{"id":3587,"date":"2013-05-27T21:37:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T01:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2013-05-27T22:17:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T02:17:48","slug":"who-is-the-construction-board-of-adjustment-and-appeals-lcc-2013-05-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/who-is-the-construction-board-of-adjustment-and-appeals-lcc-2013-05-28.html","title":{"rendered":"Who is the Construction Board of Adjustment and Appeals? @ LCC 2013-05-28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nWho will be<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/construction-board-of-adjustments-and-appeals-appointment-lcc-2013-05-28.html\"><br \/>\nappointed tomorrow<\/a><br \/>\nto the<br \/>\nValdosta-Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals (VLCCBAA),<br \/>\nwho&#8217;s on it, and what do they do?<a title=\"Randall Crews, Crews Engineering\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crewsengineering.com\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" alt=\"Randall Crews, Crews Engineering\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crewsengineering.com\/images\/composite_new4.JPG\"><\/a><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s look back a few years.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n26 June 2012:<br \/>\nAccording to<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/budget-boards-and-abandonment-lcc-2012-06-26.html\"><br \/>\nLAKE writeup<\/a> and<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0WmSMbFl5Oo\"><br \/>\nvideo<\/a><br \/>\nthey appointed Jim Scruggs to that board,<br \/>\nand the other applicants were Rich Rowe and Tim Coons.<br \/>\nScruggs replaced Bill Slaughter on that board;<br \/>\nhis term had expired, and he had &#8220;indicated&#8221;<br \/>\nhe did not want to be reappointed.<\/p>\n<li>\n<a title=\"Tommy Radney, Radney Plumbing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radney.com\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" alt=\"Tommy Radney, Radney Plumbing\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radney.com\/images\/Sign.JPG\"><\/a><br \/>\n24 May 2011:<\/a><br \/>\nAccording to<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ppMK1n-I48I\"><br \/>\nLAKE video<\/a><br \/>\nthey re-appointed Tommy Radney.<br \/>\nAt the previous morning&#8217;s Work Session<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ng1lMOW_YXw\"><br \/>\nCommissioners discussed having potential appointees<br \/>\ncome before the Commission before appointment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<li>\n25 May 2010:<br \/>\nAccording to the county&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/files\/minutes\/regular%20session%2005-25-10%20final%20_3_.pdf\"><br \/>\nthe minutes<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8230;and Randall Crews to the Valdosta\/Lowndes County Construction Board<br \/>\nof Adjustments and Appeals. Commissioner Evans also agreed to accept the<br \/>\n<a title=\"John Sineath, Devcon Holdings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.devconholdings.com\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"John Sineath, Devcon Holdings\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devconholdings.com\/images\/prop_pics.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nCommission\u2019s vacant position on the Valdosta\/Lowndes County Construction<br \/>\nBoard of Adjustments and Appeals.  Vice Chairman Lee spoke as second to<br \/>\nCommissioner Evan\u2019s motion.  Motion carried.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The minutes say Commissioner Evans was appointed to<br \/>\n&#8220;the Commission&#8217;s vacant position&#8221; which might indicate<br \/>\nsomebody resigned or died, but the minutes don&#8217;t say.<\/p>\n<li>\n26 May 2009:<br \/>\nAccording to<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/files\/minutes\/regular%20meeting%20052609%20final%20_2_.pdf\"><br \/>\nthe minutes<\/a><br \/>\nthey re-appointed Bill Slaughter.\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nWhat does that board do, and who&#8217;s on it?<br \/>\nThe county doesn&#8217;t say, but on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Index.aspx?page=110\"><br \/>\nthe City of Valdosta website<\/a> we learn:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><H4>Purpose:<\/H4><br \/>\nThe Valdosta-Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustment and Appeals<br \/>\nis responsible for reviewing and deciding specific appeals made by<br \/>\nindividuals concerning the interpretation or administration of the<br \/>\nConstruction Codes.<H4>Members:<\/H4><br \/>\n<a title=\"Steve Quinn, Quinn Construction\" \nhref=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/quinn-construction-valdosta\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Steve Quinn, Quinn Construction\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-media3.ak.yelpcdn.com\/assets\/2\/www\/img\/305e17fe6ed8\/gfx\/blank_biz_medium_sq.png\"><\/a><br \/>\nThe board consists of seven members.  Three members are appointed by the<br \/>\nCity of Valdosta and three by the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners.<br \/>\nMembers are appointed based on their experience in the construction<br \/>\nindustry.  The seventh appointment rotates between the City and County.