REFERRALS FROM MAYOR & COUNCIL
COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 29, 2008
TO THE CITY MANAGER:
RETIREES HEALTHCARE PLAN:
Have the staff to provide information as to how much is currently in the
Pension plan. Also, email the dates of the meetings that will be held with the
retired city employees regarding their healthcare plan. (Request of Councilor
Davis)
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SIGNS:
Have the staff to take a look at all of our signage for the Neighborhood
Watch
Programs in our community and determine whether or not we want to consider
revising them so that we can have uniformity. (Request of Mayor Wetherington)
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HOME FORECLOSURES:
Have the staff to forward Rev. Howell?s concerns to the Marshal?s
Department
with respect to the eviction processes. (Request of Councilor Woodson)
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TAX ABATEMENT:
Have the staff to get an opinion from DCA as to whether or not the tax
abatement continues for the property if it is resold. (Request of Councilor
Henderson)
Have the staff to find out when does the 10-year clock begin, is it when
the
property is purchased, or when the developer or homeowner purchases the
property. At what point does that 10-year tax exemption begin? (2) What
happens
to the homestead exemption at the end of the 10-year period, and how is that
communicated to the owner of the property at the end of that 10-year period.
Also, would the property owner have to go to whatever the millage rate is for
their
property value at the end of that 10-year period and that?s where their
homestead is
frozen at that time. (Request of Councilor Allen)
Also, have the Tax Assessors to make some kind of determination as to how
much, if any, additional effort this would create on their part to keep the
taxation
levels straight, the valuations. (Request of Councilor Henderson)
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Copies submitted to the following on February 7, 2008
Mayor Wetherington
City Manager Hugley
City Attorney Fay
Tiny B. Washington, CMC
Clerk of Council
The Council of Columbus, Georgia
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