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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
REGULAR MEETING
DECEMBER 20, 2006
10:00 A.M.
The Commissioners of the Housing Authority of Columbus, Georgia met in
Regular Meeting in Columbus, Georgia at the place, hour and date duly
established for the holding of such meeting.
Chairman Douglass called the meeting to order and on roll call the
following Commissioners answered present:
Franklin Douglass
Roxanna Campbell
Robert Doll
Ruhnell Bankston
Wade Tomlinson
The following Commissioners were absent.
Larry Cardin
Sharon Douglas
In attendance from the Housing Authority staff were J. Len Williams, Executive
Director; Alonzo Rivers, Director of Management; Carolyn LaValley, Director of
Housing and Occupancy; Jeff Morton, Director of Finance; Chris Butzon, Director
of Technical Services; Jim Cardin, Human Resources Manager; Amy Moore, Manager
of HOPE VI and Redevelopment Services; Gloria Willett, Acting Executive
Assistant. Also present were Authority Attorney Dave Buehler and Public
Relations Consultant Ed Harbison.
INVOCATION:
The Chairman asked those present to observe a moment of silence .
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 15, 2006, upon motion
made by Commissioner Doll and seconded by Commissioner Campbell, were
unanimously approved.
CHARGE-OFF OF TENANT ACCOUNT BALANCES:
The following Resolution was introduced and duly considered:
RESOLUTION NO. 3014
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CHARGE-OFF OF
TENANT ACCOUNT BALANCES TO COLLECTION LOSS FOR
THE AUTHORITY?S PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS
FOR THE MONTH ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2006
(The original of this Resolution is filed in the Resolutions Binder.)
After discussion, upon motion made by Commissioner Tomlinson and
seconded by Commissioner Bankston, the Resolution was adopted unanimously.
AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR REFUSE COLLECTION:
Mr. Morton said that in response to our Request for Proposal (RFP),
three firms picked up bid packages, but only one firm, Allied Waste, submitted
a proposal. This firm meets all requirements and has been providing service to
HACG since 1995. Mr. Morton stated that the annual cost of $153,228.00
proposed by Allied represents a 26% increase; however, this is the first
increase in rates passed on to us by Allied since 1997.
Following discussion, upon motion made by Commissioner Tomlinson and
seconded by Commissioner Campbell, the Resolution was unanimously adopted.
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AWARD OF ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR ABATEMENT OF ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE AND MASTIC:
Mr. Butzon stated that our contract with Abatech Services Inc. was
entered into one year ago with a provision to extend the contract for two
additional one-year terms at the Authority?s discretion. Since Abatech has
performed very satisfactorily, Mr. Butzon recommended that the contract with
them be extended for another year.
Following discussion, upon motion made by Commissioner Doll and
seconded by Commissioner Bankston, extension of the contract with Abatech for
one year was unanimously approved.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was
adjourned.
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Franklin Douglass, Chairman
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J. Len Williams, Secretary-Treasurer
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