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Home My WebLink About08-30-2004 Meeting ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGENDA COMMlTIEE ROOM - August 30, 2004 1:00 P. M. I I. Approve funding for restructuring Probate Court. 2. Approve Transition Center property foreclosure pursuant to default on HUD loan. 3. A Approve receipt of a grant from the Corporation for National and Co=unity Service (CNCS) and enter into contractual arrangement to serve as the municipality's "Umbrella Sponsoring Organization". Authorize entering into contractual leasing arrangement to establish AmeriCorps VISTA Work Site Center. B. 4. Discuss boarded up and abandoned houses. (Requested by Commissioner Williams) 5. Report from EEO/MBE Subcommittee. 6. I ~, .... - - Consider a request from the Central Savannah River Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc. for the addition of individuals to be added to Augusta 'Richniond County's list of certified persons to conduct matters of business pertaining to the acquisition and utilization of surplus property acquired through Georgia Department of Administrative Services. 7. Consider assignment oflease regarding Steve Gurley as Tenant, the City of Augusta as Landlord and Laney Walker Development Corporation as Agent for the space at #10 Armstrong Galleria, 843 Laney Walker Blvd. 8. "Approve early retirement of Mr. D<tvid Wright under the 1949 Pension Plan. 9. Consider/approve an Environmental Inspector position - Salary Grade 44 that will be responsible in part for the enforcement of the proposed junk yard, salvage yard and recycling facility ordinance. (See background information under Item 24 on , Public Services agenda) 10. Approve reopening the 1977 Defined Benefit Pension Plan and closing the 1998 Defined Contribution Plan with amendments to the 1977 Pension Plan. 11. Approve an Ordinance providing for the demolition of certain unsafe and uninhabitable properties in the South Richmond Neighborhood: 2405 Quai] Court West, (District 6, Super District 10); and waive 2nd reading. 12. Approve an Ordinance providing for the demolition of certain unsafe and uninhabitable properties in the Laney-Walker Neighborhood: 839 Barnes Street, 1017 Bennett Lane, 1032 Eighth Street, 1034 Eighth Street, 11 06 Tenth Street, 913 Twelfth Street, (District 1, Super District 9) and 1251/1253 Florence Street, 1230 Holley Street, (District 2, Super District 9); Turpin Hill Neighborhood: 1506 Bleakley Street, 1647 Morgan Street, (District 5, Super District 9), and 1685 Lucky Street, (District 2, Super District 9); Bethe1ehem Neighborhood: 1524 Swann's Lane, 1626 Martin Luther King Boulevard, 1838 Grand Boulevard, (District 2, Super District 9); South Augusta Neighborhood: 859 Fifteenth Avenue, (District 2, Super District 9); and waive 2nd reading. I I ..... ~ - ... I I 1 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ROOM - August 30, 2004 1:00 P. M. PRESENT: Hons. Hankerson, Chairman; Grantham, Co-Chairman; Cheek and Mays, members; Steve Shepard, Attorney; Fred Russell, Interim Administrator; Harry James, Attorney; Fred Russell, Interim Administrator; Rob Sherman, License & Inspections Director; Tom Beck, Recreation Dept. Director; Geri Sams, Purchasing Director; David Persaud, Finance Director; Warren Smith, RED Director; Moses McCauley and Robby Burns, Human Resources Dept.; Judge Isaac Jolles, Probate Court; Nancy Morawski, Deputy Clerk of Commission. ABSENT: Hon. Bob Young, Mayor. Also Present: Stacey Eidson of the Metro Spirit, Sylvia Cooper of the Augusta Chronicle, George Esko1a ofWJBF Television and Hons. Williams and Beard, Commissioners. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS: 6. Consider a request from the Central Savannah River Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc. for the addition of individuals to be added to Augusta Richmond County's list of certified persons to conduct matters of business pertaining to the acquisition and utilization of surplus property acquired through Georgia Department of Administrative Services. 8. Approve early retirement of Mr. David Wright under the 1949 Pension Plan. 9. Consider/approve an Environmental Inspector position - Salary Grade 44 that will be responsible in part for the enforcement of the proposed junk yard, salvage yard and recycling facility ordinance. (See background information under Item 24 on Public Services agenda) 11. Approve an Ordinance providing for the demolition of certain unsafe and uninhabitable properties in the South Richmond Neighborhood: 2405 Quail Court West, (District 6, Super District 10); and waive 2nd reading. 