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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - November 26, 200 I
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PRESENT: Hons. Bob Young, Mayor; H. Brigham, Chairman; Kuhlke, Co-
Chairman; Beard and Cheek, members; Jim Wall, Attorney; George KoIb, Administrator;
Walter Hornsby, Deputy Administrator; Vanessa Flournoy, Staff Attorney; Donna
Williams, Interim Comptroller; Rosa White, HND Department; Rob Sherman, License &
Inspections Dept.; Brenda Byrd-Pelaez, Human Resources Director; Lena Bonner, Clerk
of Commission.
Also Present: Heidi Williams of The Augusta Chronicle, Rbonda Jones of The
Augusta Focus; George EskoIa ofWJBF Television, Stacey Eidson of The Metropolitan
Spirit and Hons. Williams, Colclough, J. Brigham, Commissioners and Boyles,
Commissioner-Elect.
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Approve the reprogramming of $185,700 in Community Development Block
Grant funds to support start up cost associated with establishing a
concentrated code enforcement, clearance and demolition program. These
funds would be reprogrammed from funds currently allocated to the Laney
Walker Street Lights Project. This project is currently delayed and a
schedule for completion has not been confirmed. The proposed intensive
code enforcement program will be designed to address nuisance and blighted
conditions in targeted neighborhoods in the City of Augusta. The program
will be implemented through the Housing and Neighborhood.Development in
cooperation with various city/county departments to include: License and
Inspections, Public Works and the Land Bank Authority. (Deferred from
Administrative Services November 13, 2001)
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After a short discussion, Mr. Beard: I think we need to work on the matter of the
attorney portion a little more and I would suggest that we let the Administrator continue
to work on it, but I think it can be worked out. We will hopefully have a meeting of the
Law Department subco=ittee this week.
After additional discussion, Mr. Beard: I would move that we postpone this until
after the Law subcommittee meets.
Mr. Cheek: I'll second it.
Mr. Beard: In addition, I would like to see us begin allocating the funding for the
demolition work.
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Mr. Wall: I'd recommend that you look at this as a total package because
although you can use the $100,000 to demolish houses, many calls that Rob gets are for
City-owned properties and the problem is once we demolish them, we have no plan or
program to get them back in circulation, That's why the Land Bank Authority is
important in this to get the land ready for development.
Motion adopted unanimously.
2.
Approve retirement for Thelma Rowe under the 1977 Pension Plan.
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Mr. Beard: I move for approval.
Mr. Cheek: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
3. Approve execution ofthe "Certificate of Intent to Adopt the GMEBS Master
Defined Benefit Retirement Plan for Compliance with GUST".
Mr. KuhIke: I so move.
Mr. Cheek: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
4. Approve an Ordinance providing for the demolition of a certain unsafe and
uninhabitable property in the South Augusta Neighborhood: 2459 Ridge
Road (District 5, Super District 9) and waive 2nd reading.
Mr. Cheek: I so move.
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Mr. KuhIke: Second.
Motion adopted lIn~nimously.
5. Adopt the First Amendment to the 1998 Augusta Money Purchase Plan.
Mr. KuhIke: I so move.
Mr. Cheek: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
6. Provide information on the Point of Service (POS) health care plan insurance.
After a discussion of the matter, Mr. KoIb: I would suggest that we possibly set
up some employee focus groups to talk about this issue as well as other workplace issues.
Weare planning to do an organizational assessment to include a questionnaire to be
distributed to a large sampling of employees to find out what is on their minds and we
can include questions about this issue.
Mr. Beard: I move that we accept this as information, including the matter of the
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focus groups.
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Mr. Cheek: I'll second that.
Motion adopted unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
AGENDA
COMMlTTEE ROOM - November 26, 2001
1:00 P. M.
1. Approve the reprogramming of$185,700 in Co=unity Development Block
Grant funds to support start up cost associated with establishing a concentrated
code enforcement, clearance and demolition program. These funds would be
reprogrammed from funds currently allocated to the Laney Walker Street Lights
Project. This project is currently delayed and a schedule for completion has not
been confirmed. The proposed intensive code enforcement program will be
designed to address nuisance and blighted conditions in targeted neighborhoods in
the City of Augusta The program will be implemented through the Housing and
Neighborhood Development in cooperation with various city/county departments
to include: License and Inspections, Public Works and the Land.Bank Authority.
(Deferred from Administrative Services November 13, 2001)
2. Approve retirement for Thelma Rowe under the 1977 Pension Plan.
3. Approve execution of the "Certificate of Intent to Adopt the GMEBS Master
Defined Benefit Retirement Plan for Compliance with GUST'.
4.
Approve an Ordinance providing for the demolition of a certain unsafe and
uninhabitable property in the South Augusta Neighborhood: 2459 Ridge Road
(District 5, Super District 9) and waive 2nd reading.
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5.
Adopt the First Amendment to the 1998 Augusta Money Purchase Plan.
6.
Provide information on the Point of Service (POS) healthcare plan insurance.
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