Item 1 – Muscogee County-City of Columbus Charter Commission legislation, approved March 21, 1968

Item 2 – Voting tabulations for Amendment # 106 which created the Charter Commission to study Consolidation, May?, 1969

Item 3 – Letter from Ben. W. Fortson, Jr., Secretary of State of the State of Georgia to Dr. Thomas Whitley concerning Act # 483 (H.B. # 541) which was approved by the Governor on April 25, 1969. This Act concerns the Muscogee County Charter Commission, May 1, 1969

Item 4 -- Resolution, # 92-69, providing for the appointment of members to the Muscogee Charter Commission, May 13, 1969

Item 5 –Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission Organizational Meeting – Minutes, May 21, 1969

Item 6 – Muscogee County Charter Commission – list of members, addresses and telephone numbers (2 copies), May?, 1969

Item 7 – Letter dated May 6, 1969 to Dr. Thomas Y. Whitley from Lamuel H. Miller, Jr., City Clerk of Columbus notifying Whitley of his appointment by the City Consolidated Charter Study Committee. It is attached to Whitley's acknowledgement of the appointment, May 14, 1969

Item 8 – Letter to Nolan Murrah, Jr. care of Royal Crown Bottling Company from J. S. Hutto. This is a letter of recommendation for Mr. Jim Burgess in regards to hiring a consultant for the study of consolidation. Attached is Jim Burgess's resume, an organizational chart of the governmental structure of Columbus, and an organizational chart of the governmental structure of Muscogee County, May 26, 1969

Item 9 – A letter of congratulations to Dr. Thomas Whitley from W.J. Wright, Jr., County Administrator, for being elected Chairman of the Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission, May 26, 1969

Item 10 – Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission – Minutes (with an attached Subcommittee Report dated May 27, 1969, of the proposed timetable for consolidating the governments of Columbus and Muscogee County, June 3, 1969

Item 11 – Letter from L. Martelle Layfield, Jr., Sub-Committee Chairman to Public Administration Service of Chicago, IL concerning the retaining of a professional consultant, June 4, 1969

Item 12 – Letter to Mr. James Burgess from L. Martelle Layfield, Jr. expressing the Charter Commission's desire to hire a professional consultant. The letter requests references and experience, June 4, 1969

Item 13 – Letter to Mr. Ralph Sayers from L. Martelle Layfield, Jr. concerning research needed for the June 17 meeting, June 4, 1969

Item 14 – June 5, 1969 – A copy of Resolution # 109-69 attached to a letter from Thomas Y. Whitley acknowledging receipt of the Resolution, June 5, 1969

Item 15 – Letter to the Institute of Public Administration in New York from L. Martelle Layfield, Jr. concerning the Charter Commission's desire to retain a professional consultant, June 6, 1969

Item 16 – Copy of letters to the Mayor of Nashville, Tenn., Knoxville, Tenn., and Jacksonville, Fla. Letter requesting the names of consultants that assisted their community, June 6, 1969

Item 17 – June 8, 1969 – A pamphlet printed by the Sunday Ledger-Enquirer supporting consolidation. The pamphlet is in response to an organization called The Truth about Annexation which actively opposed the plan for consolidation, June 8, 1969 This is was not present on 7/25/2015.

Item 18 – Announcement of June 17 Charter Commission meeting, June 12, 1969

Item 19 – A proposal by W.J. Wright, Jr. to pay Mrs. Phillips a salary of $ 25.00/month for her services, June 17, 1969

Item 20 – Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission – Minutes, June 17, 1969

Item 21 – Announcement of June 26 Charter Commission meeting, June 20, 1969

Item 22 – Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission – Minutes, June 26, 1969

Item 23 – Letter from James V. Burgess, Jr. to Mr. Martelle Layfield, Jr. concerning a proposed contract with his firm, Public Research and Management, Inc., June 27, 1969

Item 24 – A copy of an article entitled How to Get a New City Charter from Constitutions and Charters. Attached is a memorandum from Thomas Whitley to Messrs. Dowling, Land, and Swint requesting that they read the article, June 27, 1969

Item 25 – Draft of the Itinerary for the Charter Commission attached to a letter stating such from James Burgess to Martelle Layfield, Jr., June 30, 1969

Item 26 – Draft of Itinerary for the Charter Commission attached to hand written notes (Whitley's?), June 30, 1969

Item 27 – A draft charter of the consolidated Government, Columbus, GA, June, 1969

Item 28 – Proposal from Public Research and Management, Inc., Atlanta, GA for rendering consulting services to the Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission in relation to possible consolidation of the city of Columbus and Muscogee County, Georgia, June, 1969