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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRegular Commission Meeting December 3, 2013 REGULAR MEETING COMMISSION CHAMBER DECEMBER 3, 2013 Augusta Richmond County Commission convened at 2:00 p.m., December 3, 2013, the Hon. Deke Copenhaver, Mayor, presiding. PRESENT: Hons. Lockett, Guilfoyle, Mason, D. Smith, Williams, Johnson, Jackson, Davis and G. Smith, members of Augusta Richmond County Commission. Absent: Hon. Fennoy, member of Augusta Richmond County Commission. Mr. Mayor: --- is still here I’d like to call the Pastor of Advent Lutheran Church I’d like to call on him for the invocation. And Reverend Peterson, thank you for waiting patiently. And we ask for your soothing prayers to open the meeting. Please stand. The invocation was given by the Rev. Jason Peterson, Pastor, Advent Lutheran Church. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America was recited. Mr. Mayor: And, Pastor, if you could come forward please. Thank you for that invocation and have a little something for you. By these present be it known that Reverend, oh that’s the wrong. Nancy, do you have, excuse me. Okay restart. By these present be it known that Reverend Jason Peterson, Pastor, Advent Lutheran Church is Chaplain of the Day for his civic and spiritual guidance demonstrated throughout the community, serves as an example for rd all of the faith community. Given under my hand this 3 Day of December 2013. Deke Copenhaver, Mayor. (APPLAUSE) Mr. Mayor: Madam Clerk, let’s roll on to the delegations. The Clerk: DELEGATIONS A. Mr. Brad Owens regarding the proposed 2014 ARC Budget. Mr. Mayor: And if you could keep it to five minutes but I believe you know the drill, my friend. Mr. Owens: Right, thank you, Mr. Mayor, Commissioners, for having me today. What I wanted to speak about I don’t know if the budget’s been passed or not Commissioner Williams but I’d like to speak my piece about the budget that’s being proposed. I came to a few of the workshops and I was just a little bit disturbed about the fact that there seemed to be some cutting going on in some places like mosquito control which seemed to actually to do work here in the county that we need. And other areas that I think could probably be trimmed such as the Downtown Development Authority’s budget which is left untouched except by the small percentage it’s going to be across the board. And as many of you may or may not know I served on the Downtown Development Authority. I’m a current member of the Downtown Advisory 1 Panel. I have an office on Broad Street in the Doris Building and I’ve been a downtown advocate for a number of years. When I was on the DDA I fought to get the DDA’s budget reduced. As a matter of fact I just kind of want to run down you know comparing when I saw mosquito control on the cut list I decided that I might want to rise and say a few words about the DDA and some of their greatest hits. Let’s talk about a Trolley Study that cost $40,000 dollars. As a matter of fact board members traveled to Missouri to study a trolley. I could’ve told you that was a really stupid idea from the get-go and a bad idea. Nobody lays track in this day and age and now there’s buses that run back and forth between MCG and downtown. That’s $40,000 dollars that they spent on the study not including the travel and everything else that the board members (inaudible). Let’s talk about a $65,000 dollar parking study that took place. And board members Sanford Lloyd stood right here in this room and I was in this room when he said this study will not sit on the shelf and gather dust. Well, I’ll give you two guesses where it sits and what it’s been doing and the first one doesn’t count. It’s been on the shelf. None of it’s been implemented and that’s another 65K down the drain. Now let’s talk about the clock the wonderful reproduction clock which quite ironically replaced the original clock. It was sent to the Augusta Mall which the mall’s one of the reasons that we were even in a meeting to bring people back downtown. But that cost us about $45,000 dollars not including the bricks and everything else that had to be prepped. So you can say after the place was set and all the other work was done about $80,000 dollars was spent on that clock. And it had four sides and no two of the four sides had the time on it the entire time it was downtown. Now we were told it was unfixable but guess where it is right now? It’s in the Augusta Airport and it keeps perfect time on all four sides. So there’s another $80,000 dollars down the drain. And nobody talked to us downtown about whether to move the clock or not or what to do with it. That brings me to the current study that’s being done a retail study for $60,000 dollars of our tax money which is being spent to try to tell us how to get retail business back downtown. And not to add insult to injury we have a nationally recognized firm which does this type of work of Allison and Associates right downtown. And this money’s being sent out of town to some no name consultant firm that nobody’s ever heard of. But it’s not staying in downtown it’s not being spent downtown. I don’t think we need a $60,000 dollar study. I think we need safety and security is what we need. We need people coming downtown spending money. Let’s go down the bright idea fairy list. There’s TAD, URA’s OZ’s, EEZEE’s every type of bright idea comes along is supposed to help us most of which only cost us tax money and doesn’t really put much back into the (unintelligible) the TAD1 is a prime example of the complete failure with you know over promise and under delivered. And I’m pretty sure there was some consultant’s paid along with legal fees to help TAD 1 be written. You know COSTCO let’s look at COSTCO if you want to. You know we bought the land and gave it to them. We’re even paying the interest on their construction loan and we give them a tax holiday for how many years? So what I would like to say is before you consider it and I don’t know if you’re going to raise our taxes or not, I don’t know what’s going to happen but I can give you some examples of more DDA problems if you turn your chairs around and look at sidewalk in front of DeLaigle House. That was a $60,000 dollar grant that went to the chairman of the current, the chairman of the DDA at the time was Paul King who had bought the property from the city, sold it to Jan Hodges had the construction contract to rebuild it and lease it out. And the chairman of the DDA got them a $50,000 grant to go in front of her building. Now all of this stuff happens right in our plain, right in plain sight right in our faces. So when I see things like mosquito control, anyone who’s lived here for the past two summers and said we don’t need to expand mosquito control doesn’t really live here. 2 And they do good work. So anyone, before we consider raising taxes and cutting agency’s we need could we please look and stop rewarding failure like at the DDA. You guys have to be good stewards of our money. When you appoint us to boards and authorities we should be good stewards too. And anyone that can look down at that list they’ve received over $2 million dollars out of general fund since (inaudible). Mr. Mayor: Okay, thank you, Mr. Owens, the five minutes is up but we appreciate your time. Okay, Madam Clerk, next delegation. The Clerk: DELEGATIONS B. Ms. Lori Davis regarding TAD4. Mr. Mayor: And if you