...architect Virgo Gambill.Then, on March 11, seven commissioners authorized renovating the entire building and the adjacent city law and engineering offices, along with building a structure to house Information Technology, using existing sales-tax...

...Elaine Johnson and occasionally the commission in about a dozen lawsuits during the year.Andrew MacKenzie, who heads the city law office, said bills for outside counsel are within his annual budget for them, even with elected officials having their...

...he included the hearing within Smith's request for the policy change, which was prepared at Smith's request by the city law department.The report, obtained by The Chronicle, shows payments to Jackson's business, Kirby Locksmith, for three...

...sometimes leave department heads scrambling to assemble information at a commissioner's request.According 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...

...Augusta paid at least $158,861 annually to house the district attorney, contractor Heery Interna tional and the city law office in the Hatcher Building.Rick Acree, the deputy director for facilities maintenance, was surprised to learn...

...have drug addictions or go on alcoholic binges.Sumner drinks every day, but he keeps to himself, he said. He obeys city laws the best he can and encourages others to do the same."Life's got to be lived right, even out here," Sumner said...

...said, citing other discrepancies not examined by the Baird.Former Human Resources Director Rod Powell, who helped the city law department draft the lengthy manual, said he'd forwarded documentation about each raise and reclassification through...

The city law office is looking into whether a conflict of interest existed when Augusta Commissioner J.R. Hatney voted Tuesday to repay federal...

...reporters remaining at the end of the two-hour meeting, said handling of the day's events had been approved by the city law department.Commissioner Wayne Guilfoyle, who attended the meeting, said when a third commissioner ? Matt Aitken...

...department has been sued repeatedly over the fairness of its award of construction bids. A report issued Friday by the city law department put the annual cost of delays from a court order enjoining its award of a construction manager at-risk bid...