COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT
COUNCIL MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Councilors DATE: November 17, 2006
FROM: Isaiah Hugley, City Manager SUBJECT: Referrals ? 11/14/06
Please see responses to the referrals from November 14, 2006 Council Meetings
below.
Property Located at 4100 Cusseta Road:
Have the staff to go back and research the records and pull Council minutes as
it relates to the apartments located at 4100 Cusseta Road where former City
Manager Cavezza may have made some statements regarding this property and
provide the Council with a report. (Request of Councilor Suber)
When the staff does the research, don?t just look at what former City Manager
Cavezza said, because she believes that some of the staff members have told
them that this matter was in the courts. (Request of Councilor Turner Pugh)
Response ? Please see report attached.
Bradley Theatre:
Have the staff to request the Police Department to go by the business and see
if
they are violating their license. (Request of Councilor McDaniel)
Have the staff to invite the owner of the Bradley Theatre to attend the
Council?s
Work Session where this matter will be discussed. (Request of Councilor Hunter)
Response ? Please see report attached.
Unpaid Parking Citations:
Have the staff to ask the State Legislators to pursue our request with the
DMV to introduce legislation authorizing the Columbus, Georgia Department of
Transportation/METRA access to the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC)
for the purpose of locating address information used in collection of unpaid
parking citations, but not for the purpose of reviewing criminal history.
(Request
of Mayor Poydasheff)
Also, have the staff to check with other cities to see what they are doing as
it relates with the issue of unpaid parking citations. (Request of Councilor
Turner Pugh)
Have the staff to have someone to ask the Tax Commissioner to respond to the
Council as to the reason why we are unable to send someone in her office to
look at their records. (Request of Councilor Allen)
In the future, no matter what the issue may be, let?s make sure that we are
being proactive in finding measures to solve some of these situations and
problems we are dealing with. (Request of Councilor Davis)
Have the staff to check with GMA and NLC to see if we can get some idea of
what the standard is on uncollected parking citations. (Request of Councilor
Henderson)
Response ? Staff is working on this referral and will provide a response as
soon as possible.
Landscaping Material Contract:
Have the staff to do some research on the Landscape Material contract, and
evaluate that; because of the amount of material we are purchasing, we may be
able to get a better price than what we are paying. (Request of Councilor Davis)
Response ?Staff is working on this referral and will provide a response as soon
as soon as possible.
Leash Law:
During the Council?s next Work Session, have the staff, along with the City
Attorney to have some discussion on what our current leash law is. Also,
there was a list of dogs that were considered dangerous dogs; let?s see what we
have in place, to make sure those dogs are kept in a fence and when they are
out,
make sure they are on a leash. (Request of Councilor Turner Pugh)
Response ? We have added this item to the work session agenda for November 29,
2006 for discussion.
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