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CALLED MEETING COMMISSION CHAMBER
August 11, 2014
Augusta Richmond County Commission convened at 12:00 Noon, Monday, August 11,
2014, the Honorable Deke Copenhaver, Mayor, presiding.
PRESENT: Hons. Lockett, D. Smith, Williams, Fennoy, Johnson, Davis and G. Smith,
members of Augusta Richmond County Commission.
ABSENT: Hons. Mason, Guilfoyle and Jackson, members of Augusta Richmond County
Commission.
Mr. Mayor: I’ll go ahead and call the legal meeting to order. Mr. MacKenzie.
1.LEGAL MEETING
A.Pending and potential litigation
B.Real estate
C.Personnel
Mr. MacKenzie: I would entertain a motion to go into a closed legal meeting to
discuss real estate and pending and potential litigation.
Mr. Lockett: So move.
Mr. Johnson: Second.
Mr. Mayor: We have a motion that’s been made and properly seconded. Commissioner
Williams.
Mr. Williams: Personnel (inaudible).
Mr. MacKenzie: Okay, personnel as well.
Mr. Mayor: Okay, we have a motion that’s been made and properly seconded.
Commissioners will now vote by the usual sign.
Mr. Fennoy out.
Motion carries 6-0.
Mr. Mayor: We are in legal.
[LEGAL MEETING]
The Mayor called the meeting back to order.
2.Motion to authorize execution by the Mayor of the affidavit of compliance with
Georgia’s Open Meeting Act.
Mr. MacKenzie: -- to execute the closed meeting affidavit.
Mr. Lockett: So move.
Mr. D. Smith: Second.
Mr. Mayor: We have a motion that’s been made and properly seconded. Commissioners
will now vote by the usual sign.
Motion carries 7-0.
Mr. Mayor: Mr. MacKenzie.
Mr. MacKenzie: I would entertain a motion to accept settlement funds of
$41,536.93 by Employers Mutual Casualty Company on behalf of American Concrete, Inc.
for property damage costs to a gate located at 1941 Phinizy Road and to authorize such
funds to be paid to Overhead Door Company for replacement of the gate.
Mr. Lockett: Move to approve.
Mr. D. Smith: Second.
Mr. Mayor: We have a motion that’s been made and properly seconded. Commissioners
will now vote by the usual sign.
The Clerk: These are add and approve, right?
Mr. MacKenzie: Yes.
The Clerk: These are add and approve.
Unanimous consent to add and approve this
item?
Mr. Johnson: Yes.
Mr. D. Smith: Yes.
Motion carries 7-0.
Mr. Mayor: Mr. MacKenzie.
Mr. MacKenzie: The next item is a resolution authorizing the settlement of all
claims by Arbor Equity, Inc. in the amount of $58, 079.17 and authorizing the
Administrator to issue these funds.
Mr. D. Smith: So moved.
Mr. Johnson: Second.
Mr. Mayor: We have a motion that’s been made and properly seconded. Commissioners
will now vote by the usual sign.
Motion carries 7-0.
Mr. Mayor: Mr. MacKenzie.
Mr. MacKenzie: And the last item is a resolution authorizing the settlement of all
claims by Pittman Construction, Inc. in the aggregate amount of $290,000, authorizing the
Interim Administrator to disburse this amount.
Mr. D. Smith: So moved.
Mr. Lockett: Second.
Mr. Mayor: We have a motion that’s been made and properly seconded. Commissioners
will now vote by the usual sign.
Mr. Williams votes No.
Motion carries 6-1.
Mr. Mayor: Mr. MacKenzie, I believe that there was one more addition to the agenda
that the Planning Director had requested.
Mr. MacKenzie: That is correct. There is a request to approve the second reading of the
code amendment relating to the MVR that was read by the Commission I believe the last
commission meeting before the meeting of August 5.
Mr. Mayor: Okay. Can I get –
Mr. Williams: You don’t have unanimous consent to add anything else, Mr. Mayor.
Mr. Mayor: Well, if, Mr. MacKenzie, if I get a motion to add and approve similar to this
one, that would be one way to go about it, correct?
Mr. MacKenzie: Well, one distinction between these items is this was actually on the
agenda that was noticed because these are litigation matters so they were actually on the agenda
that was previously noticed.
Mr. Mayor: Okay. So we do not have unanimous consent?
Mr. Williams: That’s right.
Mr. Mayor: Okay. With nothing further to come before the body, we stand adjourned.
[MEETING ADJOURNED]
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
CERTIFICATION:
I, Lena J. Bonner, Clerk of Commission, hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy
of the minutes of the Called Meeting of the Augusta Richmond County Commission held on
August 11, 2014.
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Clerk of Commission