HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-01-19-Agenda MeetingSpecial Called Meeting Virtual/Teleconference- 1/19/2021- 12:30 PM
1. LEGAL MEETING
A. Pending and potential litigation
B. Real estate
C. Personnel
Attachments
2. Discuss the current Richmond County Judicial Circuit.Attachments
3. Motion to authorize execution by the Mayor of the affidavit of
compliance with Georgia's Open Meeting Act.Attachments
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Legal Administration Committee Meeting
1/19/2021 12:30 PM
Legal Meeting
Department:
Presenter:
Caption:LEGAL MEETING
A. Pending and potential litigation
B. Real estate
C. Personnel
Background:
Analysis:
Financial Impact:
Alternatives:
Recommendation:
Funds are
Available in the
Following
Accounts:
REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY:
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Legal Administration Committee Meeting
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Richmond County Judicial Circuit.
Department:
Presenter:
Caption:Discuss the current Richmond County Judicial Circuit.
Background:
Analysis:
Financial Impact:
Alternatives:
Recommendation:
Funds are
Available in the
Following
Accounts:
REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY:
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RESOLUTION NUMBER _______
RESOLUTION OF THE AUGUSTA, GEORGIA COMMISSION OF
RICHMOND COUNTY, GEORGIA REQUESTING THE
GEORGIA STATE LEGISLATURE TO TAKE SUCH ACTION
AS NECESSARY TO APPROVE OR AFFIRM A TWO-COUNTY JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CONSISTING OF RICHMOND COUNTY, GEORGIA AND
BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA IN THE EVENT THAT
COLUMBIA COUNTY IS APPROVED AS A SINGLE-COUNTY
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the Judicial Council of Georgia 2018 boundary analysis study included,
among other things, an analysis of the caseload, workload, population, judges and administration
of the Augusta Circuit and others; and
WHEREAS, such boundary analysis concluded that the Augusta Circuit, consisting of
Richmond, Columbia, and Burke Counties, is “nearly perfectly judged” by an eight judge circuit
to complete the yearly work of the circuit; and
WHEREAS, three of the existing Augusta Circuit judges reside in Columbia County and
could serve in a newly formed single-circuit Columbia County Circuit; and
WHEREAS, none of the current judges of the Augusta Circuit reside in Burke County;
and
WHEREAS, a newly formed Augusta Circuit, consisting of Richmond and Burke
Counties could also be reasonably judged by a minimum of five judges; and
WHEREAS, on December 1, 2020, Columbia County Board of Commissioners, in its
Resolution Number 20-48 requested that the Georgia State Legislature take such action as
necessary to approve Columbia County as a single-county judicial circuit; and
WHEREAS, the Augusta, Georgia Commission hereby supports the request of Columbia
County, Georgia, as set forth in its Resolution 20-48, to become a single-county Circuit,
provided that the Georgia State Legislature simultaneously take such action as necessary to
approve or affirm a two-county judicial circuit consisting of Richmond County, Georgia and
Burke County, Georgia and to be judged by a minimum of five (5) judges;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Augusta, Georgia Commission,
respectfully requests that the Georgia State Legislature take such action as necessary to approve
or affirm a two-county judicial circuit consisting of Richmond County, Georgia and Burke
County, Georgia, which shall include and to be judged by a minimum of five (5) judges; and
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further that said two-county judicial circuit be approved or affirmed simultaneously with and in
the event Columbia County, Georgia is approved as a single-county judicial circuit.
Adopted this _____ day of _______________, 2021.
___________________________
Hardie Davis, Jr.
As its Mayor
Attest:
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Lena J. Bonner, Clerk of Commission
Seal:
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned Clerk of Commission, Lena J. Bonner, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Augusta, Georgia Commission
on____________________, 2021 and that such Resolution has not been modified
or rescinded as of the date hereof and the undersigned further certifies that attached
hereto is a true copy of the Resolution which was approved and adopted in the foregoing
meeting(s).
______________________________
Lena J. Bonner, Clerk of Commission
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Legal Meeting Affidavit
Department:
Presenter:
Caption:Motion to authorize execution by the Mayor of the affidavit of
compliance with Georgia's Open Meeting Act.
Background:
Analysis:
Financial Impact:
Alternatives:
Recommendation:
Funds are
Available in the
Following
Accounts:
REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY:
Cover Memo
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