty Engineer Mike Fletcher detailed that recent previous contracts\r\nhad gone to Innovate and EMC.\r\nHe said they weren&#8217;t required to issue bid requests.\r\nHe didn&#8217;t exactly answer the question of whether they go down a list.\r\nIf they do, why did they give Innovate two in a row?\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCommissioner Demarcus Marshall asked about the percentages,\r\nbut didn&#8217;t get to the basic point that basing contractor payment\r\non percentage of the total amount is an incentive to increase the\r\ntotal amount.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-8-e-Dedicate-a-Portion-of-Val-Tech-Road\" href=\"#N-8-e-Dedicate-a-Portion-of-Val-Tech-Road\">\r\n      8 e. Dedicate a Portion of Val Tech Road\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      8 e. Dedicate a Portion of Val Tech Road\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jdi3h4TTBRk&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=12\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      8 e. Dedicate a Portion of Val Tech Road\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/jdi3h4TTBRk\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLDAFreJqo1_lSn3c1qNFBj8Fr7mXA\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jdi3h4TTBRk&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=12\">Video.<\/a>\r\nCommissioner Scottie Orenstein said after talking to Dr. Anderson at Wiregrass Tech,\r\nCommissioners preferred the working Mark Wisenbaker then held up:\r\n&ldquo;Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Road to Success&rdquo;.\r\nWhich is fine, but when did Commissioners discuss this, if not in\r\nan open meeting according to Georgia law?\r\nThey spent almost five minutes on that.\r\nChairman Bill Slaughter said it might seem more like advertising\r\nthan dedicating a road.\r\nUm, isn&#8217;t that what dedicating a road is?\r\nFinally, Commissioner Demarcus Marshall moved to make it\r\n&ldquo;Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Highway&rdquo;\r\nand that&#8217;s what they did.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-8-f-Motorola-System-Upgrade-Agreement-Evergreen\" href=\"#N-8-f-Motorola-System-Upgrade-Agreement-Evergreen\">\r\n      8 f. Motorola System Upgrade Agreement (Evergreen)\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      8 f. Motorola System Upgrade Agreement (Evergreen)\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=82Pi47bGV50&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=13\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      8 f. Motorola System Upgrade Agreement (Evergreen)\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/82Pi47bGV50\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLBT5SNTVh9iP4qDQhvZpCavRyfqKA\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=82Pi47bGV50&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=13\">Video.<\/a>\r\n911 Director Danny Weeks said\r\nit will be a $10,000 increase, not a $30,000 increase,\r\nand will save money after the fifth or sixth year,\r\nsaving about $320,000 over the ten-year life of the agreement,\r\nand they&#8217;ll be current.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-8-g-Motorola-Subscriber-Maintenance-Agreement\" href=\"#N-8-g-Motorola-Subscriber-Maintenance-Agreement\">\r\n      8 g. Motorola Subscriber Maintenance Agreement\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      8 g. Motorola Subscriber Maintenance Agreement\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4l58alscwXo&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=14\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      8 g. Motorola Subscriber Maintenance Agreement\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4l58alscwXo\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLB_sPjm09QmJ1Ac-GqWb4mMaL2R4Q\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4l58alscwXo&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=14\">Video.<\/a>\r\n&ldquo;You should find that agreement at your desk.&rdquo;\r\nNevermind the tax-paying public can&#8217;t see it.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-8-h-Computer-Hardware-and-Software-Bulk-Purchase\" href=\"#N-8-h-Computer-Hardware-and-Software-Bulk-Purchase\">\r\n      8 h. Computer Hardware and Software Bulk Purchase\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      8 h. Computer Hardware and Software Bulk Purchase\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0G3oG2G7uko&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=15\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      8 h. Computer Hardware and Software Bulk Purchase\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/0G3oG2G7uko\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLCXSf6IspvoR-Op-7HTpZFtwK8X7w\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0G3oG2G7uko&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=15\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-9-a-Bid-for-10-Wheel-Dump-Truck-for-Public-Works\" href=\"#N-9-a-Bid-for-10-Wheel-Dump-Truck-for-Public-Works\">\r\n      9 a. Bid for 10-Wheel Dump Truck for Public Works\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      9 a. Bid for 10-Wheel Dump Truck for Public Works\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mSTGvlyXC3c&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=16\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      9 a. Bid for 10-Wheel Dump Truck for Public Works\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/mSTGvlyXC3c\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLDG5JHRsQvHvGCiDW4s20dBJqveEA\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mSTGvlyXC3c&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=16\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-10-Reports-County-Manager\" href=\"#N-10-Reports-County-Manager\">\r\n      10. Reports &#8211; County Manager\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      10. Reports - County Manager\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PsPFtwNo9xU&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=17\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      10. Reports - County Manager\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PsPFtwNo9xU\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLDl-tva6_1fyuBl9SkiKdGZo7RijQ\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PsPFtwNo9xU&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=17\">Video.