City Council Work Session

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 Council Member Diane Adoma – District 5 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES July 22, 2019 7:00 p.m. 3120 Stonecrest Blvd. Suite 190 Stonecrest, Georgia I. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Jason Lary II. ROLL CALL: All members were present. III. INVOCATION: Invocation was led by Council Member Rob Turner and a moment of silence was observed in memory of Todd Muhammed of the Film Committee who recently passed away unexpectedly. IV. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE V. AWARDS AND HONORS VI. APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA: Motion 1- was made by Council Member Diane Adoma to approve the agenda with the changes as follows: 1. Remove Item 1. Development Authority under X. Appointments 2. Remove Item 5. A second was provided by Council Member Robert Turner. Motion passed unanimously. VII. MINUTES: 1  Motion 2- was made by Council Member Rob Turner to approve the Council Meeting Minutes from July 8, 2019. Motion passed unanimously. VIII. PRESENTATIONS: None. IX. PUBLIC COMMENTS:  Faye Coffield- Has concerns with Code Enforcement.  Renee Cail- Questions about the Cell Tower Moratorium and would still like the Cell Tower removed  Dave Marcus- Complemented the Code Enforcement department and the success of cleaning up Covington Highway. Concerned about the newspaper article concerning land acquisition and would like to challenge the Mayor and Council to work on being in the newspaper for something positive. X. APPOINTMENTS: None XI. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. RZ-19-005 Land Use Petition (2193 Panola Rd) (R100 to C-1) Motion 3- was made by Council Member Diane Adoma to open the Public Hearing and seconded by Council Member Rob Turner. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Tip Horne spoke in favor of the rezoning application. There was no opposition from the public. Motion 4- was made by Council Member George Turner to close the Public Hearing and was seconded by Council Member Diane Adoma. Motion passed unanimously. 2  XII. NEW BUSINESS: 1. RZ-19-005 Land Use Petition (2193 Panola Rd) (R100 to C-1) Motion 5- was made by Council Member Rob Turner to approve RZ-19-005 Land Use Petition (2193 Panola Rd) (R100 to C-1) and was seconded by Council Member Diane Adoma. Motion passed unanimously. 2. Recommendation for Youth Services Vendor for the Upcoming School Year’s Afterschool Program There was much discussion as to if this should be a contract or a Memorandum of Understanding. Motion 6- was made by Council Member Diane Adoma to vote for the Professional Service Contract to be replaced with a Memorandum of Understanding describing and defining the terms of all parties for the YMCA and seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. 3. SPLOST Paving Phase II Motion 7- was made by Mayor Jason Lary to approve the contract for Blount Construction in the amount of $2,227,851.27 and was seconded by Council Member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. Council Member Diane Adoma requested a report for the SPLOST accounts and Deputy City Manager acknowledged her request and will send an updated report. 4. Parks IGA Motion 8- was made by Mayor Lary to approve the Parks IGA as presented and seconded by Council member Jimmy Clanton. Motion passed unanimously. The purchase will approximately cost $34,950. XIII. OLD BUSINESS: 1. SLUP- 19-001 Personal Care Home- (3317 Panola Rd.) Motion 9- was made by Council member Jazzmin Cobble to approve SLUP- 19-001 Personal Care Home- (3317 Panola Rd.) and Council Member Rob Turner provided the second. 3  Motion passed 5-1 with Council Member Diane Adoma opposing. 2. Hotel Motel Tax Ordinance- 2nd Reading Read aloud by City Attorney Denmark. Motion 10- was made by Mayor Lary to approve the Hotel/Motel Ordinance to increase the tax from 5% to 8% and was seconded by Council M ember Adoma. Motion approved unanimously. XIV. EXECUTIVE SESSION: WHEN AND EXECUTIVE SESSION IS REQUIRED, ONE WILL BE CALLED FOR THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: 1) PERSONNEL, 2) LITIGATION, 3) REAL ESTATE None. XV. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS: Thanked the Mayor and Council on the approval of the Parks IGA. XVI. CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS: No comments XVII. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS: Council Member Diane Adoma- 100 women $100 Million Project is hosting a workshop on August 9, 2019 and working with Women Entrepreneurs at Salem Panola Library from 10am-2pm Council Member George Turner Honored the late Brandall Adams, President of the Harbor Mills Homeowner’s Association. His funeral is July 23 at Green Forest. Salem Middle School Band was invited to the Macy’s Day Parade and they are raising money. The Salem Middle School Baseball team was invited to the Cooperstown Hall of Fame Tournament and it is a great honor to be invited. Council member Rob Turner and Council member George Turner both went to the sending off ceremony and would like to invite them to the next Council meeting to recognize them. 4  Council Member Jimmy Clanton- Recognized Al Franklin and his team for organizing a Church Summit and having a great turnout. Will have the District 1- Community Leaders Meeting meeting on the 1st Saturday in August at the AEI Start Up Factory from 10:00am -12:30pm. Mayor Jason Lary- On July 30 the American Red Cross will be accepting Blood Donations at City Hall. Thanked the Senior Staff of City Hall for all their hard work. XVIII. ADJOURNMENT: Motion 16- was made by Diane Adoma to adjourn the Council meeting at 9:33pm and a second was provided by Council Member Rob Turner. Motion passed unanimously. Read and adopted in the regular meeting of the City Council held on this _____ day of _______________, 2019. __________________________ Mayor Jason Lary ATTEST: _______________________________ Megan P. Reid, City Clerk 5