Former Augusta Recreation, Parks and Facilities Director Tom Beck is suing the city under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, claiming that commissioners fired him last spring for protecting...

...issue.Johnson also raised the issue of the city's vacant human resources director and recreation, parks and facilities director positions. The city hasn't had a permanent HR director since late 2011 and has been without a recreation director...

...Commission and city administrator will start interviews Tuesday with candidates to replace fired Recreation, Parks and Facilities Director Tom Beck.The four finalists include the department's planning and development manager and recreation managers...

...a form explaining why the facility should be named. The city administrator, engineer, planning director and facilities director then review the name and hold a public hearing before it goes through the committee and commission cycle for approval...

...government.Russell said the city also is finalizing salary negotiations with a candidate for Recreation, Parks and Facilities director and hopes to recommend that person Tuesday.Augusta commissioners and staff conducted in-person interviews with...

...cap, Jones said.The changes also were offset by the sale of recycled materials removed during construction, facilities director Josh Smalls said. Recycling materials netted the project about $14,000, according to Smalls.At the authority's...

...staff to replace those lost during the investigation.Before her retirement in October, Buckner announced a new facility director in Ronald Brawner. However, Brawner resigned from the position after the escape Oct. 19, the same day Everidge...

...and FEMA.Some recreation administrators, including now-deceased Assistant Director Robert Howard, then-facilities director Joanie Smith and others, worked and Russell authorized overtime pay for them."I vehemently disagreed with him...

...from its consolidation with Georgia Health Sciences University, particularly freshmen living on campus, said facilities directors from the two universities.Ongoing studies and enrollment projections will determine what and how much will be...

...be housed at Lamar Milledge Elementary while the building on Augusta Technical College's campus is completed.Facilities director Benton Starks said his department won't know until June if the building, initially projected to be completed...