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COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - August 26, 2002
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PRESENT: Hons. Beard, Chairman; Kuhlke, Co-Chairman; Hankerson and
Cheek, members; Jim Wall, Attorney; George Kolb, Administrator; Rosa White, HND
Department; Lena Bonner, Clerk of Commission.
ABSENT: Hon. Bob Young, Mayor.
Also Present: Heidi Williams of The Augusta Chronicle, Stacey Eidson of The
Metropolitan Spirit, Shawn Norris of The Augusta Focus, George Eskola ofWJBF
Television and Hons. Colclough, Williams and Mays, Commissioners.
1. Approve Disability Retirement of Mr. Charles Bartlett nnder the 1977
Pension Plan.
Mr. KuhIke: I move to approve.
Mr. Cheek: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
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Approve allocation for Fa.;ade Grant for 760 Broad Street in the amount of
$30,000.
Mr. Cheek: I move to approve.
Mr. KuhIke: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
3. Approve Year 2003 Proposed Action Plan for CDBG, ESG and HOME
funds.
Mr. Kuhlke: I move for approval.
Mr. Cheek: Second.
Mr. Hankerson: I would like to see some other organizations such as some
of the churches in south Augusta receive some of this money. I know that some of them
had applied and did not receive any funding.
After further discussion, Mr. KuhIke: I move approval.
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Mr. Cheek: Second.
Motion adopted with Mr. Hankerson voting No.
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4.
Consider providing preferences to local businesses doing business with their
local government.
Mr. Kolb: The ordinance you have provides for local preference to be initiated
whenever the low bid is not a non-local vendor and the local vendor is second or third but
within I % or $10,000, whichever is less, of the low bid. The local vendor is then given
the option of matching the low bid, and if they agree, then you would be free to provide
the low bid to that particular vendor.
Mr. KuhIke: I would like to have the opportunity to think about it a little more
before we vote on it, so I'd like to make a motion that we defer any action on this
particular item until our next co=ittee meeting.
Mr. Cheek: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
5. Report from the Administrator regarding designation of funding source for
the use of work crews involved in the clean up of vacant lots and evictions.
(Deferred from July 29 Administrative Services)
After a discussion, Mr. Beard stated that in addition to the funding for clean-up
activities, an educational program for the public needs to be established to help alleviate
this problem.
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Mr. KuhIke: I'd like to make a motion that we go ahead and approve this
program based on the budget in the write up for the remainder of this year which is
$75,440 and that we take it up during the budgetary process to see how we're going to be
able to handle it for next year.
Mr. Cheek: Second.
After further discussion, Mr. KuhIke: I would like to keep my motion and refer
the designation of the funding source to the Finance Committee.
Motion adopted unanimously.
6. Report from the Administrator regarding request from Indigent Defense
Office to reclassify existing personnel and add additional personnel to meet
new standards. (Deferred from August 12 Administrative Services)
Mr. Kolb: We need about two more weeks to work on this and hopefully we can
come up with something then.
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Mr. KuhIke: I move we defer the action on this to our next committee meeting.
Mr. Cheek: Second.
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
COMl\1ITTEE ROOM - August 26,2002
I:OOP.M.
1. Approve Disability Retirement of Mr. Charles Bartlett under the 1977 Pension
Plan.
2. Approve allocation for Fayade Grant for 760 Broad Street in the amount of
$30,000.
3. Approve Year 2003 Proposed Action Plan for CDBG, ESG and HOME funds.
4. Consider providing preferences to local businesses doing business with their local
government.
5. Report from the Administrator regarding designation of funding source for the use
of work crews involved in the clean up of vacant lots and evictions. (Deferred
from July 29 Administrative Services)
6. Report from the Admini,trator regarding request from Indigent Defense Office to
reclassify existing personnel and add additional personnel to meet new standards.
(Deferred from August 12 Administrative Services)