MINUTES
COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
REGULAR MEETING
JANUARY 12, 2016
The regular weekly meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia was called
to order at 9:02 A.M., Tuesday, January 12, 2016, on the 2nd Floor of the
Citizens Service Center, located at 3111 Citizens Way, Columbus, Georgia
Honorable Teresa Tomlinson, Mayor and Honorable Evelyn Turner Pugh, Mayor Pro
Tem presiding.
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PRESENT: Present other than Mayor Teresa Tomlinson and Mayor Pro Tem Evelyn
Turner Pugh were Councilors R. Gary Allen, Mike Baker, Jerry Barnes, Tom B.
Buck III, Glenn Davis, Berry H. Henderson, Bruce Huff Judy W. Thomas and Evelyn
Woodson. City Manager Isaiah Hugley, City Attorney Clifton Fay, Assistant City
Attorney Lucy Sheftall, Clerk of Council Tiny B. Washington and Deputy Clerk of
Council Lindsey Glisson were also present.
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ABSENT: No one was absent.
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INVOCATION: Offered by Chaplain Roy Isasi of the Columbus Police
Department.
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by the students of Rigdon Road
Elementary School
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ALABAMA:
Mayor Tomlinson said she would like to commend our neighbors, the
University of Alabama for their big win on last night. She pointed out that
City Manager Hugley is one of their number one fans.
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PRESENTATION:
Ms. Adriane Wood, Planning Outreach Coordinator with the Georgia
Department of Community Affairs came forward and presented information
to the Mayor and Council. She stated the Plans First Program was started a
few years ago to recognize those communities that not only prepare a good
Comprehensive plan, but actually uses it. She said oddly enough, that is not
necessarily very common. She said we have seventeen (17) communities in
this State that are now designated as Plans First Communities; which
Columbus, Georgia was just recently named. She said out of 688 local
Governments, you are in a pretty exclusive group. She also pointed out that
a few years ago, Columbus? Planning Department won a Georgia Planning
Association Award.
She said you are recognized as doing a good job so we wanted to
award you with this designation. She said it comes with several incentives to
continue to plan well, including reduction points on loans, certain loans from
DCA, as well as GEFFA.
Ms. Woods said this is a 3-year designation, which started on January 1st
and ends December 31, 2018. She said we invite you to come to the Capitol
on January 28th for the official plaque giving presentation. She said there
will also be a photograph taken with the Governor, which will take place at
10:00 a.m.
She then presented to Planning Director, Rick Jones a certificate for
framing of this designation.
Director of the Planning Department, Mr. Rick Jones then came forward and
stated that this is a great honor for them as planners, but said it is also a
great honor for the citizens of Columbus, Georgia. He said it establishes us
as one of the planning mechanisms in this State, in the region, as well as in
the Southeast itself; in terms of letting our citizens know that we are really
looking out for their future. He said we try to make sure that we utilize the
taxes that we receive, and put them to good use. He said we also promote
quality of life in this community, as well as ensure ourselves that there is a
brighter future, and that things will work better for all of us by doing this.
Mr. Jones said it is a lot of hard work, and said this is a great honor,
which compliments and supports the fact of what we have been trying to do for
the last few years, in planning out the needs of this community.
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REQUEST FOR A TRANSITION AUDIT:
Mr. John Redmond, Internal Auditor came forward and pointed out that he
has received a request from Deputy City Manager Pam Hodge to do a Transition
Audit of the Inspections & Codes Department. He said this department has had
several different leaders over the past few years and she believes it would be
an appropriate time to have another review of this department, as it has been
at least five years since we have looked at this department.
Mayor Pro Tem Turner Pugh made a motion to approve Mr. Redmond?s request
for a Transition Audit of the Inspections & Codes Department. Seconded by
Councilor Woodson and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council
present.
Mr. Redmond also pointed out that we received a request on yesterday from
Superior Court Chief Judge Gil McBride, who has an office called, The Office of
Alternative Dispute Resolution; which is attached to the court system, and has
really been instrumental in helping them to resolve a lot of the caseloads that
has been back logged. He said it is one of the things that the State judiciary
has encouraged to do, to find alternative ways of resolving disputes before you
take it to the courtroom, at all possible.
He said the office was ran by Mr. Larry Love, for a number of years, and
said that Mr. Love recently retired at the end of the year, and said it will be
a new leader and said Judge McBride would like to have an Transition Audit
performed of that function as well.
