COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
Georgia?s first Consolidated Government
Post Office Box 1340
Columbus, Georgia 31902-1340
(706) 653-4013
fax (706) 653-4016
Council Members
R. Gary Allen Jerry (Pops) Barnes Berry (Skip)
Henderson C. E. (Red) McDaniel Judy W. Thomas
Mike Baker Glenn
Davis Bruce
Huff Evelyn Turner Pugh Evelyn (Mimi)
Woodson
Clerk of Council
Tiny. B. Washington
COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
MAY 3, 2011
5:30 P.M.
MAYOR TERESA PIKE TOMLINSON, PRESIDING
CCG Proclamation and Resolution Session
INVOCATION: Pastor Simmons
Benchmark Family Services
PLEDGE: Georgia Cities Week Local Essay Contest Winners
Children from Benchmark Family Services
RESOLUTION: Commending and congratulating the original Black Nurses of The
Columbus City Hospital School of Nursing.
RECOGNITION: Georgia Cities Week Local Essay Contest Winners
PRESENTING: Reather Hollowell, Assistant Director, Human Resources
PROCLAMATIONS
PROCLAMATION: Carson McCrea Day
RECEIVING: Carson McCrea, Winner of Georgia Cities Week Local and State ?If I
Were Mayor, I Would?? Essay Contests
PROCLAMATION: Georgia Cities Week
RECEIVING: Lisa Goodwin, Deputy City Manager
PROCLAMATION: Individual Excellence Award
RECEIVING: Cpl. George Gottfried, Police Department
PROCLAMATION: Individual Excellence Award of the Year
RECEIVING: Jesse Mason, Public Services
PROCLAMATION: PEER Awards
RECEIVING: Lt. Little Jimmy Lynn, Muscogee County Prison
Beverly Simmers, Finance
Glenn Strickland, Public Services
Lt. Sherman Thomas, Muscogee County Prison
Jessie Williams, Inspections & Codes
PROCLAMATION: PEER Award of the Year
RECEIVING: Irwin Karl Brown, Sheriff?s Office
PROCLAMATION: Columbus Foster Care Month
RECEIVING: Lova English-Levine, State Director, Benchmark Family Services
Bessie Brown, Licensing Specialist, BFS
PROCLAMATION: Retired Senior Volunteer Program Day
RECEIVING: Alice Brewer, R.S.V.P. Project Director
PROCLAMATION: Exercise is Medicine Month
RECEIVING: Dr. Alicia Tatum, Wellness Coordinator, Columbus State University
PROCLAMATION: Toastmaster?s Week
RECEIVING: Tiny B. Washington, President, CCG Speechmaster?s Club
PROCLAMATION: Columbus Lady Wings Basketball Team Day
RECEIVING: Columbus Lady Wings
PROCLAMATION: Youth Advisory Council 2011 Teen Summit Sponsors Recognition Day
RECEIVING: Gary Johnson, Business Owner
PROCLAMATION: Columbus, Georgia Tourism Week
RECEIVING: Peter Bowden, President/CEO, Columbus CUB
PROCLAMATION: Community Action Month
RECEIVING: Belva Dorsey, CEO, Enrichment Services Program, Inc.
PROCLAMATION: Breastfeeding Awareness Month
RECEIVING: Tri-Community Breastfeeding Coalition
RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Ms. Shana Young and Dr. Carmen Cavezza
from Columbus State University and the Cunningham Center for Leadership
Development upon recently completing a 10-Year Plan for the Eradication of
Homelessness in Columbus, Georgia.
RESOLUTION: Expressing condolences to the family of Charles Robert Wright owner
of The Wright Place and inductee of the Independent Softball Association Hall
of Fame, died on April 10, 2011.
RETIREES
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mrs. Elaine S. Claridy upon her
retirement from the Clerk of Superior Court after 22 years of service.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. James Miles upon his retirement from
the Public Services/ROWM Department after 35 years of service.
DECEASED EMPLOYEES
RESOLUTION: Conveying condolences to the family of Mr. Carl V. Newkirk,
employee with the Engineering Department who passed away on March 18, 2011.
RESOLUTION: Conveying condolences to the family of Mrs. Lisa A. Johnson,
employee with the Finance/Accounting Department who passed away on April 8,
2011.
DECEASED RETIREES
RESOLUTION: Conveying condolences to the family of Mrs. Inez J. Kidd, former
employee with the Columbus Police Division who passed away on January 27, 2011.
RESOLUTION: Conveying condolences to the family of Mr. Vincent D. Roegiers,
former employee with the Public Services Department who passed away on January
27, 2011.
RESOLUTION: Conveying condolences to the family of Mr. Oscar M. Hamilton,
former employee with the Tax Assessors Office who passed away on January 30,
2011.
RESOLUTION: Conveying condolences to the family of Mr. Harold W. Shepperd,
former employee with the Columbus Police Department who passed away on February
6, 2011.
RESOLUTION: Conveying condolences to the family of Mrs. Margaret J. Bell,
former employee with the Personnel Department who passed away on February 26,
2011.
RESOLUTION: Conveying condolences to the family of Mr. Albert W. Thomas, Jr.,
former employee with the Columbus Fire Department who passed away on March 9,
2011.
RESOLUTION: Conveying condolences to the family of Honorable Robert G.
Johnston, III, former judge with the Muscogee County Superior Court who passed
away on March 12, 2011.
BOARD MEMBERS
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Phillip Vongsavang for his
meritorious service on the Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Earnest Baulkmon for his meritorious
service on the Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Ronald V. Davis for his meritorious
service on the Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. William Green for his meritorious
service on the Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Ms. Katie Coakley for her meritorious
service on the Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. William Baird for his meritorious
service on the Land Bank Authority.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Terry Hattaway for his meritorious
service on the Land Bank Authority.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Joseph Powell for his meritorious
service on the Land Bank Authority.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Rob Doll for his meritorious service
on the Land Bank Authority.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Troy Mahone for his meritorious
service on the Medical Center Hospital Authority.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Edward Griffin for his meritorious
service on the Medical Center Hospital Authority.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Ms. Linda Brantley for her meritorious
service on the Personnel Review Board.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Ms. Gladys Ford for her meritorious
service on the Planning Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Scott Boyce for his meritorious
service on the Planning Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Ms. Sarah Sillitto for her meritorious
service on the Public Safety Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Ms. Alison Dowe for her meritorious
service on the Public Safety Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Robert Loving for his meritorious
service on the Public Safety Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Greg Camp for his meritorious
service on the Public Safety Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Ms. Jenny Holder for her meritorious
service on the Recreation Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Cecil Calhoun for his meritorious
service on the Recreation Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Bradford Haines for his meritorious
service on the Recreation Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Terrell Aldridge for his meritorious
service on the Recreation Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. James Anthony for his meritorious
service on the Recreation Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Jim Webster for his meritorious
service on the Recreation Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. Bradley Ogletree for his meritorious
service on the Recreation Advisory Commission.
RESOLUTION: Expressing appreciation to Mr. William Sloan for his meritorious
service on the Uptown Fa?ade Board.
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