{"id":25190,"date":"2025-08-24T08:46:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T12:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25190"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:27:33","slug":"agenda-millages-opioid-litigation-hightower-road-splost-ix-trees-act-pfas-groundwater-claims-lcc-2025-08-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/08\/agenda-millages-opioid-litigation-hightower-road-splost-ix-trees-act-pfas-groundwater-claims-lcc-2025-08-25.html","title":{"rendered":"Agenda: Millages, Opioid Litigation, Hightower Road, SPLOST IX, TREES Act, PFAS Groundwater Claims @ LCC 2025-08-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update 2025-08-26<\/strong>:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/08\/videos-millages-opioid-litigation-hightower-road-splost-ix-trees-act-pfas-groundwater-claims-lcc-work-2025-08-25.html\">Videos: Millages, Opioid Litigation, Hightower Road, SPLOST IX, TREES Act, PFAS Groundwater Claims @ LCC Work 2025-08-25<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nMillages and taxes are the top topics for the Lowndes County Commission this week, plus lawsuit settlements for opioids and PFAS, and a road abandonment quit-claim to the Air Force.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\nThe property tax millage will be set at the rollback rate of 5.051 mills.\r\nThat is a reduction of 0.232 mills or about 4.4% from the 5.283 rate of 2024.\r\nYour property taxes are a product of valuation and millage, minus various exemptions such as for homestead or conservation easements.\r\nSince many valuations went up, your taxes may go up.\r\n<li>\r\nVLCIA got its rate reduced to 0.823 mills last year, but this year it will\r\nbe back to 1.00 mill like it always was before for the Valdosta Lowndes County Industrial Authority, aka the Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority (VLDA).\r\n<li>\r\nSame 1.25 mills as always for the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLCIA).\r\n<li>\r\nSame as last year: 2.50 mills for the Special District Millage for Fire Services.\r\nThat&#8217;s right, twice VLPRA&#8217;s millage, and 2.5 times VLCIA&#8217;s millage.\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\nIn November you get to vote on the SPLOST IX projects the County Commission\r\nis approving this week for the penny Special Local Option Sales Tax.\r\nThe county has not published that project list, but LAKE already published\r\nit more than a week ago:\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25175\">\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25175<\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nAnd those of us who are tree farmers may get some tax relief after Hurricane Helene, from the\r\n<a href=\"#TREES-Act-Resolution\">TREES Act Resolution<\/a>.\r\nThis is presumably the same\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accg.org\/links\/TREES%20Act%20Summary%20-%20ACCG%206.9.25%20Final.pdf\">ACCG Summary of the TREES ACT<\/a>\r\nas Lowndes County put in its board packet.\r\n<p>\r\nLowndes County may get some money from settlements for lawsuits about\r\nopioids and PFAS.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\"> \r\n<a title=\"Agenda: Millages, SPLOST IX, TREES Act, Opioid Litigation, Hightower Road, PFAS Groundwater Claims @ LCC 2025-08-25\" name=\"MMM:Agenda-Millages-SPLOST-IX-TREES-Act-Opioid-Litigation-Hightower-Road-PFAS-Groundwater-Claims-LCC-20250825\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/many.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/many.jpg\"  alt=\"[Agenda: Millages, SPLOST IX, TREES Act, Opioid Litigation, Hightower Road, PFAS Groundwater Claims @ LCC 2025-08-25]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/many.html\">Agenda: Millages, SPLOST IX, TREES Act, Opioid Litigation, Hightower Road, PFAS Groundwater Claims @ LCC 2025-08-25<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nThe Air Force wants the county to quit-claim the right of way for Hightower Road,\r\nwhich the county already abandoned in 2023.\r\nMoody Air Force Base is directly south of it, and the Air Force now owns\r\nthe field north of it.\r\nIncluded in this post are the maps from the May, 2023, board packet\r\nfrom when the county abandoned that stretch of Hightower Road.\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=23550\">\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=23550<\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nHere is the\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_08262025-534?html=true\">agenda<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nWe don&#8217;t have the board packet, because I forgot to send in the open records request until today.\r\n<p>\r\nIt is still mysterious why Lowndes County does not publish its board packets on its own website, like many counties larger and smaller have done for years in Georgia and Florida.