could keep it to five minutes as well. And you know the drill. Ms. Davis: Commissioners, the efforts to remove downtown from the failed Tax Allocation District 1 and create a new Tax Allocation District 4 seems to be, needs to be compounding the damage already done by the previous mistakes made by our city’s administration. When the map for the new TAD4 was presented this time last year you were not told that TAD1 from which it was extracted had failed. TAD1 took up nearly all of the maximum allotted 10% of the taxable tracts in the city digest. You were also not told that recreating a new downtown TAD4 would reset the designated valuation base to current values which would produce positive tax increments thus bailing out TAD1. My biggest fear about this 595 acre TAD4 is confirmed in a report from Georgia State University which states oversized TAD’s unnecessarily deprive all participating jurisdictions of the incremental tax revenues needed to support general government services. My first recommendation is to scale TAD4 back to an area befitting of an actual project like the Holiday Inn Express just as was done in the URA. If you tie up 595 acres all to the first few projects you will more than likely drain future revenues from critical services. You have made a good decision to hold off on a resolution that would create TAD4 until there can be public meetings with adequate notice. The Augusta Collaboration Project’s Matt Kwatinetz voiced his support for government transparency and is also required by the Redevelopment Powers Law. After personally witnessing the controversies associated with the Laney Walker overlay I would encourage you to make it a city ordinance to require that those who are affected are given two weeks advanced notice of any action that might affect their property rights. The plan that you have in your possession today says TAD’s offer a flexible alternative to financing economic development without the need to use General Funds, Local Option Sales Taxes or SPLOST revenues to raise taxes. After TAD1 failed to produce tax increments it was amended to include Local Option Sales Taxes. My third recommendation is to delete any reference to the use of lost funds from the TAD Resolution. It is no secret that many people in Augusta Richmond County chose to do their shopping in South Carolina where the sales tax is 6%, me included. I now come to personal conflict that has kept me focused all these years, my Harrisburg neighborhood. The GSU report warns that the TAD’s might force moderate to low income families out of a neighborhood. Where my properties continue to rise business development would be exempt from taxation. The law prohibits the millage rate from going down in a TAD. In a recent meeting held in the Harrisburg neighborhood Mr. Kwatinetz 3 agreed that the way things stand in Harrisburg at this point a developer could buy the required 10% of an area then commission an overlay then use TAD financing to build his infrastructure all while being exempt under the Opportunity Zone which awards tax credits as well resulting in tax increases to 90% of folks in the district and the county. This leads me to my final recommendation that TAD funds not be used on properties that are exempt from property taxation. Thank you. Mr. Mayor: Thank you, Ms. Davis. Madam Clerk, the next delegation. The Clerk: DELEGATIONS C. Robin Schweitzer, regarding Special Tax Districts. Ms. Schweitzer: I’m going to withdraw. And after speaking with Mr. Plunkett I’m going to revise what I have and email it to everyone. Mr. Mayor: Thank you, ma’am. Madam Clerk, on to the consent agenda please. The Clerk: Yes, sir. Our consent agenda consists of items 1-26. And under the Public Services portion of the agenda I’ll read the alcohol applications and if anyone has an objection would you please signify your objection by raising your hand. Item 1: Is a request for a retail package Beer & Wine license to be used in connection with Super Express #5 located at 3341 Deans Bridge Road. Item 2: Is a request for a retail package Liquor, Beer & Wine license to be used in connection with Salem Wine & Spirits located at 2228 Rosier Road. The Clerk: Are there any objectors to either of these petitions? I don’t believe we have any objectors, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor: Okay, thank you, Madam Clerk. Lady and gentlemen, do we have any additions to the consent agenda? Commissioner Lockett. Mr. Lockett: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’d like to add agenda item 31 and 32 to the consent agenda please. Mr. Mayor: Commissioner Guilfoyle. Mr. Guilfoyle: Item number 27, sir. Mr. Mayor: Okay, do we have, do we have items to be pulled for discussion? Commissioner Jackson. Mr. Jackson: Mr. Mayor, I believe I might want to pull item 14 and then correspond with 16. 4 Mr. Mayor: Fourteen and sixteen? Okay, do we have any further items to be pulled for discussion? Commissioner Williams, did you? Mr. Williams: Mr. Jackson pulled 14 and 16 which I was looking at as well. I appreciate that. We can discuss item 24. Just need to get some clarification I guess as to what we’re doing, afford $23,700.00 for a temporary driveway easement. I think is my question on 24. Mr. Mayor: Okay, do we have somebody that could, Mr. Ladson or somebody from Engineering that could? Okay. Mr. Williamson: Jim Williamson, Land Acquisition Manager of the Engineering Department. And I have that one here and I’ll explain it to you. The amount that’s on here is the appraised amount, appraised and reviewed. And the amount $23,700 is what was recommended they be paid for we’re (inaudible). Mr. Mayor: Commissioner Williams, is that? Mr. Williams: No, I see that, Jim, thank you. I see $23,700 here but I’m asking why I guess for a temporary easement are we paying $23,700 for a temporary easement and temporary means that you’re not going to keep it long. I mean temporary’s --- Mr. Williamson: It’s for construction and revert it back to the property the way it was before. That maybe be, the information you have there may not be correct because there’s 0.175 acres, 7,621 square feet of feet that was appraised to offer them. And also 2,678 of temporary construction easement and that construction easement is figured at a lot less percentage than that. In fact it’s figured about 10% and then for a year’s use is what that’s calculated at. I don’t those appraisal figures with me but it’s a lot less than what the fee simple appraisal is. Mr. Williams: Okay, you’re saying it’s a lot less, Jim, than the appraisal was --- Mr. Williamson: Yeah, the fee simple part would constitute just about 90/95% of that. The balance of that would be for the temporary easement. Mr. Mayor: Are you finished, Commissioner? Mr. Williams: Yeah, I mean I don’t know no more (inaudible). Mr. Mayor: Donnie? Mr. D. Smith: Mr. Williamson, maybe we can get this square. We’re buying a part of this is what you’re telling me? Mr. Williamson: You’re actually buying part of the property. 