12. Approve an Ordinance providing for the demolition of certain unsafe and uninhabitable properties in the Laney-Walker Neighborhood: 839 Barnes Street, 1017 Bennett Lane, 1032 Eighth Street, 1034 Eighth Street, 1106 Tenth Street, 913 Twelfth Street, (District 1, Super District 9) and 1251/1253 Florence Street, 1230 Holley Street, (District 2, Super District 9); Turpin Hill Neighborhood: 1506 Bleakley Street, 1647 Morgan Street, (District 5, Super District 9), and 1685 Lucky Street, (District 2, Super District 9); Bethlehem Neighborhood: 1524 Swann's Lane, 1626 Martin Luther King Boulevard, 1838 Grand Boulevard, (District 2, Super District 9); South Augusta 1 Neighborhood: 859 Fifteenth Avenue, (District 2, Super District 9); and waive 2nd reading. I Mr. Grantham: I so move. Mr. Mays: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. 10. Approve reopening the 1977 Defined Benefit Pension Plan and closing the 1998 Defined Contribution Plan with amendments to the 1977 Pension Plan. After a discussion, Mr. Cheek: I move for approval. Mr. Grantham: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. 3. A. Approve receipt of a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and enter into contractual arrangement , to serve as the municipality's "Umbrella Sponsoring Organization". B. Authorize entering into contractual leasing arrangement to establish AmeriCorps VISTA Work Site Center. After a discussion by Mr. Smith outlining the aspects of the program, Mr. Cheek: I move to approve. I Mr. Mays: Second. After further discussion, Mr. Hankerson: Will the money last for the three-year period? Mr. Smith: We have a three year agreement with annual allocations of $80,000 per year to cover annual costs. After additional discussion, the motion was adopted unanimously with the Chairman out. 1. Approve funding for restructuring Probate Court. Judge Jolles made a presentation outlining the reasoning for the restructuring of the jobs in the Probate Court. He noted that the cost would be $13,687.95 for the remainder of this year beginning in August and the total financial impact annually would be $35,000. I 2 I I I Mr. Cheek: I'll make a motion to approve subject to the Finance Committee's review for available funds. Mr. Mays: Second. Motion adopted unanimously with the Chairman out. 2. Approve Transition Center property foreclosure pursuant to default on HUD loan. Mr. Smith outlined the circumstances leading up to the foreclosure of the Transition Center property. Mr. Cheek: I move to approve. Mr. Mays: Second. Mr. Grantham: Mr. Cheek, will you include in your motion the repayment of the $7,615.39? Mr. Cheek: Yes. Motion adopted unanimously with the Chairman out. 4. Discuss boarded up and abandoned houses. (Requested by Commissioner , Williams) Mr. Williams discussed the matter of the large number of boarded up and abandoned houses throughout the city. Mr. Sherman responded that structures are continually being demolished as the funds are available. He noted that once the structures are demolished, they try to get the property into the Land Bank and make it available for redevelopment. Mr. Cheek: I've got some boarded up houses in my district that have been in that condition for a long time. Could we develop some type of timetable to allow such structures to remain boarded up for only a certain period of time and at the end of that time they would be have to be renovated, sold or demolished? Mr. Sherman: I guess that would maybe be a legal question to be answered and I could report back to you at the next committee meeting after looking into it. Mr. Mays noted that it would be good to speed up the process of moving properties through the Land Bank. 3 Mr. Williams asked to see a report of how many properties have been acquired through the Land Bank, how many they have worked with involving another group to redevelop and what they expect to do. I Mr. Grantham: I'll entertain a motion that we receive this as information and get a report from the Land Bank Authority. Mr. Cheek: I'll make that motion and in addition to that, I'd like a report back at the next committee meeting concerning ordinances used in other cities conceming boarded up houses. Mr. Mays: Second. Motion adopted unanimously with the Chairman out. 5. Report from EEO/MBE Subcommittee. Mr. Mays: The DBE position will be the first one that we will act on and then the EEO position will follow. I would like to give you the three names that we have selected for interviews: Paul H. Serper of Plainfield, lllinois, Yvonne Gentry of Hephzibah, Georgia and Winston Hill of Lithonia, Georgia. I'd like to make a motion that those be passed to this committee and forwarded to the full Commission for consideration to set up the interview process for those three candidates. I think we should be able to get the other three names to you in a couple of weeks. I Mr. Cheek: Second. Motion adopted unanimously with the Chairman out. 7. Consider assignment of lease regarding Steve Gurley as Tenant, the City of Augusta as Landlord and Laney Walker Development Corporation as Agent for the space at #10 Armstrong Galleria, 843 Laney Walker Blvd. Mr. Steve Gurley appeared before the committee regarding the above item. Mr. Cheek: I move to approve. Mr. Mays: I'm going to second it. Motion adopted unanimously with the Chairman out. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Lena J. Bonner Clerk of Commission I nWID 4