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Council Members

Minutes



COUNCIL BRIEFING

Meeting

September 6, 2005



Members Present: Mayor Pro Tem John J. Rodgers (arrived 5:20 p.m.) and

Councilors R. Gary Allen, Wayne Anthony, Glenn Davis (arrived 5:01 p.m.), Berry

Henderson, Julius Hunter, Jr., Charles E. McDaniel, Jr., Evelyn Turner Pugh

(arrived 5:10 p.m.) and Nathan Suber. Also present were Mayor Robert S.

Poydasheff, City Manager Isaiah Hugley, City Attorney Clifton Fay, Deputy City

Manager Lisa Goodwin, Finance Director Angela Cole, Engineering Assistant

Director Donna Newman, Clerk of Council Tiny B. Washington and Deputy Clerk of

Council Sandra Davis.



Members Absent: Councilor Evelyn Woodson was absent.



Guest: Police Chief Ricky Boren and Fire Chief Roy Waters.

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This meeting was called to order at 4:40 p.m., in the Council Chambers

Conference Room, Plaza Level of the Government Center.



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Cherokee Avenue:

Councilor McDaniel advised that we are requesting a delay on the resolution for

Cherokee Avenue



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Hurricane Katrina:

City Manager Hugley provided the members of Council with an update on the

evacuees from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. He reported there have been

over 200 evacuees at the Benning Park Shelter. He said that he created a task

force to deal with the evacuees that consist of several non-profit

organizations. He announced a one-stop operation that would be at St. Luke

Methodist to address all of the needs of the evacuees.



Fire Chief Roy Waters and Sheriff Ralph Johnson came forward to provide

additional information on the efforts that are being made from the public

safety standpoint to assist the evacuees. Sheriff Johnson spoke of how they

assist with evacuation of the inmates from Louisiana that were housed in the

jail.



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DIESEL AND UNLEADED FUEL:

City Manager Hugley provide updates regarding the fuel issue. He spoke of the

amount of diesel fuel and unleaded fuel that is needed for Metra buses, public

services and city vehicles. He informed that D & W Fuel Company, the company

that provides fuel to the City, has been submitting only a limited supply. He

cautioned that we have not been receiving the amount necessary to operate and

would continue to assess this situation. He explained that if this continues,

we may have to look at reducing the level of city services outside of public

safety services. He pointed out that if we have to do that, we would make the

Council aware.



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Council?s Agenda:

City Manager Hugley briefly outlined items that are listed on the Council?s

Agenda and are listed as follows:



Budget Adjustment Ordinance- Departmental budget adjustments health insurance

$15.7, which is $333,000 more than projected; 1993 Sales Tax is being closed

out with $4.5 million left and moved to debt services; 1993B Lease Revenue

Bonds- closing out and $1.5 million goes to debt service; 2000GO sales tax

bond- $974,000 moved to debt service; 2004 Lease Revenue Bonds- $73,000 moved

to debt service; hotel/motel tax increase of $298,000

Purchases ?

Bibb City storm sewer replacement

Ma Rainey House- Request to award contract to Weber Construction, Inc. for

$246,000.



In response to a question of Councilor Suber, City Manager Hugley

expounded on the flooding problem from Weracoba down to the Tenth Street area.

He said that we would provide a report to the Council on what to expect if we

spend $21 million on the storm water problem.



Councilor Allen suggested that it would be less expensive to tear the Ma

Rainey house down and rebuild, at which time, City Manager Hugley advised that

we would have to return the grant money, because that money is to be used to

restore it; since, it is a historical structure.



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There being no further business to discuss and with the dialogue being

concluded, this meeting adjourned at 5:27 p.m.







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Sandra T. Davis,

Deputy Clerk of Council



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