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Do I have a second? Second. Second by Mr. Gold. Everybody, please vote. And that's approved 6. And item H is similar to item G. Um this is approval of the proposed agreement with Croy Engineering for professional services for program management of the 2016 splast as requested for fiscal year 2027. The amount not to exceed $98,000 for the project as outlined in the attached proposal. similar background just different year. Yes sir. Just note that that the the not to exceed amount in this particular one is substantially less because the 2016 projects are just about closed out but yes identical to the other one otherwise. Any discussion? All right. I'll entertain a motion. Motion approved by Mr. Ogensby. Second by Miss Wilkinson. Everyone please vote. When y'all don't have any discussion, we get out of here pretty quick. The officers that keep us safe are glad about that, right? How close are we to closing out that? Really, really close. Really close. Yeah. All right. So, we are um just in the consent agenda now, right? We did a vote on item H. Yep. Mr. Jones, can you please read the consent agenda for council approval? Certainly. There are multiple items on the consent agenda tonight. The first item is approval of the May 28, 2026 committee, the whole meeting minutes. Next is approval of the June 1st, 2026 pre-consil meeting minutes. The third item is approval of the June 1st mayor and council meeting minutes. Fourth item is approval of amendment number six to the CDBG F PY23 subreipate agreement CD23- C23S8 and to extend the termination date for the agreement to December 31st, 2026 and authorize the mayor to sign execute related documents. Fifth item is approval of amendment number five to the CDBGPY24 subreient agreement number CD24-C 24S8 to extend the termination date for the agreement to December 31st of 2026 and authorize the mayor to sign execute related documents.
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Item number six is approval of amendment number one to the CDBGPY26 subreient agreement CD26-C26S8 to increase the award by 82,74162 and reallocate the administration and planning budget to public facilities which will increase the public facilities award to $32,597. Next item is approval to conduct a classification and compensation study using Evergreen Solutions LLC as our consultant for an amount not to exceed 54,000 is approved in the 2020 FY27 budget and authorize the mayor to execute related documents. The next item is authorization to approve an agreement with Net Planner Systems, Inc. for technology infrastructure installation under the state contract 99999- SPD 0000172-012 this is integrated security and surveillance products and services and also 9999 SPD SPD 00000021-000012 at the new city of Smy administration office space is located at 1088 Concord Road not to exceed $231,311.50 which will be funded by the 22 authorized the mayor to sign and execute related documents. Next item is a formal approval to rename uh Glendale Place to the west of South Cobb Drive to Jay Wallace Way and authorize the mayor to sign execuments. The final item is to approval to close King Street between Bank Street and Powder Spring Street from June 11th through July 19th of this year for downtown Event Cup days celebrating the FIFA World Cup games to allow pedestrian traffic during peak hours with the use of the village green space. Thank you, Mr. Jones. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? Moved by Mr. Pickkins, second by Miss Hines. Everybody, please vote. And that's approved 6. A lot of people on that item Jay, a lot of people have been requesting that that portion of King Street remain closed. Um, this might be a precursor to that. Uh, we got the new Ballards and uh, it's easy to put them up and they may just stay there eventually and leave that space uh, that space open.
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All right, we move now to the citizen participation uh portion of our meeting. Doesn't look like we got anybody left for public comment. Is uh gentlemen, anything you want to say? All right, so we don't we'll go on to ward and staff reports. We'll start tonight, Mr. Glenn Pickkins. Thank you, Mayor. I just like to thank uh Rebuilding Together Atlanta and uh Patterson real estate advisors for another very successful project this past week. They worked on a lady's house and did uh yard work um and it made a huge transformation just a bunch of pruning work and cleaning it up for code enforcement violations and then later on there she's going to get a uh chairlift added with our grand dollars. So it's money well spent and it makes a big difference for the community. So thank you and a special thank you to Mr. Pickkins for his efforts with the Campbell Middle School site that we're putting a lot of resources into to make it a premier um recreational facility and doing the outreach to the neighbors. I know you've got some things planned or or maybe not maybe not set in stone yet, but um going to be meeting with the residents to make sure that their needs are met and um uh their their input is had for to make it the best we can do. So, thanks for your thanks for your focus on that and your efforts there. I would add that Councilman Pick is is setting up a public outreach. So, we'll be uh coming out with more information about that. He's requested that uh we bring our consultants out and have the public have the ability to comment on on the plans going forward. The best projects that we do in Smyrna are those that are done with uh the most community input. So, thanks for spearheading that, Miss Hines.
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Thank you, Mayor. Um I want to give a shout out to our parks and wreck department. We have the best parks and recck department in the state. Um and award-winning as a matter of fact and uh they did a great job. Uh they help host with um Cobb Travel and Tourism the Juggling event um that they set records with and also our first concert and if you haven't gotten a chance to look at it um they have a wonderful shirt that they are selling um for cup days in acknowledgement of it. So City of Smyrna's parks and rug has some great merch out there. So, make sure you are partaking of it and um looking at it. And then also, I just want to um thank all of the leaders who came out for the Cobb Municipal Association meeting. We had a public safety meeting in every police chief of all of the uh municipalities and then the police chief of Cobb County and uh the one of the chiefs of the Cobb Sheriff's Office were there for that um meeting and they discussed uh the public safety efforts and collaboration for FIFA. Um it is a huge undertaking. So, be very thankful to our law enforcement because in addition to keeping us safe, they are also being um out there and being responsive if there's any events um that may need their help down there uh dealing with the FIFA World Cup and also they talked a little bit about team team takeovers and things. So, we are very very lucky to have that collaboration work here in the city of Smyrna and in the county. Thank you, Miss Hines. Mr. Welch, thank you. Uh Somebody's already mentioned the concert from last weekend and I was not able to attend but I gave my my tickets to or my table to a co-orker of mine who came and raved about Smyrna downtown.
