Engineering Services Committee Meeting

ENGINEERING SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Commission Chamber Tuesday, November 14, 2023 1:15 PM ENGINEERING SERVICES PRESENT Mayor Garnett Johnson Commissioner Alvin Mason Commissioner Catherine Smith-McKnight Commissioner Tony Lewis Commissioner Brandon Garrett 1. Approve & Authorize Environmental Services (Landfill & Waste Collection) Operations Optimization (attached Exhibit A) Implementation to achieve Operations required Productivity & Efficiency. Motion to approve with the funding of three positions now and the funding of the remaining two positions at a later date with the Administrator to move funding from one line item to another. Motion made by Garrett, Seconded by Lewis. Voting Yea: Mason, Smith-McKnight, Lewis, Garrett Motion carries 4-0. 2. Motion to approve the minutes of the Engineering Services Committee held on October 31, 2023. Motion to approve. Motion made by Garrett, Seconded by Smith-McKnight. Voting Yea: Mason, Smith-McKnight, Lewis, Garrett Motion carries 4-0. 3. Consider a request by the Greater Augusta Arts Council to present for information to the Commission the intent to create a mural festival using the walls on the 5th Street abutment between Reynolds Street and the 5th Street Freedom Bridge. The funds for this project have already been secured through a grant from the Porter Fleming Foundation. Augusta Engineering recommends the project move forward. It was the consensus of the committee that this item be received as information without objection.