Mayor and Council Special Called Meeting

Special Called Meeting July 24, 2025 at 6:30 P.M. City Hall, 875 Main Street, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 Minutes 1 Mayor and Council: Dr. Beverly Jones – Mayor | Post 3: Mayor Pro Tem Ryan Smith 2 Post 1: Council Member Anita Bass | Post 2: Council Member Mark Marianos 3 Post 4: Council Member Gil Freeman | Post 5: Council Member Shawnette Bryant 4 Post 6: Council Member Teresa Crowe 5 6 Staff: Maggie Dimov – Interim City Manager | Shavala Ames - City Clerk | Angela Couch - City 7 Attorney 8 9 Call to Order 10 Mayor Jones called the meeting to order at 6:33 p.m. 11 12 Determination of Quorum 13 PRESENT: Mayor Pro Tem: Post 3 Ryan Smith, Council Member: Post 2 Mark Marianos, Mayor Pro 14 Tem: Post 3 Ryan Smith, Council Member: Post 4 Gil Freeman, Council Member: Post 5 Shawnette 15 Bryant, Council Member: Post 6 Teresa Crowe, Mayor Beverly Jones 16 17 1. Adoption of the Agenda of the Day 18 19 ACTION: MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA OF THE DAY 20 Motion made by Council Member: Post 1 Anita Bass, Seconded by Council Member: Post 2 21 Mark Marianos 22 23 Voting Yea: Council Member: Post 1 Anita Bass, Council Member: Post 2 Mark Marianos, 24 Mayor Pro Tem: Post 3 Ryan Smith, Council Member: Post 4 Gil Freeman, Council Member: 25 Post 5 Shawnette Bryant, Council Member: Post 6 Teresa Crowe 26 27 MOTION PASSED (UNANIMOUSLY) 28 29 2. Consideration of an action on a request to approve emergency Change Order No. 1 for A&S 30 Paving on the T-SPLOST street paving project, requested by Interim City Manager Maggie Dimov 31 32 Interim City Manager Maggie Dimov provided an overview of the reasoning behind the requested 33 change order, explaining that the foundation beneath the street in question is significantly 34 compromised. She emphasized that proceeding with paving over this unstable base would likely result 35 in further deterioration and costly repairs in the future. 36 37 Members of the governing body engaged in a broader discussion surrounding the T-SPLOST street 38 paving project. Topics included the process used to select additional streets for inclusion, concerns that 39 this type of issue had been anticipated, strategies to avoid future change orders, and the implications of 40 omitting certain streets from the project list. There was also discussion about damage claims from 41 residents whose vehicles have sustained damage while driving on deteriorating city streets. July 24, 2025 Special Called Meeting Page 1 of 2 42 ACTION: MOTION TO APPROVE EMERGENCY CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 WITH A&S 43 PAVING ON THE T-SPLOST STREET PAVING PROJECT 44 Motion made by Council Member: Post 2 Mark Marianos, Seconded by Council Member: Post 6 45 Teresa Crowe 46 47 Voting Yea: Council Member: Post 1 Anita Bass, Council Member: Post 2 Mark Marianos, 48 Mayor Pro Tem: Post 3 Ryan Smith, Council Member: Post 4 Gil Freeman, Council Member: 49 Post 5 Shawnette Bryant, Council Member: Post 6 Teresa Crowe 50 51 Voting No: Council Member: Post 5 Shawnette Bryant 52 53 MOTION PASSED 54 55 56 3. Adjournment 57 58 ACTION: MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:01 P.M. 59 Motion made by Council Member: Post 1 Anita Bass, Seconded by Council Member: Post 2 60 Mark Marianos 61 62 Voting Yea: Council Member: Post 1 Anita Bass, Council Member: Post 2 Mark Marianos, 63 Mayor Pro Tem: Post 3 Ryan Smith, Council Member: Post 4 Gil Freeman, Council Member: 64 Post 5 Shawnette Bryant, Council Member: Post 6 Teresa Crowe 65 66 MOTION PASSED (UNANIMOUSLY) 67 68 69 _______________________________ ________________________________ 70 Dr. Beverly Jones, Mayor City Clerk, Shavala Ames July 24, 2025 Special Called Meeting Page 2 of 2