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110121 Council Mtg Agenda PUBLIC POWER HOUR November 1, 2021 – 5:00 p.m. - Municipal Center – 100 Georgia Avenue, 3rd Floor - Council Chambers AGENDA: CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 1, 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:  “City of North Augusta – Public Information” on www.Facebook.com  “City of North Augusta Public Information” on www.YouTube.com 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: Regular City Council Meeting minutes of October 18, 2021; Study Session minutes of October 25, 2021 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 5. FINANCE: Ordinance No. 2021-17 - Adopting a Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 Containing Estimates of Proposed Revenues and Expenditures by the City of North Augusta, South Carolina, for the Budget Year Beginning January 1, 2022, and Declaring that Same Shall Constitute the Budget of the City of North Augusta for Such Budget Year; Ordinance – Second Reading 6. FINANCE: Ordinance No. 2021-18 – Levying the Annual Tax on Property in the City of North Augusta, South Carolina for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2022, and Ending December 31, 2022; Ordinance – Second Reading 7. FINANCE: Ordinance No. 2021-19 – Amending Article IV, Section 14-123 Titled “Sanitation Services Fees” of the City Code of the City of North Augusta, South Carolina; Ordinance – Second Reading NEW BUSINESS 8. FINANCE: Ordinance No. 2021-20 – An Ordinance to Adopt a Revised Business License Ordinance in Accordance with the Business License Standardization Act (2020 Act. No. 176); Ordinance – First Reading 9. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS: 10. 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 – 11. ADJOURNMENT 12. LEGAL: Executive Session – Request of the Mayor In compliance with Section 30-4-70 (a) (2) the Mayor requested an executive session for the purpose 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 Discussion is related to the potential hiring of a consultant Upon returning to open session, Council will not take action on matters discussed in Executive Session. 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.