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FINAL'\fCE & APPROPRIATIONS
AGENDA
COMMITTEE ROOM - December 23, 2002
11:30 A. M.
I. Motion to approve waiver of tax penalty ($2,536.87) on property purchased by the
Richmond County Board of Education from Shriom Enterprises.
2. Increase budget for aviation fuel in the amount of$750,000 for cost of goods sold.
3. Consider abatement of tax balance for 2002 - property acquired by City for
Greenspace Program.
4. DiscusslUpdate on the Financial Consultant for Augusta-Richmond County
Pension Funds. (Requested by Commissioner Hankerson)
5. DiscusslUpdate on the contract for parking at the Augusta Conference Center
(Radisson Parking Deck). (Requested by Commissioner Hankerson)
6. Consider a request for maintenance funds for a new vehicle that the District
Attorney's Office will purchase from asset forfeiture funds. The purchase price
will not impact budgeted funds. The cost of operation of the vehicle will be offset
by the current expenses for mileage paid for use of the investigator's personal
vehicle.
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Discuss capital outlay budget. (Requested by Commissioner Shepard)
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FINANCE & APPROPRIA nONS
COMMITTEE
COM!v1ITTEE ROOM - December 23, 2002
11:30 A. M.
PRESENT: Hons. Shepard, Chairman; Hankerson, Co-Chairman; Bridges and
Williams, members; Jim Wall, Attorney; George Kolb, Administrator; Fred Russell,
Deputy Administrator; David Persaud, Finance Director; Lena Bonner, Clerk of
Commission.
ABSENT: Hon. Bob Young, Mayor.
Also Present: Members of the news media and Hons. Cheek and Colclough,
Commissioners.
6. Consider a request for maintenance funds for a new vehicle that the District
Attorney's Office will purchase from asset forfeiture funds. The purchase
price will not impact budgeted funds. The cost of operation of the vehicle
will be offset by the current expenses for mileage paid for use of the
investigator's personal vehicle.
Mr. Hankerson: A motion to approve.
Mr. Bridges: Second.
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Motion adopted unanimously.
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Motion to approve waiver of tax penalty ($2,536.87) on property purchased
by the Richmond County Board of Education from Shriom Enterprises.
3.
Consider abatement of tax balance for 2002 - property acquired by City for
Greenspace Program.
Mr. Bridges: I move for approval.
Mr. Hankerson: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
2. Increase budget for aviation fuel in the amount of $750,000 for cost of goods
-sold.
Mr. Bridges: I move for approval.
Mr. Williams: Second.
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Motion adopted unanimously.
4. Discuss/Update on the Financial Consultant for Augusta-Richmond County
Pension Funds. (Requested by Commissioner Hankerson)
Mr. Chairman: The Mayor had indicated to me that he would be calling a
meeting in January to discuss this.
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Mr. Bridges: I move we receive this as information.
Mr. Williams: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
5. DiscusslUpdate on the contract for parking at the Augusta Conference
Center (Radisson Parking Deck). (Requested! by Commissioner Hankerson)
Mr. Hankerson: Is this a revenue item?
Mr. Wall: It is a revenue item in theory. However, as a practical matter, we have
actually been losing money on the parking, but let me give you an update. We went out
for requests for proposals back in spring of this year and there was only one response to
that, Republic Parking. Subsequently, the Commission made the decision to authorize a
consultant to come and look at the parking situation. We did employ the consultant and
he submitted a report and as a result of that, part of the proposal of the consultant was
something that we chose not to - didn't think would work insofar as Augusta is
concerned. Perhaps it's a long-term goal. We got back with Republic and unfortunately,
the personnel had changed that had proposed on that. We've been going back and forth
and hopefully now we're at the point where they're coming to Augusta. We hope to have
a contract up and running by mid-January or February I at the latest. The decision was
made to terminate McLaurin Parking because we were losing money by paying them to
operate the parking and as a practical matter, it was cheaper not to pay them and to not
collect any parking revenues than to pay them to operate it. I hope we can offset some of
the loss by contracting with Republic Parking and have that contract in place soon.
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After further discussion, Mr. Persaud: In 1999, the revenues were around $86,000
and expenditures were $160,534; in 2000, the revenues were $135,660 and expenses
were $170,111; 2001, revenues were $148,574 and expenditures were $153,840; and the
year to date, revenues were $144,501 and expenditures were $161,022.
After additional discussion, Mr. Hankerson: 1'd like to put it in the form of a
motion that our Administrator and our attorney come back in the next committee meeting
and give us a progress report of where we go from here.
Mr. Bridges: Second.
Mr. Williams: 1'd like to see what it would cost for a proposal from both a
contractor and on an in-house basis.
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Mr. Hankerson: I'll accept that amendment.
Motion adopted unanimously.
Discuss capital outlay budget. (Requested by Commissioner Shepard)
Mr. Williams: I make a motion to postpone this until the next meeting.
Mr. Bridges: I'll second the motion.
Motion adopted unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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