{"id":19536,"date":"2018-01-11T15:33:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T20:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=19536"},"modified":"2018-01-11T15:33:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T20:33:25","slug":"new-valdosta-city-council-members-vcc-2018-01-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/new-valdosta-city-council-members-vcc-2018-01-11.html","title":{"rendered":"New Valdosta City Council members @ VCC 2018-01-11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nNew members top\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Data\/Sites\/1\/media\/agendas\/2018\/011118-r-1.pdf\">the agenda<\/a> for tonight:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/district-4\">\r\nEric Howard (District 4)<\/a>\r\nand\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/district-6\">\r\nAndy Gibbs (District 6)<\/a>.\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\r\nAGENDA\r\n<br>\r\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL\r\n<br>\r\n5:30 PM Thursday, January 11, 2018\r\n<br>\r\nCOUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/district-4\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eric Howard\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Data\/Sites\/1\/media\/councilphotos\/eric-howard.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\nOpening Ceremonies<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\nCall to Order\r\n<li>\r\nInvocation\r\n<li>\r\nPledge of Allegiance to the American Flag\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<li>\r\nReading of Election Results\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\nReading of the 2017 General Municipal Election Results and Run-off Election Results.\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<li>\r\nOaths of Office\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\nOath of Office for City Council Districts 2, 4, and 6.\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/district-6\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andy Gibbs\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Data\/Sites\/1\/media\/councilphotos\/andys-headshot.jpeg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\nElection of Mayor Pro Tem and Oath of Office\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\nElection of the Mayor Pro Tem and Oath of Office.\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<li>\r\nAwards and Presentations\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\nPresentation of the Municipal Audit for Fiscal Year 2017.\r\n<li>\r\nConsideration of the January, 2018 Employee of the Month Award (Ronnie Lancaster,\r\nUtilities Department).\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<li>\r\nMinutes Approval\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\nValdosta City Council &#8211; Rescheduled Regular Meeting &#8211; Dec 14, 2017 5:30 PM\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<li>\r\nBids, Contracts, Agreements and Expenditures\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\nConsideration of bids for the Cured-In-Place\u00bbPipe (CIPP) Lining Project.\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<li>\r\nLocal Funding and Requests\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\nConsideration of revisions to the City of Valdosta&#8217;s Standard\r\nSpecifications for Water and Sewer Construction Manual\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<li>\r\nBoards, Commissions, Authorities, and Advisory Committees\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\nConsideration of an appointment to the Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority,\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<li>\r\nCitizens to be Heard\r\n<li>\r\nCity Manager&#8217;s Report\r\n<li>\r\nCouncil Comments\r\n<li>\r\nAdjournment\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.  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