{"id":21206,"date":"2019-07-23T15:56:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T19:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=21206"},"modified":"2019-08-12T09:24:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T13:24:06","slug":"videos-splost-viii-grassy-pond-sewer-and-hospital-authority-funding-lcc-2019-07-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/videos-splost-viii-grassy-pond-sewer-and-hospital-authority-funding-lcc-2019-07-23.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: SPLOST VIII, Grassy Pond Sewer, and Hospital Authority funding @ LCC <del>2019-07-23<\/del> 2019-07-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nThe whole Work Session took eleven minutes,\r\nof which three were about\r\n<a href=\"#N-5-d-Hospital-Authority-Refunding-Revenue-Certificates\">\r\nthe county guaranteeing refinancing Hospital Authority debt<\/a>.\r\nThey vote tonight at 5:30 PM; Gretchen will be there with the LAKE video camera.\r\n<strong>Update 2019-07-23:<<\/strong> Obtained in response to an open records request from LAKE, board packet is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/board-packet-lcc-2019-07-22.html\">on the LAKE website<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nSecond longest yesterday morning at a minute and a half was the\r\n<a href=\"#N-5-e-SPLOST-VIII-Agreement\">\r\nSPLOST VIII Agreement<\/a>, for which it seems the list is already finished,\r\nfinalized at a &#8220;public&#8221; meeting between the county and the five cities,\r\nwhich was not announced to the public.\r\n<p>\r\nMost of the bids for the\r\n<a href=\"#N-5-c-Grassy-Pond-Sewer-Connection\">\r\nGrassy Pond Sewer Connection<\/a>\r\nwere not in the board packet, we discovered due to a question by a Commissioner.\r\nThe\r\n<a href=\"#N-5-f-Abandonment-of-Portion-of-Reed-Road\">\r\nAbandonment of Portion of Reed Road<\/a>\r\nis the bit to the Withlacoochee River,\r\nwhich they county says was &#8220;unopened&#8221;, which is a strange\r\nway to describe the old dirt road that used to cross the river on a bridge.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/3Djy5Msov3Q\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nBelow are<!--more-->\r\n\r\n links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,\r\nwith a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist.\r\nSee also\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/splost-viii-grassy-pond-sewer-and-hospital-authority-funding-lcc-2019-07-22.html\">\r\nthe previous post with the agenda and more notes<\/a>.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-1-Call-to-order-4-Minutes-for-Approval\" href=\"#N-1-Call-to-order-4-Minutes-for-Approval\">\r\n      1. Call to order 4. Minutes for Approval\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      1. Call to order 4. Minutes for Approval\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XSOSWwwZmtg&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=2&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      1. Call to order 4. Minutes for Approval\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/XSOSWwwZmtg\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLDxF2eWMKqV0aZnWZoLN65iS3JM9Q\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XSOSWwwZmtg&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=2&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-5-a-FY-2020-Juvenile-Justice-Incentive-Grant\" href=\"#N-5-a-FY-2020-Juvenile-Justice-Incentive-Grant\">\r\n      5 a. FY 2020 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      5 a. FY 2020 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E5edE9_FTtg&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=3&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      5 a. FY 2020 Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/E5edE9_FTtg\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLAO0YkDzHIToPM9E87k0EpLlFldSQ\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E5edE9_FTtg&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=3&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-5-b-ACCG-IRMA-Property-and-Liability-Program-Renewal\" href=\"#N-5-b-ACCG-IRMA-Property-and-Liability-Program-Renewal\">\r\n      5 b. ACCG IRMA Property and Liability Program Renewal\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      5 b. ACCG IRMA Property and Liability Program Renewal\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dyyZuQWFz2k&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=4&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      5 b. ACCG IRMA Property and Liability Program Renewal\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/dyyZuQWFz2k\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLCMkx_2ojz8TtQXwPLTKM6IDDC-1g\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dyyZuQWFz2k&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=4&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-5-c-Grassy-Pond-Sewer-Connection\" href=\"#N-5-c-Grassy-Pond-Sewer-Connection\">\r\n      5 c. Grassy Pond Sewer Connection\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      5 c. Grassy Pond Sewer Connection\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rjm2gBLAsD4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=5&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      5 c. Grassy Pond Sewer Connection\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Rjm2gBLAsD4\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLAO7lQtM5Mbip9Vu3hwpM1yU38MhQ\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rjm2gBLAsD4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=5&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nCommissioner Demarcus Marshall wanted to know if the other four bids were in the packet.\r\nThey were not. Kevin Beals promised to bring them to the Tuesday Regular Session.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-5-d-Hospital-Authority-Refunding-Revenue-Certificates\" href=\"#N-5-d-Hospital-Authority-Refunding-Revenue-Certificates\">\r\n      5 d. Hospital Authority Refunding Revenue Certificates\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      5 d. Hospital Authority Refunding Revenue Certificates\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Djy5Msov3Q&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=6&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      5 d. Hospital Authority Refunding Revenue Certificates\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/3Djy5Msov3Q\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLA1eRZbs3cXZ64qUR_SWw2SJKgOPg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Djy5Msov3Q&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=6&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nThe alleged County Attorney&#8217;s brother, Jim Elliott, presented.