\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\nLOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS\r\n<br>\r\nPROPOSED AGENDA\r\n<br>\r\nWORK SESSION, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025, 8:30 a.m.\r\n<br>\r\nREGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2025, 5:30 p.m.\r\n<br>\r\n\r\n327 N. Ashley Street &#8211; 2nd Floor\r\n<\/p><!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Call-to-Order\" href=\"#Call-to-Order\">Call to Order<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Invocation\" href=\"#Invocation\">Invocation<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Pledge\" href=\"#Pledge\">Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Minutes-for-Approval\" href=\"#Minutes-for-Approval\">Minutes for Approval<\/a>\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Work-Session\" href=\"#Work-Session\">Work Session &#8211; August 11, 2025 &amp; Regular Session &#8211; August 12, 2025<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"For-Consideration\" href=\"#For-Consideration\">For Consideration<\/a>\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha\">\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Adoption-of-the-2025-Millage-Rate\" href=\"#Adoption-of-the-2025-Millage-Rate\">Adoption of the 2025 Millage Rate<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/4842?fileID=5884\">Adoption of the 2025 Millage Rate.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-the-Industrial-Authority-for-2025\" href=\"#Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-the-Industrial-Authority-for-2025\">Adoption of Special District Millage for the Industrial Authority for 2025<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/4843?fileID=5885\">Adoption of Special District Millage for the Industrial Authority for 2025.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-the-Parks-and-Recreation-Authority-for-2025\" href=\"#Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-the-Parks-and-Recreation-Authority-for-2025\">Adoption of Special District Millage for the Parks and Recreation Authority for 2025<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/4844?fileID=5886\">Adoption of Special District Millage for the Parks and Recreation Authority for 2025.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-Fire-Services-for-2025\" href=\"#Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-Fire-Services-for-2025\">Adoption of Special District Millage for Fire Services for 2025<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/4845?fileID=5887\">Adoption of Special District Millage for Fire Services for 2025.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Opioid-Litigation\" href=\"#Opioid-Litigation\">Opioid Litigation &#8211; Purdue Pharma<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/4846?fileID=5888\">Opioid Litigation &#8211; Purdue Pharma.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Quit-Claim-Deed-of-Abandoned-Section-of-Hightower-Road\" href=\"#Quit-Claim-Deed-of-Abandoned-Section-of-Hightower-Road\">Quit-Claim Deed of Abandoned Section of Hightower Road<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/4847?fileID=5889\">Quit-Claim Deed of Abandoned Section of Hightower Road.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"SPLOST-IX\" href=\"#SPLOST-IX\">SPLOST IX<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/4848?fileID=5890\">SPLOST IX.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"TREES-Act-Resolution\" href=\"#TREES-Act-Resolution\">TREES Act Resolution<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/4849?fileID=5891\">TREES Act Resolution.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"AFFF-PFAS-Groundwater-Claims\" href=\"#AFFF-PFAS-Groundwater-Claims\">AFFF\/PFAS Groundwater Claims<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Documents:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/4850?fileID=5892\">AFFF &#8211; PFAS Groundwater Claims.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Reports\" href=\"#Reports\">Reports &#8211; County Manager<\/a>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"CWTBH\" href=\"#CWTBH\">Citizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Adjournment\" href=\"#Adjournment\">Adjournment<\/a>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Millages and Opioid Litigation\" name=\"Agenda:Millages-and-Opioid-Litigation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0001.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0001.jpg\"  alt=\"[Millages and Opioid Litigation]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0001.html\">Millages and Opioid Litigation<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0001.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Hightower Road, SPLOST IX, TREES Act, AFFF\/PFAS Groundwater Claims\" name=\"Agenda:Hightower-Road-SPLOST-IX-TREES-Act-AFFFPFAS-Groundwater-Claims\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0002.