Columbus, Georgia

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Post Office Box 1340
Columbus, Georgia, 31902-1340
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Council Members

Memorandum





Date: February 29, 2008



To: Mayor Wetherington

Council Members





From: Tiny B. Washington, CMC

Clerk of Council



Sub: Recreation Advisory Board



The terms of office of Lyndon Burch and Gary Gibson expired on December

31, 2007. Mr. Burch and Mr. Gibson are both eligible to succeed themselves, as

this will be the end of their first term of office on the board.



Mr. Burch serves as the representative for Council District 3 and Mr.

Gibson serves as the School District?s representative. We will send a letter to

the School District asking for their recommendation for someone to succeed Mr.

Gibson.



Enclosed is a current listing of those board members and the data sheet

on this board.



Please advise if there are any questions.







RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD

CLERK OF COUNCIL?S DATA SHEET

(REVISED JUNE 3, 1994)

(SUPERCEDES DECEMBER 15, 1990 REVISION)

(REVISED APRIL 25, 2000)





CREATED BY: Originally created by an ordinance adopted by the former City

Commission on January 13, 1948 as amended by Ordinance No. 69-328, 1980, as

amended by Ordinance 92-10 adopted February 4, 1992. (Amended by Ordinance No.

00-42)



CHARTER REFERENCE: Formerly referenced in Sec. 4-612 but this section was

deleted by Act No. 1183 and Act No. 1237, Ga. Laws 1980, but see Section 4-103,

General Provisions Concerning Boards, Commissions and Authorities.



COLUMBUS CODE REFERENCE: See Sec. 4-27 through 4-31 for references to this

specific board and Sec. 2.1, 2-3.01, 2-3.02 and 2-3.1 for general provisions

relating to all boards, commissions, authorities and committees



COMPOSITION OF BOARD: Eleven members. (Ord. No. 00-42)



QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS: Not addressed by above Columbus Code sections other

than Sec. 4-31 provides that the Columbus Council shall request the Muscogee

County School Board to recommend a nominee from the school board athletic and

recreation council to serve as on of the members of the board. See Council

Districts below, and Sec. 2-3.02 (a) Col. Code for general qualifications of

all boards.



MEMBERS APPOINTED BY: Not addressed by above Columbus Code Sections, but the

members have always been appointed by the Council.



TERMS OF OFFICE: Five years, based upon the provisions of Res. No. 16-17 which

appointed members immediately after the effective data of consolidation.

EXCEPTION: The member nominated by the school board serves for only one year

at a time since this board appoints committees with only one year duration.



POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Serve in as advisory capacity to the

Director of Parks and Recreation for the consideration of policies of the

department of recreational programs and facilities throughout the community.



COMPENSATION: Not addressed by above Columbus Code sections, but the members

have never been compensated.





SUCCESSION OF MEMBERS: See Col. Code Sec. 2-1 for general provisions applying

to all boards, commissions, and authorities.



OTHER REFERENCES: See Clerk of Council?s list of Miscellaneous General

Provisions applying to all boards, commission, authorities and committees to

which members are appointed and/or confirmed by the Columbus Council.









Board: RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD

Organization: Recreation Advisory Board No. of Members 11

Address: Dept. of Parks and Recreation 110 4th Street Columbus, GA 31901 Phone:

Fax: 706-653-4176

706-653-4188

Contact: Tony Adams (Kelley Thomas) Title: Director, Parks & Recreation

General Counsel: N/A

Meeting Date: Quarterly/location varies

Charge/Mission: This board serves in an advisory capacity to the director of the

Department of Parks and Recreation for the considerations of the department and

makes recommendations for its operation and the advancement of recreational

programs and facilities throughout the city. It has eleven members. (an ord.

amending Section 4-29 of the Columbus Code so as to increase the membership of

the Recreation Advisory Board from seven to eleven members adopted 4-25-00. One

member shall be appointed from each Columbus Council District, one member shall

be a school board representative set forth in Section 4-31, and each of the two

at-large Councilors shall appoint one member to serve at large.



Board Member: Gary Gibson SD-29 7 Wedgewood Court Columbus, GA 31820 School Board

Nominee

(Oath) Appointed By: School Board

(suc) Charles Flowers

01-01-07/12-31-07

Term Begins: 01/01/2007 Term Ends: 12/31/2007



Board Member: Bradley Ogletree SD-15 395 Dogwood Drive Columbus, GA 31904 District 1

(appt 11-7-00) Appointed By: Council(Terms)

10-19-00/12-31-05

(Fil) James Brown

01-01-06/12-31-11

Term Begins: 01/01/2006 Term Ends: 12/31/2011



Board Member: Bradford Haines SD-29 (Oath)

711 Greenleaf Ct. Columbus, GA 31904 District 2 Appointed By: Council (Terms)

02-08-06/12-31-11

(suc) John Coleman



Term Begins: 01/01/2006 Term Ends: 12/31/2011



Board Member: Terrell Aldridge SD-15 (Oath 2-16-05)

875 Pheasant Loop Columbus, GA 31907 District 4 Appointed By: Council (Terms)

(Appt. 2-8-05)

(fil) Debra Aldridge

01-01-06/12-31-11

Term Begins: 01/01/2006 Term Ends: 12/31/2011



Board Member: Rev Willie Phillips SD-15

(Oath 1-14-02)

2512 Lumpkin Ct

Columbus GA 31903

District 7 Appointed By: Council (Terms)

11-13-01/12-31-05

(fil) Theresa Locey

01-01-06/12-31-11

Term Begins: 01/01/2006 Term Ends: 12/31/2011



Board Member: Jenny Holder SD-15

(Oath 1-14-02)

2248 Camille Dr

Columbus GA 31906

District 8 Appointed By: Council (Terms)

11-13-01/12-31-05

(fill) Reginald Kelly

01-01-06/12-31-11

Term Begins: 01/01/2006 Term Ends: 12/31/2011



Board Member: Lyndon Burch SD-15 4409 Sentry Street

Columbus, GA 31907

District 3 Appointed By: 4-10-07/12-31-07

(fill) Robert Loving

Term Begins: 01/01/2005 Term Ends: 12/31/2007



Board Member: Arnold Goodman SD-15

(Oath 6-20-07)

2227 Lancelot Place Columbus, GA 31904 District 9 - At Large Appointed By: Council

(Terms)

(suc) Susan Hindsman

06-06-07/12-31-12





Term Begins: 01/01/2007 Term Ends: 12/31/2012



Board Member: James Anthony SD-29

(Oath 6-3-02)

3913 Biltmore Dr

Columbus GA 31909

District 10 at large Appointed By: Council (Terms)

5-22-02/02-28-07

(suc) Michael Barnett

3-1-07/2-28-2012

Term Begins: 03/01/2007 Term Ends: 02/28/2012



Board Member: Jim Webster SD-29

(Oath 3-29-00)

4235 Will Rhoades Dr

Columbus GA 31909

District 6 Appointed By: Council (Terms)

3-23-00/12-31-02

(fil) Wane Hailes

01-01-03/12-31-08

Term Begins: 01/01/03 Term Ends: 12/31/2008

Additional Info: Tiffany Tootle SD-29 Council

7941 Cleo Drive 6-29-00/12-31-03

Columbus GA 31909 (fil) Judith Favor

District 5

01-01-04/12-31-09



01/01/2004 12/31/2009



Tony Adams SD-15

P.O Box 1340

Columbus GA 31902

Director of Parks & Recreation



Continues in office



Revised 12/16/04

* School Board Representative appointed for one year term only.



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