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FINANCE & APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - June 8, 1998
1:00 P. M.
PRESENT: Hons. Larry Sconyers, Mayor; Bridges, Chairman; H.
Brigham, Vice-Chairman; Beard and J. Brigham, members; David
Collins, Finance Department; Jim Wall, Attorney; Randy Oliver,
Administrator; Harry Siddall, Fleet Manager; Rommie Thompson,
Riverwalk Special Events Coordinator; Michael Greene, Asst.
Director of Public Works - Operations; Frank Thomas, Human
Relations Commission Director; Rick Acree, Facilities Maintenance
Director; Lena Bonner, Clerk of Commission and Nancy Morawski,
Deputy Clerk of Commission.
Also Present: George Eskola of WJBF Television, Sylvia
Cooper of The Augusta Chronicle, Stacey Eidson of The
Metropolitan Spirit, other members of the news media and Hon.
Powell, Commissioner.
The Clerk: We have a request for one addendum item.
Mr. Beard: I so move.
Mr. H. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
The Committee first discussed the procurement of pension
administration services.
Mr. Oliver: We held a meeting last week and the consensus
of that was to seek requests for proposals. We received a
proposal from Pension Services and one other group. I would
suggest that we ask for a request for proposals which would
include a request for qualifications and for prices and use that
as part of the evaluation criteria.
Mr. Beard: I so move.
Mr. H. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to award a purchase order to Pioneer Machinery for
one (1) sc)lid waste recycler at a cost of $485,941.00 for the
Public Works Department Solid Waste Division, was read.
Mr. Beard: I so move.
Mr. H. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to award a purchase order to Augusta Kawasaki for
one (1) 4 x 4 utility cart and trailer at a cost of $10,883.00
for the Utilities Department Water Production Division, Raw Water
Pumping Station, was read.
Mr. Siddall: This is a local dealer with $8.00 difference
in price and I am recommending that we go with this bid.
Mr. Beard: I move that we approve this bid as the best bid.
Mr. J. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to award a purchase order to Southern Power &
Equipment for two (2) backhoe/loaders at a cost of $94,354.00 for
the Utilities Department Construction Division, was read.
Mr. J. Brigham: I so move we approve the bid.
Mr. Beard: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request from the Augusta Task Force for the Homeless
regarding the location of office space for their use, was read.
Mr. Oliver: The only space we have available is in one of
the former voting booths. I don't know if they are interested in
that or not.
Mr. Chairman: Maybe you could meet with them before the
next meeting to see if they're interested. We'll come back with
that after we meet with them on that.
A request to approve a contract between Augusta-Richmond
County and the Augusta Mini Theatre for $450,000.00 from the
Urban Services District portion of Phase III SPLOST, was read.
Mr. Oliver: This will help in the construction of a bare-
bones facility which would be used as a theatre.
Mr. Beard: I move approval.
Mr. H. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
A request to approve funds for temporary clerical help for
Human Relations Commission, was read.
Mr. Oliver: Mr. Thomas indicates he has one person on
maternity leave and one with a serious medical condition.
Mr. Thomas: This lady does not have any sick leave left.
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Mr. Oliver: In that case I would suggest you could take the
money for the temporary help out of the salary line item and we
can hire a temporary and I will handle that administratively.
Mr. Thomas: I think that would be something we could live
with.
Mr. Chairman: And if it goes over the budget you could come
back to us.
Mr. Oliver: All right.
A request to award the bid for July 4th Pyrotechnics Display
to Melrose Pyrotechnics, Inc., was read.
Mr. Jr. Brigham: Can we contract with them for more than one
year?
Ms. Thompson: We can do that.
Mr. 3. Brigham: Let's try to do that.
Mr. Beard: I so move we award the bid and try to do it as a
multi-year contract.
Mr. H. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
The C:ommittee next heard a report from Kip Plowman of
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland regarding a review of the 1997
financial reports.
Mr. Beard: I would like to congratulate them on their work
and receive this item as information.
Mr. H. Brigham: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting
was adjourned.
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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