Remarks by Wayne Guilfoyle
31 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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Commission · Aug 4, 2026
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Commission · Aug 4, 2026
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Commission · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor, this whole department here that we're trying to develop We did not want to rush it. It was passed, started back in March because the challenges that we face as commissioners, so which department do we call on to get anything cut? There was numerous departments. I can imagine that there's some departments that's challenging anything moving forward. But if you look at what's best for this organization, it's to be organized. I know that central service, was voted on, and within 30 days, that place was up in operation. We should have took our time on that one, but…”
Commission · Aug 4, 2026
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“Madam Clerk, last week we spoke about the three air conditioners for the parts and wrecks and the safety device to keep from it is still in it. Did somebody pull it? Because it's not on the agenda this week. Are we just going to put it on the next commission agenda? Okay. Thank you so much. Committee only.”
Commission · Aug 4, 2026
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“Director Williams, my question wasn't going to be, I don't want to catch you off guard next time this comes up. I would like for you to do some homework on how we got to this point. We're spending right at $25,000 on three air conditioners, but we're spending $27,000 on a fence or some kind of contraption to protect these three air conditioners. So one, I will be asking who come up with that solution. Two, was there any other solutions such as cameras, et cetera? So that will be coming up.”
Commission · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor, agenda item number 33, we already handled last week, so we need to delete it off this.”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“a second can i respond to the commissioner whenever you're ready the floor is yours uh commissioner johnson last week i was actually um pushing forward for the august 18th meeting which would give us uh 45 47 days i believe it was um no it was less than that and for the august 18th but um i could i couldn't gardener support for that and everybody was basically saying 60 days and so with the september 15th that's 56 days that's four days short and that falls on a commission meeting and so it'll be the same thing as long weekend but Again, ordinance can be modified, it can be changed. It…”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“It's September 18th is the meeting date, commission date. That's it. If it fails, it fails. We'd be unprotected and people could come in and put it in a data center.”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, let me see if I can modify my motion. You ready, Madam Clerk? Let's extend this moratorium for 60 days. Let's include three public meetings, Warren Road, Diamond Lakes, and where was the other one? Brigham. At the Brigham Center. And that'll be handled by our staff.”
Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Deputy Administrator Jackson, thank you for answering that question. That was one of my questions. My second question is, in your August 2026 community workshop, your two-day session, I would reach out to the home builders of Augusta, Aiken, Augusta area. Yes, sir. And I would actually lean on the procurement list of their contractors, which... would actually, it would affect them as well. So between the residential home builders and your commercial builders, as well as the developers that would fall underneath Aiken Home Builders, please have them at the table because I don't…”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Right. It would be nice to... reflect back on the questions and answers from the experts from the meet at the elementary school three weeks back, because that was very informative. They had video showing about the decibels, et cetera. You know, I just got, I was in light of somebody wanted the directors to inform me today, McDuffie County ordinance is eight pages long. Columbia County's three. How many pages is Augusta-Richmond County?”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“But they don't address the other issues beyond just the ordinance, is that correct?”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Right. But you went into depth on this in case. Absolutely. Especially on emergencies. But we actually looked at it from, I don't ever want to see a Haines station happen again. It was before my time and before a lot of our times up here. Who would ever thought of that a data center be? But then again, the data center and the Haines station was being built at the same time or being evolved at the same time.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“but they still building houses in Haynes Station. They still selling houses in Hayes Stations, I believe. But with that being said, You cover every issue from noise, buffer, cooling system, electrical, even the things that I had put in there, that the data center's gonna be responsible for the infrastructure, that it shouldn't cost any taxpayer any kind of dollars whatsoever. We shouldn't give abatements, et cetera. But we also got a invite to see a data center coming up August 3rd.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I believe it would be good for the commission to attend to at least we get to see firsthand. Instead of hearing about the stories of other cities, et cetera, that's like the water. I got an email yesterday about noon in Georgia about the wells running dry. These data centers this day and age has a closed loop system, 18,000 gallons of water and that's it. Everybody thinks that the power bill is going to go up. Georgia Power has addressed that issue at three different public meetings. One was with the Chamber of Commerce, which I had attended that as well. I did listen to the planning and…”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I'm extending it until August 18th. Well, I'm just saying that last thing we need to do is do something in haste and then regret it because I don't like egg in my face whatsoever. So Madam Chair, I'm not on your committee, but if the committee be kind enough to do that till the August 18th, bring it back before the August 18th meeting, that'll give us time to look at the data center, walk around it, hear it, walk away from it, listen to it, et cetera. And that way we could bring back true experience back to the table.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you. As far as being plumbing knowledge, Madam Clerk, is it on our webpage?”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay. It's under our commission meeting committee agenda, and then it's underneath the docs?”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I'd like to discuss items one through six.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate you taking on this task after four years, and you got to realize one thing. Augusta has all eight districts in it. When somebody calls me, it's just it's not my district, it's Augusta, and that's something I wish that District 2 would understand, that Augusta, if we're going to look out for one, let's look out for all. But I grew up in a time where before stormwater was implemented, we cut the grass all the way to the road. To today, I don't have anybody cut my grass in front of my house for a reason. I don't want all that trash bahia in my yard. But when…”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026