Mayor and Council Meeting - A. MAX BACON CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS — Minutes
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March 03, 2025 7:00 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Council Chambers Page 4 of 9 Application was made for privilege license – New Request for Cousins Brothers BBQ DBA C&B BBQ for the sale of beer (Package). LaDawn Bernadette Moran is the agent applicant. LaDawn Bernadette Moran will be the registered agent responsible for the sale of alcohol at 2445 Cobb Pkwy SE, Smyrna, GA 30080. The applicant has been given a copy of the Alcoholic Beverage ordinances and attended the mandatory alcohol awareness workshop. A background investigation conducted by the Smyrna Police Department failed to reveal information that would preclude issuance of this license. LaDawn Bernadette Moran has agreed to abide by the guidelines set forth by the City of Smyrna ordinance governing the sale of alcohol. LaDawn Moran – applicant, came forward and stated that she and her son are the owners of the restaurant. She stated that she has taken all of the required courses. She invited all to enjoy some barbecue soon. ; Councilmember Glenn Pickens made a motion to approve item LIC2025-018; seconded by Councilmember Latonia P. Hines. The motion to approve carried with the following vote: Aye: 7 – Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Councilmember Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby Nay: 0 – None Recuse: 0 – None 9. Formal Business A. ATH2025-034 Authorization to amend the FY 2025 Adopted Budgets for the General Fund and the General Fund Capital Improvements Fund (CIP) to increase the adopted General Fund Budget to increase Transfers Out to CIP in the amount of $342,000.00 and to amend the General Fund CIP adopted budget to create a new project for Computer Upgrades and establish the budget for this project in the amount of $342,000.00. Citywide Joe Bennett, City Administrator, provided the following background: Windows 10 is end of life effective October 2025. The City has 83 laptops, 36 desktops, 76 PD Toughbook/Rugged Laptops, 7 other specialty computers that are due for replacement due to the Windows 10 EOL that must be upgraded before the October deadline. IT requested funding for these replacements during the CIP process for the FY 2026 budget. Administration and Finance recommended committing funding from the FY 2025 budget to have adequate time to get the computers ordered and replaced ahead of the deadline. In a previous budget amendment, we amended and increased the FY 2025 revenue budget for unbudgeted HB 489 revenue that will offset this expenditure increase.