City Council Regular Meeting

CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Monday, August 19, 2024 Council Chambers 7:00 PM 70 S. Clayton St, GA 30046 Call to Order PRESENT Mayor David Still Council Member Bruce Johnson Council Member Victoria Jones Council Member Austin Thompson Mayor Pro-Tem Marlene Taylor-Crawford Prayer Pastor SunKi Jeong was present to provide the invocation. Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Still led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Agenda Additions / Deletions Chuck Warbington, City Manager asked that item #11 RZM2024-00016; McKinley Homes, LLC c/o Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP; 0 Hillcrest Green Drive to be Tabled to Work Session 09/04/2024 and Regular Meeting 09/16/2024. Motion to accept agenda as amended by Chuck Warbington, City Manager made by Mayor Pro-Tem Marlene Taylor-Crawford, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes Motion to approve minutes made by Council Member Thompson, Seconded by Council Member Johnson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford 1. July 22, 2024 - Special Call, Regular Meeting 2. August 7, 2024 - Work Session, Executive Session Announcements Mayor Still recognized each Council Member who individually made announcements about events and recognitions throughout the community. Mayor Still then read from the slides for upcoming City Events. Public Comment To participate in the Public Comment part of the Agenda, you must register with the City Clerk prior to the beginning of the meeting. Presentations will be limited to 2 minutes per person and Council will not respond to the comment. No Public Comments Consent Agenda These are items on which the Mayor and Council are in agreement to approve and are placed on the agenda to be approved in one vote. Lee Thompson, City Attorney read the consent agenda items into record. Motion to accept Consent Agenda items as read into record by Lee Thompson, City Attorney made by Council Member Johnson, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford 3. Purchase of Diaphragm Gas Meters on an Annual Contract 4. King Arthur Drive Drainage Repair Project 5. Wayside Underground Electric Project Change Order 1 6. Tritech Software Systems, a CentralSquare Company 7. Farber Specialty Vehicles Mobile Command Vehicle 8. ReCAST Behavioral Health Subrecipient Contract 9. Appointment of expired board positions to the Aurora Board Public Hearing New Business Discussion will be limited to 7 minutes per side including rebuttal. Discussions on Zoning issues will be limited to 10 minutes per side including rebuttal. Questions and answers from Council Members will not infringe on the time limit.  10. RZR2024-00022 & SUP2024-00090; Embry Development Company LLC; 448 Grayson Highway Todd Hargrave, Director of Planning and Development presented this item, and answered questions from Council. Mayor Still opened the public hearing, hearing or seeing no one for this item Mayor Still closed the hearing to those for this item, Mayor Still opened the hearing to those who wished to speak against this item: Lavetta Lewis, was not against this item, but had a question that was answered to her satisfaction; seeing no one further for or against this item, Mayor Still closed the public hearing. Motion to approve with recommended changes that were sent by e-mail by staff on August 19, 2024 to Council for RZR2024-00022 & SUP2024-00090; Embry Development Company LLC; 448 Grayson Highway made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Johnson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford 11. RZM2024-00016; McKinley Homes, LLC c/o Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP; 0 Hillcrest Green Drive Tabled to Work Session 09/04/2024 and Regular Meeting 09/16/2024. 12. Resolution for Condemnation of Pine Tree Property Chuck Warbington, City Manager presented this item and answered questions from Council. Mayor Still opened the public hearing, hearing or seeing no one for or against, closed the public hearing. Motion to Approve Resolution for Condemnation of Pine Tree Property made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford 13. Resolution for Abandonment of University Center Lane Right of Way on the Georgia Gwinnett College Campus Chuck Warbington, City Manager presented this item and answered questions from Council. Mayor Still opened the public hearing, hearing or seeing no one for or against, closed the public hearing. Motion to Approve Resolution for the Abandonment of a portion of the right of way of University Center Lan on the Georgia Gwinnett College Campus made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford Council Business Old Business There is no public comment during this section of the agenda unless formally requested by the Mayor and the Council.  14. Resolution of the City of Lawrenceville for rules of mayor and council conduct Michael Fischer, Assistant City Manager presented this item for discussion and answered questions from Council. Motion made by Council Member Johnson, Seconded by Council Member Jones. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones Voting Nay: Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford Abstained: Council Member Thompson Council Business New Business There is no public comment during this section of the agenda unless formally requested by the Mayor and the Council. 15. Lawrenceville City Hall Renovation Project Michael Fischer, Assistant City Manager presented this item and answered questions from Council. Motion to Award Lawrenceville City Hall Renovation Project to low bidder, Beatty Construction, Inc., amount not to exceed $141,789.00. Authorization for Mayor or City Manager to execute contracts subject to approval by the City Attorney. Contracts to follow award made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford 16. 427 Reynolds Road property acquisition Barry Mock, Assistant City Manager presented this item and answered questions from Council. Motion to Approve the purchase and sale agreement for 427 Reynolds Road in the amount of $300,000.00 made by Council Member Johnson, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford 17. Neal Blvd Improvements Project Reginald Anderson, City Engineer presented this item and answered questions from Council. Motion to Award Neal Blvd Improvements Project to low bidder, Civil Construction & Utilities LLC, amount not to exceed $817,656.00. Authorization for Mayor to execute contracts subject to approval by the City Attorney. Contracts to follow award made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Johnson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford 18. 2024 Annual LMIG Resurfacing Project Reginald Anderson, City Engineer presented this item and answered questions from Council.  Motion to Award 2024 Annual LMIG Resurfacing Project to low bidder, The Scruggs Company d/b/a Sunbelt Asphalt Services, Inc., amount not to exceed $1,711,582.00. Authorization for Mayor to execute contracts subject to approval by the City Attorney. Contracts to follow award made by Mayor Still, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro- Tem Taylor-Crawford 19. Change order to amend Axon contract to add 19 additional in-car camera systems Michael Rudnick, Fleet Director presented this item and answered questions from Council. Motion to Approve of Purchase of In-Car Camera Systems Change Order 1 to Axon Enterprise, Inc. in the amount of $267,931.16. Authorization for Mayor or City Manager to execute change order 1 and related documents subject to approval by the City Attorney made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford 20. Purchase of 2 new 2023 Dodge Chargers fully upfitted as admin criminal investigations division vehicles on contract Michael Rudnick, Fleet Director presented this item and answered questions from Council. Motion to Approve to purchase 2 new 2023 fully upfitting admin Dodge Chargers with contracted vendor Akins Ford for the Lawrenceville criminal investigations division department in the amount of $87,831.70 made by Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford Executive Session – Personnel, Litigation, Real Estate Motion to move into Executive Session made by Council Member Thompson, Seconded by Council Member Jones. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford. Motion to adjourn Executive Session made by Council Member Thompson, Seconded by Council Member Johnson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford Report of items discussed in Executive Session 1 Real Estate No Votes Taken Final Adjournment Motion to adjourn Regular Meeting made by Council Member Thompson, Seconded by Council Member Jones. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford Minute Signatures ________________________ David R. Still, Mayor ________________________ Karen Pierce, City Clerk