092021 Council Mtg Agenda
PUBLIC POWER HOUR
September 20, 2021 – 5:00 p.m. - Municipal Center – 100 Georgia Avenue, 3rd Floor - Council Chambers
AGENDA: CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
September 20, 2021 – 6:00 p.m. – Municipal Center – 100 Georgia Avenue, 3rd Floor - Council Chambers
The Public Power Hour and regular City Council meeting will be streamed for public viewing online at:
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CITIZEN COMMENTS: Citizens may speak to Mayor and City Council on each item listed on this agenda. The Mayor will call for
comments prior to Council’s discussion. Speakers shall give their name and address in an audible tone of voice for the records. Speaker
Forms are provided on the credenza at the entrance to the Council Chambers. Speakers desiring that the minutes indicate that they
addressed Council on a specific topic should complete the form. The form will be included as part of the minutes of the meeting.
Citizen comments are limited to five minutes.
CITIZEN ASSISTANCE: Individuals needing special assistance or sign interpreter to participate in the meeting, please notify the
Administration Department 48 hours prior to the meeting.
1. CALL TO ORDER:
2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
3. ROLL CALL:
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Study Session minutes of August 16, 2021; Regular City Council Meeting minutes
of August 16, 2021; Special Called Study Session Minutes of August 23, 2021; and
Study Session minutes of September 13, 2021
5. PROCLAMATION: Constitution Week – September 17-23, 2021
NEW BUSINESS
6. ANNEXATION: Ordinance No. 2021-12 – To Change the Corporate Limits of the City of North Augusta by
Accepting the Petition Requesting Annexation by the Landowners and Annexing ±3.03 Acres of
Property Located at 1295 W. Martintown Road and Owned by M.B. Jones Oil Co., Inc.; Ordinance
– First Reading
7. ZONING: Ordinance No. 2021-13 – To Amend the Zoning Map of the City of North Augusta, South Carolina by
Rezoning ±7.25 Acres of Land Owned by S & H Enterprises, Aiken County Tax Parcel #013-20-03-004,
from IND, Industrial, to TC, Thoroughfare Commercial; Ordinance – First Reading
8. ZONING: Ordinance No. 2021-14 – To Amend the Zoning Map of the City of North Augusta, South Carolina by
Rezoning ± 4.45 Acres of Land Owned by the City of North Augusta, Aiken County Tax Parcels
#007-07-06-003, 007-07-06-004, and 007-07-06-005 from GC, General Commercial and R-14, Large Lot
Single-Family, to P, Public Use; Ordinance – First Reading
9. FINANCE: Resolution No. 2021-35 – Designating an Authorized Representative and Contact Person for
Purposes of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
10. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Resolution No. 2021-36 – Authorizing the City of North Augusta to
Enter into a Full-Service Contract for Audio/Visual Equipment for Public Meetings
11. COMMUNITY PROMOTION: Resolution No. 2021-37 – A Resolution to Authorize Funding for Downtown
Streetscape Amenities
12. PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM: Resolution No. 2021-38 – Authorizing the Design of the Riverside Village
Boat Dock
13. ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS: Resolution No. 2021-39 – Authorizing a Professional Engineering Services
Contract for the Greeneway at Cypress Drive Culvert Replacement
14. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Resolution No. 2021-40 – A Resolution to Provide a Local Match for a Municipal
Association of South Carolina Hometown Economic Development Grant
15. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:
16. PRESENTATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS/RECOGNITION OF VISITORS:
A. Citizen Comments - At this time, citizens may speak to Mayor and City Council regarding matters not listed on
the agenda. Speakers shall give their name and address in an audible tone of voice for the records. Speaker
Forms are provided on the credenza at the entrance to the Council Chambers. Speakers desiring that the minutes
indicate that they addressed Council on a specific topic should complete the form. The form will be included as
part of the minutes of the meeting. Citizen comments are limited to five minutes.
B. Council Comments –
17. ADJOURNMENT
Thank you for attending tonight’s meeting of the North Augusta City Council.
To assure every citizen’s privilege to speak to City Council and to maintain proper decorum
the following sections of the City’s Code of Ordinances are reprinted.
Sec. 2-57. Order and decorum generally
(a) By council members. While the council is in session, the members must preserve order and decorum, and a
member shall not, by conversation or otherwise, delay or interrupt the proceedings or the peace of the council, or disturb
any member while speaking or refuse to obey the orders of the council or its presiding officer, except as otherwise herein
provided.
(b) By other persons. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks or who shall become
boisterous while addressing the council shall be forthwith, by the presiding officer, barred from further audience before
the council, unless permission to continue be granted by a majority vote of the council.
Sec. 2-58. Sergeant-at-arms
The public safety director or such members of the public safety department as the director may designate, shall be
sergeant-at-arms of the council meetings. They shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the presiding officer
for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the council meeting. Upon instructions of the presiding officer,
it shall be the duty of the sergeant-at-arms, to place any person who violates the order and decorum of the meeting
under arrest, and cause such to be prosecuted under the provisions of this Code, the complaint to be signed by the
presiding officer.
Sec. 2-62. Addressing council--Permission required; exceptions
Any person desiring to address the council shall first secure the permission of the presiding officer so to do.
Sec. 2-63. Same--Procedure
Each person addressing the council shall step up in front of the rail, shall give such person's name and address in an
audible tone of voice for the records, and unless further time is granted by the council, shall limit the address to five (5)
minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a body and not to any member thereof. No person, other than
the council and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter into any discussion, either directly or through a
member of the council, without the permission of the presiding officer. No question shall be asked a council member
except through the presiding officer.
Sec. 2-64. Persons authorized to be within rail
No person, except city officials or their representatives shall be permitted within the rail in front of the council chamber
without the express consent of the council.