Mayor Pro Tem Turner Pugh so moved. Seconded by Councilor Woodson and
carried unanimously by those ten members of Council present.
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MINUTES: Minutes of the October 13 & 27, November 10 & 17, and the December 8 &
15, 2015 Council Meetings of the Consolidated Government were submitted and
approved upon the adoption of a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Turner Pugh.
Seconded by Councilor Allen and carried unanimously by those ten members of
Council present.
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CITY ATTORNEY?S AGENDA:
THE FOLLOWING TWO ORDINANCES WERE SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY CITY ATTORNEY
FAY ON FIRST READING:
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An Ordinance ? Rezoning property located at 7350 Blackmon Road from RE1
(Residential Estate 1) zoning district to GC (General Commercial) zoning
district.
PROPONENTS & OPPONENTS:
Mr. Ben Billings, the petitioner was present, but he did not make a
presentation as there was no one present to speak for or against this proposed
rezoning ordinance.
City Attorney Fay pointed out that this ordinance will be voted on in two
weeks at the Council?s next regular scheduled meeting.
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An Ordinance ? Amending the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2016
beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016 so as to appropriate and
account for the payment of legal fees and expenses provided to the Muscogee
County Sheriff in the case of Darr v. Columbus; and for other purposes.
City Attorney Fay pointed out that $72,000 in legal fees have been ordered
for the past month by Judge Fuller.
Mayor Pro Tem Turner Pugh said she doesn?t have a question, but said she
did want the City Attorney to point out that these are fees that we have to pay
and said we can?t question the fees right now.
City Attorney Fay said that is correct. He said these fees are ordered by
Judge Fuller to pay the legal expenses of Sheriff Darr in the litigation. He
said these fees are at issue, and said they have objected to the payment of the
fees from funds other than the Sheriff?s budget, and said that issue has been
preserved for an appeal, but have been ordered by the court and must be paid at
this time.
Councilor Thomas said this is the second or third ordinance that we have
had to vote and then asked if we can expect these every month until this case
is settled. City Attorney Fay said he thinks so. He said he can image that we
will get one at least every month or every other month.
City Attorney Fay said this ordinance will come back in two weeks for the
Council?s action.
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THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY CITY ATTORNEY FAY AND
ADOPTED BY THE
COUNCIL:
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A Resolution (1-16) ? Establishing qualifying fees for county offices of
the Consolidated Government to be filled in the 2016 elections.
Councilor Woodson moved the adoption of the resolution. Seconded by
Councilor Allen and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council present.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION:
City Attorney Fay requested an executive session at the adjournment of
today?s meeting to discussion a litigation matter.
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PUBLIC AGENDA
No one requested to be listed on today?s Public Agenda.
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CITY MANAGER?S AGENDA:
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY CITY MANAGER
HUGLEY AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL AFTER SOME
DISCUSSION:____________________
A Resolution (2-16) ? Authorizing the construction and demolition (C&D)
siting decision for the expansion of the existing C&D Landfill at Pine Grove
municipal solid waste landfill.
Councilor Woodson moved the adoption of the resolution. Seconded by Mayor
Pro Tem Turner Pugh and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council
present.
Mayor Pro Tem Turner Pugh said she just wanted to reiterate that this is
an expansion of the current landfill. She said this is not any additional land
that we are going out and purchasing, and she doesn?t want anyone to think that
we are expanding the landfill outside of the perimeter that we have already
set.
City Manager Hugley said that is absolutely correct. He said we have the
& D landfill on one side and the Pine Grove on the other side; it?s the 7.6
acres between those two landfills, which have already been authorized by
EPD, but said we have to send a resolution, getting the permit to proceed
forward with using that. He said we already own that, and said we have 2.83
years remaining in the current C & D landfill and said it is important that we
move forward at this time with that 7.6 acres because after 2.83 years, we
would have to transport C & D out of the County, which would cost us and
citizens because it would be an increased cost to the City, and said it would
cost those contractors doing business in Columbus, Georgia because they would
have to haul it further, and that is why we are bringing this forward to you at
this time.
Councilor Henderson said he knows this is dealing with construction
demolition debris, but said that has gotten him thanking about our recycling
efforts and said he thinks it would be good within the next several months, to
have another update from Director of Public Services Pat Biegler, and highlight
what it costs to close a cell, the costs to maintain and monitor those cells;
and the expected positive impact on increasing our recycling usage and what
kind of life expectancy it adds exponentially to our existing landfill.
