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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - October 13, 1997
2:00 P. M.
PRESENT: Hons. Beard, Chairman; Bridges, Vice-Chairman; H.
Brigham and Powell, members; Keven Mack, Housing & Neighborhood
Development Director; Randy Oliver, Administrator; Jim Wall,
Attorney; Sandy Wright, Risk Management; Glenn Greenway, Finance
Department; Harry Siddall, Fleet Manager; Lena Bonner, Clerk of
Commission and Nancy Morawski, Deputy Clerk of Commission.
ABSENT: Hon. Larry Sconyers, Mayor.
Also Present: George Eskola of WJBF Television, Sylvia
Cooper of The Augusta Chronicle, Stacy Edison of The Metropolitan
Spirit, other members of the news media and Hons. J. Brigham,
Todd and Mays, Commissioners.
A request to approve a proposal by American Appraisal
Associates to perform an appraisal of buildings and contents
owned by the Augusta Commission for the sum of $27,800 and annual
update/continuous service for $2,000, was read.
Mr. Bridges: I so move.
Mr. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve the 1998 HOME Proposed Budget and
Projected Use of Funds, was read.
Mr. Chairman: Do we have anything in writing about where we
are going with this?
Mr. Mack: We have had two meetings with developers and are
looking at some blighted areas where housing could be developed.
We are only in the discussion stage at this point.
Mr. Chairman: I think we should have some type of proposal
of where we are going and I would like to see something come back
to this Committee in December. We need some kind of blueprint of
what we're going to do.
Mr. Mack: We can probably have something by the middle of
December.
Mr: Bridges: I make a motion that we approve it.
Mr. Powell: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve the 1998 CDBG Proposed Statement of
Objectives and Use of Funds, was read.
Mr. Oliver:
you to approve it
scope of work.
There is an item for consultants and we want
subject to our discussing and confirming the
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Mr. Brigham: I so move.
Mr. Bridges: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve the elimination of requirement to have
(2) bank denial letters in order to be eligible for an Economic
Development loan, was read.
Mr. Powell: I so move.
Mr. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve CDBG, ESG and HOME Proposals List, was
read.
Mr. Mack: This is a list for your information.
Mr. Bridges: Second.
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Mr. powell: I move we receive this as information.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve Kelley F. Cornish, d/b/a Avery &
Associates Consulting Firm as the contract agency to provide
management, administrative and technical assistance to the ED
Loan Program at a rate of $20/hour for each applicant referred by
our Department with a maximum of thirty hours per referral. (As
recommended by the Economic Development Loan Review Committee on
september 19, 1997), was read.
Mr. Brigham: I move we approve it.
Mr. Powell: I'll second it. Is there a cap on this?
Mr. Oliver: I think there was a cap of $10,000. Why don't
we say not to exceed $lO,OOO?
Mr. powell: That's fine.
Mr. Brigham: I'll accept that as an amendment.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve the transfer of $35,000 in unused
salary and wages to a new budget line item for the purchase of
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additional computer equipment to complete the upgrade of the
Housing and Neighborhood Development Department, was read.
Mr. Mack: We have gotten an itemized list of what is
needed.
Mr. Bridges: I move we approve it.
Mr. Powell: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request for authorization to dispose of property left over
from the 1996 and 1997 surplus/salvage sales and items considered
of no use to Augusta-Richmond County, was read.
Mr. Powell: I so move.
Mr. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve the 1998 ESG Proposed Budget and
Projected Use of Funds, was read.
Mr. Bridges: I move for approval.
Mr. Powell: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve $40,000 in unused salary and wages to a
new budget line item for the purchase of two vehicles for use by
Housing Rehabilitation Inspectors, was read.
Mr. Siddall:
fashion should be
purposes.
We would agree that vehicles used in this
marked County vehicles for identification
Mr. Bridges:
I make a motion to approve this.
Mr. Powell:
Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
At this time Mr. Todd commended the departments involved in
the Operation Clean Sweep clean-up weekend.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting
was adjourned.
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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