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South Carolina's Riverfront
MINUTES OF APRIL 18, 2016
Lark W. Jones, Mayor
James M Adams, Jr., Councilmember
J. Robert Brooks, Councilmember
Pat C. Carpenter, Councilmember
Fletcher L. Dickert, Councilmember
Kenneth J. McDowell, Councilmember
David W. McGhee, Councilmember
ORDER OF BUSINESS
The study session meeting of April 18, 2016, having been duly publicized, was called to order by
Mayor Jones at 6:15 p.m. in the Council Conference room on the third floor of the Municipal
Center; recessed at & 7:00 p.m.; reconvened at 7:35 p.m.; and adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
Per Section 30-4-80(e) notice of the meetings by email was sent out to the current maintained
"Agenda Mailout" list consisting of news media outlets and individuals or companies requesting
notification. Notice of the meetings was also posted on the outside doors of the Municipal
Center, the main bulletin board of the Municipal Center located on the first floor, and the City of
North Augusta website.
Members present were Mayor Jones and Councilmembers Adams, Brooks, and Carpenter,
Dickert. McDowell, and McGhee.
Also in attendance were B. Todd Glover, City Administrator; Kelly F. Zier, City Attorney;
Cammie T. Hayes, Director of Finance; Richard L. Meyer, Director of Parks, Recreation, &
Tourism; John C. Thomas, Director of Public Safety; Thomas C. Zeaser, Director of Engineering
and Public Works; James E. Sutton, Director of Public Services; Diana H. Miller, Manager of
Human Resources; and Donna B. Young, City Clerk.
Minutes of Study Session of April 18,2016
ITEM 1. CITY COUNCIL AGENDA: Items on the April 18, 2016 Council Agenda —
Council Discussion
Council reviewed the items scheduled for the April 18, 2016 meeting.
ITEM 2. FINANCE: Audit — Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2015 — Council
Discussion
Representatives from Cherry Bekaert, LLP presented an overview of the audit
draft for Fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. Councilmembers were
encouraged to contact them if they had any additional questions.
ITEM 2. PARKS, RECREATION, & TOURISM: Riverview Park Gym Additions
— Council Update
Director of Parks, Recreation, & Tourism, Rick Meyer, presented an update on
the Riverview Park Gym Additions. After review, it was the general consensus of
Council that further consideration should be given to where the additional gyms
are going. The consensus of Mayor and Council was that the 2 additional
proposed gyms should be placed on the left side of the current building and the
later additions should be at the rear of the current building.
ITEM 3. LEGAL: Executive Session—Request of the City Administrator
Upon the request of the City Administrator and in accordance with Section 30-4-
70 (a) (5) and on motion by Councilmember McDowell, second by
Councilmember Carpenter, City Council unanimously voted to go into executive
session for the purpose of:
Discussion of Project Jackson 's Master Development Agreement
On motion by Councilmember McDowell, second by Mayor Jones, a motion to
adjourn the executive session was unanimously passed.
There was no action to report out of executive session.
APPROVED THIS 2- DAY OF Respectfully submitted,
, 2016.
Donna B. Young
Mayor Lark W. Jones City Clerk