{"id":23081,"date":"2022-08-12T12:39:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T16:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=23081"},"modified":"2022-08-12T12:39:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T16:39:20","slug":"videos-valdosta-city-council-2022-08-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2022\/08\/videos-valdosta-city-council-2022-08-11.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Valdosta City Council 2022-08-11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nCouncil Sandra Tooley brought up some interesting issues\r\nin the last five minutes of the August 11, 2022, Valdosta City Council meeting.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Council Sandra Tooley requests Executive Session about personnel and trash\" name=\"ST:Council-Sandra-Tooley-requests-Executive-Session-about-personnel-and-trash\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/valdosta\/2022-08-11--vcc-videos\/sandra-tooley.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/valdosta\/2022-08-11--vcc-videos\/sandra-tooley.jpg\"  alt=\"[Council Sandra Tooley requests Executive Session about personnel and trash]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/valdosta\/2022-08-11--vcc-videos\/sandra-tooley.html\">Council Sandra Tooley requests Executive Session about personnel and trash<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThe Mayor said they had a request for an Executive Session, and asked for a motion.\r\nCouncil Tim Carroll wondered why.\r\n<p>\r\nCouncil Sandra Tooley explained,\r\n&ldquo;Citizens have come to me, and they have this thing they like to say,\r\nthat we do not have enough staff, that we&#8217;re short on staff, that we&#8217;re not getting things done.&rdquo;\r\n<p>\r\nSee for yourself in <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q5AqGQNvvTQ\">\r\nthis excerpt<\/a> of\r\nValdosta&#8217;s own\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CityofValdosta\/videos\/736328410986912\">\r\nfacebook live video<\/a> of the meeting.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q5AqGQNvvTQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nShe said four people had said that to her the previous day.\r\nFor example a case of grass not getting cut.\r\nAlso Valdosta police.\r\n<p>\r\n&ldquo;A lot of people have a lot of things going on in their departments.&rdquo;\r\n<p>\r\nShe mentioned a Click &#8216;n&#8217; Fix about a drainage ditch,\r\nafter talking to City Marshals and other departments,\r\nthe citizen said he didn&#8217;t want to keep calling the city\r\nbecause he thought they would start harrassing them\r\nafter he did what he said they told him to do.\r\n&ldquo;So when we ask them to do, why they won&#8217;t do?&rdquo;\r\n<p>\r\nShe said there were more.\r\n<p>\r\nCouncil Tim Carroll asked the City Attorney whether that subject\r\nfalls under Executive Session rules.\r\nAttorney Timothy M. Tanner said it was difficult to say without details,\r\nwhich they would have to decide in the Executive Session.\r\nCouncil Tooley said she did not want to talk about details in the open meeting.\r\n<p>\r\nThey voted on the motion for Executive Session.\r\nAs near as I can tell, everybody raised their hand for,\r\nexcept Tim Carroll, who sat with clasped hands.\r\nSo they went into Executive Session, and Valdosta&#8217;s livestream ended.\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":"Council Sandra Tooley brought up some interesting issues in the last five minutes of the August 11, 2022, Valdosta City Council meeting. Council Sandra Tooley requests Executive Session about personnel and trash The Mayor said they had a request for an Executive Session, and asked for a motion. Council Tim Carroll wondered why. 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