{"id":5129,"date":"2013-08-12T19:09:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T23:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=5129"},"modified":"2013-08-12T19:12:41","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T23:12:41","slug":"videos-moody-moody-acre-water-and-splost-vi-lcc-2013-08-12-lcc-2013-08-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/videos-moody-moody-acre-water-and-splost-vi-lcc-2013-08-12-lcc-2013-08-12.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Moody, Moody, acre, water, and SPLOST VI @ LCC 2013-08-12 @ LCC 2013-08-12"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nThe “SPLOST VII Agreement”<\/a> has been drafted among the county and the local\r\ncities, but it isn’t quite done yet,\r\nyou can’t see what they’re still considering,\r\nand there was no mention of any public hearings.\r\nA local engineering firm is apparently going to get two no-bid contracts,\r\none for the\r\nAlapaha Water Treatment Plant<\/a>\r\nand one for\r\nthe county’s Land Application Site<\/a>.\r\nA local attorney represented both\r\n\r\na bond refinancing<\/a>\r\nand\r\n\r\nMoody Housing<\/a>.\r\nMany renewal contracts were presented, and the long-running\r\njuvenile justice item<\/a> saw some progress.\r\nThey ended with an Executive Session<\/a>\r\nbut didn’t say what for.\r\nChummy lot, those Commissioners and staff and attorneys and engineers.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nHere’s\r\n\r\nthe agenda<\/a>,\r\nwith links to the videos and a few notes, including a few links to related posts.\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nLOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS \r\n
\r\nPROPOSED AGENDA \r\n
\r\nWORK SESSION, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2013, 8:30 a.m. \r\n
\r\nREGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2013, 5:30 p.m. \r\n
\r\n327 N. Ashley Street \u2013 2nd<\/sup><\/small> Floor \r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n
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  1. \r\n\r\nCall to Order <\/a>\r\n
  2. \r\nInvocation \r\n

    \r\nThat’s only in the Regular Session, which is 5:30 PM Tuesday 13 August 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

  3. \r\nPledge of Allegiance to the Flag \r\n

    \r\nThat’s only in the Regular Session, which is 5:30 PM Tuesday 13 August 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

  4. \r\nMinutes for Approval \r\n

    \r\nChairman Bill Slaughter said:\r\n“Please take a look at those before tomorrow night.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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    1. \r\nWork Session — July 22, 2013 \r\n
    2. \r\nRegular Session — July 23, 2013 \r\n<\/ol>\r\n
    3. \r\n\r\nResolution for Refunding Revenue Bonds<\/a>\r\n

      \r\n\r\n\"Joe<\/a>\r\nThe county’s sound was working, but\r\nCounty Manager Joe Pritchard’s microphone was a foot to the left of his face.\r\nCrank it up and you can hear him say\r\nAttorney Bill Holland of Coleman-Talley was representing the\r\n\r\nSouth Regional Development Authority<\/a>.\r\nHolland said this refinancing of some 2004 bonds would save VSU some money,\r\nand the Authority was asking the Commission as the underwriter to approve it..\r\nCommissioners had no questions.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

    4. \r\nPublic Hearings \r\n
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      1. \r\n\r\nREZ-2013-08 MFH Tract \u2018A’ Rezoning Roberts Rd, Wilbanks Ave, and Bemiss Rd MAZ I to \r\nResidential PD, LC Water and Sewer, ~123 acres<\/a> \r\n

        \r\nAs we already knew, it had been withdrawn.\r\nSo County Planner Jason Davenport said there was no action to be\r\ntaken and they took none.\r\nBackground\r\n\r\nat the Planning Commission<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      2. \r\n\r\nREZ-2013-09 Moody Housing, Val Del Rd R-1 to Residential PD, LC Water & Sewer, ~64 acres<\/a>\r\n

        \r\nCounty Planner Jason Davenport said it was “in the Nelson Hill neighborhood”\r\nand there were some updates, but the County Clerk declined to reveal them\r\nwithout an Open Records Request that may not be satisfied until after\r\nthe Commission votes tomorrow evening.\r\nCommissioners did have questions, which you can see in\r\n\r\nthe videos in the separate post<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      3. \r\n\r\nREZ-2013-10 Stubbs<\/a>, Stubbs Ln E-A to R-1, Well and Septic, ~1.19 acres \r\n

        \r\nSee background from \r\n\r\nthe Planning Commission<\/a>.\r\nDavenport didn’t say much new,\r\nother than noting that staff (concerned about precedents)\r\nand Planning Commissioners (concerned about the family) didn’t agree,\r\nand while two people spoke for nobody spoke against.\r\nThere were no questions from Commissioners.\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      4. \r\nFor Consideration \r\n
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        1. \r\n\r\nEngineering<\/a> for the\r\n\r\nAlapaha Water Treatment Upgrade<\/a>\r\n

          \r\n\r\n\"Utilities<\/a>\r\nUtilities Director Mike Allen said they were ready to present\r\nan engineering agreement to Lovell Engineering.\r\nWhat happened to\r\n\r\nthey were only working with Lovell to get a letter\r\nsubmitted to GA EPD because of a deadline<\/a>?\r\nNow they seem heading straight towards letting a contract\r\nto Lovell with no bid.\r\nIt’s good they’re dealing locally, but were there no other\r\nlocal companies that might want to bid?\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        2. \r\n\r\nEngineering Service for Sewer Plant Upgrade<\/a>\r\n

