City Council Workshop Meeting

CITY OF AUBURN

CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING

February 18, 2016

6:00 PM

Council Chambers

Mayor:Linda Blechinger

Council Member:Peggy J. Langley

Council Member:Bill Ackworth

Council Member:Jay L. Riemenschneider

City Staff in Attendance:David Hawthorne, Alex Mitchem, Tommy Lowmon, Iris Akridge, Chief Moulder, Joyce Brown, Ron Griffith, Jack Wilson

Mayor Blechinger called meeting to order at 6:00 pm

Citizen Comments on agenda items

None given

Item:Chair Donation

Mayor Blechinger presented

-placed on March 3, 2016 Business Agenda

Item:Georgia Cities Week Resolution

Tommy Lowmon presented

-placed on March 3, 2016 Business Agenda

Item:Real Property Agreement for the Downtown Auburn Gateway

Alex Mitchem presented.

-placed on March 3, 2016 Business Agenda

Item:Purchase of New Water Truck

David Hawthorne presented.

-placed on March 3, 2016 Business Agenda

Item:Consent Agenda

Ron Griffith presented.

-Discussion Only

Item:Argo Family Property

Ron Griffith presented

-item to be voted on

Item:Water Meter Reading Handhelds

David Hawthorne presented.

-placed on March 3, 2016 Business Agenda

Item:Argo Family Property

Mayor Blechinger asked for a motion to approve the purchase of 8.134 acres of property located at 17 9th Street from the Argo Family Fund in the amount of $60,000.00 and authorize Mayor Linda Blechinger and City Attorney Jack Wilson to record all documents necessary to complete the transaction?

Motion:Made by Council Member Riemenschneider to approve the purchase of 8.134 acres of property located at 17 9th Street from the Argo Family Fund in the amount of $60,000.00 and authorize Mayor Linda Blechinger and City Attorney Jack Wilson to record all documents necessary to complete the transaction

Seconded:By Council Member Ackworth

Vote was taken with all members present voting yes.

Item: Executive Session

Mayor Blechinger asked for a motion to go into Executive Session for Personnel, Property, and Litigation

Motion:Made by Council Member Ackworth to go into Executive Session for Personnel, Property, and Litigation

Seconded:By Council Member Riemenschneider

Vote was taken with all members present voting yes.

Jack Wilson: “During Executive Session the Council met to discuss personnel, property, and litigation. There were no votes taken and no evidence received in the Executive Session. The original affidavit and resolution have been signed and I will give them to the clerk to be included in the minutes.”

Meeting adjourned

Respectfully submitted,

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Joyce Brown, City Clerk

Read and approved this day of March 2016

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Mayor Linda Blechinger