Augusta, GA
City leaders postpone discussion over Augusta mayor’s spending
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – City leaders are looking to set boundaries when it comes to the mayor’s credit card.
Questions from commissioners started last month after Mayor Garnett Johnson asked for more than $40,000 to cover his credit card expenses for city business over the last six months.
The goal of Tuesday was to reach a solution when it comes to reimbursing the mayor. Unfortunately, that did not happen.
Instead, the conversation was moved again to the next finance committee meeting.
The mayor is not breaking any policy by asking for reimbursements to his personal credit card. That’s because there is no policy for this specific request.
There were questions from commissioners regarding whether they should change the existing policy to fit the needs of the mayor.
But both the city’s finance director and procurement director say this could open a floodgate when it comes to other elected officials, meaning that if you make an exception for one you would potentially have to make an exception for all.
Right now, the policy when it comes to a city-issued credit card includes a $500 limit per transaction or a $5,000 limit per month.
The finance director says it’s best to have a policy that is more uniform rather than have several expectations.
“We’re open to any resolution to it. All of our expenditures were based solely on us fulfilling our duties as mayor, and we proactively put this item on the Finance Committee’s agenda. This isn’t something that no one else did. We proactively put this in this agenda item so that we can address it, and that’s what we’re doing,” said Johnson.
The city’s finance director did say they are not questioning the legitimacy of the mayor’s spending but says its more so the method of the expenditures being turned in.
Again, the mayor turned in receipts which span over six months and when this conversation first started he took accountability for not turning the receipts in each month.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Augusta University is set to cut the ribbon on a new Student Health Services building on Friday.
The ribbon cutting will be held at 2:30 p.m. at 1465 Laney Walker Boulevard in Augusta.
The event will showcase the field of college health and the role the services have on students’ personal development and academic success.
The clinic relocated to the new space last month to make way for AU’s advanced research and clinical innovation, according to officials.
At the event, there will also be snacks, interactive games and clinic tours.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – There was a large law enforcement presence Thursday morning at a home in west Augusta near Fort Gordon.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force were in the area attempting to find a suspect, according to deputies.
Witnesses said around 11:25 a.m. that officers had been surrounding a home at Harper-Franklin Avenue and Covington Court.
That’s in a neighborhood of mostly two-story brick-fronted homes built in the past three or four years just east of Jimmie Dyess Parkway and a couple of blocks north of Gordon Highway.
As noon approached, law enforcement had left.
But a Facebook post from earlier did show a large presence,including marked and unmarked cars, and officers all around the house. A witness said police dogs were on the scene, as well.
News 12 has reached out to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office for information.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Steven Kendrick held a town hall on Wednesday at the Henry Brigham Community Center as he prepares to challenge Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson.
Kendrick, who serves as chief deputy tax commissioner for Richmond County, previously ran against Johnson in 2022. The town hall was part of Kendrick’s campaign tour as he seeks to unseat the incumbent mayor.
“Some of the people felt as though we really needed to dig a little deeper and we dug a little deeper,” Kendrick said after the meeting. “But that’s how you gain understanding, where everybody’s not going to agree about everything. Some of them we didn’t agree on. I certainly enjoyed the interaction. I learned some things, and I hope they learned some things as well.”
Multiple Commission seats up for election
The mayoral race is not the only contest facing Richmond County voters. Several Augusta Commission seats are up for election across multiple districts.
District 8 will have a new commissioner because Commissioner Brandon Garrett is term-limited and cannot run again. Michael Cioffi and Evett Williams have filed to run for the District 8 seat.
Districts 2, 4, 6 and 10 are also up for election. Stacy Pulliam currently serves in District 2.
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