          \r\nAnother non-bid engineering agreement ready to submit to Lovell Engineering!\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        3. \r\n\r\nService Contract for the Logisys CAD System<\/a>\r\n

          \r\n\r\n911 Director Danny Weeks<\/a> said it was an annual renewal for a computer aided dispatch system\r\nthat supplies caller’s name, address, phone number, recommendations\r\nfor agencies to dispatch, etc.\r\nCommissioner Demarcus Marshall wondered about a potential future upgrade\r\nand whether there was “one type of solution that could fit all”.\r\nWeeks said there were some solutions that promised that,\r\nand some that did a similar job to the one they already had,\r\nbut everyone was already trained on the current one,\r\nplus it had maps integrated.\r\nMarshall wondered about the various other recent 911 requests.\r\nWeeks said the most recent one had been for a telephone system,\r\nand others were for annual software renewals.\r\nChairman Bill Slaughter noted with a new budget year\r\nthere were many renewals.\r\nMarshall said he’s like to approve a single package at the beginning\r\nof the year.\r\nSlaughter noted that one size fits all didn’t really exist in software.\r\nWeeks said one reason they’d been seeing him so much lately was\r\nthat he’d been trying to line them all up to be approved at around\r\nthe same time.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        4. \r\n\r\nJohnson Controls Contract Continuation<\/a>\r\n

          \r\nPublic Works Director Robin Cumbus said this was another annual renewal,\r\nfor maintenance of chillers and towers in the building where they were sitting.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        5. \r\n\r\nFY2013 EMPG Response and Recovery Award Application <\/a>\r\n

          \r\nEmergency Services Director Ashley Tye said each year GEMA\r\nmakes available this award, which in the past they’ve used to purchase\r\nfurniture, computers, telephones, and the like.\r\nThis year they want to buy laptops and tablets\r\nto help with their continuity of government program,\r\nfor relocating key personnel if necessary.\r\nPlus a lot of the computers needed replacing anyway.\r\nAnd tablets for Mr. Fletcher’s Engineering Department\r\nfor surveying roads and bridges, filling out damage assessment forms, etc.\r\n

          \r\nCommissioner John Page wanted to know if any other departments might\r\nbenefit.\r\nTye said Fire, Public Works, and some others.\r\nHe didn’t have the list with him, but he said basically\r\neach department would need at least one.\r\n“If something happened to this building”.\r\nPerhaps he’s thinking of a tornado or a fire.\r\nBut the Sheriff’s Department was pretty self-sufficient\r\nwith computers in their cars.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        6. \r\n\r\nEvidence Based Associates Service Agreement <\/a>\r\n

          \r\nYet another phase of this long-running approval process.\r\nAshley Tye said they weren’t awarded the entire $500,000\r\nthey requested, but they did get $200,000,\r\nand now a service agreement needed approval.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        7. \r\n\r\nSPLOST VII<\/a> Agreement \r\n

          \r\nCounty Manager Joe Pritchard said they had a 15 page agreement\r\nbetween the county and the cities for SPLOST VII, including\r\nbreakdowns of projects proposed by the various participants.\r\nChairman Bill Slaughter said they had added about\r\nthe airport, although not what the Airport Authority Executive Director\r\nhad requested.\r\nInstead, VLCAA ED Jim Galloway had supplied a prioritized list,\r\nand the county was willing to make $150,000 available,\r\nso Commissioners should look at it before the following\r\nevening’s meeting.\r\nCommissioner John Page asked when they would get the list.\r\nPritchard said he had a copy which he would get copied for them.\r\nCommissioner Joyce Evans thanked the Chairman for paying attention\r\nto the airport.\r\nSlaughter said they’d taken the $150,000 out of Water and Sewer.\r\n

          \r\nChairman Page wanted to know if that change was reflected in\r\nthat Exhibit A.\r\nAnswer: “No it is not.”\r\nBut Pritchard promised an amended Exhibit A, presumably by tomorrow’s\r\nRegular Session.\r\n

          \r\nCommissioner Marshall wanted to know whether the county could\r\nhelp the airport outside of SPLOST,\r\n“we as a Commission could give us finds to help out on a smaller project, right?”\r\nChairman said for emergencies they could.\r\n

          \r\nNeither of these two documents\r\nwere available to LAKE without an Open Records Request.\r\nGretchen filed those ORRs, but responses were\r\nstill not available at the end of the day.\r\nIf the county takes the statutory three days, nobody will see it\r\nbefore the Commission votes tomorrow evening.\r\n

          \r\nHere are\r\n\r\nthe County’s previous slides<\/a>.\r\nSee also\r\n\r\ntwo<\/a>\r\n\r\nitems<\/a>\r\nabout the SPLOST VII items about a boat ramp and pavillion in Naylor.\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

        8. \r\n\r\nReports-County Manager<\/a>\r\n

          \r\nCounty Manager requested an executive session for attorney-client privilege,\r\nbut didn’t say for what: aren’t they supposed to say?\r\nThey went into Executive Session anyway.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        9. \r\nCitizens Wishing to be Heard Please State Name And Address \r\n

          \r\nThat’s only in the Regular Session, which is 5:30 PM Tuesday 13 August 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

          \r\nHere’s\r\n\r\na video playlist:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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