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South Carolina's Riverfront
MINUTES OF APRIL 17, 2017
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 17, 2017, having been duly publicized, was called to order by
Mayor Jones at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Conference room on the third floor of the Municipal
Center; recessed at 7:00 p.m.; reconvened at 7:15 p.m. and adjourned at 7:30 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, Carpenter, Dickert,
McDowell, and McGhee.
Also in attendance were Robert A. Pettit, Mayor Elect; B. Todd Glover, City Administrator;
Kelly F. Zier, City Attorney; Cammie T. Hayes, Director of Finance; Richard L. Meyer, Director
of Parks, Recreation, & Tourism; Charles B. Martin, Interim Director of Planning and
Development; 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 17,2017
ITEM 1. CITY COUNCIL AGENDA: Items on the April 17, 2017 Council Agenda —
Council Discussion
Council reviewed the items scheduled for the April 17, 2017, meeting.
ITEM 2. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Leadership North Augusta Class of 2017
Class Project—Council Update
Members of the Leadership North Augusta Class of 2017 presented their class
project to Mayor and Council. Their class project is the renovation of the old
Johnson Electric Building directly off the Greeneway into an open air rest area
(The FROG Stop). It will be funded by donations. After the presentation, it was
the general consensus of Mayor and Council that this was a worthy project, but
that the class needed to make sure that it was ADA compliant.
ITEM 3. LEGAL: Executive Session—Request of the City Administrator
On motion by Councilmember McGhee, second by Councilmember Dickert, and
in compliance with Section 30-4-70 (a) (2) and (5) the City Administrator
requested an executive session for the purposes of:
(2) Discussion of negotiations incident to proposed contractual arrangements and
proposed sale or purchase of property, the receipt of legal advice where the legal
advice relates to a pending, threatened, or potential claim or other matters covered
by the attorney-client privilege, settlement of legal claims, or the position of the
public agency in other adversary situations involving the assertion against the
agency of a claim.
(5) Discussion of matters relating to the proposed location, expansion, or the
provision of services encouraging location or expansion of industries or other
businesses in the area served by the public body.
Discussion of Project Jackson's Master Development Agreement
Only Mayor and Council; Mayor Elect Bob Pettit; City Administrator, Todd
Glover; City Attorney, Kelly Zier; Director of Finance, Cammie Hayes; Director
of Engineering and Public Works, Tom Zeaser; Project Manager, Mark Chostner;
Manager of Human Resources, Diana Miller; and City Clerk, Donna Young were
in attendance for the executive session.
On motion by Councilmember McDowell, second by Councilmember McGhee,
the executive session was adjourned.
There was no action to report out.
Minutes of Study Session of April 17, 2017
There being no further business, Council adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
APPROVED THIS Il`cDAY OF Respectfully submitted,
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Donna B. Young
Mayor City Clerk