He said we do talk about it doing the budget session, but said we never
really have time to drill down; and said it is very remarkable as to increasing
our recycling can do to postponing the major cost in operating our waste
management program.
City Manager Hugley said he has the Public Works Director scheduled to
make a presentation at the January 26th Council meeting, related to garbage
trucks and part of what she will be talking about is how recycling has
increased in this community and how it has diverted from the use of the
landfill, and as a result of that, has increased the life of the landfill. He
said they will tie all of that in with that presentation that?s coming on that
date.
Councilor Henderson said he know that we are out of the large containers
and we haven?t appropriated any funding yet, to go and purchase any additional
containers; therefore, it might be helpful, to point out, this is an
investment.
Councilor Woodson said we need to revisit the issue of composting and said
she would like to get a report on where we are with that.
Councilor Davis said he has recently received within the last month or so
some questions about the landfill off of River Road, which is an inert landfill
and then asked, that Ms. Biegler touch on that aspect as well; dealing with
inert waste. He said also in the presentation, you may want to ask the
Director, if she could look at the other side of the equation because he knows
that the Recycling industry is changing, as well. He said there are a lot of
impacts in that area that ultimately could affect cities and states from a
budgetary standpoint. He said if we could look at the other side of that as
well, he don?t know where that sector of the economy is going in the future,
but said with oil prices going down every day and with them no longer recycling
glass, we also need to know the risk or liability associated in the event that
one day we need to make a change. He said he would like to know where that
plays in this update.
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THE FOLLOWING TWO RESOLUTIONS WERE ALSO SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY CITY
MANAGER HUGLEY AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL:
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A Resolution (3-16) ? Authorizing the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs to maintain
Columbus' local main street designation by the National Main Street Center and
appoint uptown Columbus to serve as the Local Main Street Program Board of
Directors.
Councilor Henderson moved the adoption of the resolution. Seconded by
Councilor Allen and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council present.
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A Resolution (4-16) ? Authorizing the disposition of a portion of the
property located at 5646 Rockhurst Drive, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia.
Councilor Barnes moved the adoption of the resolution. Seconded by
Councilor Baker and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council present.
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HOLIDAY GARBAGE PICKUP:
Councilor Buck said he knows that next Monday is a holiday and we will not
be picking up garbage, and then asked City Manager Hugley when will the garbage
be picked up for the Monday holiday? City Manager Hugley said the Mondays?
pickups will fall on Wednesday. He said as you know we don?t typically pickup
on garbage will be picked up on Wednesday. He said all other pickups will
remain on their current schedule.
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THE FOLLOWING FIVE PURCHASING RESOLUTIONS WERE SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY
CITY MANAGER HUGLEY AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL: ____
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A Resolution (5-16) ? Authorizing the purchase of two (2) 2016 Ford F150,
V8 trucks, for the Columbus Police Department, at a unit cost of $29,006.00,
for the total amount of $58,012.00, from Allan Vigil Ford (Morrow, GA), via
Georgia State Contract #99999-SPD-ES40199373-002.
Councilor Buck moved the adoption of the resolution. Seconded by Councilor
Huff and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council present.
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A Resolution (6-16) ? Authorizing the purchase of two (2) HVAC gas package
units. for the Carver Park Recreation Center Gym, at a unit cost of $13,500.00,
for the total amount of $27,000.00, including labor and installation, from
Energy Savers (Columbus, GA).
Councilor Huff moved the adoption of the resolution. Seconded by Councilor
Allen and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council present.
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A Resolution (7-16) ? Amending Resolution #257-12 (approved August 28,
2012) to change the name of the awarded vendor from Credit Financial Services
(Durham, NC) to Professional Recovery Consultants, Inc. (Durham, NC), to
continue providing debt collection services.
Councilor Huff moved the adoption of the resolution. Seconded by Councilor
Buck and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council present.
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A Resolution (8-16) ? Authorizing the purchase of flooring, for the
hospitality suites at the Civic Center, at a total cost of $25,753.00,
including labor and installation, from Huckaby Brothers Floor Covering, Inc.
(Columbus, GA).
Councilor Davis moved the adoption of the resolution. Seconded by
Councilor Woodson and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council
present.
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A Resolution (9-16) ? Authorizing the purchase and installation of air
walls and single pass doors, for the hospitality suites at the Civic Center,
for the total cost of $41,560.00, from George F. Richardson, Inc.
(Lawrenceville, GA).