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0002.jpg\"  alt=\"[Hightower Road, SPLOST IX, TREES Act, AFFF\/PFAS Groundwater Claims]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0002.html\">Hightower Road, SPLOST IX, TREES Act, AFFF\/PFAS Groundwater Claims<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0002.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Adoption-of-the-2025-Millage-Rate\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/#Adoption-of-the-2025-Millage-Rate\">Adoption of the 2025 Millage Rate<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"The county-wide millage rate for 2025 should be set at the rollback rate of 5.051 mills. This represents a reduction of 0.232 mills from 2024.\" name=\"Adoption-of-the-2025-Millage-Rate:The-countywide-millage-rate-for-2025-should-be-set-at-the-rollback-rate-of-5051-mills-This-represents-a-reduction-of-0232-mills-from-2024\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0003.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0003.jpg\"  alt=\"[The county-wide millage rate for 2025 should be set at the rollback rate of 5.051 mills. This represents a reduction of 0.232 mills from 2024.]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0003.html\">The county-wide millage rate for 2025 should be set at the rollback rate of 5.051 mills. This represents a reduction of 0.232 mills from 2024.<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0003.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-the-Industrial-Authority-for-2025\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/#Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-the-Industrial-Authority-for-2025\">Adoption of Special District Millage for the Industrial Authority for 2025<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"The Industrial Authority rate was set at 1.00 mill since it was first implemented, but was reduced to 0.823 mills in 2024. The proposed millage for 2025 for the Industrial Authority is 1.00 mill.\" name=\"Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-the-Industrial-Authority-for-2025:The-Industrial-Authority-rate-was-set-at-100-mill-since-it-was-first-implemented-but-was-reduced-to-0823-mills-in-2024-The-proposed-millage-for-2025-for-the-Industrial-Authority-is-100-mill\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0004.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0004.jpg\"  alt=\"[The Industrial Authority rate was set at 1.00 mill since it was first implemented, but was reduced to 0.823 mills in 2024. The proposed millage for 2025 for the Industrial Authority is 1.00 mill.]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0004.html\">The Industrial Authority rate was set at 1.00 mill since it was first implemented, but was reduced to 0.823 mills in 2024. The proposed millage for 2025 for the Industrial Authority is 1.00 mill.<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0004.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-the-Parks-and-Recreation-Authority-for-2025\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/#Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-the-Parks-and-Recreation-Authority-for-2025\">Adoption of Special District Millage for the Parks and Recreation Authority for 2025<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"The Parks and Recreation Authority rate was set at 1.25 mills since it was first implemented. The proposed millage for 2025 for the Parks and Recreation Authority is 1.25 mills.\" name=\"Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-the-Parks-and-Recreation-Authority-for-2025:The-Parks-and-Recreation-Authority-rate-was-set-at-125-mills-since-it-was-first-implemented-The-proposed-millage-for-2025-for-the-Parks-and-Recreation-Authority-is-125-mills\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0005.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0005.jpg\"  alt=\"[The Parks and Recreation Authority rate was set at 1.25 mills since it was first implemented. The proposed millage for 2025 for the Parks and Recreation Authority is 1.25 mills.]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0005.html\">The Parks and Recreation Authority rate was set at 1.25 mills since it was first implemented. The proposed millage for 2025 for the Parks and Recreation Authority is 1.25 mills.<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0005.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-Fire-Services-for\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/#Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-Fire-Services-for\">Adoption of Special District Millage for Fire Services for<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"The 2025 rate should be set at 2.50 mills which is no change from the prior year millage.\" name=\"Adoption-of-Special-District-Millage-for-Fire-Services-for:The-2025-rate-should-be-set-at-250-mills-which-is-no-change-from-the-prior-year-millage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0006.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0006.jpg\"  alt=\"[The 2025 rate should be set at 2.50 mills which is no change from the prior year millage.]