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WATERLOO | The City Council is planning to move home next week.

With a major renovation of the Harold E. Getty Council Chambers in City Hall nearly finished, council members expect to convene in their traditional meeting space Monday for the first time in 15 weeks.

"The contractor did a great job," said Mayor Buck Clark. "It's going to be quite a different look with more modern amenities. It will leave a very positive impression."

Failor-Hurley Construction of Waterloo was awarded the $220,000 contract which involved remodeling the room with new carpeting, ceiling tile, window treatments and furnishings. The work included new audio and video equipment and a wheelchair ramp.

New finishes replace much of the wood-paneled feel of the chambers while the ceiling masks what had been stains from past water leaks. The old pews for audience seating have been removed, and new chairs were being loaded in Thursday.

City Clerk Suzy Schares said a large portion of the project is electronics that may not be ready to roll by Monday.

The equipment will allow the meetings to be recorded for broadcast from the basement studio instead of paying camera operators in the room.

"We will have remote cameras linked to downstairs," Schares said. The broadcast "will be a little better, but it will get us closer to the point they'll be great."

Council members eventually will have data ports and tablets to provide paperless agendas for use during meetings. The project allows "electronic voting" for council resolutions, but no decision has been made on whether to do away with the voice roll calls used now.

Television screens have replaced the video projector used for presentations now, and the sound systems for both the council chambers and adjoining Mollenhoff Room have been separated so both rooms can be used at the same time.

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Barron Designs, a leading supplier of high-quality faux design products used by residential and commercial architects, will be officially debuting a number of new products in Chicago in June.

According to Steve Barron, President of Barron Designs (the parent company of FauxPanels.com and FauxWoodBeams.com), Kim Lewis will be on hand at their tradeshow booth to share creative tips about designing with textures amongst examples of their most popular stone panels, straight and arched beams and columns.

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News 12 11pm / Monday, May 29, 2014

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Flipping one switch could've saved one Augusta call center a lot of time and it's employees, a lot of headaches. A strange smell that some thought was gas forced workers outside and sent others to the hospital. News 12 breaks down what happened and why one expert says common sense would've gone a long way.

A strange smell forces people outside their job, sends others to the hospital, and it all could have been avoided according to one roofer with more than 20 years experience.

"Combustible mixture, harmful or fatal if swallowed, used in adequate ventilation," read Dwayne Reigle, owner of All Aspects Roofing, off a warning label on light sealants that he says are also put on strong tar used for roofs.

He says the smell that got people sick at, the Augusta Teleperformance Call Center, could've been avoided doing one thing.

"Turn off the a/c unit it, in case it sucks the fumes, and it could make people sick," he said. That's exactly what workers, who thought they were breathing in gas, told first responders .

"Most symptoms were trouble breathing, we did have some with stomach issues, dizziness, things of that nature," said Augusta Fire Captain, Keith Lively.

Twenty one people ended up in the hospital, after fire fighters came out for a second time to check things out. The building should be good to go after 24 hours of airing it out, but headaches from the smells could effect more than just employees.

"Regardless of who's fault it was you always have a claim for worker's compensation," said William Sussman, an Augusta lawyer.

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Architectural Commission members heard 26 major projects Wednesday and 10 minor projects. During the nearly seven-and-a-half hour meeting, they approved eight new residences, eight additions, several demolitions and a handful of other modifications.

Major projects approved include:

* Landmarks Chairman William and Judith Cooleys new two-story single family house at 266 Fairview Road, which was designed by architect Jeffrey Ray.

* Lloyd Millers two-story northeast addition to his house at 1930 S. Ocean Blvd.

* First-story modifications and a second-story bunkroom addition to Charles and Sara Fabrikants guesthouse at their home on 249 S. Woods Road.

* Demolition and construction of a new 4,977-square-foot, two-story single-family residence at 245 Atlantic Ave. that was designed by architect Carlos Bonilla.

* Partial demolition and 1,978 square foot addition to Reinhard and Claudia Brandners 315 Eden Road house by architect Jason Drobot.

* Nicholas Colemans new one-story residence and pool at 1475 N. Lake Way, designed by architect Roger Janssen.

* Demolition of 198 Via Linda and construction of a new two-story residence with pool; it was designed by architect Roger Janssen.

* Demolition of Ray and Kim Celedinas 619 Island Drive property.

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