Councilor Davis moved the adoption of the resolution. Seconded by
Councilor Woodson and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council
present.
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A Resolution (10-16) ? Authorizing the execution of a construction
contract with Graddy Construction, Inc. (Columbus, GA), in the amount of
$67,599.00, for renovations to the office of Public Defenders.
Mayor Pro Tem Turner Pugh moved the adoption of the resolution. Seconded
by Councilor Allen and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council
present.
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THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL PURCHASING RESOLUTION WAS SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED
BY CITY MANAGER
HUGLEY AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION:
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A Resolution (11-16) ? Authorizing the execution of Change Order 3 with
Pond Constructors, Inc. (Norcross, GA) in the amount of $620,727.00 for Fire
Station No. 9.
Councilor Davis said he has expressed his concerns and everyone knows how
he feels. He said not a lot was said at the last meeting, and he would hope
that the City Manager and the Mayor has concerns. He said what it looks like
is the funds to support this request have changed since the presentation. He
said he thought he heard the Fire Chief say that he had enough room in his
budget that he could cover the additional cost; and now he is seeing it coming
from other funds.
City Manager Hugley said it hasn?t changed from the last meeting, but from
the original presentation, there has been two change orders. He said this is
the third change order.
Deputy City Manager Hodge said these funds are coming from OLOST, which
they explained at the last meeting that these were funds that were originally
budgeted for the Lease program for the fire trucks and the ambulances. She
said the first payment is not due until FY-17; therefore, the $510,000.00 is
available. She said we accumulate project costs in Fund 508 so there will be a
transfer from the OLOST fund into Fund 508 to accumulate the cost for the Burn
building. She said it is a capital project fund; therefore, the funds are
coming from the OLOST, as we discussed at the last meeting.
Discussion continued on this matter, with members of the Council
expressing their views, and Deputy City Manager Hodge and City Manager Hugley
responding to questions of members of the Council, after which some referrals
were made by members of the Council, which are outlined below.
Councilor Davis said he would like for the Administration to look into
some backup resources to help in maybe consulting; whether it?s on contracts,
or the pre-planning that?s going into it. He said a lot of the things, the way
he reads it, in these contract, of what?s being presented, said a lot of this
work can be done upfront. He said his concern is that it wasn?t presented that
way. He said the Council needs to understand these requests and the numbers
and the numbers, as close as you can get them, because there is no room right
now with the budgetary constraints, to deal with some of these things.
Mayor Tomlinson said she would like to hear from John Hudgison to
know what the process was, and was the soil considered. She said she knows
that Mr. Hudgison was not the Project Manager on this particular project, as
she believes it was first started under former Deputy City Manager Arrington.
She said she also want to know why the concrete slab is different and why is a
change order warranted.
Mr. John Hudgison then came forward and went into more details in
explaining the design build process and then responded to questions of Mayor
Tomlinson with regards to the additional concrete, as well as the bad soil. He
also responded to members of the Council, after which additional referrals were
made, as outlined.
In response to further concerns expressed by Councilor Davis, City Manager
Hugley said he will have a discussion with the appropriate staff about how we
can do this in a different and better way so that we don?t end up with a
similar result on future projects.
Councilor Henderson said he would feel more comfortable just understanding
the procedures that we use; therefore, he would like to see a standard
operating procedure of how we do utilize the people that we employ. He said
maybe there are some tweaks that we can do in our processes.
After more than twenty minutes of discussion on this matter,
Councilor Thomas then moved the adoption of the resolution. Seconded by
Councilor Huff and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council present.
City Manager Hugley said he would like to thank John Hudgison for stepping
in on this project and moving it forward. He said that is a tough spot to stand
in for a person who has not had an opportunity to stand in that position
before.
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NORTHSIDE BASEBALL FIELD:
Councilor Allen said at Northside Baseball Field, which is City property,
but said the baseball teams utilizes it, said there is a hole there that is
prohibiting the use of the field. He said several calls have been made to the
City for help, but said it has not been responded to. He said he also attached
two pictures to show the nature of the hole and asked City Manager to get
someone to take a look at that. He said their season starts on the 19th; so, if
we can get something before that time.
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UDO REQUIREMENTS:
Councilor Allen said a few weeks ago, we brought an issue regarding
notices that the City sent out to several business regarding the drainage
system that they are going to have to bring up to Code. He said one business
owner said that they have not heard anything else form the City since that
meeting. He said he wanted to know if there was anything that was planning in
this regard.
