{"id":4385,"date":"2013-06-28T07:24:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T11:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=4385"},"modified":"2013-06-28T08:54:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T12:54:33","slug":"lowndes-county-says-it-doesnt-know-whos-on-a-board-to-which-it-appoints-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/lowndes-county-says-it-doesnt-know-whos-on-a-board-to-which-it-appoints-members.html","title":{"rendered":"Lowndes County says it doesn&#8217;t know who&#8217;s on a board to which it appoints members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nIf you were a county government appointing members to an Authority,\r\nwouldn&#8217;t you know who the other members were, and what that Authority does?\r\nLowndes County doesn&#8217;t seem to know those things about\r\nDeep South Solid Waste Authority (SWA).\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s the open records request from Brett Huntley of 7 June 2013:\r\n<blockquote>\r\nDeep South Solid Waste Authority (SWA)\r\n<br>\r\n &#8211; List of members of the board, officers, and staff of SWA,\r\n   who appointed each, and their terms of office\r\n<br>\r\n &#8211; Charter, bylaws, resolutions, and any other SWA organizational documents\r\n<br>\r\n &#8211; Agendas and Minutes for the past five years for SWA, and future meeting schedule\r\n<br>\r\nPlease provide as much in electronic form as possible.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nAnd here&#8217;s the response from Paige Dukes 12 June 2013:\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6075934997\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6066\/6075934997_7e4579d0f5_m.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nRegarding information related to the Deep South Solid Waste Authority,\r\nyou may contact Regional Commission Representative, Julia Shewchuk, at\r\n229-333-5277.  Lowndes County is not the custodian of the records you\r\nhave requested.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nThis is the same SWA for which the county&#8217;s adopted\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dca.ga.gov\/largefiles\/OPQG\/2012\/Lowndes_Co_Dasher_Ci_Hahira_CiLake%20Park_CI_Remerton_Ci_Valdosta_Ci_%20STWP_2012_2016.pdf\">\r\nGREATER LOWNDES 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHORT TERM WORK PROGRAM (STWP) FY 2012 -2016<\/a> says:\r\n<blockquote>\r\n4.3.1 \u2013Maintain involvement and membership on Deep South Solid \r\nWaste Authority (SWA).\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nOur county government doesn&#8217;t know what this SWA is that it&#8217;s a member of?\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you were a county government appointing members to an Authority, wouldn&#8217;t you know who the other members were, and what that Authority does? Lowndes County doesn&#8217;t seem to know those things about Deep South Solid Waste Authority (SWA). 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