<\/a>\r\nGroundbreaking for Naylor Community Center at the recreation park in Naylor\r\nat 10AM August 16, 2017.\r\nJoyce Evans wants to be the one to stick the shovel in the dirt first.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-11-CWTBH-Gretchen-Quarterman-WWALS-and-Boat-Ramps\" href=\"#N-11-CWTBH-Gretchen-Quarterman-WWALS-and-Boat-Ramps\">\r\n      11. CWTBH &#8211; Gretchen Quarterman &#8211; WWALS and Boat Ramps\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      11. CWTBH - Gretchen Quarterman - WWALS and Boat Ramps\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dngZReLLM9o&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=18\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      11. CWTBH - Gretchen Quarterman - WWALS and Boat Ramps\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/dngZReLLM9o\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLBhfkmloGOm3NcvgN9Ytl1hyHeoGg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dngZReLLM9o&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=18\">Video.<\/a>\r\nWWALS has been developing water trails on the local rivers.\r\nA WWALS member has donated two trail cameras to be placed at the Naylor boat ramp site\r\nbecause there&#8217;s a dumping problem even though there&#8217;s not boat ramp.\r\nChad [McLeod] has agreed to help with placement next week,\r\nso as not to put them on trees that will be cut down.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nRonnie Thomas&#8217; Boy Scout troup has agreed to adopt the Boat Ramp\r\nat GA 133 on the Little River, building a kiosk and picking up trash.\r\nShe asked the Commissioners to continue to support WWALS and water trails.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nRonnie Thomas could not speak because he could not get there before 5:30,\r\nand so could not turn in a CWTBH form before the meeting.\r\nMost county commissions I&#8217;ve been to in south Georgia and north Florida\r\nwould have let him speak anyway.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-11-CWTBH-Jim-Parker-Public-Transit-Renewable-Energy\" href=\"#N-11-CWTBH-Jim-Parker-Public-Transit-Renewable-Energy\">\r\n      11. CWTBH &#8211; Jim Parker &#8211; Public Transit \/ Renewable Energy\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      11. CWTBH - Jim Parker - Public Transit \/ Renewable Energy\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X3XDobRzpzI&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=19\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      11. CWTBH - Jim Parker - Public Transit \/ Renewable Energy\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/X3XDobRzpzI\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLB54HjPRQmG6wubgc6dBKix2Ea66g\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X3XDobRzpzI&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=19\">Video.<\/a>\r\nHe again poked them about public transportation,\r\nand he recommended they pass a resolution for 100% renewable energy.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Adjournment\" href=\"#Adjournment\">\r\n      12. Commission Comments and Meeting Adjournment\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      12. Commission Comments and Meeting Adjournment\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w8MH2QjvJx4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=20\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      12. Commission Comments and Meeting Adjournment\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/w8MH2QjvJx4\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLAKoiJ-WR5CR1G5APjW6neXcn8q9g\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w8MH2QjvJx4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl&#038;index=20\">Video.<\/a>\r\nMark Wisenbaker asked Ronnie Thomas to stick around so he could speak to him.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCommissioner Scott Orenstein said a friend of his near Hahira had\r\nhad a fire, and was very complimentary about the county fire department.\r\nCommissioner Wisenbaker said people at the Meeks fire were also very complimentary.\r\nChairman Bill Slaughter echoed that.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl\">\r\na LAKE video playlist:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLshUv86fYkiGLs6oryVo6Yh_CVTStkQgl\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nVideos: West Mims Fire, Water Trails, Transportation, Construction Board, 3 tax lighting districts, mosquitoes, no-bid contract\r\n<br>\r\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, August 8, 2017.\r\n<\/p>\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":"&ldquo;There&#8217;s nobody that can tackle something like that alone,&rdquo; said Emergency Management Director Ashley Tye in a West Mims Fire Special Presentation with firefighters from all over Lowndes County and its cities, including a resolution from the Charlton County Commission. 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