Committee of the Whole Meeting - A. MAX BACON CITY HALL, HR TRAINING ROOM — Minutes
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October 16, 2025 6:00 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Human Resources Training Room Page 3 of 4 agenda, and they will move forward with installation if it is approved. 5. Other Business / Staff Comment Mike Jones, City Administrator, updated the Mayor and Council on the following: • Changes have been made to the internal layout of the GA Power building • This allowed for a 749 sq. ft. space for meetings – for example, HOA meetings, Town Hall meetings, etc. • Mayor and Council will have direct access to this space, and it keeps meetings away from City Hall after hours • The informational signs at the boundaries of the city are all dot matrix signs – to upgrade them to LEDs, it will cost $25k/sign – Council were in agreement to move forward Brief discussion took place about the jonquil sculpture that will be installed on W. Spring St. Councilmember Wilkinson – received an email from a constituent asking about an increase in noise from airplanes in the area. Mayor Pro Tem Gould – Rebuilding Together Atlanta event was a great success. Congresswoman McBath was there. Councilmember Welch – Will be absent for the October 30, 2025 Committee of the Whole meeting. Councilmember Hines – Rose Garden is having their Fall Festival on October 18, 2025 from 3:00 – 8:00 PM. She said she had the opportunity to attend the Support Smyrna gala, and it was a wonderful event Councilmember Pickens – Received a few complaints getting late fees on their utility bills. Paul Osburn, Deputy Public Works Director, explained there were autodraft issues about five months ago. They stopped it because it was automatically taking money when it was not supposed to. They are currently working on this issue with IT. Many complaints have been coming in, and they are working with the residents on a case-by-case basis. Paul Osburn – The last 80 3G meters are being installed. Met with GA Power this morning for AMI for meter reading. They are working up a quote for price. This would allow for meter reading, turn on and shut off from a computer rather than having to manually do so. GA Power has the infrastructure in place. Councilmember Oglesby – There were many disgruntled residents that attended the Planning and Zoning Commission. Some of the residents threatened Henriette Ostrzega who serves on the board as the ward 7 representative. He wants to make sure their representatives are safe when they serve on these boards. He will attend Oakdale Reserve’s neighborhood meeting. He also announced that he is the owner of a jazz restaurant that will be opening in the city at the end of November. Councilmember Wilkinson – She mentioned that when they visited Chamblee, they have a booklet that has a list of the restaurants in the city. She would like to see Smyrna do something like that. Heather Peacon-Corn, City Clerk, stated that Leroy Elliott recently passed away. An email was sent out with the information for his celebration of life. Jennifer Bennett, Community Relations Director, passed out the media analytics which reflected