\r\nCommissioners had no questions.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nThey never seem to have mentioned this time, but back\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/sgmc-asks-lowndes-county-commission-to-guarantee-100-m-in-bonds-10-october-2011.html\">\r\non 10 October 2011 they said it was $100 million in bonds<\/a>.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nRepresentatives from SGMC gave a two part presentation about expansion of SGMC facilities, to include 96 new private rooms in the Dasher Heart Center, the 5 story parking deck, now under construction and due to be completed in early 2012, and Life Safety and Generator Equipment updates.\r\n<p>\r\nAdditionally, they spoke briefly on the acquisition of Smith Northview Hospital on September 1, 2011. Smith Northview operates as a campus of SGMC and all Smith Northview employees are now SGMC employees.\r\n<p>\r\nThe second part of the presentation was about the financial portions of each of the 4 projects. The total cost of all four projects is $143,000,000 and the financed portion of that is expected to be $115,000,000. $3,000,000 is set aside in SPLOST for the parking deck and 25,000,000 is SGMC internally available funds. (Because SGMC is a public, not-for-profit, hospital, any funds that are above the cost of providing services must be re-invested into the hospital and the services it provides.)\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCommissioners in 2011 had a lot more questions than this time;\r\nthere&#8217;s more in that report from back then.\r\nThose bonds went on sale <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/sgmc-hospital-bonds-go-for-sale-this-week.html\">the week of 26 October 2011<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-5-e-SPLOST-VIII-Agreement\" href=\"#N-5-e-SPLOST-VIII-Agreement\">\r\n      5 e. SPLOST VIII Agreement\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      5 e. SPLOST VIII Agreement\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QIKwtkbPIps&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=7&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      5 e. SPLOST VIII Agreement\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/QIKwtkbPIps\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLDi2fE2DDreoAElhseAR8K_Ii_vPw\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QIKwtkbPIps&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=7&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nApparently it is too late to get anything onto the list as &#8220;the list&#8221; as been completed. \r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nWould be nice if the governments actually took input from the citizens about what we would like to tax ourselves for rather than just telling us.  SPLOST has failed before when things were on the list that people didn&#8217;t want.\r\n<br>\r\n&mdash;gretchen\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-5-f-Abandonment-of-Portion-of-Reed-Road\" href=\"#N-5-f-Abandonment-of-Portion-of-Reed-Road\">\r\n      5 f. Abandonment of Portion of Reed Road\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      5 f. Abandonment of Portion of Reed Road\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xI3kFK7Uw9c&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=8&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      5 f. Abandonment of Portion of Reed Road\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xI3kFK7Uw9c\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLAPqJ8Uw7hJgdqKn5DpyOh4SXEgEg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xI3kFK7Uw9c&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=8&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nFinalization of Quit Claim Deeds for Reed Road to the Withlacoochee River,\r\nper Commission <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/videos-county-paying-for-road-right-of-way-lcc-2019-01-08.html#N-6-a-Abandonment-of-unopened-Right-of-Way-off-of-Reed-Road\">decision of 8 January 2019<\/a>\r\nafter the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/videos-retreat-appointment-to-development-authority-abandon-reed-road-ed-hay-lease-forestry-speaks-lcc-2019-01-07.html#N-6-a-Abandonment-of-unopened-Right-of-Way-off-of-Reed-Road\">previous morning&#8217;s Work Session<\/a>.\r\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/2065?fileID=1950\">agenda sheet link<\/a> for that item for back then now leads nowhere.\r\nThe current agenda refers to &#8220;unopened&#8221; right of way,\r\nwhich is a misnomer for &#8220;unpaved&#8221;, since the dirt road used to\r\ngo over a bridge over the Withlacoochee River before it either\r\nwashed out, as County Engineer Mike Fletcher said this January,\r\nor burned, which is what I thought I remembered.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-6-Reports-none-8-Adjournment\" href=\"#N-6-Reports-none-8-Adjournment\">\r\n      6. Reports (none) 8. Adjournment\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<a title=\"video: \r\n      6. Reports (none) 8. Adjournment\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FhqOjMOImK8&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=9&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      6. Reports (none) 8. Adjournment\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/FhqOjMOImK8\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDFQgBFQAAAAAYASUAAMhCPQCAokN4AQ==&#038;rs=AOn4CLBk_qR9q2Zq2KWeiLM99RQA2SPgBQ\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FhqOjMOImK8&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES&#038;index=9&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nThe County Manager was not present.\r\nA whopping 11 minute meeting.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES\">\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=PLshUv86fYkiGjUaLH2KZ2RLxqG3qtUqES\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nVideos: SPLOST VIII, Grassy Pond Sewer, and Hospital Authority funding\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, 2019-07-23.\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":"The whole Work Session took eleven minutes, of which three were about the county guaranteeing refinancing Hospital Authority debt. They vote tonight at 5:30 PM; Gretchen will be there with the LAKE video camera. 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