5 Mr. D. Smith: And $22,000 dollars of that is going to be, we’re buying a piece of property for us for our permanent use. The other thousand dollars is for temporary easement. So we’re going to own this piece of property. Mr. Williamson: Yes (inaudible). Mr. D. Smith: And it was appraised --- Mr. Williamson: --- for the temporary part and to revert it back (inaudible). Mr. D. Smith: Okay, so that’s what we’re trying to get clear here is 1.76 of the acreage is actually going to be our property that we own forever and ever and it has an appraised value of $23,000 and the $1,000 dollars was for the temporary easement. Mr. Williamson: I don’t know the exact (inaudible)--- Mr. D. Smith: But that’s some kind of breakdown. Mr. Williamson: --- (inaudible). Mr. D. Smith: Thank you. Mr. Mayor: Commissioner Williams, you good? Mr. Williams: Yeah, I’m good, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor: Okay, then I’d look for a motion to approve the consent agenda? Mr. Jackson: So moved. Mr. Johnson: Second. CONSENT AGENDA PUBLIC SERVICES 1. Motion to approve New Application: A.N. 13-31: request by Ritaben Patel for a retail package Beer & Wine license to be used in connection with Super Express #5 located at 3341 Deans Bridge Rd. District 5. Super District 9. (Approved by Public Services Committee November 25, 2013) 2. Motion to approve New Ownership Application: 13-32: request by Hwa Young Song for a retail package Liquor, Beer & Wine license to be used in connection with Salem Wine & Spirits located at 2228 Rosier Rd. District 6. Super District 10. (Approved by Public Services Committee November 25, 2013) 3. Motion to approve the contract between Augusta Regional Airport and Events 20/20 LLC for Inflight Catering as approved by the Augusta Aviation Commission at their October 31, 2013 meeting. (Approved by Public Services Committee November 25, 2013) 6 4. Motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Augusta Regional Airport and McDuffie County as approved by the Augusta Aviation Commission at their October 31, 2013 meeting. (Approved by Public Services Committee November 25, 2013) 5. Motion to approve the selection of Cincinnati Systems for the purchase of equipment for the new credit card and existing long term parking lots located at the airport as approved by the Augusta Aviation Commission at their October 31, 2013 meeting. (Approved by Public Services Committee November 25, 2013) 6. Motion to approve submitting the Police Simulator/Software to Procurement for purchasing using the GSA Contract as approved by the Augusta Aviation Commission at their October 31, 2013 Meeting. (Approved by Public Services Committee November 25, 2013) 7. Motion to approve the Republic Parking Systems Management Contract for the public parking program for Augusta Regional Airport as approved by the Augusta Aviation Commission at their October 31, 2013 Meeting. (Approved by Public Services Committee November 25, 2013) 8. Motion to approve tasking the Administrator to come back with a final report relative to a plan of action regarding the establishment of a bus route to Fort Gordon at the first committee meeting in January. (Approved by Public Services Committee November 25, 2013) PUBLIC SAFETY 9. Motion to approve award of bid #13-187A Emergency Response Vehicles for the Augusta Fire Department to NAFECO/ME. (Approved by Public Safety Committee November 25, 2013) 10. Motion to approve digital orthophotography and maintenance agreement with Pictometry International to provide new 2013/2014 oblique imagery and related software and product support to Augusta with the addition that the Administrator charge the enterprises funds with the proportion of their use of the service and meet with the School Board regarding their participation in the cost of services. (Approved by Public Safety Committee November 25, 2013) 11. Motion to approve a resolution authorizing volunteer firefighters and rescue workers of the Augusta, Georgia Fire Department to be covered under Worker’s Compensation. (Approved by Public Safety Committee November 25, 2013) 12. Motion to approve automatic aid agreement with Hephzibah, Georgia. (Approved by Public Safety Committee November 25, 2013) FINANCE 13. Motion to approve a request from the Sheriff’s Office to replace 2 police motorcycles for their Road Patrol – Traffic Division. (Approved by Finance Committee November 25, 2013) 15. Motion to approve accepting the funds from the sponsors and increasing the funding level of the budget by that amount and expend funds to hold the event relative to the th Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Department’s 6 Annual Business Expo. (Approved by Finance Committee November 25, 2013) 7 ENGINEERING SERVICES 17. Motion to approve a cost sharing agreement between the Augusta Utilities Department and James Stafford, Bernard Dunstan, and Allen Grinalds. (Approved by Engineering Services Committee November 25, 2013) 18. Motion to authorize condemnation to acquire title of a portion of property for fee simple and permanent construction and maintenance easement (Parcel 227-0-038-00-0) 4763 Windsor Spring Road. (Approved by Engineering Services Committee November 25, 2013) 19. Motion to authorize condemnation to acquire title of a portion of property for fee simple and permanent construction and maintenance easement (Parcel 227-0-040-00-0) 4733 Windsor Spring Road. (Approved by Engineering Services Committee November 25, 2013) 20. Motion to authorize condemnation to acquire title of a portion of property for fee simple and permanent construction and maintenance easement (Parcel 227-0-094-00-0) 4359 Windsor Spring Road. (Approved by Engineering Services Committee November 25, 2013) 21. Motion to authorize condemnation to acquire title of the entire parcel, (Parcel 087-4- 111-00-0) 2056 Golden Rod Street. (Approved by Engineering Services Committee November 25, 2013) 22. Motion to approve subject agreement to Johnson, Laschober, and Associates, P.C. in the amount of $45,540.00. This award will include costs associated with plan updates and permit updates, as well as for costs associated with the bidding and construction services phases of the project. (Approved by Engineering Services Committee November 25, 2013) 23. Motion to approve awarding of Utilities Bid #13-178 to Badger Meter. (Approved by Engineering Services Committee November 25, 2013) 24. Motion to approve an Option for Right of Way between Teresa P. Tedder and Jana S. Pine and Augusta, Georgia for an easement consisting of 0.175 acre (7,621.09 sq. ft.) in fee, more or less, and no permanent easement, and 2,678.18 sq. ft. of temporary construction easement, more or less, and one temporary driveway easement located at 1263-A Marks Church Road for a total price of $23,700.00. (Approved by Engineering Services Committee November 25, 2013) 25. Motion to approve and accept the Deed of Dedication and Maintenance Agreement for The Enclave and The Station. (Approve by Engineering Services Committee November 25, 2013) PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 26. Motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Commission held November 19, 2013 and Special Called Meeting held November 25, 2013. PUBLIC SERVICES 27. Motion to approve New Ownership Application: A.N. 13-33: request by Dhaval G. Desai for a retail package Beer & Wine license to be used in connection with KRISHNA KUNJ, LLC located at 3671 Peach Orchard Rd. District 6. Super District 10. (No recommendation from Public Services Committee November 25, 2013) APPOINTMENTS 8 31. Consider the recommendation from the Medical Society to reappoint Dr. Adair Blackwood for a four-year term on the Richmond County Board of Health due to expiration of current term 12/31/13. 