...contention that the city's bid protest procedure denies basic due process.Smitherman argued that the city's administrative services committee heard from Sams, the city's consultant on the health insurance bid, and from Meritain. It was a public...

...their fate at a commission meeting Tuesday.An agenda item, carried over from the Feb. 25 meeting of the Administrative Services Committee, calls for the commission to discuss allegations that Grady Smith, Joe Jackson and Wayne Guilfoyle wrongfully...

...restrooms, heating and air conditioning, and the first and second floors at a cost of about $20 million.The administrative services committee agreed Friday that the full commission would vote Monday on whether to approve a full remodeling of the...

...agreed to hire collecting bulk and yard waste, said Mark Johnson, the solid-waste director.The city's administrative services committee discussed but took no action on an item that Johnson requested seeking clarity on what an individual commissioner...

...consequences should be a little bit stiffer," said Commissioner Bill Fennoy, who placed the item on a Monday administrative services committee agenda. "I think any time an elected official knowingly does business with the city, they should resign...

...and city employees to work as subcontractors on city projects.Commissioner Bill Lock ett, who heads the administrative services committee set to hear the evidence, said he included the hearing within Smith's request for the policy change...

...as a subcontractor for general contractor Choate Construction at Au gusta Regional Airport.The city's administrative services committee was expected to review the incidents Monday, but Chairman Bill Lockett said it was the mayor's role to...

...to MacKenzie, city laws are not clear on the matter.Mayor Pro Tem Corey Johnson asked for "clarity" on what a commissioner can order department heads to do in an item he added to Monday's administrative services committee agenda.

...that are incomplete, such as planned renovations to the Municipal Building.At the first meeting of the administrative services committee Monday, Williams has requested an update on the city's 2009 disparity study.The $586,000 study...

...liams, Mary Davis and Bill Lock ett were the only commissioners to attend the session. Davis suggested the administrative services committee continue the discussion at its next meeting.