Columbus, Georgia

CITY ATTORNEY'S AGENDA

FOR THE MEETING OF JUNE 3, 2003



O R D I N A N C E S:





(1) 1st Reading ? Providing for contributions to the Columbus, Georgia General

Government Employees' Pension Plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.

(Budget Chairperson Pugh)



(2) 1st Reading ? Providing for Government funding of a Death Benefit Escrow

for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. (Budget Chairperson Pugh)



(3) 1st Reading ? Providing for Government funding of a Major Disability

Income Plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. (Budget Chairperson

Pugh)



(4) 1st Reading ? Providing for the supplemental contributions to the Columbus,

Georgia Pension Plan for employees of the Department of Public Safety for the

fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. (Budget Chairperson Pugh)



(5) 1st Reading ? Adopting non-operating budgets for the fiscal year 2004

beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, for certain funds of the

consolidated government of Columbus, Georgia, and appropriating the amounts

shown in each budget. (Budget Chairperson Pugh)



(6) 1st Reading ? Amending Article VII of Chapter 13 of the Columbus Code Solid

Waste Collection and Disposal by changing the guidelines for an offset to the

residential rate for low-income households. (Budget Chairperson Pugh)



(7) 1st Reading ? Adopting an operating budget for the fiscal year 2004

beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, for certain funds of the

consolidated government of Columbus, Georgia, and appropriating the amounts

shown in each budget. (Budget Chairperson Pugh)



(8) 1st Reading ? Amending certain sections of the Columbus Code and changing

miscellaneous fees which are included in the Proposed Fee Increase Chart for

the following departments: Fire and EMS, Public Services and Parks and

Recreation, and which were recommended by the Council Budget Review Committee

for the FY04 budget. (Budget Chairperson Pugh)



(9) 1st Reading ? Amending Chapter 16A of the Columbus Code so as to change

the percentage of the member's average monthly earnings from two percent to one

and one-half percent in determining the amount of normal retirement pension,

late retirement pension and the amount of disability retirement pension for

members who enter the plan after June 30, 2003; and for other purposes.

(Budget Chairperson Pugh)



(10) 1st Reading ? Regulating vehicular traffic in Columbus, Georgia by

deleting from the "Official Street Map, City of Columbus, Georgia" the street

segments and rights-of-way of Mount Street, 5th Avenue and old alignment of

Hamilton Road and the new alignment of 5th Avenue north of 18th Street with

each street segment being described in detail by parcels on surveyed plats by

Thomas L. French, Jr. and made a part of the ordinance by reference; providing

that all existing utility easements of record remain in effect and providing

appropriate width of easements as required by the applicable utility companies

will be reserved for unknown utilities; authorizing disposal of said property

in accordance with the Columbus Charter and repealing any conflicting

ordinances. (Councilor McDaniel)



(11) 2nd Reading ? Amending the District Attorney's Crime Victim Witness

Program FY03 budget in the amount of $240,968 from $331,429 to $572,397 and

amending the State Court Solicitor's FY03 budget in the amount of $103,272 from

$789,648 to $892,920; establishing a percentage distribution of crime victim

witness surcharge funds; and for other purposes. (Budget Review Chairperson

Pugh)



R E S O L U T I O N S:





(12) Requesting that the local legislative delegation to the Georgia

General Assembly introduce a bill amending 1999 Ga. Laws, p. 3802, so as to

provide a maximum salary or pay range for the chief assistant solicitor-general

and senior assistant solicitor-generals of the Muscogee County State Court.

(Councilor Suber)



(13) Commending the members of the Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary

for their organization of the Peace Officers Memorial Service held on May 15,

2003 in Columbus. (Councilor Davis)



(14) Expressing appreciation to David R. Herring upon his retirement

with the Columbus Fire and EMS Department after 28 years of service. (Mayor

Pro-Tem Rodgers)



(15) Expressing appreciation to James R. Walden upon his retirement with

the Columbus Fire and EMS Department after 30 years of service. (Mayor

Pro-Tem Rodgers)



(16) Expressing appreciation to Charlotte J. Norman upon her retirement

with the Columbus Parks and Recreation Department after 32 years of service.

(Mayor Pro-Tem Rodgers)



(17) Expressing appreciation to Martha Gregory upon her retirement with

the Columbus Recorder's Court after 31 years of service. (Mayor Pro-Tem

Rodgers)



(18) Expressing condolences to the family of Mr. Shelburne W. Brown

former employee with the Columbus Police Department, who passed away on March

21, 2003. (Mayor Pro-Tem Rodgers)



(19) Expressing condolences to the family of Mr. Charles Lanier Jones,

former Chief of the Revenue Collection Division, who passed away on April 2,

2003. (Mayor Pro-Tem Rodgers)



(20) ADD ON - Expressing condolences to the family of Mr. George Mahlon Hutto,

Jr. who passed away on April 27, 2003. (Mayor Poydasheff)