Council Agenda - Work Session

~~POST SUMMARY MINUTES~~ Council Chambers October 29, 2019 Second Floor of City Services Center 9:00 a.m. 3111 Citizens Way, Columbus, GA 31906 Consent Agenda/Work Session CONSENT AGENDA/WORK SESSION PRESENT: Mayor B. H. “Skip” Henderson, III and Mayor Pro Tem Evelyn Turner Pugh and Councilors R. Gary Allen, Jerry “Pops” Barnes, Charmaine Crabb, Glenn Davis, R. Walker Garrett, John M. House, Bruce Huff (arrived 9:12 a.m.), Judy W. Thomas and Evelyn “Mimi” Woodson. City Manager Isaiah Hugley, City Attorney Clifton Fay, Clerk of Council Sandra T. Davis and Deputy Clerk Pro Tem Tameka Colbert. 1. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor B. H. “Skip” Henderson, III, Presiding. 2. INVOCATION: Offered by Minister Alicia Cooper- Faith Worship Center International, Inc. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by students from Aaron Cohn Middle School. Agenda Item #4: Vote Result: APPROVED 4. MINUTES: Approval of minutes for the October 22, 2019 Council Meeting and October 8, 2019 Executive Session. OATH OF OFFICE: 5. SWEARING-IN CEREMONY: The Oath of Office for Valerie A. Thompson as the District Four Councilor for the City of Columbus to become effective November 1, 2019. (Oath of Office administered by Superior Court Chief Judge Gil McBride and Probate Court Judge Marc D'Antonio) Add-On Resolution): Vote Result: APPROVED 6. A resolution appointing the Mayor Pro-Tem for Columbus, Georgia to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Pro-Tem Evelyn Turner Pugh. PRESENTATION: 7. Water and Sewer Rate Study. (Presented by Steve Davis, President of Columbus Water Works and Jon Davis, Executive Vice President of Raftelis) (No action taken) CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTIONS: Consent Agenda Item #1: Vote Result: APPROVED 1) A resolution excusing Mayor Pro Tem Evelyn Turner Pugh from the October 22, 2019 Council Meeting. Consent Agenda Item #2: Vote Result: APPROVED 2) A resolution excusing Councilor Evelyn “Mimi” Woodson from the October 22, 2019 Council Meeting. WORK SESSION AGENDA (THE PRESENTATIONS AND UPDATES WERE PRESENTED IN THE ORDER AS NUMERICALLY INDICATED BELOW.) I. Public Safety Advisory Commission Recommendation to Consolidate the Sheriff and Marshal's Office Update - Reather Hollowell, Human Resource Director (No action taken) II. County Health Rankings and Community Health Assessment - Asante’ Hilts, DrPH, MPH, District Program Manager, West Central Health District (No action taken) III. Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission Litter Update - William Kent, Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission Chair (No action taken) IV. SPLOST Update - Pam Hodge, Deputy City Manager (No action taken) V. Liberty District Update - Rick Jones, Planning Department (No action taken) Work Session Agenda #6: Vote Result: APPROVED – Complete a feasibility study on the Liberty Theatre. VI. Liberty Theater Update - Pam Hodge, Deputy City Manager (No action taken) VII. Martin Luther King Jr. Outdoor Learning Trail Update - Rick Jones, Planning Director (No action taken) VIII. Long Range Transportation Plan - Rick Jones, Planning Department (Delayed) IX. Recreational Vehicle Ordinance Update - Rick Jones, Planning Department (No action taken) With there being no further business to discuss, Mayor Henderson entertained a motion for adjournment. Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Turner Pugh to adjourn the October 29, 2019 Consent Agenda/Work Session, seconded by Councilor Woodson and carried unanimously by the ten members present, with the time being 1:03 p.m.