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Administration Department
Interoffice Memorandum
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Jim Clifford, City Administrator
DATE: November 22, 2024
SUBJECT: Study Session Date of Monday, November 25, 2024
A study session of the North Augusta City Council has been scheduled for Monday, November 25,
2024 at 6:00 p.m. in the Municipal Center, 100 Georgia Avenue, 3rd Floor - Council Chambers.
The Study Session 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
The following items are among the topics for discussion and review:
ITEM 1. CITY COUNCIL MEETING:
Council will discuss and provide guidance on the proposed items for the December 2, 2024 City
Council meeting.
Please see ATTACHMENT #1 for a copy of the DRAFT items.
ITEM 2. DEPARTMENT DETAILS:
City department directors and managers will share departmental updates.
ITEM 3. MAYOR’S MATTERS:
(A) FOCUS ITEM(S):
i. Update on Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts
(B) Mayor Williams will share reflections and announcements related to current City
events and opportunities
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PUBLIC HEARING
Proposed Consolidated Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2025
December 2, 2024 – 5:30 p.m. - Municipal Center – 100 Georgia Avenue, 3rd Floor - Council Chambers
DRAFT AGENDA: CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
December 2, 2024 – 6:00 p.m. – Municipal Center – 100 Georgia Avenue, 3rd Floor - Council Chambers
The Public Hearing 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. Speaker
Forms are provided on the credenza at the entrance for speakers desiring that the minutes indicate that they addressed Council
on a specific topic. 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 November 18, 2024
• Study Session minutes of November 25, 2024
5. PERSONNEL:
a. Employee of the Quarter – October, November, and December 2024 – TBD
b. Tanya Strickland, Retirement – Recognition of Service to the City of North Augusta
ATTACHMENT #1
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NEW BUSINESS
6. FINANCE: Ordinance No. 2024-27 Adopting a Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 Containing Estimates of
Proposed Revenues and Expenditures by the City of North Augusta, South Carolina, for the Budget Year
Beginning January 1, 2025, and Declaring that Same Shall Constitute the Budget of the City of North
Augusta for Such Budget Year – First Reading
7. FINANCE: Ordinance No. 2024-28 Levying the Annual Tax on Property in the City of North Augusta, South
Carolina, for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2025, and Ending December 31, 2025 – First Reading
8. PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT: Ordinance No. 2024-29 To Approve the General Development Plan for the
24.14 ± Acre Bentley Place Planned Development Located Generally on the North Side of Walnut Lane
Approximately 800 Feet West of US 25 – First Reading
9. PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT: Ordinance No. 2024-30 To Change the Corporate Limits of the City of North
Augusta by Accepting the Petition Requesting Annexation by the Landowners and Annexing ± 18.57 Acres
of Property Located at Edgefield Road/Hwy 25 & Ascauga Lake Road Tax Parcel Number 011-07-01-010
Owned by Summers Family LLLP – First Reading
10. ADMINISTRATION: Ordinance No. 2024-31 Amending Section 2-21(B) of the City Code for the City of
North Augusta Establishing a Specific Time in the Council Meeting for Newly Elected Officers to Take
Office – First Reading
11. ENGINEERING & PUBLIC WORKS: Resolution No. 2024-55 Accepting an Emergency Watershed Protection
Program Grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to Perform Repairs to Waterways
Damaged by Hurricane Helene
12. ADMINISTRATION: Resolution No. 2024-56 Authorizing Funding Allocation Recommendations of the
Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee for the Disbursement of Revenues from the Accommodations
Tax Year 2023-2024
13. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS: Appointments – Recommendations by Mayor
14. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
a. Update on Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts
15. 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 for the records. Speaker Forms are
provided on the credenza for speakers desiring that the minutes indicate that they addressed Council
on a specific topic. The form will be included as part of the minutes of the meeting. Citizen comments
are limited to five minutes.
B. Council Comments
16. ADJOURNMENT
ATTACHMENT #1