Columbus, Georgia

COLUMBUS IRON WORKS CONVENTION AND

TRADE CENTER AUTHORITY

MONTHLY MEETING

AUGUST 23, 2001

NOON



FOUNDER?S SUITE



A G E N D A





I. CALL TO ORDER - CHAIRMAN AL HAYES



II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING, JULY 26, 2001



III. OLD BUSINESS



A. TRADE CENTER EXPANSION AND RENOVATION UPDATE

1. Presentation by Hecht, Burdeshaw, Johnson, Kidd and Clark



IV. NEW BUSINESS



A. REQUEST PAYMENT APPROVAL FOR HBJK&C INC.



V. FINANCIALS - MS. CINDY WARE



A. JUNE 2001

B. JULY 2001



VI. ADJOURNMENT





COLUMBUS IRON WORKS CONVENTION AND TRADE CENTER AUTHORITY

MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY MEETING

AUGUST 23, 2001

NOON



The monthly meeting of the Columbus Iron Works Convention and Trade Center

Authority was held in the Founder's Suite, at noon, on Thursday, August 23,

2001.



Authority Members Present: Chairman Al Hayes, Vice Chairman Cliff Johnson, Ms.

Virginia Holman, Ms. Lori Canterbury, and Mr. Jerry Newman



Administrative Members Present: Mr. Larry Campbell, Executive Director, Ms.

Cindy Ware, Finance Manager, and Ms. Chasity Hall, Executive Secretary.



Special Guest: Mr. Phil Johnson, Hecht Burdeshaw Johnson Kidd and Clark Inc.,

Architectural Firm



CALL TO ORDER



Mr. Jerry Newman gave the invocation and at 12:04 p.m., Vice Chairman

Cliff Johnson called the meeting to order.



APPROVAL OF MINUTES:



Chairman Al Hayes asked if all members had receive and read the minutes from

the last meeting. With no corrections or additions to be made, Mr. Jerry

Newman made a motion to accept the minutes of the July 26, 2001 meeting. Ms.

Lori Canterbury second the motion and it was unanimously carried by all members

present.





OLD BUSINESS:



A. TRADE CENTER EXPANSION AND RENOVATION UPDATE. Mr. Phil Johnson with HBJK&C

appeared before the Authority to give the members an overview of the project

status. Mr. Johnson shared with the Authority an actual construction layout of

the project that contained some minor changes from the last meeting. After a

brief discussion, Mr. Johnson assured the Authority Members that he would

continue to keep them abreast any changes in the project.









NEW BUSINESS:



A. REQUEST PAYMENT APPROVAL FOR HBJK&C INC. Larry passed out a copy of an

invoice received from Hecht, Burdeshaw, Johnson, Kidd and Clark. After an

in-depth discussion, Vice Chairman Cliff Johnson made the motion to approve the

request for payment, Mr. Jerry Newman second the motion and it was unanimously

passed.



Larry then passed out a second invoice from HBJK&C covering work preformed by

Hill Staton Engineers Inc. Vice Chairman Cliff Johnson made the motion to

approve the request for payment, Mr. Jerry Newman second the motion and it was

unanimously passed.



FINANCIAL REPORT:



A. JUNE 2001. Prepared and presented by Ms. Cindy Ware, see attached.



B. JULY 2001. See attached.







ADJOURNMENT:



With no further items of business to discuss, Vice Chairman Johnson

adjourned the meeting at 1:17 p.m. The next regular meeting, which is held the

fourth Thursday of each month, will be held Thursday, September 27, 2001 at

Noon in Founder?s Suite of the Trade Center.









Al Hayes, Chairman Larry Campbell,

Executive Director

Trade Center Authority Columbus,

GA Convention and TradeCenter