32. Consider the recommendation of the Board of Health to appoint Kenneth Echols to a four-year term to replace Jill Hauenstein due to expiration of term ending 12/31/13. Mr. Mayor: We have a motion that’s been made and properly seconded. Commissioners will now vote by the usual sign. Motion Passes 9-0. [Items 1-13, 15, 17-26, 27, 31, 32] Mr. Mayor: Thank you, ma’am. Madam Clerk, let’s go to the first pulled agenda item. The Clerk: FINANCE 14. Motion to authorize the conducting of a public hearing regarding the adoption of the Amended Augusta Richmond County Redevelopment Plan for TAD Number One and to receive such plan and a proposed resolution approving the Plan. (Approved by Finance Committee November 25, 2013) 16. Motion to authorize the conducting of a public hearing regarding the adoption of the Augusta Richmond County Downtown Redevelopment Plan for TAD4 and the creation of the Downtown TAD and to receive such plan and a proposed resolution to approve the Plan and create the district. (Approved by Finance Committee November 25, 2013) Mr. Mayor: Commissioner Jackson, this was your pull. Mr. Jackson: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Plunkett, I know that 14 what was it, 14 and 16 kind of coincide. Is there a way that we could do away with the TAD1? And then the TAD 4 th shrinking the scope down because we’ve already promised for the 15 Street corridor and the Holiday Inn Express at the end instead of encompassing all those five hundred and some odd acres for right now? Mr. Plunkett: Yes, sir, you could. Really this agenda item is whether or not for the public hearing and if at that time that would be part of the debate that you certainly can reduce the size of the plan and take care of that. Mr. Jackson: I guess parlaying into that is and I’m not sure if a motion could be made to have you come back at the public hearing with the reduced amount. Does that make sense? Mr. Plunkett: Yes, sir, the problem is the public hearing needs to held after this meeting. Mr. Jackson: Right. Mr. Plunkett: So what would probably happen is if the body elected not to do the current proposed parameters then what you would do is simply come up with a motion that said this is 9 the area that we want to adopt the plan for. So you wouldn’t have to do anything additional th coming back we would just accept that. And then at the following meeting on the 17 you would vote to approve that revised plan. Mr. Jackson: Okay. Mr. Plunkett: But this is really to have the public hearing after that (inaudible). Mr. Jackson: Okay, well, I wasn’t sure if I wasn’t trying to put the cart before the horse th but to I guess streamline us to get us to the 17 knowing what we want to do and reduce. Mr. Plunkett: You certainly can reduce the size of it if that’s the will of the body. You can terminate TAD1 as well if you wish to that. Mr. Jackson: Okay. Thank you. Mr. Mayor: Mr. Mayor Pro Tem. Mr. Johnson: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Jim, before you leave the TAD1 at what point would it be appropriate to go ahead and work on doing away with that? Could we do it in conjunction with the reduction in the TAD4 or would it be appropriate to do it after everything has been I guess the fees have been paid and everybody’s been. Mr. Plunkett: Everybody’s been, there are no reimbursements outstanding --- Mr. Johnson: Okay. Mr. Plunkett: --- at one. Procedurally I would have to get with Mr. MacKenzie to make sure that they’ve gone through the proper committee issues there. But arguably you could th terminate TAD1 December 17 as well. Mr. Johnson: Okay, good deal. That’s what I wanted to find. Mr. Plunkett: I would think so. If not it may have to go to the next committee to go to but it’s a very simple step to terminate it. Mr. Johnson: Okay good deal. Thank you. Mr. Mayor: Commissioner Williams then Commissioner Jackson. Mr. Williams: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Jim, can you explain to me how if there was a tax increase if we raise taxes how would that affect how would that do as far as the TAD’s concerned as far as monies coming back to this government or going to what. Can you explain? Mr. Plunkett: Mr. Williams, I’m not sure if that’s the issue that Ms. Davis referenced about not ability to change tax rates. Just as to that extent she was incorrect that law has been 10 amended in 2009. So you can adjust rates within a TAD. That’s not a prohibition as that was stated. What would happen is you set a base value. And for our purposes let’s just say $100 million dollars is downtown. Any growth that’s above that 100 million dollars to the ad valorem property taxes to that amount would go into a special fund to reimburse redevelopment projects in downtown or whatever that parameter was. That can be project specific for instance the Holiday Inn Express. It could be for sidewalks or you could so to speak store it for other projects that may come up down the road. Personally I would suggest reducing people’s reimbursements as quick as possible but you have that flexibility. It’s set a base and everything above the base the ad valorem property taxes from that into a special fund. Mr. Williams: Okay and to follow up to help me get clear on this is that if we did raise taxes in that TAD4 was implemented then that area that’s included in that TAD4 the tax that we raise would not benefit the government at that point it’d be going toward that area where it would be 500 acres like I think Ms. Davis said 500 acres or ten acres or whatever it is. But if there was a tax increase if we happen if we do that then that money would go not back to this government. We’ll raise taxes but it wouldn’t go back to government it goes towards the TAD. Is that right? Mr. Plunkett: The taxes on the growth would go to the special fund. Let’s say you went from, again $100 million dollars is your base. If your growth was $10 million dollars regardless of whatever the mill rate was on the $100 million dollars goes to the general fund. It is the mill rate as to the $10 million dollars of growth that goes to the special fund. So you’re not specially taxing that area. The property owner would pay 100% of the property taxes and then the monies would be split special fund and general fund. Mr. Williams: Split into what rate when you say split? Fifty/fifty or? Mr. Plunkett: --- base (inaudible) Mr. Williams: So if it was 100 --- Mr. Plunkett: (inaudible) the fund the amount is triple to the growth would go to the special fund. Mr. Williams: Okay, give me some numbers. Now you give me $100 million dollars for (unintelligible) keep it simple Steve. Mr. Plunkett: $100 million dollars is your base. Mr. Williams: Okay. Mr. Plunkett: And then --- Mr. Williams: You’re raising taxes --- 11 Mr. Plunkett: --- growth is $10 million dollars so now the value of the property is worth $110 million dollars. The taxes attributed to the $100 million dollars whatever that number is goes to the general fund. So if you doubled your property taxes double the income to the general fund. The mill rate as to the $10 million dollars goes to the special fund. So whatever you increase that it’s the whole properties being increased it’s not just the special fund that’s being taxed or the increments. Mr. Williams: I’m, one more minute, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor: You’ve got some more time. Mr. Williams: I’m just trying to get clear, Jim, because you’re not going to double the taxes you know you’re not going to double the taxes. Now you gave me some numbers and I was feeling you but now you done --- Mr. Plunkett: All right, if we went from a mill rate of 16 to 17 --- Mr. Williams: Okay. Mr. Plunkett: --- okay that one mill increase wouldn’t be applied to both the special fund and the general fund. So $100 million dollars times the mill rate is what goes in special fund. Ten million times the mill rate goes to the special fund. Okay? So whatever that one mill increase is because we raised the taxes in our example one mill would go to the general fund. And the one mill increase as to that ten million would go to the special fund. Mr. Williams: And I was in support when we talked about the TAD and I asked you why did the TAD, the first TAD, you know, not be successful? Why did it fail. And I think you replied, well, it was so big you know so big so Ms. Davis I guess was right in her comments about reducing the size down. But until I did some research I didn’t realize that those areas that’s incorporated would be affected like you just said with whatever the mill rate would be and what would go to the general fund and what would not --- Mr. Mayor: I’ll give you another two. Mr. Williams: --- not go to the general fund. No, thank you, Mr. Mayor, I’m clear. Mr. Jackson pulled it and I’m glad he did. I just wanted to ask those questions and Jim helped me out a lot. Thank you. Mr. Mayor: Thank you, Commissioner Williams. Commissioner Jackson. Mr. Jackson: Move to approve. Mr. Mayor: Do we have a second? Mr. Johnson: Second. 12 Mr. Mayor: This is just item 14 or 14 and 16. Mr. Jackson: If I can add 14 and the 16 --- Mr. Mayor: Okay. Mr. Jackson: --- that’s kosher. Mr. Mayor: Okay, we have a motion to approve agenda items 14 and 16. Commissioner Lockett. Mr. Lockett: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is for Mr. Plunkett. The conversation came up about getting rid of TAD1. And I believe you indicated that there was no problem in getting rid of TAD1. If we’re going to get rid of it, why is there a need to amend it? Why not dissolve it? Mr. Plunkett: Well, sir, the direction from the Commission for last year was to create a TAD4. TAD4 was a subpart of the existing TAD1. So in order to create TAD4 we had to take those parcels out of one and create a new TAD. So if we were to dissolve TAD1 then those parcels that would be in TAD4 would be available to create a new TAD. We were just having to carve out part of it to create the new TAD. Mr. Lockett: To what extent had TAD1 failed? Mr. Plunkett: I want to say, sir, that it’s approximately negative $22 million dollars in growth. Mr. Lockett: Negative $22 million. Mr. Plunkett: Yes, sir, since ’09 to 2013. Mr. Lockett: And by amending this, this TAD1 is going to become a part of TAD4? Mr. Plunkett: Just the parcels that you accept. Mr. Lockett: Okay, I’m interested in the part that caused us to have a negative $22 million dollars. Mr. Plunkett: The downtown area was approximately $12 million dollars in negative growth so both of them but you would be setting the downtown at 2013 value so that’s stabilizes the number in growth above that number is what goes to the special fund. Mr. Lockett: Well, lastly a precedent has definitely been established within this state. I believe Marietta and a couple of other counties around the Atlanta area had TAD’s that were significant failures and they didn’t amend those they dissolved them, they got rid of them. So why are we different? 13 Mr. Plunkett: Three things on that, Mr. Lockett, if I could. Some TAD’s are basically under water and they’re being reestablished. DeKalb I believe is redoing five of their TAD’s this way. Second is last week when we had this conversation I suggested that I’m in favor of eliminating TAD1 but my direction was to carve out TAD 4 out of one. So I was following instructions from last year. My preference and I think it’s more prudent that it would be to eliminate TAD1 and create a new TAD4 and so that you’d only have two three and four. Mr. Lockett: Thank you, I definitely support your preference. Thank you, Mr. Plunkett. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Mayor: Okay, we have a motion that’s been made and properly seconded. Commissioners will now vote by the usual sign. Mr. Johnson, Ms. Davis, Mr. Jackson, Mr. D. Smith, Mr. Williams and Mr. G. Smith vote Yes. Mr. Lockett votes No. Mr. Mason and Mr. Guilfoyle out. Motion Passes 6-1. Mr. Mayor: Madam Clerk, on to the regular agenda, please, ma’am. The Clerk: ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 28. Presentation from the consultant regarding the 2013 Fair Housing Analysis on behalf of Augusta, GA. (Requested by Commissioner Bill Fennoy) Mr. Mayor: Mr. Mayor Pro Tem. Mr. Johnson: Mr. Mayor, would it be appropriate to send this item back? I know Commissioner Fennoy’s not here and I’d hate for Mr. Wheeler to have to come back again I did not know he was going to be out. But of course if he’s not going to be able to adequately address his concerns he’s going to be asked to come back because he’s not here so. Mr. Mayor: Are you okay with that, Mr. Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler: Well, Mr. Commissioner, Fennoy only asked that we bring this to you, well, two things that requires no formal action on your part today. It’s for information only. He asked that we share this in the formal commission meeting rather than just in the committee meeting. That’s why we’re bringing it before you today. Mr. Johnson: Okay. Mr. Mayor: Okay, but he’s aware of what you’re going to present anyway. Okay, well then, please go ahead. 14 Mr. Wheeler: Okay. The Federal Government requires the City of Augusta every five years to prepare an analysis of its Fair Housing Policies and Practices. Today I have Mr. Robert Gaudin with Western Economic Services who is our consultant who prepared this year’s analysis. He’s here to present information. It must go out for public comment and it will come back to you for final approval within the next thirty-four to five days. Mr. Mayor: Thank you and if you could state your name and address for the record. It’s part of the procedure. th Mr. Gaudin: My name is Robert Gaudin 212 S.E. 18 Portland Oregon. Again my firm is Western Economic Services. As Mr. Wheeler indicated this is a requirement of entitlement communities who receive funding from HUD. And there is a form by which you must do this or a process by which you must do this. It’s an analysis impediment. And impediment or actions omissions or decisions which restrict housing choice due to protected class status. For federal and state law that, those classes are race, color, religion, familial status, natural origin, gender and disability. Really HUD really wants you to separate these kinds of impediments into two buckets private sector and public sector. Things in a sense that we have a little bit more difficulty with administrating to or influencing in the private sector and those things that we have a more ability to influence. Those are the public sector. Then I will come quickly to my conclusion without taking too much of your time. Private sector issues. Discriminatory terms and conditions in the rental markets. Failure to make reasonable modification for our disabled. Proportionally higher denial rates when predatory style loan for blacks, proportionally fewer racial minorities seen in the lending industry and some redlining extremes seems to occur in the real estate industry. Essentially that steering is to send people away from Augusta. Now the kinds