Tiffany’s, recreation audit, senior complex go for final commission vote

Tiffany's Eatery at 828 Broad St. in downtown Augusta is credited with the start of a weekend fight caught on a viral video.

Date: May 05, 2025

The Augusta Commission will again take up the license status of Tiffany’s Eatery, recommended for suspension by the Richmond County sheriff, and a few other debated items at its regular meeting Tuesday.

The sheriff’s office has twice appeared before commissioners to detail problems observed at the Broad Street venue including serving alcohol after hours, violating food sales minimum requirements and condoning fighting and smoking.

The commission will hear concerns from homeowner DaCara Brown Myers about an application for commission letters of support or the Villages of Meadowbrook Phase II at 3255 Deans Bridge Road. 

The Augusta Housing Authority senior complex is under development by principals from Walton Communities. The application had committee approval last week. Phase I had 236 non-age restricted units.

The commission will give final approval to Operation: Clean City Clean-Up, a collaboration involving the mayor’s office, sheriff’s and marshal’s office and court officials that will provide community service hours. It received committee approval last week.

The commission will give final approval to revising the city’s speed hump policy. Instead of homeowners, 51% percent of home occupants will now be required to support an application.

In a new item from Administrator Tameka Allen, the commission will be asked to renew an intergovernmental agreement with the Augusta Coliseum Authority for $120,000. 

The agreement allows Clyburn Consulting LLC to continue government relations and federal lobbying services that have previously yielded more than $12 million in funding for city infrastructure projects, according to the agenda item.

The commission will vote on hiring UHY Advisors Mid-Atlantic, Inc., to conduct a detailed audit of the Recreation and Parks Department. The commission has twice put the audit out for bids and failed to approve UHY last year, then a committee vote was postponed last week after losing its quorum.

What to Read Next

The Author

Susan McCord is a veteran journalist and writer who began her career at publications in Asheville, N.C. She spent nearly a decade at newspapers across rural southwest Georgia, then returned to her Augusta hometown for a position at the print daily. She’s a graduate of the Academy of Richmond County and the University of Georgia. Susan is dedicated to transparency and ethics, both in her work and in the beats she covers. She is the recipient of multiple awards, including a Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Fellowship, first place for hard news writing from the Georgia Press Association and the Morris Communications Community Service Award. **Not involved with Augusta Press editorials

Comment Policy

The Augusta Press encourages and welcomes reader comments; however, we request this be done in a respectful manner, and we retain the discretion to determine which comments violate our comment policy. We also reserve the right to hide, remove and/or not allow your comments to be posted.

The types of comments not allowed on our site include:

  • Threats of harm or violence
  • Profanity, obscenity, or vulgarity, including images of or links to such material
  • Racist comments
  • Victim shaming and/or blaming
  • Name calling and/or personal attacks;
  • Comments whose main purpose are to sell a product or promote commercial websites or services;
  • Comments that infringe on copyrights;
  • Spam comments, such as the same comment posted repeatedly on a profile.