{"id":21572,"date":"2020-02-10T10:36:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T15:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=21572"},"modified":"2020-02-10T10:36:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T15:36:52","slug":"new-mayor-and-mayor-pro-tem-vcc-2020-01-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/new-mayor-and-mayor-pro-tem-vcc-2020-01-09.html","title":{"rendered":"New Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem @ VCC 2020-01-09"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nHere is the agenda<\/a> and a few pictures of the first Valdosta City Council meeting of 2020,\r\nincluding the installation of new Mayor Scott James Matheson and new Mayor Pro-Tem Tim Carroll.\r\n

\r\n\"[Seldom<\/a>\r\n
Seldom seen this full<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nA few City Council members were re-elected and took the oath of office again; none are new.\r\nLAKE videos will follow.\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n

\r\nAGENDA\r\n
\r\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL\r\n
\r\n5:30 PM Thursday, January 9, 2020\r\n
\r\nCOUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL\r\n<\/p>\r\n

    \r\n
  1. \r\nOpening Ceremonies\r\n
      \r\n
    1. \r\nCall to Order\r\n
    2. \r\nInvocation\r\n
    3. \r\nPledge of Allegiance to the American Flag\r\n<\/ol>\r\n
    4. \r\nReading of the Election Results\r\n
        \r\n
      1. \r\nReading of the 2019 Municipal Election Results and Run-off Election Results.\r\n<\/ol>\r\n
      2. \r\nOaths of Office\r\n

        \r\n\"[Mayor<\/a>\r\n
        Mayor Scott James Matheson<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

          \r\n
        1. \r\nOaths of Office of the Mayor and City Council Districts 1, 3, 5, and At Large.\r\n

          \r\n\"[All<\/a>\r\n
          All re-elected<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

        2. \r\nElection of the Mayor Pro Tem and Oath of Office\r\n
            \r\n
          1. \r\nElection of Mayor Pro Tem and Oath of Office\r\n

            \r\n\"[Mayor<\/a>\r\n
            Mayor Pro-Tem Tim Carroll<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

          2. \r\nAwards and Presentations\r\n
              \r\n
            1. \r\nPresentation of the 2019 Greater Valdosta Christmas Parade Awards.\r\n

              \r\n\"[Christmas<\/a>\r\n
              Christmas Parade Awards<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

            2. \r\nPresentation of the Municipal Audit for Fiscal Year 2019.\r\n<\/ol>\r\n
            3. \r\nMinutes Approval\r\n
                \r\n
              1. \r\nValdosta City Council – Regular Meeting – Dec 5, 2019 5:30 PM\r\n<\/ol>\r\n
              2. \r\nPublic Hearings\r\n
                  \r\n
                1. \r\nConsideration of an Ordinance to rezone 6.70 acres from Planned Mixed Use\r\nDevelopment (PMD) to Highway-Commercial (C-H) by Quick Trip Corporation (File\r\nNo. VA-2019-08). The property is located at 1394 North St. Augustine Road. The\r\nGreater Lowndes Planning Commission reviewed this request at their November\r\nRegular Meeting and recommended approval (8-0 Vote). Council postponed this\r\nrequest at the December 5, 2019 Regular Meeting until the January 9, 2020 Regular\r\nMeeting.\r\n<\/ol>\r\n
                2. \r\nBids, Contracts, Agreements and Expenditures\r\n
                    \r\n
                  1. \r\nConsideration of bids for the purchase of one Leaf Collector Vacuum Truck for the Public Works Department.\r\n
                  2. \r\nConsideration of bids for the purchase of a Backhoe for the Utilities Department.\r\n<\/ol>\r\n
                  3. \r\nCitizens to be Heard\r\n
                  4. \r\nCity Manager’s Report\r\n
                  5. \r\nCouncil Comments\r\n
                  6. \r\nAdjournment\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

                    \r\nThis is Charles White, a staffer for Georgia U.S. Senator David Perdue.\r\nStaffer White has been trying to get the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\r\nto respond about the Valdosta wastewater situation.\r\n

                    \r\n\"[Charles<\/a>\r\n
                    Charles White, staffer for GA Sen. Perdue<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

                    \r\nA month later, still no response from EPA.\r\n

                    \r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\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>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here is the agenda and a few pictures of the first Valdosta City Council meeting of 2020, including the installation of new Mayor Scott James Matheson and new Mayor Pro-Tem Tim Carroll. Seldom seen this full A few City Council members were re-elected and took the oath of office again; none are new. LAKE videos […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14,49,2,54,55],"tags":[11028,8704,8721,8701,8699,9559,548,8702,8710,12,7,2495,11030,4,11029,63,6,8726,8727],"class_list":["post-21572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-elections","category-government","category-valdosta-city-council","category-water","tag-11028","tag-economy","tag-elections","tag-georgia","tag-government","tag-january-9","tag-john-s-quarterman","tag-lake","tag-law","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-mayor","tag-mayor-pro-tem","tag-regular-session","tag-scott-james-matheson","tag-tim-carroll","tag-valdosta","tag-valdosta-city-council","tag-water"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p585fK-5BW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21572","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=21572"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21575,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21572\/revisions\/21575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}