of things that the city and county can do with this really amounts to outreach education to both consumers who are in the private sector, housing transactions as well as the providers whether that’s realtors or bankers or money lenders and mortgage entities. On the other hand those things in the public sector are things you can consider. The kinds of things that we have been able to identify fundamentally the lack of better housing infrastructure. There’s really nowhere for anyone to turn. If they need guidance on an issue they need to file a complaint. You can go to HUD in Atlanta but really there’s no one here to actually walk them through. You know there is a lack of sufficient fair housing outreach and education. People don’t know, they don’t understand, they don’t know where to go don’t know what they’re rights and obligations are. Both consumers and providers. Lack of fair housing coordinates or a policy statement this again is something that’s up to you. It might be great if you just have a policy statement. You don’t need to be the arm of the law but provide your support. Part of your requirements under the entitlement money you get from HUD is to affirmatively further fair housing. There is also a somewhat slight lack of knowledge of this analysis, impediments as well as some fair housing items that have been taken over the last few years. Some of the things I want you to do as you as a city is to take a little bit more action and make those things more publicly well known. Lastly lack of sufficient visibility for new home construction. That is in deference to our disabled residents as well as our rapidly growing senior population making homes more visible so that they can actually get in, maybe the doors a little wider and things like that. Now the kinds of things that the city can consider you know none of these are going to impact the general fund budget, okay. The idea is maybe take a look at who currently provides fair housing services 15 whether it’s in Atlanta or you know in South Carolina and talk with someone about coming here, explore some educational program with them. Enhance kind of educations so that people understand about buying a house. What are the attributes of a predatory style loan, how do you get good credit, how do you keep good credit. As well locate copies of, I understand there has been some previous work about an ordinance or something in support of affirmatively furthering fair housing. Kind of reawaken that old narrative rework it to something more contemporary and then the city would like to bring it to you for consideration. But as well as promoting the analysis of impediments and its Fair Housing Action Plan for this coming April. April is Fair Housing Month. Do some outreach and education and so on. And lastly the other item, conduct research on the notion of visibility and what that might mean for you. There’s some steps you can take. These are not resource intense. As Mr. Wheeler indicated the document is currently in internal review in the department and in a couple of weeks it will be available for public review and then we’ll close it out probably early in January. I’d be happy to answer any questions. Mr. Mayor: Thank you, sir. And I just have a comment and then I’ll turn it. I think anything we can do as a city to support Fair Housing is a good thing. With regards to the outreach I think a good example of that I’m very fortunate to serve of the Community Foundation of the Central Savannah River Area. Last night we had our board meeting in Heritage Pines in a model home. Many of the board members had never been to our flagship development in Laney Walker/Bethlehem. And we shared with them that we need advocates to let people know about these good housing options in our inner city. And with regards to this it’s an award winning development so we continually work on the outreach. And so I just want to applaud the efforts of Mr. Wheeler and Housing and Neighborhood Development. I know we can do better. But I just want to thank you guys for making the presentation today. Commissioner Williams. Mr. Williams: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Fennoy is not here but I will talk with him and tell him I appreciate his effort in having this put on the agenda. You know when we think about fair housing and affordable homes and the money we get through the federal government it comes down especially for those people who can’t speak for themselves or don’t have the necessary means to get into those places and we ought to continue to look at. I just need to know what can we do as a body to help Housing and Neighborhood Development to make sure that those training that you talked about, the education that people complain about that we need to educate people so when people know better they’ll do better. And we just, as a Commissioner I’d like to know what can we do as a body to help Housing and Neighborhood Development to continue this and not just hear this presentation and then put it on the shelf somewhere. I think this is something I’ve been advocating for, for a long time. A lot of people don’t have the know- it-all to know how to get to certain doors and how to maneuver through the system to get to where they need to be. And when they’re turned away easily turned away then they turn around and forget about it and walk off. Then they’re left out there to fend for themselves. So is there anything we can do either this young man here or Mr. Wheeler or someone from his department. What can we do as a body? You said there wasn’t going to be no financial impact today but what’s in place or what can we do, Mr. Mayor, to help this process continue? There’s a lot of people that’s in need. Mr. Mayor: Mr. Wheeler. 16 Mr. Wheeler: Mr. Mayor, I think a couple of things. One, we don’t have a provider in Augusta who addresses these kinds of situations. I think we need to reach out to some other city that has an office that addresses these issues particularly maybe Atlanta so we can develop a relationship with an organization that’s out of Atlanta that’s specializes in this so that that they can help us address issues that are public related and not going to the private. I think my office also needs to probably heighten it’s roles we play. We do run ads and we do billboards and some of those things and we probably need to reach out and develop something within our office that we can begin to educate to the degree that we can because we don’t want to create new vehicle that we don’t deal with everyday. But I think we can do something to that nature to address these concerns. Mr. Williams: And my last question if I can to Mr. Wheeler is there a third dollar that comes in that can be set aside for this rather than turn that out of a budget? Is there federal money because we do get federal monies for some things that we’re doing in Housing and Neighborhood Development? Can we carve out something and maybe it’s not needed but I don’t you can get nobody to come in and volunteer to work and don’t get no pay because a volunteer might show up and he might not show up that’s why they call it a volunteer. But a paid person will be there because they want to receive the pay and that’s --- Mr. Mayor: I’ll give you two more. Mr. Wheeler: And the answer’s yes but of course it’s going to take something away from somewhere else but the answer’s yes. Mr. Mayor: Thank you, Commissioner Williams. Commissioner Smith, did