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A. Max Bacon City Hall ADMIN CONFERENCE ROOM 2800 King Street Smyrna, Ga. 30080 City Attorney Scott Cochran City Administrator Mike L. Jones Deputy City Administrator / CFO Kristin Robinson City Clerk Heather K. Peacon-Corn April 20, 2026 / 6:30 PM ATH2026-055: Kristin Robinson, Deputy City Administrator / CFO, provided the following background: HB 581, also known as the "Save Our Homes Act" in Georgia, was approved and signed into law during the 2024 Regular Session and is a bill that aimed to provide property tax relief to homeowners by implementing a statewide homestead exemption. The City opted out of HB 581 because the City’s current floating homestead exemption was more advantageous to the taxpayer. All required hearings were held in 2025 and the opt out was filed by the deadline. A provision of this bill was that the local governments had to provide an estimated rollback rate to the County Tax Commissioner to be placed on tax assessment notices. Finance and Administration, in consultation with legal, provided the anticipated millage rate of 8.99 mills to the County to be included on assessment notices. During the 2025 Regular Session, HB 92 made several modifications to the previously HB 581 to clarify several key areas. One of those was to require a formal vote by the governing authority to certify the Estimated Rollback Rate for the tax assessment notices. This item will provide the formal certification as required. ATH2026-049: Kristin Robinson, Deputy City Administrator / CFO, provided the following background: The City maintains property and liability insurance with an annual coverage period of May 1, 2026– April 30, 2027. Rates are based on a look back of past claims, losses, and liability exposure. For the 2026-2027 renewal, we are recommending removing Auto Property Damage (Comp/Collision) from autos except those that are 2016 or newer or with a cost new value of $50,000 or greater. Additionally, we are recommending applying a $5,000 deductible to all auto property damage. Rather than the current deductible structure of $2,500 for regular units and $5,000 for emergency units. These changes result in estimated savings of roughly $42,000 compared to the expiring term. This proposal also includes Umbrella coverage for $1,000,000. Some contracts require the City to maintain these excess limits for the agreement to remain valid. Staff recommends approval to renew the property liability insurance with Traveler’s Insurance, Cyber Liability with Corvus, Drone Liability with Global Aerospace, and Inmate Medical Liability with Sirius America, with Oakbridge/Saville as the brokers of record in the amount of $1,332,564.64 and authorize the Mayor to sign and execute all related documents.

6. Adjournment Mayor Derek Norton adjourned the July 20, 2026 Pre-Council Meeting at 6:54 PM. Facilities are provided throughout City Hall for the convenience of persons with disabilities. THIS MEETING WAS PROPERLY NOTICED AND POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOTICING STANDARDS AS OUTLINED IN O.C.G.A. 50-14-3: The City of Smyrna website – www.smyrnaga.gov / City Hall, 2800 King Street SE, Notice Boards

4. Other Business / Staff Comment Councilmember Oglesby stated that last year’s Juneteenth event had around 5,000 in attendance, and this year’s Juneteenth event had about 8,800. He thanked Parks & Recreation for all of their efforts. Mike L Jones, City administrator, mentioned that Mayor and Council had voted to close King Street from Bank Street to Powder Springs Street for the duration of the FIFA World Cup events. Mayor Norton stated he does not want the road opened up yet. It is still summer with lots of public activity in the green space, so it would be safer to keep it closed until mid-August. Councilmember Wilkinson expressed concern about the closure blocking access to parking spaces, especially handicapped parking spaces. And she mentioned a resident who volunteers at the library has a difficult time finding a parking spot at the library. Councilmember Welch stated that he also has heard from residents who have difficulty finding spaces at the library. Andrea Worthy, Economic Department Director, is going to have a parking study done to better inform how the city could potentially solve some of these issues. An agenda change will be made to add an item to close King Street from Bank Street to Powder Springs Street to the Consent Agenda through August 17, 2026. Mr. Jones updated Mayor and Council about the pond and the gazebo in front of City Hall. The gazebo is in disrepair and will be torn down. Discussion took place about timing and what may go in its place. Councilmember Pickens had a neighborhood meeting a couple weeks ago about Campbell Middle School. Everyone seems pretty excited about it. Councilmember Hines thanked Carson Haynie, Special Projects Manager, for the Brush & Box Fest. People loved it, and she hopes they can do that again. The Yacht Rock concert ended earlier than expected due to weather and travel issues. Fortunately, the FIFA World Cup event was able to be turned on the screens. 5. Executive Session (As Needed)

Mr. Osburn said at this point, it is estimated at $7.5M. ATH2026-079: Kristin Robinson, Deputy City Administrator / CFO, stated that this is standard for every SPLOST. Approval of 2028 SPLOST will go before the voters in November 2026. The County Commission will vote to authorize the referendum in the coming weeks. Prior to voting to authorize a referendum, it is required to have all IGAs with participating governments in place. The agreement has been reviewed by the City Attorney and Staff recommends approval. The Official Code of Georgia Annotated 48-8- 110 authorizes the levy of a one percent County Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) for the purpose of financing capital outlay projects for the use and benefit of the County and qualified municipalities within the County. The County and the City have met to discuss possible projects for inclusion in the SPLOST referendum. ATH2026-028 and ATH2026-030: Paul Osburn, Interim Public Works Director, explained that the scope of work provided by the Program Management Task Order will be as outlined in the Professional Services Agreement for Smyrna 2022 SPLOST Program Management Services. This work will be completed as an hourly not to exceed fee project. Invoicing will be progressive and will be submitted monthly for work completed to date less previous payments. The ATH2026-028 proposal incorporates, as if fully set forth herein, the terms and conditions of the Professional Services Agreement for Smyrna 2022 SPLOST Program Management Services dated June 7, 2021, between Croy Engineering, LLC and the City of Smyrna. The ATH2028-030 proposal incorporates, as if fully set forth herein, the terms and conditions of the Professional Services Agreement for Smyrna 2016 SPLOST Program Management Services dated August 3, 2015, between Croy Engineering, LLC and the City of Smyrna.

A. Max Bacon City Hall Administration Conference Room 2800 King Street Smyrna, GA 30080 City Attorney Scott Cochran City Administrator Joseph Bennett City Clerk Heather K. Peacon-Corn City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Council Chambers

7. Adjournment Mayor Derek Norton adjourned the April 3, 2025 Committee of the Whole meeting at 7:14 PM. Facilities are provided throughout City Hall for the convenience of persons with disabilities. ******************************* THIS MEETING WAS PROPERLY NOTICED AND POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOTICING STANDARDS AS OUTLINED IN O.C.G.A. 50-14-3: The City of Smyrna website – www.smyrnaga.gov City Hall, 2800 King Street SE, Notice Boards

7. Flooring for accessibility

2. Call to Order Mayor Derek Norton called to order the July 16, 2026 Committee of the Whole meeting held at A. Max Bacon City Hall in the HR Training Room at 6:00 PM.