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South Carolina's Riuerfront
MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 30. 2019
Robert A. Pettit, Mayor
J Robert Brooks, Councilmember
Pat C. Carpenter, Councilmember
Fletcher L. Dickert, Councilmember
David W. McGhee, Councilmember
Eric R Presnell, Councilmember
Kevin W. Toole, Councilmember
ORDER OFBUSINESS
O STUDY SESSION
The study session for the City Council meeting of the City of North Augusta of September 30,
2019,having been duly publicized,was called to order by Mayor Pettit at 6:03 p.m. in the Council
Conference room on the third floor of the Municipal Center and adjourned at 7:34 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, Councilmembers Brooks, Carpenter, Dickert, McGhee,
Presnell, and Toole.
Also in attendance were B. Todd Glover, City Administrator; Rachelle Moody, Assistant City
Administrator; Kelly F.Zier, City Attorney;Richard E. Meyer, Director of Parks,Recreation,and
Tourism, John C. Thomas,Thomas C. Zeaser, Director of Engineering and Public Works; Lillian
E. (Libby) Hodges, Director of Planning and Development; J. D. McCauley, Manager of Human
Resources; and Sharon Lamar, City Clerk. The members of the public and the media were also in
attendance.
C ITEM L PARKS,RECREATION,AND TOURISM: Downtown Grcenewav Connector
Master Plan Update—Council Discussion
Minutes of Study Session of September 30,2019
Blake Sanders of Studio Main LLC led Council in a discussion of the Downtown Greeneway
OConnector Master Plan Update. Council discussed the ideas for Phase I of the plan.
ITEM 2. FINANCE: Proposed Annual Consolidated Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-
Continued Discussion of Council's Requests
Council continued its discussion of the proposed 2020 budget. Follow-up conversation centered
on the items that Council had submitted for inclusion. Council's top three suggestions were
funded in the 2020 budget proposal; employee raises, Development Code rewrite, council
meeting live streaming. While not directly funded,three other items were considered through
reprioritizing of funds; senior center, part-time code enforcement position,Heritage Council
request.
There being no further business, Council adjourned the meeting at 7:34 p.m.
APPROVED THIS 7th DAY OF Respectfully submitted,
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Sharon Lamar
Robert A. Pettit, Mayor City Clerk
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