Item 1 – Invoice from James Burgess for professional services rendered for the month of December, January 2, 1970

Item 2 – Memorandum to the news media for Ellis Swint, attaching a draft of the news release and a diagram of the proposed organization for the consolidated government, January 2, 1970

Item 3 -- Item 7 – Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission – Minutes, January 6, 1970

Item 4 – Letter from Robert Castellani, Assistant Attorney General to Lennie Davis, Esq. requesting an unofficial opinion on the proposed charter of the Muscogee County Charter Commission, January 8, 1970

Item 5 – Hand out given to individuals who attended the second hearing at Jordan High School, January 8, 1970

Item 6 -- Letter from Whitley to Mr. E. Dewey Renfroe regarding the location of the public meeting, January 8, 1970

Item 7 – Program for the second Public Hearing, January 8, 1970

Item 8 – Preliminary remarks at the Muscogee Co. Charter Commission Public Hearing, January 8, 1970

Item 9 – Remarks, suggestions, and questions asked at the Public Hearing by concerned residents, January 8, 1970

Item 10 – Letter from Whitley to B.D. Hydrick congratulating him for being selected a finalist in the Outstanding Young Man of the Year, January 9, 1970

Item 11 – Letter from Whitley to Nolan Murrah congratulating him for being honored as the Outstanding Young Man of the Year, January 9, 1970

Item 12 – Letter from Whitley to Miss Laurie Jones, January 12, 1970

Item 13 – Letter from Whitley to George A. Gingell, attached is a letter from Susan W. Thoresen to Jack Gibney of WRBL Radio News, January 12, 1970

Item 14 – Letter from Whitley to J. Hoyt Adams, January 12, 1970, January 12, 1970

Item 15 – Memorandum from Whitley to W. B. Turner and B. D. Hydrick concerning elected officials, January 12, 1970

Item 16 – Letter from James Burgess to Bill Turner concerning the creation of a Department of Environmental Improvement, with an attached list of the new department's functions, January 12, 1970

Item 17 – Letter from Nolan Murrah to Whitley concerning voting districts January 12, 1970

Item 18 – Announcement of a meeting of the Charter Commission on January 15th, January 12, 1970

Item 19 – Letter from J. Gordon Young to Whitley, January 12, 1070 Attached is a letter of January 10th written by Albert Thompson, State Representative to Arthur Bolton, Attorney General, concerning whether or not all of the incumbents elected Commissioners may be retained in the new consolidated government during the transitional period and to the end of their respective terms.

Item 20 -- Letter to James V. Burgess from Martelle Layfield, Jr. concerning progress on the charter draft, January 13, 1970

Item 21 – Letter from James Burgess to Bob Gerber, January 14, 1970

Item 22 – Letter from Whitley to F.J. Spencer, Jr., replying to an attached note from the Spencers endorsing a strong Department of Ecology which also enclosed a clipping from the January Bulletin of the Chattahoochee Valley Natural History Club, January 14, 1970

Item 23 – Letter from Whitley to Dr. H. J. Peters, attached to a letter Peters wrote to Whitley concerning community health planning, January 14, 1970

Item 24 – Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission – Minutes, January 15, 1970 Item 25 – Letter from Whitley to Mayor J.R. Allen about a meeting with the mayor and City Council concerning the draft consolidation document, January 16, 1970

Item 26 – Letter from Whitley to Dixon Wadsworth a meeting with the County Commissioners concerning the draft consolidation document January 16, 1970

Item 27 – Letter from Whitley to Andrew B. Speed a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce concerning the draft consolidation document, January 16, 1970

Item 28 – Letter from James Burgess to Lennie Davis, Columbus City Attorney, concerning the draft consolidation document, January 19, 1970

Item 29 – Letter to James Burgess from Whitley, attaching a letter Whitley received from the Citizens Charter Study Committee, Shreveport, LA, January 19, 1970

Item 30 – Notice that a meeting of the Charter Commission will be held on January 22nd, January 20, 1970

Item 31 – Memorandum from Jim V. Burgess to the Charter Commission concerning draft inserts for the proposed Consolidated Government Charter, January 20, 1970

Item 32 – Letter from James Burgess to Harvey Findley, January 21, 1970

Item 33 – Letter from James Burgess to Hughes Spalding, January 21, 1970

Item 34 – Letter from Andrew B. Speed, vice president of Georgia Power Company, to Thomas Whitley, January 22, 1970

Item 35 – Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission – Minutes, January 22, 1970

Item 36 – Letter from Whitley to Charles M. Evert. Attached are duplicate letters addressed to Lennie Davis, a letter from Charles Evert to Whitley (dated January 22), and a letter from Whitley to Charles Evert (dated January 20). This correspondence is the result of Whitley's error to inform Evert and Davis of the Location of the meeting of the Charter Commission on February 5, 1970, January 26, 1970

Item 37 – Letter from Whitley to W. J. Wright, Jr., attached is a letter from Wright to Mrs. Patsy Phillips requesting that a copy of the attendance record of the Charter Commission be sent to his office. Also attached is a copy of the resolution which states that the secretary (Patsy Phillips) or anybody appointed by the Board of Commissioners are requested to furnish the County Administrator with the attendance record, January 26, 1970

Item 38 – Three page letter from Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General to Albert W. Thompson concerning the election of the first members of the governing authority of the county-wide government. His unofficial opinion is that there would have to be a special election to elect new commissioners. Attached is an envelope that said letter was mailed in (marked "special delivery") and copy of letter, January 26, 1970

Item 39 – Memorandum from Whitley to Muscogee County Charter Commission concerning the meeting of the commission on January 29th with a proposed agenda attached, January 26, 1970

Item 40 – Notice of a Charter meeting on January 29th, January 26, 1970

Item 40 – Columbus-Muscogee County Charter Commission – Minutes, January 29, 1970

Item 41 – Letter from Whitley to Georgia Jaycees concerning the nomination of Nolan Murrah, Jr. as one of the five Outstanding Young Men in Georgia, January 28, 1970

Item 42 – Letter from Martelle Layfield, Jr. to Bill Turner, Nolan Murrah, Ellis Swint, and Thomas Whitley reminding them of the Columbus Lawyers Club meeting February 5th,, January 28, 1970

Item 43 – Letter (in triplicate) from Dr. A .B. Conger informing Whitley that the Muscogee Co. Medical Society recommends that the Charter Commission establish a Medical Examiner System, January 28, 1970

Item 44 – Letter from Martelle Layfield to James Burgess concerning the Hospital Authority Act, January 30, 1970

Item 44 –Invoice from James Burgess to Whitley for supplies, January 30, 1970