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Augusta
South Carolina's Riverfront
MINUTES OF JULY 3, 2017
Robert A. Pettit, Mayor
James M. Adams, Jr., Councilmember
.I. Robert Brooks, Councilmember
Pat C. Carpenter, Councilmember
Fletcher L. Dickert, Councilmember
Kenneth J. McDowell, Councilmember
David W. McGhee, Councilmember
ORDER OF BUSINESS
REGULAR MEETING
The regular meeting of July 3, 2017, having been duly publicized, was called to order by Mayor
Pettit at 7:00 p.m. and adjourned at 7:15 p.m. Per Section 30-4-80(e) notice of the meeting 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 meeting 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.
Mayor Pettit rendered the invocation and led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Members present were Mayor Pettit and Councilmembers Adams, Carpenter, and McDowell.
Councilmembers Brooks, Dickert, and McGhee were absent because they were on vacation.
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; Charles B. Martin, Interim Director of Planning and Development; John C. Thomas,
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Director of Public Safety; Thomas C. Zeaser, Director of Engineering and Public Works; Diana
H. Miller, Manager of Human Resources; and Donna B. Young, City Clerk.
The minutes of the regular and study session meetings of June 19, 2017 were approved by
general consent.
ITEM 1. PERSONNEL: Approval of the Implementation of the 2016
Compensation Study Conducted by the Archer
Company, LLC and Funding Increased Employer
Contributions to the South Carolina Retirement
System and Police Officer Retirement System -
Resolution
On motion by Councilmember Carpenter, second by Councilmember McDowell,
Council unanimously passed a resolution approving the implementation of the
2016 Compensation Study conducted by the Archer Company, LLC and funding
increased employer contributions to the South Carolina Retirement System and
Police Officer Retirement System.
The resolution text is as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 2017-28
APPROVING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2016 COMPENSATION STUDY
CONDUCTED BY THE ARCHER COMPANY, LLC AND FUNDING INCREASED
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM
AND POLICE OFFICER RETIREMENT SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the City periodically reviews the compensation of its employees to
ensure its compensation plan is competitive in nature to continue to attract and retain high
quality employees to provide high quality services to its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the 2016 annual budget appropriated funds for The Archer
Company, LLC to conduct a compensation study to be implemented during 2017; and
WHEREAS, the 2017 annual budget appropriated funds to implement the
compensation study of approximately $425,000; and
WHEREAS, the 2016 compensation study is complete with summary information
from the study attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, implementation of the complete study totals approximately $825,000
with a mid-year implementation totaling approximately $515,000 (including related payroll taxes
and employer retirement contributions); and
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WHEREAS, there are also increases to the employer and employee contributions
to both the South Carolina Retirement System and the Police Officer Retirement System; and
WHEREAS, after consideration of the increased employer contributions to the
retirement plan and surplus funds available from salary underruns and vacant positions there is
sufficient funding available to implement the 2016 recommended compensation study effective
retroactively to June 28, 2017; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, IN MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED AND
BY THE AUTHORITY THEREOF, THAT:
The City Administrator is hereby authorized to instruct the Director of Finance to
transfer previously appropriated personnel funds amongst divisions in the
General, Stormwater, Sanitation, and Utilities Funds to implement the 2016
compensation study and fund the increased employer contributions to the pension
plans.
DONE, RATIFIED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THIS 3RD DAY OF JULY
2017.
ITEM 2. ZONING: North Augusta Development Code, Proposed Map Amendment
(Application RZM 17-001)—Ordinance, First Reading
Upon receipt of the Planning Commission recommendation (5-0 vote) to rezone
the subject property, and on motion by Councilmember McDowell, second by
Councilmember Carpenter, Council unanimously passed an ordinance on first
reading to amend the Zoning Map of the City of North Augusta, South Carolina
by rezoning ±245.56 acres of land located along the western side of W.
Martintown Road north of I-20, Tax Parcel Number 001-15-02-003, from PD,
Planned Development, to CR, Critical Areas.
Prior to the vote, Hazel Cook, Executive Director of the Central Savannah River
Land Trust, P. O. Box 148, Augusta, Georgia, 30903 answered questions from
Mayor and Council.
The ordinance text is as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 2017-06
TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA,
SOUTH CAROLINA BY REZONING±245.56 ACRES OF LAND OWNED BY
THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER LAND TRUST AND LOCATED ALONG THE
WESTERN SIDE OF W. MARTINTOWN RD AND NORTH OF I-20, EDGEFIELD COUNTY
TAX PARCEL #106-00-00-035 AND AIKEN COUNTY TAX PARCEL #001-15-02-003,
FROM PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
TO CR, CRITICAL AREAS.
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WHEREAS, on December 17, 2007, by Ordinance 2007-22, the North Augusta
City Council adopted the North Augusta Development Code and a citywide Zoning Map which
is consistent with the City's 2005 Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5.3, North Augusta Development Code, the
North Augusta Planning Commission may recommend amendments to the Zoning Map,
provided such amendments are consistent with the City's 2005 Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the North Augusta Planning Commission, following A June 15,
2017 public hearing, reviewed, considered and approved the amendment to the Zoning Map and
recommended said amendment to the City Council for approval.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN MEETING
DULY ASSEMBLED AND BY THE AUTHORITY THEREOF, THAT:
I. The property owned by the Central Savannah River Land Trust, located along the
West side of W. Martintown Rd and North of I-20, containing ±245.56 acres, and
shown on the map prepared by the City of North Augusta dated July 19, 2016 and
attached hereto as Exhibit "A", is hereby rezoned from PD, Planned Development
to CR, Critical Areas. The subject property is identified by the following
Edgefield County Tax Map Block and Parcel Number: 106-00-00-035; and by the
following Aiken County Tax Map Block and Parcel Number: 001-15-02-003.
The property to be rezoned is more specifically identified as Tract "A" on a map
compiled for Graystone NA Properties, LLC by Cranston, Robertson, and
Whitehurst, P.C. dated June 14, 2006, a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit "B".
II. Said property being officially rezoned to the classification CR, Critical Areas in
accordance with the map attached hereto as Exhibit A, the official Zoning Map of
the City of North Augusta is to be so amended.
III. All ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of
such conflict, hereby repealed.
IV. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption on third and
final reading.
DONE, RATIFIED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THIS /7 DAY OF
Cr/A/7 , 2017.
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ITEM 3. ZONING: North Augusta Development Code, Proposed Map Amendment
(Application RZM 17-001) —Ordinance, Second Reading
On motion by Councilmember Carpenter, second by Councilmember McDowell,
Council unanimously passed an ordinance on second reading to amend the Zoning
Map of the City of North Augusta, South Carolina by rezoning ±245.56 acres of
land located along the western side of W. Martintown Road north of I-20, Tax
Parcel Number 001-15-02-003, from PD, Planned Development, to CR, Critical
Areas.
Please see Item no. 2 above the ordinance text.
ITEM 4. MAYOR UPDATE: New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam Meeting
Mayor Pettit updated the citizens of North Augusta on his June 28 and 29, 2017
trip to Washington DC to have meetings regarding legislation on the New
Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam rehabilitation and construction of a modest fish
ladder.
There being no further business, Council adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
APPROVE I) THIS �7 DAY OF Respectfully submitted,
, 2017. --"Dp - R • 2 r.
Donna B. Young
Robert A. Pettit, Mayor