051517 Study Session Mins Adopted North ±
Augusta \
South Carolina's Riverfront
MINUTES OF MAY 15, 2017
Robert A. Pettit, Mayor
.James M Adams, Jr., Councilmember
I Robert Brooks, Councilmember
Pat C. Carpenter, Councilmember
Fletcher L. Dickert, Councilmember
Kenneth I McDowell, Councilmember
David W. McGhee, Councilmember
ORDER OF BUSINESS
The study session meeting of May 15, 2017, having been duly publicized, was called to order by
Mayor Pettit at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Conference room on the third floor of the Municipal
Center; recessed at 6:55 p.m. (on motion by Councilmember McGhee, with a second by
Councilmember McDowell); reconvened at 8:10 p.m. and adjourned at 8:45 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 Pettit and Councilmembers Adams, Brooks, Dickert, McDowell,
and McGhee. Councilmember Carpenter was absent.
Also in attendance were Robert A. Pettit, Mayor; 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; Thomas C. Zeaser, Director of Engineering and Public Works; James E. Sutton,
Director of Public Services; and Donna B. Young, City Clerk.
Minutes of Study Session of May 15,2017
ITEM 1. CITY COUNCIL AGENDA: Items on the May 15, 2017 Council Agenda —
Council Discussion
Council reviewed the items scheduled for the May 15, 2017, meeting.
ITEM 2. ZONING: Request from Antonio Grant
Antonio Grant requested permission from Mayor and Council to use City parking
spaces in Summerfield Park and a portion of the City property to meet outdoor
requirements for daycare operations.
After review, it was the general consensus of Council that further study into the
matter would be needed and that a follow up meeting with the City Administrator,
Mr. Grant, and the Interim Director of Planning and Development would need to
be scheduled at a future date.
ITEM 3. LEGAL: Executive Session— Request of the City Administrator
On motion by Councilmember McDowell, second by Councilmember Brooks,
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 contractual arrangements related to Project Jackson
Only Mayor and Council; City Administrator, Todd Glover; City Attorney, Kelly
Zier; Director of Finance, Cammie Hayes; Manager of Human Resources, and
City Clerk, Donna Young were in attendance for the executive session.
On motion by Councilmember McDowell, second by Councilmember Carpenter,
the executive session was adjourned.
There was nothing to report out.
Minutes of Study Session of May 15, 2017
There being no further business, Council adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
APPROV,D THIS ..,4 DAY
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, 1 j;,'ri ft Donna B. Young
Robert A. Pettit, f ayor City Clerk