Administrative Services Committee Meeting 04/29/2025 01:10 PM

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

1.Motion to approve bid #25-144 for the purchase of one 2025/2026 Vacuum truck and full four-year maintenance, at a total cost of $542,823.88 from Jet-Vac Equipment Company, LLC of Atlanta, GA for the Utilities Department – Fort Gordon Division.

Municode Util-FG VAC Truck Direct.pdf (0.06 MB)
Invitation to Bid.pdf (0.02 MB)
25-144_TAB.pdf (0.10 MB)
25-144 Department Recommendation of Award.pdf (0.21 MB)
25-144 Planholders List.pdf (0.10 MB)

2.Motion to approve bid #25-151 for the purchase of three 2025/2026 Service Truck, Enclosed Utility Style at a total cost of $402,291.00 from Ring Power Corporation for the Utilities Department – Construction Division.

Municode Util-CM Dome Trucks.pdf (0.06 MB)
Invitation to Bid.pdf (0.02 MB)
25-151_TAB.pdf (0.11 MB)
25-151 Planholders.pdf (0.15 MB)
25-151 Department Recommendation of Award.pdf (0.45 MB)

3.Mr. Lawrence A. Brannen requesting a change on the current "Firefighter I New Recruit" employment application.

4.Motion to approve the lease of two sewer vacuum trucks from Environmental Products Group for use by Utilities Department Construction and Maintenance Division at a total cost of $1,051,993.20 under a 48-month lease contract. Bid #24-202

Municode - Bid 24-202 Util-CM Agenda (002).pdf (0.06 MB)
Augusta, City of, GA 02.11.25_Republic First National.pdf (0.11 MB)
Newspaper Invitation to Bid.pdf (0.02 MB)
24-202_TAB.pdf (0.15 MB)
Bid 24-202 Overbudget Memo.pdf (2.16 MB)
Bid 24-202 Recommendation.pdf (1.04 MB)
24-202_planholders.pdf (0.15 MB)

5.Receive as information an update from Marci Rubensohn, State lobbyist with Holland & Knight, regarding the 2025 Legislative Session.

6.Receive as information a summary of research findings regarding Commission Assistant positions in other jurisdictions.

7.Motion to approve the establishment of an Opioid Advisory Committee tasked with addressing the opioid crisis in the community and providing recommendations for the distribution and allocation of opioid settlement funds. (Requested by Mayor Garnett Johnson)

8.Consider request from Solicitor General Omeeka Loggins to approve converting two (2) part-time Assistant Solicitor-General positions back to (1) full-time ASG position that it was originally.

9.Motion to approve to re-establish the Public Works Department, tasked with consistent maintenance of public green spaces, roadways, rights-of-way, other county-owned properties, and related services throughout Augusta-Richmond County. (Requested by Mayor Garnett Johnson)

Coversheet_ Public Works 4.29.25.pdf (0.06 MB)
Copy of 2025 Parks and Maintenance Budget by category.pdf (0.01 MB)
Copy of Summary of Engieering Maintenance (with Fiscal Impact).pdf (0.01 MB)
Central Services Grounds 2024.pdf (0.16 MB)
Facility and Parks Breakdown.pdf (0.03 MB)

10.Motion to approve HCD’s request to loan HOME- American Rescue Plan, in the amount of Nine-Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars ($960,000.00), for the construction of E.W. Estates in partnership with Woda Cooper Development, Inc. (part of Woda Cooper Companies, Inc.) and Parallel Housing, Inc. for the sole purpose of a GA Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Low Income Housing Tax Credit Project only, within the Commission approved Sand Hills Revitalization area. (Deferred from the March 25, 2025 meeting)

11.Receive as information the emergency request for repairs to damages sustained during Hurricane Helene to several facilities as assessed by FM Global in the amount of $154,280.00 by Horizon Construction & Associates.

12.Receive as information the emergency request for MRI (moisture-related issues) remediation at the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office in the amount of $85,174.91 by ACC Restoration, LLC.