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0006.html\">The 2025 rate should be set at 2.50 mills which is no change from the prior year millage.<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0006.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Opioid-Litigation-Purdue-Pharma\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/#Opioid-Litigation-Purdue-Pharma\">Opioid Litigation &#8211; Purdue Pharma<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Special counsel for Lowndes County, Cale Conley, recommends Lowndes County participate in this settlement and accept the Purdue Bankruptcy Plan to receive funds from Purdue to abate the opioid crisis.\" name=\"Opioid-Litigation-Purdue-Pharma:Special-counsel-for-Lowndes-County-Cale-Conley-recommends-Lowndes-County-participate-in-this-settlement-and-accept-the-Purdue-Bankruptcy-Plan-to-receive-funds-from-Purdue-to-abate-the-opioid-crisis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0007.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0007.jpg\"  alt=\"[Special counsel for Lowndes County, Cale Conley, recommends Lowndes County participate in this settlement and accept the Purdue Bankruptcy Plan to receive funds from Purdue to abate the opioid crisis.]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0007.html\">Special counsel for Lowndes County, Cale Conley, recommends Lowndes County participate in this settlement and accept the Purdue Bankruptcy Plan to receive funds from Purdue to abate the opioid crisis.<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0007.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"QuitClaim-Deed-of-Abandoned-Section-of-Hightower-Road\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/#QuitClaim-Deed-of-Abandoned-Section-of-Hightower-Road\">Quit-Claim Deed of Abandoned Section of Hightower Road<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"The Air Force has now asked the County for a quit-claim deed of the abandoned section of right-of-way.\" name=\"QuitClaim-Deed-of-Abandoned-Section-of-Hightower-Road:The-Air-Force-has-now-asked-the-County-for-a-quitclaim-deed-of-the-abandoned-section-of-rightofway\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0008.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0008.jpg\"  alt=\"[The Air Force has now asked the County for a quit-claim deed of the abandoned section of right-of-way.]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0008.html\">The Air Force has now asked the County for a quit-claim deed of the abandoned section of right-of-way.<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0008.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"Abandonment-of-a-Section-of-Hightower-Road-20230809\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/#Abandonment-of-a-Section-of-Hightower-Road-20230809\">Abandonment of a Section of Hightower Road 2023-08-09<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"BUDGET IMPACT: N\/A; abandoning the highlighted 1693.52 foot section of the road located proximate to Moody AFB.\" name=\"Abandonment-of-a-Section-of-Hightower-Road-20230809:BUDGET-IMPACT-NA-abandoning-the-highlighted-169352-foot-section-of-the-road-located-proximate-to-Moody-AFB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/May-8-9-2023-Meeting-Packet-0003.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/May-8-9-2023-Meeting-Packet-0003.jpg\"  alt=\"[BUDGET IMPACT: N\/A; abandoning the highlighted 1693.52 foot section of the road located proximate to Moody AFB.]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/May-8-9-2023-Meeting-Packet-0003.html\">BUDGET IMPACT: N\/A; abandoning the highlighted 1693.52 foot section of the road located proximate to Moody AFB.<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/May-8-9-2023-Meeting-Packet-0003.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Plan of the portion of Hightower Road to be abandoned.\" name=\"Abandonment-of-a-Section-of-Hightower-Road-20230809:Plan-of-the-portion-of-Hightower-Road-to-be-abandoned\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/May-8-9-2023-Meeting-Packet-0004.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/small\/May-8-9-2023-Meeting-Packet-0004.jpg\"  alt=\"[Plan of the portion of Hightower Road to be abandoned.]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/May-8-9-2023-Meeting-Packet-0004.html\">Plan of the portion of Hightower Road to be abandoned.<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/May-8-9-2023-Meeting-Packet-0004.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Aerial Map of the portion of Hightower Road to be abandoned.\" name=\"Abandonment-of-a-Section-of-Hightower-Road-20230809:Aerial-Map-of-the-portion-of-Hightower-Road-to-be-abandoned\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/May-8-9-2023-Meeting-Packet-0005.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/small\/May-8-9-2023-Meeting-Packet-0005.jpg\"  alt=\"[Aerial Map of the portion of Hightower Road to be abandoned.]