City Council Regular Meeting August 2, 2007
CITY OF DOUGLASVILLE
CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting
August 2, 2007
7:30 p.m.
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Public Safety Committee/Dennis McLain
a. Authorize the City Manager to give notice on or before August 10, 2007, of the City’s intent to purchase 21.3 acres near Georgia Highway 92 (Fairburn Road) for the purpose of new Police Department facilities, and authorize the Mayor Pro Tem to sign all documents necessary to close said purchase on or before August 20, 2007.
b. Authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement with the Douglas County Board of Education for the School System to compensate the City of Douglasville for the police officer assigned to the new Factory Shoals Middle School as a School Resource Officer (SRO).
5. Community & Economic Development Committee/John Schildroth
a. Authorize the City’s Community and Downtown Services Director to re-advertise for sealed bids for construction of a cover over the stage on O’Neal Plaza.
b. Authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement with the City’s Convention and Conference Center Authority for providing funds for an option on the property at 6697 Church Street, known as the Hair Barn, in order to expand the City’s Downtown Conference Center.
c. Authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement with Fowler Design Associates, Inc., for planning and architectural services for expansion of the City’s Downtown Conference Center.
6. Planning & Zoning Committee/Michael Carter
a. Authorize the Mayor to sign the grant agreement and other necessary documents for the City’s receipt of $20,000 from the Georgia Forestry Commission’s 2007 Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program for an arborist for the City of Douglasville.
b. Appoint selected members of the City Council to represent the City of Douglasville in two annexation cases where the Douglas County Board of Commissioners has filed objections.
7. Parks & Recreation Committee/Roy Mims
a. Authorize the City Manager to give notice to the property owner of the City’s intent to exercise its option to purchase approximately 137 acres on Bright Star Road, and authorize the Mayor to sign all documents necessary to close the purchase of said property.
b. Adopt a resolution concerning Labor Day activities scheduled in Hunter Park, downtown Douglasville, and at the West Pines Golf Course on Monday, September 3, 2007.
8. Finance Committee/Henry Mitchell III
a. Authorize the Mayor to sign the City of Douglasville’s Federal Annual Certification Report required under the City’s Federal Equitable Sharing Agreement with the United States Department of Justice.
b. Announcement of public hearings to be held at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 3, and at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 10, concerning the tentatively adopted 2007 tax millage rate; and announcement of the special meeting of the City Council to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, August 10, to adopt the 2007 tax millage rate.
9. Information Technology Committee/Henry Mitchell III
10. Maintenance & Sanitation Committee/Charles Banks
a. Adopt a resolution directing the City Manager to notify the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Georgia Department of Transportation that, in response to residents’ requests, the City of Douglasville is deleting Pinecrest Drive from the Livable Centers Initiative sidewalk program and is asking for the funds to be transferred to other LCI sidewalk projects.
b. Appoint Brian Chesson to Post 1 on the City’s Keep Douglasville Beautiful Board, to complete the un-expired term which extends through December 31, 2008.
11. Transportation Committee/Michael Carter
12. Personnel & Organization Committee/Roy Mims
13. Ordinances & Intergovernmental Committee/Callye B. Holmes
a. Adopt an ordinance to enact Section 2 18 of the City’s Administration Ordinance, requiring individuals to submit certain background information, to be considered for appointment to any City board or commission.
14. Other Business
15. City Attorney/Joel Dodson
16. Chief Assistant City Attorney/Suzan Littlefield
17. City Manager/Bill Osborne
18. Comments from Citizens and Delegates
