{"id":22085,"date":"2021-02-22T16:30:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T21:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=22085"},"modified":"2021-02-22T16:32:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T21:32:07","slug":"roads-water-and-taxes-lcc-2021-02-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2021\/02\/roads-water-and-taxes-lcc-2021-02-22.html","title":{"rendered":"Roads, Water, and Taxes @ LCC 2021-02-22"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nFour million dollars in tax money discussed this morning,\r\nto be voted on at 5:30 PM tomorrow (Tuesday) by the Lowndes County Commission.\r\n\r\n

\r\n\"[Table:<\/a>\r\n
Table: Four Million Dollars<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nYet their video cameras seem to be broken and I haven’t seen anything\r\nabout paying to fix them or buy new ones.\r\nMeanwhile, Valdosta City Council started online through an iphone,\r\nand numerous other counties in Georgia and Florida have made their meetings\r\naccessible online.\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\nCost<\/th>\r\n\r\nWhat<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
$1,974,139.00<\/td>Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) Loan Application for the Lake Park Bellville Road Widening Project<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n
$1,875,000.00<\/td>\r\n\r\nGeorgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) Loan Application for Lift Station & Manhole Rehab Project<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n
$219,000.00<\/td>Approve Purchase of West Savannah Avenue and Briggs Street Properties<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n
$168,880.00<\/td>Purchase of Wetland and Stream Credits for Old US 41 North Widening Project<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n
$59,500.00<\/td>Contract with Condrey and Associates, Inc.<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n
$34,024.64<\/td>Request for the Purchase of Motorola Radios for Public Works<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n
$19,167.00<\/td>\r\n\r\nApproval of the Solicitor General’s VAWA Competitive Grant Award<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n
$10,195.00<\/td>Approval of Hightower Road and Cooper Road Right of Way Purchases<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n
$6,000.00<\/td>GMASS Rural Land Maintenance Contract<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n
$339.00<\/td>Just Compensation – Right of Way Parcel 10 Hightower Road and Cooper Road, TSPLOST Project<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n
$4,366,244.64<\/td>Total<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

\r\nWe don’t know where are the lift stations or manholes to be\r\nfinanced through a GEFA loan for $1,875,000<\/a>,\r\nbut I’d say that’s a good use of funds.\r\nNot so sure about the \r\n\r\n$1,974,139 for relocating utilities for widening\r\nLake Park Bellville Road<\/a>,\r\nbecause I’m not clear on why that road needs widening.\r\nI do wonder why sewer and drinking water improvements have to be funded through loans\r\nwhile road building gets tax funds.\r\n

\r\nHere is \r\nthe agenda<\/a>.\r\nThe board packet is \r\non the LAKE website<\/a>,\r\nreceived Friday in response to a LAKE Open Records request.\r\n

\r\n

\r\nLOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS\r\n
\r\nPROPOSED AGENDA\r\n
\r\nWORK SESSION, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2021, 8:30 a.m.\r\n
\r\nREGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2021, 5:30 p.m.\r\n
\r\n327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

    \r\n
  1. \r\nCall to Order<\/a>\r\n
  2. \r\nInvocation<\/a>\r\n
  3. \r\nPledge of Allegiance to the Flag<\/a>\r\n
  4. \r\n2021 Comprehensive Plan Kick-off Presentation (Work Session only)<\/a>\r\n
    \r\n
  5. \r\nMinutes for Approval<\/a>\r\n
      \r\n
    1. \r\nWork Session – February 8, 2021 & Regular Session – February 9, 2021<\/a>\r\n
      \r\n<\/ol>\r\n
    2. \r\nFor Consideration<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n
      1. \r\nTIA Local Agreement for Briggston Road<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>TIA Local Agreement for Briggston Road.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      2. \r\nTIA Local Agreement for Shiloh Road<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>TIA Local Agreement for Shiloh Road.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      3. \r\nApproval of Hightower Road and Cooper Road Right of Way Purchases<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>Approval of Hightower Road and Cooper Road Right of Way Purchases.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      4. \r\nPurchase of Wetland and Stream Credits for Old US 41 North Widening Project<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>Purchase of Wetland and Stream Credits for Old US 41 North Widening Project.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      5. \r\nJust Compensation – Right of Way Parcel 10 Hightower Road and Cooper Road, TSPLOST Project <\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>Just Compensation – Right of Way Parcel 10 Hightower Road and Cooper Road, TSPLOST Project.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      6. \r\nApproval of the Solicitor General's VAWA Competitive Grant Award<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>Approval of the Solicitor General VAWA Competitive Grant Award.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      7. \r\nRequest for the Purchase of Motorola Radios for Public Works<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>Request for the Purchase of Motorola Radios for Public Works.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      8. \r\nGeorgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) Loan Application for the Lake Park Bellville Road Widening Project<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) Loan Application for the Lake Park Bellville Road Widening Project.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      9. \r\nGeorgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) Loan Application for Lift Station & Manhole Rehab Project<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) Loan Application for Lift Station and Manhole Rehab Project.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      10. \r\nGMASS Rural Land Maintenance Contract <\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>GMASS Rural Land Maintenance Contract.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      11. \r\nApprove Purchase of West Savannah Avenue and Briggs Street Properties<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>Approve Purchase of West Savannah Avenue and Briggs Street Properties.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      12. \r\nContract with Condrey and Associates, Inc. <\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>Contract with Condrey and Associates, Inc..pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      13. \r\nReports – County Manager<\/a>\r\n
      14. \r\nCitizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n
      15. \r\nAdjournment<\/a>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/blockquote>\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>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four million dollars in tax money discussed this morning, to be voted on at 5:30 PM tomorrow (Tuesday) by the Lowndes County Commission. Table: Four Million Dollars Yet their video cameras seem to be broken and I haven’t seen anything about paying to fix them or buy new ones. Meanwhile, Valdosta City Council started online […]","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":[14,809,20,10675,449,55],"tags":[11276,9712,11277,8704,8805,1970,8701,10883,10908,8702,9536,8710,7232,12,7,1770,8000,383,2208,8767,4335,6,8727,11275],"class_list":["post-22085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-gdot","category-law","category-taxes","category-transportation","category-water","tag-briggs-street-properties","tag-briggston-road","tag-cooper-road-right","tag-economy","tag-gdot","tag-gefa","tag-georgia","tag-georgia-environmental-finance-authority","tag-hightower-road","tag-lake","tag-lake-park-bellville-road","tag-law","tag-lift-station","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-manhole","tag-shiloh-road","tag-taxes","tag-tia","tag-transportation","tag-tsplost","tag-valdosta","tag-water","tag-west-savannah-avenue"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p585fK-5Kd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22085","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=22085"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22090,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22085\/revisions\/22090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}