REFERRALS FROM MAYOR & COUNCIL
COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 27, 2007
TO THE CITY MANAGER:
DEBT COLLECTION:
Have the staff to provide a defined timeline as to how debt collection is
going to be handled within City government and at what point in time would
collections be turned over to an external collection agency. (Request of Mayor
Pro Tem Turner Pugh)
Have the staff to provide a report of all of the accounts that are
approaching the four-year collection timeline. (Request of Councilor Allen)
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FINANCIAL UPDATE:
Let?s have the staff provide the Financial Update Report in a hard copy on
Fridays proceeding the monthly work session for each member of Council.
(Request of Councilor Henderson)
Also, have the staff to provide by the third Tuesday of the month, a
one-page summary of the accounts. (Request of Councilor Anthony)
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COLUMBUS WATER WORKS:
Have the Administration to bring forth in our work session a presentation
that outlines the process of what the citizens need to do when there is a storm
and the water and sewage backs up into their homes. (Request of Councilor
Woodson)
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PRISON LABOR:
Let?s have the staff to provide a list of all of the agencies that utilize
prison labor. Also, let?s look into the process of privatizing the more
complicated or difficult areas of clearing the creeks for the upcoming budget
sessions. (Request of Councilor Allen)
Have the staff check into the cost to have a vendor just handle the
spraying of the herbicides to retard the growth, which would avoid putting on
additional staff or hiring a company to do the cutting. (Request of Councilor
Henderson)
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS:
Let?s have the staff think about a bond issue to lump together some of the
much needed road projects to get them completed. (Request of Councilor Allen)
Provide an analysis of what it would take to do a bond issue for road
projects. (Request of Councilor Davis)
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COLUMBUS PARK CROSSING:
Let?s have the staff to check with the developers to see if they would
consider putting in four-way stop signs for the interior movement of the
traffic at Columbus Park Crossing. (Request of Councilor Henderson)
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COUNCIL WORK SESSIONS:
Let?s have the staff to look more into quality then quantity and let?s
just focus on three items on the Council Work Session Agenda to allow the
necessary time to present the information. (Request of Councilor Henderson)
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GARBAGE DUMPING:
Have the staff check into an email that was sent to the Administration
regarding a constituent who has been complaining about his business being used
as a dumping ground for refuge and garbage and report back what has been done
to alleviate that situation. (Request of Councilor Hunter)
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Copies submitted to the following on April 25, 2007
Mayor Wetherington
City Manager Hugley
City Attorney Fay
Sandra T. Davis
Deputy Clerk of Council
The Council of Columbus, Georgia
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