2025-02-17 February 17, 2025 Mayor and Council Meeting Minutes - FINAL
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February 17, 2025 7:00 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Council Chambers Page 4 of 6 Intergovernmental Agreement with Cobb County approved by the City of Smyrna on June 17, 2024, adopt the amended IGA with the same and authorize the Mayor to sign and execute all related documents. Ward 7 Councilmember - Rickey N. Oglesby Jr. Joe Bennett, City Administrator, provided the following background: Following the approval of the Intergovernmental agreement to share costs associated with the Camp Highland Bridge bank stabilization, Cobb County solicited bids to perform the work. The lowest reliable bid received exceeded the estimated construction costs, and Cobb County and the Contractor agreed on a scope reduction that resulted in a revised construction cost of $3,145,107.77. In keeping with the intent of sharing the costs for the project, the City and the County amount will be $1,572,553.88. The Intergovernmental Agreement also stipulates that the cost for engineering and design services related to the project in the amount of $41,730.00 would be cost shared 50/50 between Cobb County and the City. To meet this, an additional $94,200.00 needs to be added to the allocation for the project in the 2022 SPLOST, for a rounded total budget of $1,594,200.00. Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby Jr. made a motion to approve item ATH2025-033; seconded by Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould. The motion to approve carried with the following vote: Aye: 5 – Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby Nay: 0 – None Absent: 2 – Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Wilkinson C. AGR2025-010 Authorization for the City of Smyrna to continue as a Subrecipient of the Cobb County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program PY2025, to receive the grant amount of $188,089.60 for the Public Facility Projects and Administration and Planning, authorize the Mayor to sign and execute the 2025 Subrecipient Agreement Documents. Citywide Councilmember Travis Lindley made a motion to approve item AGR2025-010; seconded by Councilmember Glenn Pickens. The motion to approve carried with the following vote: Aye: 5 – Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby Nay: 0 – None Absent: 2 – Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Wilkinson