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 May 11, 2020 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting Available to the Public via YouTube Live I. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Jason Lary II. ROLL CALL: All members present. III. INVOCATION: Invocation was led by Council Member Rob Turner. IV. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE V. APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA: Deputy City Manager Plez Joyner suggested amending the agenda to correct the New Business Agenda Item “Purchase Sales Agreement for Trammel Crow Road Development in Lithonia Industrial Park” to “Resolution for Trammel Crow Road Development in Lithonia Industrial Park.” Mayor Jason Lary asked for the amendment to the agenda. Motion 1- was made by Council Member Rob Turner to approve the agenda with the suggested change and was seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. VI. MINUTES: a. April 27, 2020 Minutes Council Meeting Minutes Approval of the Minutes Motion 2- was made by Council Member George Turner to approve the April 27, 2020 Minutes with the correction to include under new business that the Mayor and Council Will discuss the contracts at a Special Called Meeting and was seconded by Council Member Rob Turner. 1  Motion passed unanimously. VII. PRESENTATIONS: a. None VIII. APPOINTMENTS: a. None IX. PUBLIC COMMENTS a. None X. PUBLIC HEARING a. Purchase Sales Agreement for Trammel Crow Road Development in Lithonia Industrial Park Motion 3- was made by Council Member Jimmy Clanton to open the Public Hearing and was seconded by Council Member George Turner. Motion passed unanimously. City Clerk Megan Reid announced that she had not received any Public Hearing Comments via email. Motion 4- was made by Council Member Rob Turner to close the Public Hearing and was seconded by Mayor Jason Lary. Motion passed unanimously. XI. NEW BUSINESS a. Resolution for Trammel Crow Development in Lithonia Industrial Park Motion 5- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to approve the Resolution and was seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. There was much discussion. Motion passed unanimously. XII. OLD BUSINESS a. Contract for External Auditing Services for FY 2019 2  Motion 6- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to defer this item until more information pertaining to a contract and was seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. There was much discussion. Motion passed unanimously. b. Contract for Internal Auditing Services for FY 2020 Motion 7- was made by Council member George Turner to remove this item from Regular Session and to discuss in Executive Session and was seconded by Council Member Jazzmin Cobble. Motion passed unanimously. c. Stonecrest Annexation Plan from Fincher Denmark LLC Motion 8- was made by Council Member George Turner to authorize Mayor Jason Lary to initiate the steps to start the annexation process and was seconded by Council Member Rob Turner. Motion passed unanimously. d. Revenue Retrieval & Enhancement Proposal from Fincher Denmark LLC Motion 9- was made by Council Member George Turner to defer this to a Work Session for further discussion and was seconded by Council Member Tammy Grimes. Motion passed 4-2 with Mayor Jason Lary and Council member Jimmy Clanton voting no. e. Transportation Master Plan No action taken on this item. Deputy City Manager Plez Joyner updated the Council of progress of Transportation Master Plan. f. Transportation Summit Update No action taken on this item. Deputy City Manager Plez Joyner updated the Council of upcoming meeting. g. City of Stonecrest State of Emergency for City Employees and Facilities (expires on May 11, 2020) No action taken on this item. City Attorney explained that once it expires that the mayor and Council are limited to what actions can be made because of Governor Kemp’s Executive Orders. XIII. EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion 10- was made by Council Member George Turner to go into Execustive Session and was seconded by Mayor Jason Lary. 3  Motion passed 5-0-1 with Council Member Rob Turner unavailable to vote. Motion 11- was made by Council Member Rob Turner to adjourn the Executive Session and was seconded by Council Member Tammy Grimes. Motion passed unanimously. Motion 12- was made by Council Member George Turner to reenter into Regular Session and was seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. Motion 13- was made by Council Member George Turner to defer Internal Auditor Contract to next meeting in Executive Session and was seconded by Council Member Rob Turner. Motion passed unanimously. XIV. CITY MANAGER UPDATE Deputy City Manager Plez Joyner- Asked for everyone to attend the virtual meeting to discuss the Transportation Summit. XV. CITY ATTORNEY None. XVI. MAYOR AND COUNCIL UPDATES Council Member Jimmy Clanton- None Council Member Rob Turner- None. Council Member Jazzmin Cobble- Reminded Citizens to check their absentee ballots and make sure they received the correct one. Council Member George Turner- 2020 Census Count is currently at 58% in the USA and 54% in Georgia and 48% in Stonecrest. Keep completing the Census! Council Member Tammy Grimes- Thanked Mayor Lary for help with the Mask Distribution along with Delta Sigma Theta for the Traditions Nursing Home. Mayor Jason Lary- Stonecrest Cares is giving away 2000 free masks on Friday, May 15 from 11am-1pm at the Old Sam’s Parking Lot. They will also be giving out 2020 Census Information. XVII. ADJOURNMENT 4  Motion 6- was made by Council Member George Turner to adjourn and was seconded by Mayor Jason Lary. Motion passed unanimously. Read and adopted in the regular meeting of the City Council held on this _____ day of _______________, 2020. __________________________ Mayor Jason Lary ATTEST: _______________________________ Megan P. Reid, City Clerk 5