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Uh so we you know we are making a mark. You know the mayor mentioned the baseball team and I attended the first Smyrna Sharks u meet here a week or 10 days ago. um our athletic uh children and kids in in the neighborhood are really making a mark on the on the metro Atlanta area. So anyway, just kudos to to everybody parks and wreck as well. And with that, I'll yield. Thank you, Mr. Welch. Miss Wilkinson. Yes. Um I wanted to give a shout out to the park parks and recck department as well. Um the event that the city had with the COB travel and tourism for the uh juggling of the soccer balls was amazing and um hope hopefully um many of you got out there to u see it. But it was uh to see those uh guys that they had there and uh how talented they were with juggling that ball was amazing. Um so and I want I just want to make sure we thank our staff for all the work that they've done to make that event happen. And the other thing I also want to um shout out to the re the relationship the city has with rebuilding together Atlanta. Um I first met those uh that team of people back in 2019 and um was you know very uh grateful that they work have been able to work out that relationship with the city. that really has uh helped a lot of citizens all over the um city um and to help them to be able to stay in their homes and age in their homes and um and anyway it's just helped a a whole lot and um with that I yield Mr. Jones it was awesome enough that Mr. Chicago participated in the juggling, but I just couldn't believe that he had it in him to juggle the the soccer ball for that long.
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He he has talents. You just never know. You just you just you get surprised every day. Mr. Gould. Truly impressive. Our city attorney in many ways. Um just want to uh build on another mention another wonderful uh event that happened here in the in the city this weekend, which is the fourth annual Spurn of Pride Festival. One of the largest in the state and only one in Cobb County. It was a great turnout. um really reinforces uh what I think we all believe is that all are welcome here in the city of Smyrna and it was wonderful celebration. It kicked off on a a really great event at the Indigo Room Friday night, right? Standing room only. It's crowded. So, uh um the whole weekend was great and really appreciate the organization that have put that together. It's a it's a really wonderful wonderful event for our city. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Elgby. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh obviously uh spoke earlier about the Junth festival that is June 19th that is this Friday. It starts at 6. A few things I did not mention. Uh there are still some tables. If you want to rent a table, you can rent a table and chairs. Also, there is a VIP tent experience that comes with food and drinks. Uh and those we still have spots for that, too. And you can go to the city of Smyrna's website and parks and wreck or just click the calendar on the city of Smyrna website and and and search for Junth on June 19th to get information. Uh I encourage you to to sign up for that as soon as possible because those tables are definitely going fast. Also, we will have special parking uh for our more senior uh participants and our handicap. Uh and of course, obviously, the VIP experience tent will have special parking behind the library.
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Uh so, just take note of that. If you're looking for somewhere to park and you're a more senior resident or handicapped, we have some safe parking that's close by for you there. And with that, I yield back, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Oglesby. Mr. Mr. Jones, anything for us, Mr. Cochran? Miss Heather, I know we got an election tomorrow. We do. Tomorrow is the general primary runoff election and voters will need to vote at their specific polling locations. They can go on to the city website or the state website and get that information to find out where they need to go to vote from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All right. If there's no other business be brought before this body, we will adjourn from the Jonal city at 7:43.
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P. Hines, Councilmember Travis Lindley, Councilmember Charles Welch, Councilmember Susan Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould, Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby Jr. Also Present: 1 – Jeffrey Tucker Staff: 10 – Tyler Addison, Carson Haynie, Mike Jones, Dat Luu, Paul Osburn, Heather Peacon-Corn, Kristin Robinson (virtual), Carol Sicard, Cain Wilson, Keith Zgonc
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3. Staff M&C Agenda Items to Review AGR2026-028: Carol Sicard, Human Resources Director, stated that the purpose of a classification study is to ensure the City's classification system remains equitable, defensible, competitive, and aligned with organizational needs. A comprehensive review allows the City to accurately align positions with assigned duties and responsibilities, support employee recruitment and retention efforts, and provide clear career development pathways for employees. As part of the study, it is recommended that all job descriptions be reviewed and updated to ensure legal compliance, internal consistency, and accurate reflection of current duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and reporting relationships. The City's most recent classification and compensation study was completed in 2022. Studies are typically conducted every five to seven years. CON2026-014: Carson Haynie, Special Projects Manager, stated that the City of Smyrna entered into an agreement on June 3, 2022 with Rebuilding Together Atlanta, Inc. for the administration and implementation of a Home Repair Grant Program to assist lower income homeowners by providing grant funding for housing rehabilitation projects. The City and Rebuilding Together Atlanta desire to continue the program and assist qualified homeowners. The terms of the agreement will be amended to extend the termination date from June 30, 2026 to June 30, 2027. AGR2026-014, AGR2026-016, AGR2026-026: Carson Haynie, Special Projects Manager, stated the first two items are extensions of the timeline in order to spend the monies from the Community Development Block Grant. The third item is that an additional amount was granted, and this will be to accept those funds. Mike Jones, City Administrator, stated that those funds could be used toward the volleyball area for Parks and Recreation. CON2026-016: Police Chief Zgonc stated that the City of Smyrna awarded Barrow Wrecker on March 21, 2022, as the exclusive contractor to recover disabled City of Smyrna vehicles and provide wrecker/towing/storage of disabled motor vehicles in violation of city, county, state law or federal motor carrier safety violations.
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