City Manager Hugley said he had conversation with the Deputy City Manager
and the Engineering Department and he knows that meetings are being scheduled.
Deputy City Manager Hodge said that they are going to be scheduling
meetings related to the detention pond that was sent out. He said they haven?t
set those dates yet, but they will be scheduling different meetings for people
to attend and ask questions regarding this matter.
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DOUBLE CHURCHES PARK:
Councilor Davis said he wanted to thank City Manager Hugley and the staff
for working on that matter of safety out at Double Churches Park with American
Little League. He said the one concern that he had, and the concern of the
groups out there working with American Little League is the handicapped access
matter. He said he don?t know where we are with that, but said some people
expressed that to him again. He said he know that all of this is in progress
and ask him to check on that to make sure that it is addressed.
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WALMART ON VICTORY DRIVE:
Councilor Woodson said she would like to get an update on the Walmart on
Victory Drive, as she has had several people calling to ask her about the
estimated time it will be opened. She said the street committee has it that
once we open the Walmart Super Center on Victory Drive that the one on Buena
Vista Road will be closing and said that is not part of the discussion that we
had. .
She said she would like to have an update on that as well so that we can
stop the street committee from passing information, if it is not correct.
City Manager Hugley said he will check with the Walmart officials to see
if they will give us an update that we can share.
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WORK BEING DONE ON VICTORY DRIVE:
Councilor Huff said he inquired about the work that is being done on
Victory Drive and how long it?s going to take.
Director of Engineering Donna Newman came forward and went into details in
explaining the work that is being done on Victory Drive, as well as outline the
estimated time it might take to complete it.
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MONTHLY FINANCE UPDATE:
Deputy City Manager Pam Hodge came forward and gave an update on the
Monthly Finances.
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COLUMBUS AQUATIC CENTER TASK FORCE UPDATE:
Dr. James Worsley, Director of Parks and Recreation came forward and gave
an update on the Aquatic Center.
Columbus Aquatic Center Task Force
Karen Waters Columbus High School Swim
Coach
Rad Mitchell
Jay Sparks
Dr. Janet Bussey
Brian Abeyta, Co-Chair
Merri Sherman
Peter Bowden
Steven Swinehart
Tom Queen
Rebecca Langford, Co-Chair
Rachel Marsh, Secretary
Irene Pate
Genia Webb
Jason Ball
James Albright, Treasure
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
Mayor Tomlinson entertained a motion to go into executive session to
discuss a Litigation/Legal matter. Councilor Barnes made a motion to go into
executive session to discuss a Litigation/Legal matter. Seconded by Councilor
Woodson and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council present.
At 10:52 p.m., the Council adjourned its meeting to go into executive
session. At 11:41 p.m., the meeting was reconvened and Mayor Tomlinson pointed
out that the Council did meet in an executive session, but there were no votes
taken.
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THE FOLL0WING ADDITIONAL UPDATES WERE PROVIDED ON THE CITY MANAGER?S
AGENDA:_________ ____
Deputy City Manager Lisa Goodwin came forward and gave an update on the
Flood Damage Assessment.
Deputy City Manager Pam Hodge came forward and gave an update on the RFP
Process/Local Preference.
Deputy City Manager Pam Hodge also came forward and gave an update on
Travel, Schools and
Conferences.
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CLERK OF COUNCIL?S AGENDA:
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE SUBMITTED BY CLERK OF COUNCIL WASHINGTON AS
INFORMATION TO THE MAYOR AND
COUNCIL:___
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(1) Memorandum from the Clerk of Council, Re: Building Authority of Columbus.
(2) Memorandum from the Clerk of Council, Re: Civic Center Advisory Board.
(3) Memorandum from the Clerk of Council, Re: Columbus Board of Zoning Appeals.
(4) Memorandum from the Clerk of Council, Re: Commission on International
Relations and Cultural Liaison Encounters (C.I.R.C.L.E.).
(5) Memorandum from the Clerk of Council, Re: Community Development Advisory
Council.
(6) Memorandum from the Clerk of Council, Re: Crime Prevention Advisory Council.
(7) Memorandum from the Clerk of Council, Re: Planning Advisory Commission.
(8) Biographical sketch of Mr. Gary O. Bruce, Councilor Davis? nominee for the
Recreation Advisory Board.
(9) Biographical sketch of Mr. Torrance Goodwin, Councilor Huff?s nominee for
the Personnel Review Board.