<\/p>\n<table>\n<caption>\nCurrent Members of the Board are:<br \/>\n<\/caption>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<table>\n<caption>City<\/caption>\n<tr>\n<th>Name<\/th>\n<th>Expires<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>John Sineath<\/td>\n<td>June 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Steve Quinn<\/td>\n<td>June 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jimmy Cone<\/td>\n<td>June 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ronald Cowart<\/td>\n<td>June 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table>\n<Caption>County<\/Caption><\/p>\n<tr>\n<th>Name<\/th>\n<th>Expires<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tommy Radney<\/td>\n<td>June 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Randall Crews<\/td>\n<td>June 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jim Scruggs<\/td>\n<td>June 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a title=\"Jimmy Cone, Key Architectural Elements\" href=\"http:\/\/www.keyarchelements.com\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jimmy Cone, Key Architectural Elements\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" width=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.keyarchelements.com\/finished\/8.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nAll the terms are for three (3) years.<br \/>\nNo Chair is indicated on the city&#8217;s web page.<br \/>\nThe seat that needs to be filled is currently held by Randall Crews.<br \/>\nWhat happened to Joyce Evans&#8217; appointment of 2010?<br \/>\nWas that to fill an unexpired term?<br \/>\nIf so, it must have been for the seat currently held<br \/>\nby Jim Scruggs, since they reappointed Tommy Radney in 2011<br \/>\nand Randall Crews was appointed in 2010 at the same time as Joyce Evans.<br \/>\n2015 minus 3 is 2012, and minus another 3 is 2009,<br \/>\nwhich is when Bill Slaughter was appointed.<br \/>\nBut Slaughter was still on that board until 2012, so that&#8217;s not it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIncidentally, Bill Slaughter simultaneously served on the<br \/>\nPlanning Commission.<br \/>\nAccording to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/files\/minutes\/regular%20session%20minutes%2010-23-07.pdf\"><br \/>\nLowndes County Commission minutes of 23 October 2007<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong><br \/>\nGreater Lowndes Planning Commission,<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nChairman Casey opened the floor for nomination. Vice Chairman<br \/>\nLee nominated Bill Slaughter, term to begin January 2008,<br \/>\nCommissioner Carter second.  Appointed by acclamation.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nAnd later under Reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nChairman Casey wanted to make a point of clarification stating that<br \/>\nthe request from the Greater Lowndes Planning Comm<br \/>\nission Appointment is to appoint Bill Slaughter for the<br \/>\nCommission taking Tim Carroll\u2019s position. All appointments will begin January 1, 2008.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"Ronald Cowart, Cowart Electric\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cowart-inc.com\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ronald Cowart, Cowart Electric\" width=\"200\" style=\"float:right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cowart-inc.com\/images\/cowbldg_small.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nSo whose slot on the Construction Board that Joyce Evans was filling?<br \/>\nMaybe it was the seat that rotates between the city and the county?<br \/>\nOr maybe<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/files\/minutes\/regular%20session%2005-25-10%20final%20_3_.pdf\"><br \/>\nthe 25 May 2010 minutes<\/a><br \/>\nare confused in some way.\n<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jim Scruggs, Valdosta Mechanical\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostamechanical.net\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jim Scruggs, Valdosta Mechanical\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" width=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.valdostamechanical.net\/images\/Office%20Facade2.JPG\"><\/a><br \/>\nThe Chamber of Commerce has<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostachamber.com\/sort.htm\"><br \/>\na link<\/a><br \/>\nto<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cloud.snappages.com\/b96f399ad03d57c93a039c8b8e5354f38059bb01\/2012Appeal%20Form.pdf\"><br \/>\nThe Construction Board&#8217;s appeals form<\/a>,<br \/>\nwhich indicates they meet quarterly at a regular (unspecified) time,<br \/>\nand apparently $50 can cause them to call a special meeting.<br \/>\n(The city&#8217;s website says &#8220;The time, date and place of the meetings of the board are determined on an as needed basis.&#8221;)<br \/>\nAppeals can involve an allegedly misinterpreted or misconstrued<br \/>\ncode or ordinance section, or a hardship on the appellant.<br \/>\nI wonder how many construction adjustments or appeals a board<br \/>\ncomposed of construction people turns down?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnyway, once someone gets on the Construction Board, the county<br \/>\ntends to reappoint them for a second term, so I&#8217;d guess Randall Crews<br \/>\nis going to get reappointed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhere are the agendas and minutes for the Construction Board?<br \/>\nWho keeps them?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who will be appointed tomorrow to the Valdosta-Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals (VLCCBAA), who&#8217;s on it, and what do they do? Let&#8217;s look back a few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,88,3],"tags":[6329,8701,8699,10,8702,91,12,7,8734,4,8700,6,2276],"class_list":["post-3587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-transparency","tag-28-may-2013","tag-georgia","tag-government","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-lake","tag-lcc","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-regular-session","tag-transparency","tag-valdosta","tag-valdosta-lowndes-county-construction-board-of-adjustments-and-appeals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3587","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=3587"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3612,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3587\/revisions\/3612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}