City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF STONECREST, GEORGIA Honorable Mayor Jason Lary, Sr. Council Member Jimmy Clanton, Jr. – District 1 Council Member Rob Turner- District 2 Council Member Jazzmin Cobble – District 3 Council Member George Turner- District 4 Tammy Grimes – District 5 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 9, 2020 7:00 p.m. 3120 Stonecrest Blvd. Suite 190 Stonecrest, Georgia I. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Jason Lary II. ROLL CALL: All members present. III. INVOCATION: Invocation was led by Council Member Rob Turner. A moment of silence was received in memory of Curtis Lee and Kane Alexander. IV. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE V. APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA: Motion 1- was made by Council Member Rob Turner to approve the agenda and was seconded by Mayor Jason Lary. Motion passed unanimously. VI. MINUTES: a. February 10, 2020 City Council Minutes Motion 2- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to approve the minutes from February 10, 2020 and was seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. b. February 24, 2020 City Council Minutes Motion 3- was made by Council Member George Turner to defer to the next Council Meeting to clarify “Motion 1” and seconded by Council Member Jazzmin Cobble. 1  Motion passed unanimously. c. February 26, 2020 Special Called Meeting Motion 4- was made by Council Member George Turner to approve the minutes with the corrections to Motion 2 to reflect the Council member Rob Turner made the second from the Special Called Meeting on February 26, 2020 and was seconded by Council Member Rob Turner. Motion passed unanimously. VII. PRESENTATIONS: None. VIII. APPOINTMENTS: a. Staff Motion 5- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to appoint this to an Executive Session and was seconded. There was discussion regarding appointing Plez Joyner as Interim City Manager or Acting City Manager. The other option was to leave him as Deputy City Manager. Motion 6- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to move this to discussion to Executive Session and was seconded by Council Member George Turner. Motion passed 5-1 Council Member Jimmy Clanton opposing. b. Post Office Committee c. Public Safety Committee d. Parks Committee e. SPLOST Oversight Advisory Committee f. Education Committee g. Sports Authority Committee h. Browns Mill-Panola Overlay Committee i. Stonecrest Technology Committee j. Stonecrest Connect Trails Committee k. Stonecrest Government Center Architectural Review Committee l. Finance Oversight Committee 2  Motion 7- made by Mayor Lary to take off all the Committee appointments until all the committees have a clear description and was seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Council Member Jazzmin Cobble asked the Mayor if he would appoint the Finance Committee and he replied no. She asked for further explanation and he replied that he did not agree with some of the members suggested. Motion passed unanimously. IX. PUBLIC COMMENTS 1. Susan Lee- Attended an event at Lou Walker Center hosted by Senator Emanuel Jones, Senator Tonya Anderson and Senator Gloria Butler and was disappointed in SB469. Asks Citizens to sign a petition. 2. Dave Marcus- Respects the Mayor’s decision on the hiring process suggested. X. PUBLIC HEARING None. XI. NEW BUSINESS None. XII. OLD BUSINESS a. Annexation b. Ordinance Authorizing Conveyance (2nd Read.) Motion 8- was made by Council Member Jimmy Clanton to approve the 2nd read of the Ordinance Authorizing Conveyance and was seconded by Mayor Jason Lary. Motion passed unanimously. XIII. EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion 9- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to defer the Executive Session until March 24, 2020 and was seconded by Council Member Rob Turner. Motion passed unanimously. Council Member Rob Turner invited everyone to a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, February 27. XIV. CITY MANAGER UPDATE None. 3  City Clerk reminded Mayor and Council to submit their class requests for GMA Convention. XV. CITY ATTORNEY None. XVI. MAYOR AND COUNCIL UPDATES Council Member Grimes- Thanked City Clerk, Megan Reid. for arranging her Newly Elected Training classes. District 5 will have a University Meeting, stay tuned. Please keep Ms. Cat in your prayers since her husband was murdered at TikTok. Council Memner George Turner- Reminded everyone to fill out their Census forms. They are being mailed out on March 12. Council Member Jimmy Clanton- None Council Member Rob Turner- Invited everyone to the District 2 Cultural Exchange Breakfast Meeting. Council Member Jazzmin Cobble- Reminded everyone that DeKalb County is offering Saturday Advanced Voting. Mayor Jason Lary- Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will come to the next Council Meeting to show everyone the new voting machines and demonstrate it along with the Fair Count/Black Men Count. Offered an open invitation for any questions from neighborhoods to churches. Happy Birthday Council Member George Turner. XVII. ADJOURNMENT Motion 17- was made by Council Member George Turner to adjourn and was seconded by Council Member Tammy Grimes. Motion passed unanimously. Read and adopted in the regular meeting of the City Council held on this _____ day of _______________, 2020. __________________________ Mayor Jason Lary ATTEST: 4  _______________________________ Megan P. Reid, City Clerk 5