{"id":640,"date":"2012-07-23T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/5d-splost-vii-agreement-lcc-2012-07-23.html"},"modified":"2012-07-23T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T23:30:00","slug":"5d-splost-vii-agreement-lcc-2012-07-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/5d-splost-vii-agreement-lcc-2012-07-23.html","title":{"rendered":"5.d. SPLOST VII Agreement @ LCC 2012-07-23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YmIKKnJpkVU\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b016768b30532970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b016768b30532970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a> County Manager Joe Pritchard announced at <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/videos-two-taxes-library-bid-and-two-road-repairs-lcc-2012-07-23.html\"> this morning&#8217;s Lowndes County Commission Work Session<\/a> that the county and the cities had reached an agreement and resolution in time to announce a ballot referendum for SPLOST VII. He said the city of Valdosta already acted upon the agreement Thursday, and he expected the other cities would follow suit. He said Commissioners had a breakdown in front of them of projects to be paid for by the Special Projects Local Option Sales Tax. No Commissioners had any questions.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YmIKKnJpkVU\"> Part 1 of 2:<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YmIKKnJpkVU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small> 5.d. SPLOST VII Agreement Part 1 of 2: <br \/> Work Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC), <br \/> Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 23 July 2012. <\/small><\/p>\n<p>County Chairman Ashley Paulk volunteered a laconic explanation of how an agreement was reached:<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m0fkVL8dwbY\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b016768b30535970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b016768b30535970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a> In case you were wondering, it was done by census, which made it quite simple.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m0fkVL8dwbY\"> Part 2 of 2:<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m0fkVL8dwbY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small> 5.d. SPLOST VII Agreement Part 2 of 2: <br \/> Work Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC), <br \/> Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 23 July 2012. <\/small><\/p>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"County Manager Joe Pritchard announced at this morning&#8217;s Lowndes County Commission Work Session that the county and the cities had reached an agreement and resolution in time to announce a ballot referendum for SPLOST VII. 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