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/May-8-9-2023-Meeting-Packet-0005.html\">Aerial Map of the portion of Hightower Road to be abandoned.<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/May-8-9-2023-Meeting-Packet-0005.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"SPLOST-IX\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/#SPLOST-IX\">SPLOST IX<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Further to the SPLOST IX Agreement approved by the Board on August 4, 2025, and also thereafter by each of the cities, the Resolution of the Board of Commissioners calling for the tax to be reimposed is attached.\" name=\"SPLOST-IX:Further-to-the-SPLOST-IX-Agreement-approved-by-the-Board-on-August-4-2025-and-also-thereafter-by-each-of-the-cities-the-Resolution-of-the-Board-of-Commissioners-calling-for-the-tax-to-be-reimposed-is-attached\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0009.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0009.jpg\"  alt=\"[Further to the SPLOST IX Agreement approved by the Board on August 4, 2025, and also thereafter by each of the cities, the Resolution of the Board of Commissioners calling for the tax to be reimposed is attached.]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0009.html\">Further to the SPLOST IX Agreement approved by the Board on August 4, 2025, and also thereafter by each of the cities, the Resolution of the Board of Commissioners calling for the tax to be reimposed is attached.<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0009.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"TREES-Act-Resolution\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/#TREES-Act-Resolution\">TREES Act Resolution<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Subsection (b) of this Act provides that the Board may grant temporary property tax relief from taxes levied for certain eligible standing timber pursuant to OCGA \u00a7 48-5-7.5 during the final quarter of 2024 and each quarter of 2025. Subsection (c) provides that to grant such temporary tax relief the Board shall adopt a resolution or ordinance including certain specified provisions.\" name=\"TREES-Act-Resolution:Subsection-b-of-this-Act-provides-that-the-Board-may-grant-temporary-property-tax-relief-from-taxes-levied-for-certain-eligible-standing-timber-pursuant-to-OCGA-48575-during-the-final-quarter-of-2024-and-each-quarter-of-2025-Subsection-c-provides-that-to-grant-such-temporary-tax-relief-the-Board-shall-adopt-a-resolution-or-ordinance-including-certain-specified-provisions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0010.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0010.jpg\"  alt=\"[Subsection (b) of this Act provides that the Board may grant temporary property tax relief from taxes levied for certain eligible standing timber pursuant to OCGA \u00a7 48-5-7.5 during the final quarter of 2024 and each quarter of 2025. Subsection (c) provides that to grant such temporary tax relief the Board shall adopt a resolution or ordinance including certain specified provisions.]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0010.html\">Subsection (b) of this Act provides that the Board may grant temporary property tax relief from taxes levied for certain eligible standing timber pursuant to OCGA \u00a7 48-5-7.5 during the final quarter of 2024 and each quarter of 2025. Subsection (c) provides that to grant such temporary tax relief the Board shall adopt a resolution or ordinance including certain specified provisions.<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0010.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"TREES-Act-Summary-ACCG-6925-Final-0001\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/#TREES-Act-Summary-ACCG-6925-Final-0001\">TREES Act Summary ACCG 6.9.25 Final 0001<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"What is the Disaster Area?\" name=\"TREES-Act-Summary-ACCG-6925-Final-0001:What-is-the-Disaster-Area\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0001.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0001.jpg\"  alt=\"[What is the Disaster Area?]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0001.html\">What is the Disaster Area?<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0001.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Eligible Governing Authority, Standing Timber and Property? What Does Severely Damaged or Destroyed Mean?\" name=\"TREES-Act-Summary-ACCG-6925-Final-0001:Eligible-Governing-Authority-Standing-Timber-and-Property-What-Does-Severely-Damaged-or-Destroyed-Mean\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0002.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/small\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0002.jpg\"  alt=\"[Eligible Governing Authority, Standing Timber and Property? What Does Severely Damaged or Destroyed Mean?]