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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - May 27, 1997
2:00 P. M.
PRESENT: Hons. Beard, Chairman; Bridges, Vice-Chairman; H.
Brigham, member; Jim Wall, Attorney; Randy Oliver, Administrator;
Drew Goins, Asst. Com. of P.W. & Director of Engineering; Dennis
Atkins, Fire Department; Jack Murphy, Public Works Dept.; Lena
Bonner, Clerk of Commission and Nancy Morawski, Deputy Clerk of
Commission.
ABSENT: Hons. Larry Sconyers, Mayor; Powell, member.
Also Present: Gale Mino of WBBQ Radio, Sylvia Cooper of The
Augusta Chronicle, Rosemary Forrest of The Metropolitan Spirit
and Hon. Handy, Commissioner.
The Clerk: We have a request for three addendum items from
the Housing & Neighborhood Development.
Mr. Brigham: I move we approve adding them.
Motion dies for lack of a second and it was the consensus of
the Committee that these "items 'be' delayed until the next meeting.
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The Committee discussed the clean up campaign regarding
vacant lots in the urban area.
Mr. Chairman: For the last couple of weeks lots in the old
urban area have become an eyesore due to their overgrown
condition and I have received many calls about this and the
danger it poses. We would like to see if we can just get these
lots cleaned if at all possible.
Mr. Oliver: We had an ordinance when I was in Florida that
addressed this. The cleaning was done by contract labor and
property owners were assessed on their tax bills. We need to
look at how we can collect the debt, however. We may want to do
something in a test area and see how it goes and we need to
establish an appropriate budget because I do not think it will be
a break-even proposition.
Mr. Wall: We could possibly set up costs based on sizes of
lots, such as small, medium and large, and I do think it needs to
be done in a small area. I think you will have a problem
collecting the funds and you may find that some are tax-
delinquent properties.
After further discussion, Mr. Brigham:
also address the matter of burned buildings
structures which should be taken care of.
I might ask that you
or partially burned
Mr. Chairman: I'd like to appoint a sub-committee to work
on this problem and report back to us. I'll appoint Mr. Brigham,
Mr. Powell, Mr. Wall and Mr. Oliver to serve on that sub-
committee and bring us back a report.
Mr. Bridges: Would this be countywide?
Mr. Oliver: While that may be the most equitable, I think
we need to get some experience related to the program so I would
suggest that we do it within a concentrated area first to
determine what you like and don't like about it.
Mr. Bridges: I have no problem with that as long as it
would be Countywide and we can begin with a small, inner-City
district and see where we can go from there.
Mr. Chairman: Could we have a motion to receive this as
information?
Mr. Bridges: I so move.
Mr. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: There 'being no further business, the meeting
was adjourned.
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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