{"id":20338,"date":"2018-07-22T20:37:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T00:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=20338"},"modified":"2018-07-24T12:54:19","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T16:54:19","slug":"city-to-county-klvb-grinder-pump-bank-computers-health-ordinance-and-alcohol-lcc-2018-07-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/city-to-county-klvb-grinder-pump-bank-computers-health-ordinance-and-alcohol-lcc-2018-07-23.html","title":{"rendered":"City to County KLVB, Grinder Pump, Bank, Computers, Health Ordinance, and Alcohol @ LCC 2018-07-24<\/strike> 2018-07-23"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n
\n<\/a>
\nIn an interesting version of a revolving door,
\ncounty appointee Michael H. McDowell’s KLVB term is expiring,
\nso is Valdosta appointee Bubba Highsmith’s,
\nand the county proposes appointing Highsmith.
\nHighsmith is
\n
\na State Farm Insurance Agent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nAlso on
\n
\nthe Lowndes County Commission agenda<\/a>
\nfor 8:30AM Monday morning are:
\n
\nbanking services<\/a> (looks like
\nAmeris Bank costs way less than BB&T, and SunTrust even less,
\nbut Ameris has the best interest rate<\/a>),
\na
\n
\ncomputer bulk purchase<\/a> for $54,795.98<\/a>, yet another
\n
\npump purchase<\/a>,
\nallegedly for $0 dollars because this is actually for specifications rather than actual purchase<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\n
\n
\nTypical Application: Residential Pump System, Triple “D” Pump Company<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\nFinally, the tabled-from-last-meeting
\n
\nOrdinance about Board of Health Rules<\/a>:
\nwill the Commissioners have had time to read the one copy
\nthe County Manager allows them?<\/p>\n

\nPlus an
\n
\nalcohol license<\/a>,<\/p>\n

without which no meeting of the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners
\nis complete.<\/p>\n

\n

\nLOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
\n
\nPROPOSED AGENDA
\n
\nWORK SESSION, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2018, 8:30 a.m.
\n
\nREGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2018, 5:30 p.m.
\n
\n327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor\n<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \nCall to Order<\/a><\/p>\n
  2. \nInvocation<\/a><\/p>\n
  3. \nPledge of Allegiance to the Flag<\/a><\/p>\n
  4. \nMinutes for Approval<\/a><\/p>\n
      \n
    1. \nWork Session- July 9, 2018<\/a>
      \n<\/p>\n
    2. \nRegular Session- July 10, 2018<\/a>
      \n\n<\/ol>\n
    3. \nAppointment<\/a>
      \n<\/p>\n
        \n
      1. \nValdosta- Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority<\/a>
        \n
        \n\t\t\tAppoint a member.\t\t<\/p>\n

        \nDocuments:<\/strong>Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority.pdf<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/ol>\n

      2. \nPublic Hearing<\/a><\/p>\n
          \n
        1. \nBeer, Wine & Liquor License – Keith Sirmans of Jack's Chophouse, 4479 N. Valdosta Rd., Valdosta, GA<\/a>
          \n
          \n\t\t\tBoard’s Pleasure\t\t<\/p>\n

          \nDocuments:<\/strong>Beer, Wine, and Liquor License- Keith Sirmans of Jacks Chophouse, LLC, 4479 N. Valdosta Rd.pdf<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/ol>\n

        2. \nFor Consideration<\/a><\/p>\n
            \n
          1. \nRFP for Banking Services<\/a>
            \n
            \n\t\t\tAward Banking Services to Ameris Bank\t\t<\/p>\n

            \nDocuments:<\/strong>RFP for Banking Services.pdf<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

          2. \nComputer Bulk Purchase<\/a>
            \n
            \n\t\t\tApproval of purchase\t\t<\/p>\n

            \nDocuments:<\/strong>Computer Bulk Purchase.pdf<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

          3. \nAmendments to E-One Grinder Pump Station Specifications<\/a>
            \n
            \n\t\t\tApproval of amendments to general requirements and standards specifications.\t\t<\/p>\n

            \nDocuments:<\/strong>Amendments to E-One Grinder Pump Station Specifications.pdf<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

          4. \nOrdinance Adopting Current Board of Health Rules<\/a>
            \n
            \n\t\t\tApproval of ordinance adopting current Board of Health rules\t\t<\/p>\n

            \nDocuments:<\/strong>Ordinance Adopting Current Board of Health Rules.pdf<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

          5. \nSolicitor-General\u2019s VOCA Supplemental Grant MOU<\/a>
            \n
            \n\t\t\tAuthorize chairman to sign \t\t<\/p>\n

            \nDocuments:<\/strong>Solicitor-Generals VOCA Supplemental Grant MOU.pdf<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/ol>\n

          6. \nReports – County Manager<\/a><\/p>\n
          7. \nCitizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address<\/a>
            \n<\/p>\n
          8. \nAdjournment<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

            \n -jsq\n<\/p>\n

            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 donate to LAKE today<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            In an interesting version of a revolving door, county appointee Michael H. McDowell’s KLVB term is expiring, so is Valdosta appointee Bubba Highsmith’s, and the county proposes appointing Highsmith. Highsmith is a State Farm Insurance Agent. Also on the Lowndes County Commission agenda for 8:30AM Monday morning are: banking services (looks like Ameris Bank costs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,2,41,20,88,3,450,55],"tags":[10098,8733,92,1283,10404,10403,1132,8701,8699,10,10013,8718,9866,1724,8702,8710,91,12,7,8734,10405,10402,2179,812,3110,8700,6,8768,7228,8727,90],"class_list":["post-20338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alcohol","category-government","category-health-care","category-law","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-transparency","category-vlpra","category-water","tag-10098","tag-alcohol","tag-beer","tag-board-of-health","tag-bubba-highsmith","tag-bulk","tag-computer","tag-georgia","tag-government","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-grinder-pump","tag-health-care","tag-july-24","tag-keep-lowndes-valdosta-beautiful","tag-lake","tag-law","tag-lcc","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-michael-h-mcdowell","tag-mou","tag-north-valdosta-road","tag-ordinance","tag-purchase","tag-transparency","tag-valdosta","tag-vlpra","tag-voca","tag-water","tag-work-session"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20338","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=20338"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20368,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20338\/revisions\/20368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}