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0002.html\">Eligible Governing Authority, Standing Timber and Property? What Does Severely Damaged or Destroyed Mean?<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0002.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Tax Relief\" name=\"TREES-Act-Summary-ACCG-6925-Final-0001:Tax-Relief\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0003.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/small\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0003.jpg\"  alt=\"[Tax Relief]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0003.html\">Tax Relief<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0003.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"State Grants and Initial Funding by the Eligible Governing Authority\" name=\"TREES-Act-Summary-ACCG-6925-Final-0001:State-Grants-and-Initial-Funding-by-the-Eligible-Governing-Authority\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0004.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/small\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0004.jpg\"  alt=\"[State Grants and Initial Funding by the Eligible Governing Authority]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0004.html\">State Grants and Initial Funding by the Eligible Governing Authority<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/TREES-Act-Summary--ACCG-6.9.25-Final-0004.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"AFFFPFAS-Groundwater-Claims\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/#AFFFPFAS-Groundwater-Claims\">AFFF\/PFAS Groundwater Claims<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Stag Liuzza, a law firm in New Orleans that specializes in representing local governments in the AFFF\/PFAA litigation, and Carothers &#038; Mitchell, a law firm in Buford, Georgia, have offered their services to counties in Georgia related to making a claim for a portion of the settlement funds paid by 3M and DuPont. These firms would be paid on a contingency basis, i.e., attorneys\u2019 fees and expenses would be taken out of any settlement recovery. If the County recovers nothing, it would pay nothing in fees and expenses to these firms.\" name=\"AFFFPFAS-Groundwater-Claims:Stag-Liuzza-a-law-firm-in-New-Orleans-that-specializes-in-representing-local-governments-in-the-AFFFPFAA-litigation-and-Carothers-Mitchell-a-law-firm-in-Buford-Georgia-have-offered-their-services-to-counties-in-Georgia-related-to-making-a-claim-for-a-portion-of-the-settlement-funds-paid-by-3M-and-DuPont-These-firms-would-be-paid-on-a-contingency-basis-ie-attorneys-fees-and-expenses-would-be-taken-out-of-any-settlement-recovery-If-the-County-recovers-nothing-it-would-pay-nothing-in-fees-and-expenses-to-these-firms\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0011.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0011.jpg\"  alt=\"[Stag Liuzza, a law firm in New Orleans that specializes in representing local governments in the AFFF\/PFAA litigation, and Carothers &#038; Mitchell, a law firm in Buford, Georgia, have offered their services to counties in Georgia related to making a claim for a portion of the settlement funds paid by 3M and DuPont. These firms would be paid on a contingency basis, i.e., attorneys\u2019 fees and expenses would be taken out of any settlement recovery. If the County recovers nothing, it would pay nothing in fees and expenses to these firms.]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0011.html\">Stag Liuzza, a law firm in New Orleans that specializes in representing local governments in the AFFF\/PFAA litigation, and Carothers &#038; Mitchell, a law firm in Buford, Georgia, have offered their services to counties in Georgia related to making a claim for a portion of the settlement funds paid by 3M and DuPont. These firms would be paid on a contingency basis, i.e., attorneys\u2019 fees and expenses would be taken out of any settlement recovery. If the County recovers nothing, it would pay nothing in fees and expenses to these firms.<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0011.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Page 12\" name=\"AFFFPFAS-Groundwater-Claims:Page-12\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0012.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/small\/08262025Plus-0012.jpg\"  alt=\"[Page 12]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0012.html\">Page 12<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-08-25--lcc-agenda\/08262025Plus-0012.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\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>!\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update 2025-08-26: Videos: Millages, Opioid Litigation, Hightower Road, SPLOST IX, TREES Act, PFAS Groundwater Claims @ LCC Work 2025-08-25. Millages and taxes are the top topics for the Lowndes County Commission this week, plus lawsuit settlements for opioids and PFAS, and a road abandonment quit-claim to the Air Force. 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