{"id":23178,"date":"2022-09-14T12:31:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T16:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=23178"},"modified":"2022-09-14T12:31:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T16:31:50","slug":"millage-tax-assessment-3-utilities-zboa-juvenile-justice-lcc-2022-08-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2022\/09\/millage-tax-assessment-3-utilities-zboa-juvenile-justice-lcc-2022-08-23.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Millage, tax assessment, 3 utilities, ZBOA, Juvenile Justice @ LCC 2022-08-23"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nThey approved all the utilities items, radios, building, and manholes,\r\nat the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session of Tuesday, August 23, 2022.\r\n

\r\nThey adopted the FY2022 millage rate (slightly lowered), including the fire district millage rate (same as last year), and they approved a software module for the Tax Assessors to use to facilitate citizen appeals to appraisals.\r\n

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\r\n\"[Collage,<\/a>\r\n
Collage, Lowndes County Commission Regular Session 2022-08-23<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThey reappointed John \u201cMac\u201d McCall to the Valdosta Lowndes Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA), they approved a Juvenile Justice grant, and they approved a subdivision decorative lighting district.\r\n

\r\nCommissioner Scottie Orenstein is also Chair of the\r\n\r\nGeorgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA)<\/a>.\r\n

\r\n\r\nCounty Manager Paige Dukes said<\/a> the Commission’s year-end retreat would be\r\nFriday, November 18, 2022, and they would hold it in their offices\r\n(not on Jekyll Island this time).\r\nThe Lake Alapaha drinking water treatment plant is still not finished,\r\nand there are ARPA funds available for that and other water projects.\r\nUtilities Director Steve Stalvey reported on a sinkhole problem\r\nnear a lift station that they were dealing with.\r\nIt was apparently caused by a lightning strike, for which they are seeking insurance reimbursement.\r\n

\r\nThe whole thing took\r\nnineteen minutes<\/a>.\r\n

\r\nBelow are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,\r\nfollowed by a LAKE video playlist.\r\nSee also\r\n\r\n\r\nthe agenda<\/a>,\r\nthe\r\nboard packet<\/a> (received in response to a LAKE open records request),\r\nthe\r\nLAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session<\/a>,\r\nand the LAKE video of the Millage Public Hearing<\/a>\r\njust before the Regular Session.\r\n<\/p>\r\n