{"id":701,"date":"2012-07-08T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/budget-boards-and-abandonment-lcc-2012-06-26.html"},"modified":"2013-07-28T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T17:02:00","slug":"budget-boards-and-abandonment-lcc-2012-06-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/budget-boards-and-abandonment-lcc-2012-06-26.html","title":{"rendered":"Budget, boards, and abandonment @ LCC 2012-06-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0167684c262d970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0167684c262d970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a> The Lowndes County Commission appointed people to four boards, approved a budget for next fiscal year, made some unspecified changes to this year&#8217;s budget, and demonstrated they could both stop speeding traffic on a rural road and put a cap on a construction contract! All this in one meeting, their Regular Session of 26 June 2012.<\/p>\r\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/06\/appointments-to-four-boards-road-abandomnent-and-community-block-grant-lcc-2012-06-25.html\"> the agenda.<\/a> Here are <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/06\/video-playlist-lcc-2012-06-25.html\">videos of the previous morning&#8217;s Work Session.<\/a> And here are <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/second-and-final-budget-hearing-lcc-2012-06-26.html\"> videos of the 5PM (actually 4:57PM) budget hearing.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li> Unscheduled item: <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/mickey-tillman-recognized-lcc-2012-06-26.html\"> Recognition of Mickey Tillman by Chairman Ashley Paulk and Joe Pritchard.<\/a> <\/li>\r\n<li> 6.a. Reappointed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N841pEh5WnU&amp;list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59&amp;index=7&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> Michael McDowell<\/a> to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grpa.org\/dept_view.php?flag=dept&amp;id=1356#\"> Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks &amp; Rec. Authority (VLPRA)<\/a>. <\/li>\r\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ybSbd7aWIbI&amp;list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59&amp;index=8&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> 5. Adopt the Budget<\/a> Commissioner Joyce Evans said a few words about the ankle monitoring program and made the motion, which was unanimously approved. <\/li>\r\n<li> 6.b. Appointed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0WmSMbFl5Oo&amp;list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59&amp;index=9&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> Jim Scruggs with Valdosta Mechanical<\/a> to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Index.aspx?page=110\"> Valdosta\/Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals (VLCCBAA)<\/a>. Bill Slaughter&#8217;s term had expired, and he did not want to be reappointed. Rich Rowe and Tim Coons were the other two applicants. <\/li>\r\n<li> 6.c. Reappointed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1RheES_E-xU&amp;list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59&amp;index=10&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> Rick Griffis and Carla Gervin<\/a> to the board of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.klvb.net\/boardmembers.html\"> Keep Lowndes Valdosta Beautiful (KLVB).<\/a> <\/li>\r\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3W-XJhXfbVM&amp;list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59&amp;index=11&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0167684c262d970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0167684c262d970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a> 6.d. <a name=\"Library\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3W-XJhXfbVM&amp;list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59&amp;index=11&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> Appointed<\/a> Cheryl Copeland <a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/local\/x1174306506\/Put-to-the-Test\">Director of Testing for Valdosta City Schools,<\/a> Barry Barr <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/barrybarr\"> Branch Manager of Stifel Nicolaus,<\/a> and Kay Harris to the Valdosta-Lowndes County Library Board. They didn&#8217;t mention, but <a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/local\/x474409418\/Preliminary-site-plans-for-5-Points-unveiled\/print\"> the VDT 2 May 2012 noted:<\/a>\r\n<blockquote>South Georgia Regional Library Chairman Kay Harris, who is also the Valdosta Daily Times managing editor<\/blockquote>\r\nHarris declined to speak at the LCC meeting. <\/li>\r\n<li> 7. Public Hearing: Abandonment of a Portion of Brinson Drive: see <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/closing-one-end-of-brinson-drive-to-stop-speeders-lcc-2012-06-26.html\"> other post.<\/a> <\/li>\r\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DjGfLdN1Ahw&amp;list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59&amp;index=17&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0167684c2632970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0167684c2632970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a> 8.a. They <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DjGfLdN1Ahw&amp;list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59&amp;index=17&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> approved<\/a> some unspecified (to we the taxpayers who are paying for them) budget amendments. <\/li>\r\n<li> 8.b. They <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LeS5uQaeoRs&amp;list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59&amp;index=18&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> approved<\/a> five Service Contracts. <\/li>\r\n<li> 8.g. They <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_-mqzlfKUFk&amp;list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59&amp;index=19&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> approved<\/a> an accellerated well debt retirement agreement with DoubleTree Communities. <\/li>\r\n<li> 8.h. They <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aQm-trWUX8c&amp;list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59&amp;index=20&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> approved<\/a> Sprint Nextel Closing Documents for 800 MHz Reconfiguration. See <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/06\/video-playlist-lcc-2012-06-25.html#Sprint\"> my notes on the Work Session<\/a> for more detail. <\/li>\r\n<li><a name=\"IRMA\"><\/a> 8.i. They <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YWbxRjGL-SI&amp;list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59&amp;index=21&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> approved<\/a> ACCG IRMA Liability Program Renewal. See <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/06\/video-playlist-lcc-2012-06-25.html#ACCG\"> my notes on the Work Session<\/a> for what ACCG and IRMA are. <\/li>\r\n<li> 9. FY 2010 Community Development Block Grant: see <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/county-puts-a-cap-on-a-construction-contract-lcc-2012-06-26.html\"> other post.<\/a> <\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59\"> a video playlist:<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL15707F2CD8BB3D59\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small> Budget, boards, and abandonment <br \/> Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC), <br \/> Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 26 June 2012. <\/small><\/p>\r\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lowndes County Commission appointed people to four boards, approved a budget for next fiscal year, made some unspecified changes to this year&#8217;s budget, and demonstrated they could both stop speeding traffic on a rural road and put a cap on a construction contract! 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