Stone Mountain City Council Meeting Notes

The Stone Mountain city council met Tuesday (Jan. 8) for its regular business meeting and voted on the following items:

New Business - Consent Agenda

Appointments by the City Council:

• City attorney- Joe Fowler
• Assistant city attorney - solicitor- L'Erin F. Barnes
• Chief Municipal Court Judge - Warren Hoffman
• Associate Municipal Court Judge - Mark Gaffney
• Associate Municipal Court Judge - LaTisha Dear
• Legal Organ - Champion
• Executive commitees -
• Community affairs (Susan Coletti)
• community outreach (Nan Nash)
• economic development (Chakira Johnson Sallee)
• finance (Steve Higgins)
• public safety (Richard Mailman)
• public works (Cyril Mungal)

Contract for Services Renewal - City of Stone Mountain and ART Station, Inc.

Contract for Services Renewal and fee schedule - City of Stone Mountain and SafeBuilt Georgia Inc.

Contract for service renewal - City of Stone Mountain and Professional Probation Services, Inc.

Renewal agreement between the City of Stone Mountain and Downtown Development Authority

Visitor's Center Agreement Renewal- City of Stone Mountain and Stone Mountain Memorial Association

Agreement Renewal - City of Stone Mountain and Stone Mountain Village Visitor Center

Lease Agreement - City of Stone Mountain nd VFW Park Stone Mountain Community Garden

Renewal Agreement between the City of Mountain and Federal PropertyRegistration Corporation

Letter of Engagement - James L. Whitaker, P.C., certified public accountant

Appointments by the City Council-

• Mayor Pro Tem (Chakira Sallee)
• Pension Committee Appointments - two members of the governing  authority (mayor and mayor pro tem)
• approval of a sign permit application - special event sign - David Thomas, applicant
• independent contractor agreement with Cynthia Frigon and City of Stone Mountain (term: Jan. 15-June 30, 2013)
• amend the contract for services between the city of Stone Mountain and Main Street Stone Mountain (substitute agreement for two months;  more comprehensive agreement will be brought forth for a vote).

New Ordinances and Resolutions

• Resolution 2013-01 - annial appointment of an Election Superintendent for 2013 (Denise Hicks)
• Resolution 2013-02 - set the qualification fees for election officials for 2013
• Resolution 2013-04 - sale of surplus property
• Resolution 2013-05 - Woodruff Foundation Grant - interior renovations to historic train depot
• Ordinance 2013-01 - Amend chapter 20, personally policy and procedures, article VIII
• Attendance and leave - section 20-73 - official holidays (first reading - Dec. 17, 2012) (second reading - Jan. 8, 2013)
• Ordinance 2013-02 - Amend Chapter 5, Buildings, Article IV, property maintenance
• Division 5. Foreclosure Registry - Section 5-177 - Registry of Foreclosed Real Property (first reading - Dec. 17, 2012) (second reading, Jan. 8, 2013)
• Resolution 2013-03- Set Official Holiday Schedule 2013
• Resolution 2013-06- Set fees for foreclosed property registration ($100)

Action on all items: approved