Augusta City Committees meet on Valentine’s Day

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Augusta Metropolis Committees will probably be assembly on Valentine’s Day to cowl a wide range of subjects.

Public Providers

In line with officers, Common Plumbing goes to be in attendance at Tuesday’s assembly. It’s the service the Metropolis of Augusta says was paid, however didn’t do their contracted companies to Diamond Lakes.

In line with Ron Lampkin with Central Providers, 26 pipes and restrooms must be utterly redone at Diamond Lakes. Value is estimated to be round $788,000, ask is for $850,000 for complete challenge. For context they already spent $900,000 on this challenge.

Commissioners requested how a lot it will price to be utterly redone, and Ron Lampkin stated it will take 2 million to demolish and take away, 1 million to construct a very new tower. Committee has moved to discover a funding supply for repairs by subsequent Tuesdays fee.

Central Providers Director, Ron Lampkin, will clarify what the problem is with the towers at Diamond Lakes Park. For some time now, they’ve been shutting down their restroom services on and off. We initially thought they had been again open once more in September, however apparently closed again up in early December.

Lampkin has now totally evaluated the issue and can give a prognosis and path ahead on methods to totally repair the towers earlier than Might, when the park hits its peak season.

Up to now they’ve already spent 900K on fixing them, so it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how commissioners need to transfer ahead with out spending what they deem is an excessive amount of cash.

Transit

We are going to obtain an replace on the brand new transit buses which can be alleged to be coming in.

Augusta Transit replace, 6 new diesel buses to return on-line by April and arrive by Might or June.

The division is trying to change fare containers, haven’t been up to date since 2010.

In line with interim administrator, Takiyah Douse, the three buses ordered from Florida final yr have arrived, and three extra from Athens-Clarke County are nonetheless on the way in which.

Public Security

Hearth Chief Antonio Burden will give a presentation on the thought of buying extra Fast Response Autos. This comes after we acquired updates on the overturned Hearth Vans on the final committee assembly, and pursued the thought of getting QRVs as substitute automobiles which can be more economical.

Engineering

There will probably be two gadgets concerning Augusta’s grass companies, which performs an essential position in sustaining our metropolis’s magnificence, but in addition in stopping our storm water drains from being clogged and flooded.

It’s one of many mayor’s high priorities going into this administration, as he needs to consolidate the trouble collectively from the three teams that presently handle our metropolis’s grass: Engineering, RCCI (inmate program) and Parks and Rec.

Engineering says it’s cheaper to handle the variety of metropolis owned plots this fashion and to contract it out, whereas commissioner Alvin Mason says it’s been a trouble to determine who’s answerable for conserving town maintained.

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