{"id":21677,"date":"2020-04-27T10:03:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=21677"},"modified":"2020-04-27T10:03:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:03:59","slug":"videos-deannexation-rezonings-right-of-way-software-health-insurance-road-repairs-lcc-2020-02-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/videos-deannexation-rezonings-right-of-way-software-health-insurance-road-repairs-lcc-2020-02-24.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Deannexation, Rezonings, Right of Way, Software, Health Insurance, Road Repairs @ LCC 2020-02-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nThe longest item of those I videoed (yes, I was late to this Work Session) was\r\n<a href=\"#N-6-f-Deannexation-of-Ganas-Property-by-Lake-Park\">\r\n6.f. Deannexation of Ganas Property by Lake Park<\/a>,\r\nwhich apparently doesn&#8217;t cost the county anything.\r\nDirectly, at least.\r\nMaybe even net positive, due to property taxes.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Deannexation\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rWJni20g64U\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere are the costs found in the agenda sheets for the items,\r\nfrom most expensive down, with links back into\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/rezonings-right-of-way-software-health-insurance-deannexation-and-road-repairs-lcc-2020-02-24.html\">\r\nthe agenda<\/a>.\r\n<table>\r\n<tr><th>Cost<\/th><th>What<\/th><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">$290,000.00\r\n<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/rezonings-right-of-way-software-health-insurance-deannexation-and-road-repairs-lcc-2020-02-24.html#2020-Administrative-Services-Agreement-with-Allied-Benefit-Systems-Inc-\">2020 Administrative Services Agreement with Allied Benefit Systems, Inc.<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">$50,433.00<\/td><td>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/rezonings-right-of-way-software-health-insurance-deannexation-and-road-repairs-lcc-2020-02-24.html#Bid-for-Repairs-to-Knights-Academy-Road\">Bid for Repairs to Knights Academy Road<\/a>;\r\nemergency repairs for Culvert Aprons\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">$43,245.50\r\n<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/rezonings-right-of-way-software-health-insurance-deannexation-and-road-repairs-lcc-2020-02-24.html#Approval-of-Clyattstone-Rd-Simpson-Ln-ROW-Purchases\">Approval of Clyattstone Rd.-Simpson Ln. ROW Purchases<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">$24,613.44\r\n<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/rezonings-right-of-way-software-health-insurance-deannexation-and-road-repairs-lcc-2020-02-24.html#Microsoft-Server-2019-Data-Center-License\">Microsoft Server 2019 Data Center License<\/a>\r\n<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">$11,535.00\r\n<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/rezonings-right-of-way-software-health-insurance-deannexation-and-road-repairs-lcc-2020-02-24.html#Approval-of-Clyattstone-Rd-Simpson-Ln-ROW-Acquisition\">Approval of Clyattstone Rd.-Simpson Ln. ROW Acquisition<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">$419,826.94<\/td><td>Total<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>\r\nThe actual cost for one item is larger; see below for\r\n<a href=\"#N-6-c-d-Approval-of-Clyattstone-Rd-Simpson-Ln-ROW-Purchases\">\r\nClyattstone Road and Simpson Lane ROW Purchases<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nBelow are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes.\r\nSee also<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/rezonings-right-of-way-software-health-insurance-deannexation-and-road-repairs-lcc-2020-02-24.html\">\r\nthe agenda<\/a>\r\nand the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2020-02-24--lcc-packet\">board packet<\/a>,\r\nwhich is on the LAKE website due to a LAKE open records request.\r\nSee also the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/videos-verizon-country-club-tower-halfway-house-and-providence-missionary-baptist-church-glpc-2020-01-27.html\">LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission meeting<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\nYes, I got there too late for the first few items: the rezonings, the Hamm Estate, and the Microsoft server.\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-6-c-d-Approval-of-Clyattstone-Rd-Simpson-Ln-ROW-Purchases\" href=\"#N-6-c-d-Approval-of-Clyattstone-Rd-Simpson-Ln-ROW-Purchases\">\r\n      6.c\/d. Approval of Clyattstone Rd.-Simpson Ln. ROW Purchases\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<br><a title=\"video: \r\n      6.c\/d. Approval of Clyattstone Rd.-Simpson Ln. ROW Purchases\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4FBXAHtsR5E&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr&#038;index=2&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      6.c\/d. Approval of Clyattstone Rd.-Simpson Ln. ROW Purchases\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4FBXAHtsR5E\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4FBXAHtsR5E&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr&#038;index=2&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<table>\r\n<tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">\r\n$43,245.50\r\n<\/td><td>\r\nThe stated ROW cost in the agenda\r\n<tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">\r\n$11,535.00\r\n<\/td><td>\r\nand the other stated ROW cost in the agenda\r\n<tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">\r\n$2,916.00\r\n<\/td><td>\r\nUp to that amount for an acre of drainage for Simpson Lane, approved\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/notes-special-called-meeting-lcc-2020-04-16.html\">April 16, 2020<\/a>.\r\n<tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">\r\n$20,000.00\r\n<\/td><td>\r\nFor wetland credits acquisition on\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/trash-franchises-stream-monitoring-wetlands-credits-force-main-quit-claims-paving-and-accountability-court-lcc-2020-04-28.html\">the agenda for April 28, 2020<\/a>.