(10) Letter correspondence from the Muscogee County Democratic Party,
submitting their request for Ms. Linda Parker to serve another term of office
on the Board of Elections and Registration.
(11) Application of Rebecca Zajac to temporarily close 14th Street, from
Broadway to the Pedestrian Bridge, to include its intersection with TSYS Way,
on Saturday, January 23, 2016, from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., in connection with
the YMCA Resolution Fun Run/Walk.
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THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS WERE SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY CLERK OF COUNCIL
WASHINGTON AND ADOPTED BY A SINGLE MOTION MADE BY COUNCILOR HENDERSON AND
SECONDED BY COUNCILOR DAVIS WHICH CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE TEN MEMBERS OF
COUNCIL
PRESENT:________________________________________
A Resolution (12-16) ? Approving a plaque to be placed along the walking
trail at Weracoba Park in honor of Mr. Jack B. Key, Jr.
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A Resolution (13-16) ? Approving the placement of a memorial bench at
Cooper Creek Tennis Center in honor of the former Assistant City Attorney
Jaimie Briggs Deloach.
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THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS ALSO SUBMITTED AND EXPLAINED BY CLERK OF
COUNCIL WASHINGTON AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL:
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A Resolution (14-16) ? Approving the placement of a sign at Heath Park in
honor of Mr. Art Osborne.
Mayor Pro Tem Turner Pugh moved the adoption of the resolution. Seconded
by Councilor Woodson and carried unanimously by those nine members of Council
present, with Councilor Allen being absent for the vote.
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MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING BOARDS WERE SUBMITTED BY CLERK OF COUNCIL
WASHINGTON AND OFFICIALLY RECEIVED BY THE
COUNCIL:________ _____
Board of Tax Assessors, 42-15, 43-15 & 44-15.
Family and Children Services, October 14, 2015.
Tree Board, August 12, 2015.
Councilor Woodson made a motion that these minutes be received. Seconded
by Councilor Huff and carried unanimously by those nine members of Council
present, with Councilor Allen being absent for the vote.
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BOARD APPOINTMENTS:
NOMINATIONS AND/OR CONFIRMATION OF BOARD MEMBERS WERE MADE TO THE
FOLLOWING BOARDS BY THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS,
GEORGIA:______ __
COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND CULTURAL LIAISON ENCOUNTERS
(C.I.R.C.L.E.):_____________
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(Jong Yoon) SD-29
Post 9
Seat declared vacant.
(Council?s Apptmt.)
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(Pedro Diaz-Agosto) SD-15
Post 11
Seat declared vacant.
(Council?s Apptmt.)
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(Mary Renteria) SD-15
Post 12
Seat declared vacant.
(Council?s Apptmt.)
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PERSONNEL REVIEW BOARD:
Torrance Goodwin (Councilor Huff?s nominee)
(Gerald Wyatt) SD-15
Alternate Member
Not eligible to succeed himself
(Council?s Apptmt.)
RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD:
Gary O. Bruce (Councilor Davis? nominee)
(Dr. Robert S. Johnson) SD-29
District 2
Resigned
(Council?s Apptmt.)
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(Tracy Belt) SD-15
District 7
Resigned
(Council?s Apptmt.)
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(Jennifer Collins) SD-15
District 8
Resigned
(Council?s Apptmt.)
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(Todd Stanfill) SD-29
MCSD Representative
Vacant Seat
(Council?s Apptmt.)
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TAXICAB COMMISSION:
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(Billy Craft) SD-29
Deceased
Taxicab Driver Representative
(Council?s Apptmt.)
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TREE BOARD:
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(William Consoletti) SD-29
At-Large
Eligible to succeed himself
(Council?s Apptmt.)
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(Chris Coakley) SD-15
At-Large
Not eligible to succeed himself
(Council?s Apptmt.)
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(Steve Smith) SD-29
At-Large
Not eligible to succeed himself
(Council?s Apptmt.)
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UPTOWN FA?ADE BOARD:
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(Fred Greene) SD-15
Not eligible to succeed himself
Uptown Columbus
(Council?s Apptmt.)
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With there being no other business to come before the Council, Councilor
Henderson made a motion for adjournment. Seconded by Councilor Woodson and
carried unanimously by those nine members of Council present, with Councilor
Allen being absent for the vote, with the time being 12:47 p.m.
Tiny B. Washington, MMC
Clerk of Council
The Council of Columbus, Georgia
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