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Muscogee County Charter Commission File, 1969, August 1-13

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

Item 1 – Leaflet urging community input into the proposed consolidated government, early August, 1969

Item 2 – Letter from Dr. Whitley to 72 selected civic and professional organizations listed in the directory of the Columbus chamber of Commerce offering speakers on the topic of the proposed governmental consolidations to their groups, August 1, 1969

Item 3 – Announcement of the August 7th Charter Council meeting, August 4, 1969

Item 4 – Memorandum from Jim Burgess, Public Research and Management, Inc. to the Muscogee County Charter Commission concerning the correction of some typos in the draft of the first report of the Governmental Organization and Structure Committee Report, August 4, 1969

Item 5 – Note from Mrs. T.J. Redmond, President of the P.T.A. Program Committees to Dr. Whitley, August 5, 1969

Item 6 – Report of the Athens-Clarke Consolidation, August 7, 1969

Item 7 – Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission – Minutes, August 7, 1969

Item 8 – Committee Report on Courts of the City of Columbus and Muscogee County, August 7, 1969

Item 9 – A letter to Dr. Whitley from Lemuel Miller, Jr., City Clerk of Columbus, notifying Whitley that the City Commission approved an additional $ 3,250.00 for the Charter Commission. Attached is a copy of the resolution and a thank you letter from Whitley, August 7, 1969

Item 10 – Minutes of the Muscogee Co. Judiciary and Executive Committee of the Columbus Lawyers Club, and the Sub-Committee on Courts of the Muscogee County Charter Commission – Minutes (with breakfast reservations attached), August 8, 1969.

Item 11 – Letter from Whitley to J.W. Fanning thanking him for the presentation, August 11, 1969

Item 12 – Letter from Whitley to Wm. Hudson thanking him for the presentation, August 11, 1969

Item 13 – August 13, 1969 – Letter from Dr. Whitley to W.J. Wright, County Administrator concerning W. E. Hudson's travel expenses. Attached are a letter from W. E. Hudson to Whitley, a travel expense statement, a mileage record, and a Xerox copy of a hotel bill.

Item 14 – Letter from Paul J. Bradley, concerned citizen, to the Charter Commission, suggesting a way be found in the re-organization to address the issues raised in the recent Grand Jury Presentments, August 13, 1969

Item 15 – Letter from A. J. Land to J. Gordon Young concerning the sub-committee on courts, August 13, 1969 Item 16 – Governmental Function and Services – Committee Report (with draft attached), August 13, 1969

Dates

  • Other: 1969, August 1-13

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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Columbus Georgia 31907 United States