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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - September 8, 1998
2:00 P. M.
PRESENT: Hons. Larry E. Sconyers, Mayor; H. Brigham, Chairman; Powell,
Vice-Chairman; Beard and Shepard, members; Keven Mack, HND Director; Vicky
Johnson, Rosa White and Anthony Chandler of the HND Department; Randy Oliver,
Administrator; Jim Wall, Attorney; Lillian Katharine Blanos, Augusta Richmond County
Clean & Beautiful Director; Rob Sherman, License & Inspections Director; Lena Bonner,
Clerk of Commission and Nancy Morawski, Deputy Clerk of Commission.
Also Present: Stacey Eidson of The Metropolitan Spirit, George Eskola ofWffiF
Television, Tracy Powell of The Augusta Chronicle and Hons. Bridges and 1. Brigham,
Commissioners.
A request to approve the execution of contracts regarding approval by Gov.
Miller of an Emergency Fund Grant in the amount of $12,500 to Augusta Richmond
County to assist Metro Augusta Clean & Beautiful, Ine. with providing dumpsters
and other necessary tools to low/moderate income neighborhoods, was read.
Mr. Beard: I so move.
Mr. Powell: Second.
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Motion adopted unanimously with Mr. Shepard out of the room.
A request to approve the new policies and procedures for Neighborhood
Matching Grant Program, was read.
Mr. Oliver: On paragraph five, it says that unforeseen expenses that cannot be
accommodated within the original budget will require the prior approval of the Director
ofHND and will need to be matched at the same rate. I just want to make sure we won't
exceed the amount we originally entitled them to because this leads you to believe that
you eventually could. I'd like that paragraph to be cleaned up a little bit.
Mr. 1. Brigham: I think you should have some criteria about what neighborhood
associations you will be dealing with.
After further discussion, Mr. Powell: I move approval.
Mr. Beard: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously with Mr. Shepard out of the room.
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A request to approve an Ordinance providing for the demolition of certain
unsafe and uninhabitable properties in the Turpin Hill Neighborhood: 1106 Sixth
Avenue (District 2, Super District 9), 1918 Third Avenue (District 2, Super District
9), 1515 Bleakley Street (District 5, Super District 9); Laney Walker Neighborhood:
1246-48 Florence Street (District 1, Super District 9) and East Augusta
Neighborhood: 414 Sand Bar Ferry Road (District 1, Super District 9), was read.
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Mr. Sherman: This is a continuation of the Clean Sweep Project and we
recommend that you waive the second reading.
Mr. Powell: I so move.
Mr. Beard: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously with Mr. Shepard out of the room.
A request for Neighborhood Matching Grant Funds, was read.
(Mr. Shepard enters the meeting)
Mr. Oliver: Did you check with HUD about the boarding up of abandoned houses
because I see that as a private property issue?
Mr. Mack: I have a call in to Ms. Taylor regarding this but it does meet the
criteria.
Mr. Beard: We can incorporate that in the motion to check on that and I move
approvaL
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Mr. Powell: Second.
Motion adopted with Mr. Shepard abstaining.
A request to approve an agreement with MCG for student nurses to perform
health screenings and give flu shots, was read.
Mr. Powell: I so move.
Mr. Shepard: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to rescind 1996 Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) for Bethel
Outreach Center (BOC) and Gud's Love Mission (GLM), was read.
Ms. Johnson: These two groups did not complete their projects and we have a
proposal from Coordinated Health Services which requests funding. We're asking you to
approve rescinding the funding to the two organizations and allow us to allocate that to
Coordinated Health Services. This was approved by the Citizens Advisory Committee.
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Mr. Shepard: So the recommendation is to rescind and reprogram. I so move.
Mr. Beard: Second.
After further discussion, the motion was adopted with Mr. Powell abstaining.
A request to approve the Fiscal Year 1999 Proposed Budgets for the
Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), the Emergency Shelter
Grant Program (ESG) and the HOME Program, was read.
Mr. Mack: We recommend approvaL
Mr. Powell: I so move.
Mr. Shepard: Second.
Mr. Beard: Could we possibly get another crew to work on a daily basis and
would you look into the feasibility of using that rather than the dumpsters?
Ms. Blanos: The dumpsters work very well and the participation is great. The
residents are pleased as well.
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Mr. Mack: Mr. Beard, we will look into that.
Motion adopted unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Lena 1. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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