{"id":25892,"date":"2026-07-09T09:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25892"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:47:39","slug":"videos-special-called-meeting-to-adopt-the-proposed-fy-2027-budget-lcc-2026-06-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2026\/07\/videos-special-called-meeting-to-adopt-the-proposed-fy-2027-budget-lcc-2026-06-30.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Special Called Meeting to Adopt the Proposed FY 2027 Budget @ LCC 2026-06-30"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nTurns out there was another agenda item for the\r\n\r\nSpecial Called Meeting to Adopt the Proposed FY 2027 Budget<\/a>,\r\n\r\n8:30 AM, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, Lowndes County Commission.\r\nThey did post\r\n\r\nthe agenda on the county’s website<\/a>, on June 26, 2026,\r\nthe Friday before the Tuesday meeting.\r\n

\r\nOn that Tuesday, first they adopted a budget plan for Hotel-Motel Proceeds for Fiscal Year 2027.\r\nThat required first getting a plan from the \r\nValdosta-Lowndes County Convention Center and Tourism Authority (VLCCCTA)\r\ntheir plan for use of the proceeds provided for tourism, conventions, and trade shows.\r\n

\r\nFinance Director Stephanie Black said, “You have a copy of the\r\nAuthority’s budget plan and a proposed county budget plan for 2027 for adoption.”\r\n

\r\nI can’t find either of those documents on the county’s website nor on the VLCCCTA\r\nwebsite.\r\nNaturally, LAKE has filed an open records request for those documents.\r\nMeanwhile, fortunately Malia Thomas was there to report for the Valdosta Daily Times\r\nand apparently got a copy of those documents; see below<\/a>\r\n

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Videos: Special Called Meeting to Adopt the Proposed FY 2027 Budget & Hotel-Motel Budget @ LCC 2026-06-30<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThey unanimously adopted the hotel-motel plan and then the county budget.\r\n

\r\nWhy a special called meeting when they could have done these things in a Regular Session?\r\nIf I’m not mistaken, the state requires counties to adopt a budget by the end of June.\r\nSo they had an additional meeting on the last possible day to adopt these documents.\r\n

\r\nThe entire meeting took 2 minutes and 14 seconds.\r\nGretchen Quarterman drove an hour round trip to take this LAKE video for you.\r\n

\r\nThe county could have videoed this meeting and put it on its YouTube channel the same way it handles its Regular Sessions.\r\nBut it did not.\r\n

\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@lowndescountyboardofcommis7341<\/a>

\r\nSo here is the LAKE video of the June 30, 2026, Special Called Meeting to Approve 2027 Budget:\r\n

\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLYr6CvpzLv2c&si=0LIfN6vq-MpzgZ8I<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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