VALDOSTA — The Lowndes County Commission will consider infrastructure improvements and a rezoning request at its Tuesday meeting. 

Included in the agenda is one public hearing, for a rezoning of 2.69 acres of land at 6309 Mullins Lane from Estate Agricultural (E-A) to Residential Agricultural (R-A) zoning.

County officials said the applicant requested the rezoning to sell a portion of the property to the property owner immediately south to develop a 150-seat church building. 

Both the Lowndes County Technical Review Committee and the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission recommended approval of the rezoning with no conditions.

The county will vote on proposals for the South Perimeter Road utility extension project. The project involves installing a 12-inch water main to service South Perimeter Road area developments and Lowndes Middle School. The project also involves installing an 8-inch sewer force main and regional lift station to service the area with public sewer service.

The $2,151,296.50 project will be paid with SPLOST VII funds.

The commission will consider giving its support for the installation of a roundabout at the intersection of the I-75 Southbound off-ramp and Shiloh Road at Exit 22. The Georgia Department of Transportation is requesting the county support a roundabout instead of a traffic signal. The county will be responsible for lighting installation, maintenance and landscape maintenance inside the roundabout.

The county will vote on purchasing a lift station pump at Bevel Creek. The pump is a triplex station that delivers 60 percent of the county’s wastewater flow to the Land Application System.

The county has received bids to repair the pump, a Flygt pump built in 1992. The pump is out of service. The bids were greater than the price of purchasing a new pump, a Wilo pump.

Utilities staff received a $40,063.50 quote for repairing the pump, a $58,097.10 quote for a new Flygt pump and a $38,930.50 pump for a Wilo pump. The staff recommended the Wilo pump for $38,930.50.

A Wilo pump has been recommended to replace a Flygt pump at the Coleman Road Lift Station. The pump, built in 1995, is out of service.

The county received a $32,554.90 quote to repair the pump, a $69,755 quote to purchase a new Flygt pump and a $35,144.20 quote for a new Wilo pump. Utilities staff has recommended the $35,144.20 quote.

The Commission will hold its work session at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Joe Adgie is a reporter for the Valdosta Daily Times.