you? Mr. D. Smith: No, sir. Mr. Mayor: You’re good? Mr. D. Smith: Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor: Okay, well, thank you, gentlemen. Can I get a motion to receive this as information? Mr. Williams: So moved. Mr. Johnson: Second. Mr. Mayor: We have a motion that’s been properly seconded. Commissioners will now vote by the usual sign. Mr. Johnson, Ms. Davis, Mr. Lockett, Mr. Jackson, Mr. D. Smith, Mr. Williams and Mr. G. Smith vote Yes. Mr. Mason and Mr. Guilfoyle out. 17 Motion Passes 7-0. Mr. Mayor: Madam Clerk, next agenda item please. The Clerk: ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 29. Discuss parliamentary rulings by the parliamentarian. (Requested by Commissioner Marion Williams) Mr. Mayor: Commissioner Williams. Mr. Williams: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I talk about having a law degree and ya’ll know can’t pass the law office but let’s (unintelligible). But I’ve been really concerned about some of the rulings and such as the one we just made a little while ago. We tried to make that vote without adding those that revision there and then making a vote and adding it later. We had a situation here last meeting I think it was when Commissioner Mason and myself we kind of questioned that when somebody had a motion and the motion was pulled back. And then the parliamentarian told us and instructed us that the motion, we needed a substitute motion. And I disagreed because there wasn’t a primary motion. So that prompted me to want to know how and we talked about training. Now we got all this from training. But the vote today and the one that we did previous before I questioned several times about the parliamentarian giving us those information. And we need to depend on we need to know what he’s telling us is right. I don’t need to assume that I’m getting the right information and not getting it. I need to make sure that the information that he gives us not just here but in the legal room as well that we’re getting the right information. And that had not happened. It didn’t happen today nobody said anything nobody questioned that. We took votes up here on this dais. I don’t make lawyer’s salary. I don’t even get the travel expense. I don’t get any of that but Mr. Mayor we need to make sure and maybe Mr. Andrew can answer for himself. He’s of age but I just need to know how can we have so many, many mistakes like that? Mr. Mayor: Mr. MacKenzie, would you like to respond? Mr. MacKenzie: Sure, I would like to respond. First, initially if I made a mistake with respect to the last meeting I talked to you yesterday and asked you if you could share any of those details with me and you declined to do that. I would appreciate the opportunity to at least - -- Mr. Williams: And I had a right, hold it hold it now. He, you can’t, Mr. Andrew, you can’t come in and question me about what you asked me in a private conversation. I’m handling public business in public. Now if you needed to know something you showed up here and I explained to yesterday that you was a very smart man and you probably had the answers in your head --- Mr. Mayor: I’ll give you another two. Let’s not be personal. 18 Mr. Williams: I’m not getting personal, Mr. Mayor. He’s stated that he asked me yesterday to tell him what I wanted. And I put it on the agenda and I stipulated on the agenda. I didn’t just have him guessing at it. But then he got personal saying I didn’t respond or didn’t tell him. I wasn’t supposed to tell him. He’s supposed to be ready. He’s supposed to know this stuff. He’s qualified they say to do that. Mr. Mayor: Well, let’s give him a chance to respond. Mr. MacKenzie: Sure, so what I was saying I, if there was an error that you perceived was made with respect to parliamentary advice that was given at the last meeting I do not have any of the facts relating to that to know whether or not a mistake was made. Perhaps I didn’t hear some of the motion so if you perceive an error has been made I would appreciate the opportunity to clarify with me. There may have just been something I didn’t hear. If there’s all these errors I’d like to know the facts and know what the error is so I can seek to correct those. But I’d also like to make it clear as well from the rules that the parliamentary inquiry I provide advice to the Chair whether that be the Mayor in a commission meeting or whether that be a chairperson if it’s in a committee meeting. I don’t give advice to any of the other entities or body unless that’s through the Chair. And it’s the Chair’s ruling that goes. So it doesn’t even matter if I give the advice the Chair can go against the ruling that I made. It’s the Chair’s ruling that stands so that can be appealed. And you mentioned one something that happened earlier even today. There are some issues that I do have with that particular issue but I wasn’t asked for an opinion on that. So that would be my response to that. But I appreciate your bringing that up to my attention. Mr. Williams: First thing, Mr. Mayor, I’ve got the document here I can share with the Attorney. He can look back (unintelligible) when all this took place because we got it all written down here. But the other thing is it’s not about advising anybody or any one Commissioner. I’m not asking for any leniency or any way turn away from what is right. The issue that I have when I asked the question or when something’s being done and it’s not right I shouldn’t have to ask the attorney. The attorney who has a mike and several of them down there ought to speak up and address that issue so we won’t get into trouble about it. Now it’s that I got a, if I got to correct him I need to be making his salary. But he is in the position to correct us whenever we go astray whenever we go off on the wrong path. So it’s not about him informing me or informing any other commissioner it’s giving this body the guidelines or the rules that he’s supposed to know and supposed to have. Now Mr. Mason was here and we commented that there’s a motion that was on the floor. Somebody pulled the motion back and somebody wanted to make a substitute motion and I argued the point there’s no substitute motion because the first motion was pulled back. And the ruling from the attorney was and I got the document here he can look at it and see and read it word for word Mr. Mayor. I’m not just reaching up in the air grabbing straws out of the air. I’m trying to get us to make sure we stay on the same level of the playing field so we’ll fair with everybody. That’s all I want to do. Mr. Mayor: Okay, thank you, Commissioner Williams. And I will just as the parliamentarian I do seek the advice of the Attorney. But I will also say it sometimes can be apparent, it gets a little tough to keep up, up here when it’s going back and forth and everything. 