\r\n<tr><td style=\"text-align:right\">\r\n$77,696.50\r\n<\/td><td>Grand total so far\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nAnd that&#8217;s before grading, base, and paving.\r\nGretchen notes that probably no other roads will be done this way, because that&#8217;s T-SPLOST money,\r\nand sales taxes are a bit depressed now.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-6-e-2020-Administrative-Services-Agreement-w-Allied-Benefit-Systems\" href=\"#N-6-e-2020-Administrative-Services-Agreement-w-Allied-Benefit-Systems\">\r\n      6.e. 2020 Administrative Services Agreement w. Allied Benefit Systems\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<br><a title=\"video: \r\n      6.e. 2020 Administrative Services Agreement w. Allied Benefit Systems\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v_VCY6Y__rY&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr&#038;index=3&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      6.e. 2020 Administrative Services Agreement w. Allied Benefit Systems\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/v_VCY6Y__rY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v_VCY6Y__rY&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr&#038;index=3&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nHealth insurance administration.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-6-f-Deannexation-of-Ganas-Property-by-Lake-Park\" href=\"#N-6-f-Deannexation-of-Ganas-Property-by-Lake-Park\">\r\n      6 f. Deannexation of Ganas Property by Lake Park\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<br><a title=\"video: \r\n      6 f. Deannexation of Ganas Property by Lake Park\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rWJni20g64U&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr&#038;index=4&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      6 f. Deannexation of Ganas Property by Lake Park\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rWJni20g64U\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rWJni20g64U&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr&#038;index=4&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nCommissioner Demarcus Marshall wanted to know about neighboring properties.\r\nAnswer was the red ones are in Lake Park and the others are in Lowndes County,\r\non the map they were displaying.\r\nThat map was not in\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2020-02-24--lcc-packet\">\r\nthe agenda packet<\/a> obtained by LAKE through an open records request.\r\nThe map below is the only one that was in there for the Ganas property.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Survey\" name=\"Deannexation-of-Ganas-Property-by-Lake-Park:Survey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2020-02-24--lcc-packet\/February-24--25-2020-Agenda-Packet-0037.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\" height=\"464\"  border=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2020-02-24--lcc-packet\/February-24--25-2020-Agenda-Packet-0037.jpg\"  alt=\"[Survey]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2020-02-24--lcc-packet\/#Deannexation-of-Ganas-Property-by-Lake-Park:Survey\">Survey<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2020-02-24--lcc-packet\/February-24--25-2020-Agenda-Packet-0037.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"N-7-a-Bid-for-Repairs-to-Knights-Academy-Road\" href=\"#N-7-a-Bid-for-Repairs-to-Knights-Academy-Road\">\r\n      7.a. Bid for Repairs to Knights Academy Road\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<br><a title=\"video: \r\n      7.a. Bid for Repairs to Knights Academy Road\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0i1SQnqi3TU&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr&#038;index=5&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      7.a. Bid for Repairs to Knights Academy Road\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/0i1SQnqi3TU\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0i1SQnqi3TU&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr&#038;index=5&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nCounty Engineer Mike Fletcher didn&#8217;t say why Culvert Aprons require &#8220;desperate&#8221; emergency repairs,\r\nnor whether this item was in the budget.\r\nThey did say GDOT inspection found the problem.\r\nEngineering did at least get three bids.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Adjournment\" href=\"#Adjournment\">\r\n      8. Reports 10. Meeting Adjournment\r\n    <\/a>\r\n<br><a title=\"video: \r\n      8. Reports 10. Meeting Adjournment\r\n    \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V51kCGZvWJM&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr&#038;index=6&#038;t=0s\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"\r\n      8. Reports 10. Meeting Adjournment\r\n    \" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/V51kCGZvWJM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V51kCGZvWJM&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr&#038;index=6&#038;t=0s\">Video.<\/a>\r\nCounty Manager Joe Pritchard: no additional report.\r\nSo they adjourned.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr\">\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=PLshUv86fYkiHtXEiyAZ7s1WStzJUe_jEr\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nVideos: Deannexation, Rezonings, Right of Way, Software, Health Insurance, Road Repairs\r\n<br>\r\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 2020-02-24.\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 longest item of those I videoed (yes, I was late to this Work Session) was 6.f. Deannexation of Ganas Property by Lake Park, which apparently doesn&#8217;t cost the county anything. Directly, at least. Maybe even net positive, due to property taxes. 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