{"id":2154,"date":"2011-04-20T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/city-managers-report-and-council-comments-vcc-7-april-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-04-20T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T20:00:00","slug":"city-managers-report-and-council-comments-vcc-7-april-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/city-managers-report-and-council-comments-vcc-7-april-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"City Manager&#8217;s Report and Council Comments @ VCC 7 April 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"Sometimes you hear what you need to hear at the end of the meeting.\nOr, maybe you&#8217;re not there to hear it.\n<p>\nI think it helps make\nthe point if you need to first listen to the City Manager&#8217;s Report\nbefore you hear what happened at the end of this video.\n<H2>City Manager&#8217;s Report<\/H2>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5634961345\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5229\/5634961345_82b8360fb3_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nSecond night of classes [for something] is this coming Monday.\n<p>\nPolice Department review April 16-19 including a public hearing April 18th 6PM\nat the City Hall Annex.\n<p>\nElectronic recycling was very successful.\n<p>\nComposting program &#8220;very unique&#8221;: they give it away free three days a week;\nbring your own truck.\n<p>\nMatt Martin promoted from interim planning director to full time.\n<p>\nCity&#8217;s table is #17 at the event tonight [100 Black Men annual dinner].\n<p>\nEmployee appreciation luncheon Thursday April 21 at [?] Park.\n<p>\nNext meeting one council member will serve on committee about comprehensive plan.\n<H2>Council Comments<\/H2>\nCouncil Yost said:\n\n<!--more-->\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5635542376\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5101\/5635542376_a9d19cefe8_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<blockquote>Thank you to those citizens &#8230; who have been here for the whole\nevening.\nThere are a lot of them who do not stay.\nJust as important as biomass,\neverything that we do on a bi-weekly basis\nand I appreciate you being here.\nNo matter what you say up front,\nthe fact that you&#8217;re going to sit here\nand listen to the busines that we&#8217;re doing is important,\nand I appreciate it.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nCouncil White asked about the time for the appreciation dinner.\nCity Manager clarified it was 11:30-1:30.\n<p>\n[Some interchange that I can&#8217;t quite make out.]\n<p>\nMayor said Mr. Hanson has reminded him that he had said\nif citizens wanted to be heard after the meeting he would stay.\nHe suggested first that he&#8217;d stay after adjournment,\nand then he suggested that any council members who\nwanted to leave could do so. One did; the rest of the council stayed.\n<p>\nThe only person to stand up to speak was\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/concerned-scott-orenstein.html\">Scott Orenstein<\/a>.\nThe days when I agree with both Robert Yost and Scott Orentein are rare,\nbut that was such a day.\n<p>\n-jsq\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LxLIkWWSGhY\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LxLIkWWSGhY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nRegular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sometimes you hear what you need to hear at the end of the meeting. Or, maybe you&#8217;re not there to hear it. 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