19 So just please I ask that you consider that as well but thank you sir. Okay, Madam Clerk, next agenda item. The Clerk: Item 30 is to discuss --- Mr. Mayor: Okay, what’s that? Ms. Davis: We need a motion. Mr. Mason: We did nothing with that. a motion to receive this as information? Mr. Mayor: It was, can I get Mr. Lockett: So moved. Mr. Mayor: Do we have a second? Ms. Davis: Second. Mr. Mayor: We have a motion that’s been made and properly seconded. Commissioners will now vote by the usual sign of voting. Mr. Guilfoyle out. Motion Passes 8-0. Mr. Mayor: Okay and Commissioner Mason you got an election to win before you can be parliamentarian. Mr. Mason: While you’re still there we need to get it correct. Mr. Mayor: I understand. Like I say sometimes it’s like herding cats. Madam Clerk, next agenda item please. The Clerk: ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 30. Discuss residential status of department directors. (Requested by Commissioner Marion Williams) Mr. Mayor: Commissioner Williams, this was yours. Mr. Williams: Thank you, Mr. Mayor, this was an item I had added on. I had it on committee and it was on the wrong agenda. But that’s fine. We had it moved to the full commission. And the reason I asked for this I wanted to get a report the status of how much and how many department heads that are living outside Richmond County that are working in Richmond County. Now at one point you had to live within Richmond County in order to work 20 for Richmond County whether it be the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office or the Augusta Police Department or the Augusta Fire Department. And I’m assuming that changed but I don’t know when that changed. If it has I’d like to find out when that changed who voted to change that and why. I’m not saying that anybody ought to be brought back into the county. I’m not saying that but I think we got to stop this madness. We got to figure out a way to make sure when people come into this county or work for this county the live in Richmond County. We’ve got a lot of people that live outside of this area who are bad mouthing this area but taking the tax dollars home. Now if it ain’t good enough for you to live here you ought not to get to take your paycheck home then. So I’d like to know how many employees especially department heads, not employees for department heads and what total salary that comes to. In order to be on a board in Richmond County you got to live in Richmond County. In order to run for office in Richmond County you got to live in Richmond County. In order to serve in Richmond County in a government capacity in any form shape or fashion you got to live here. Now is it that we have department heads who live in everywhere else they want to live at. Now at one point we was told by the previous Sheriff that he couldn’t find no qualified sheriff’s in the city limits so he went outside. Well he just didn’t go outside everybody else went outside. And I need to find out I need to get a report back just for my personal. I don’t need any names I need the number of how many employees and how much that equates to. Mr. Mayor: Okay, thank you, sir. Commissioner Smith. Mr. D. Smith: This was just brought to my attention. I’d like the Attorney to give us some advice. Will you check and see if Municipal Code 45-2-5, I’m sorry it’s a State Code 45- 2-5 and it discusses municipal and county governments prohibiting from requiring officers and employees to live in the county, see if that’s applicable to our situation? Mr. MacKenzie: If I can respond to that. Mr. Mayor: Mr. MacKenzie. Mr. MacKenzie: Yes, I actually saw this of the agenda and had already looked at that particular code section previously. It’s a very short code section if you’d like me to read it into the record. I think it would clarify this issue. It says, no municipal or county government in the state shall require as a condition of employment of such government that applicants for employment as officers or employees or such officers or employees now or hereafter employed must reside within the boundaries of the municipality or county. So there is a state law restriction that prohibits counties from having a geographical restriction on their employees. Mr. Mayor: Commissioner Williams. Mr. Williams: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I read that. I’ve got a copy of in my email. I understand that but several municipalities have a way of doing it whether it be point system or how ever way of doing it. I’m not saying that people should not live anyway but Augusta. I’m not saying that. But we got too many department heads and the other entities the other cities across this state and just dealing with the state of Georgia find a way to do it. Now if we don’t say nothing, you don’t get anything. And I’m saying making it mandatory that the people that’s 21 already living somewhere else had to be moved back into this city. I’m saying that. But if we don’t stop the madness because when the next person we hire comes in or the next person applies for a position especially that of a director and then they move to another county and take the money from this county, there’s something wrong with that. And that’s just my opinion. Now I read that code but I need to know the code from the city of Augusta and what the city of Augusta says. But we had a code or had a, I won’t say a law, I don’t what it was at that point put in place where you had to stay within the guidelines of the city. When that was changed. I need to know when that was changed and who voted on it. Mr. Mayor: Okay, thank you, Commissioner Williams. And I just, you know, my question would be based on what you said is was it changed when state law was approved that motion to receive this as information? superseded local law. So can I get a Mr. Mason: So moved. Mr. Lockett: We have a motion that’s been properly seconded. Commissioners will now vote by the usual sign. Mr. Johnson, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Guilfoyle out. Motion Passes 6-0. Mr. Mayor: It is my understanding we have no need for a Legal. If there’s no further business to come before the body --- Mr. Williams: Hold on, Mr. Mayor. Who said we didn’t have any need for a Legal? We’ve got some personnel issues. Mr. Mayor: The attorney said that he did not have any legal issues to --- Mr. Williams: The attorney works for this board. We don’t work for him yet. We might be working for him after a while but --- Mr. Mayor: But usually the attorney brings forward the slate of issues to be discussed in Legal. Mr. Williams: Okay, we got a legal because we got personnel issues I need to discuss. Mr. Mayor. Now if we can’t discuss it, fine, but I got a personnel issue. ADDENDUM 33. Motion to approve going into a legal meeting. Mr. Mayor: Okay, can I get a motion to go into Legal session to discuss personnel? Mr. Williams: So moved. 22 Ms. Davis: Second. Mr. Mayor: We have a motion that’s been properly seconded. If there is no further discussion to come before, excuse me, Commissioners will now vote by the usual sign. Mr. Lockett votes No. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Guilfoyle out. Motion Passes 6-1. Mr. Mayor: Okay, we are in Legal. [LEGAL MEETING] Mr. Mayor: Okay, I’ll go ahead and call the meeting back to order. Mr. MacKenzie. 34. Motion to authorize execution by the Mayor of the affidavit of compliance with Georgia’s Open Meeting Act. Mr. MacKenzie: I would entertain a motion to execute the Closed Meeting Affidavit. Mr. Lockett: So moved. Mr. Johnson: Second. Mr. Mayor: We have a motion that’s been properly seconded. Commissioners will now vote by the usual sign. Mr. Guilfoyle and Mr. G. Smith out. Motion Passes 7-0. Mr. Mayor: With no further business to come before the body we stand adjourned. [MEETING ADJOURNED] Nancy Morawski Deputy Clerk of Commission 23 CERTIFICATION: I, Lena J. Bonner, Clerk of Commission, hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Augusta Richmond County Commission held on December 3, 2013. ____________________________________ Clerk of Commission 24