2025-06-16 June 16, 2025 Mayor and Council Meeting Minutes - FINAL
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June 16, 2025 7:00 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Council Chambers Page 7 of 13 Aye: 7 – Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Hines (virtual), Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Councilmember Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby Nay: 0 – None Recuse: 0 – None B. AGR2025-020 Approval of the proposed agreement with Croy Engineering (200 Cobb Parkway North, Building 400, Suite 413, Marietta, Ga. 30062) for professional services for Program Management of the 2022 SPLOST as requested for the Fiscal Year 2026 in the amount of $483,000.00 for the projects as outlined in the attached proposal. Citywide Councilmember Travis Lindley made a motion to approve item AGR2025-020; seconded by Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould. The motion to approve carried with the following vote: Aye: 7 – Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Hines (virtual), Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Councilmember Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby Nay: 0 – None Recuse: 0 – None C. CON2025-004 Approval to amend contract with Rebuilding Together Atlanta, Inc. (3060 Peachtree Road NW, Suite 1810 Atlanta, GA 30305) for administration of City’s CDBG Home Repair Grant to allocate an additional $125,000 to the program, extend the contract termination date to June 30, 2026, and authorize the Mayor to sign and execute all related documents. Citywide Mike Jones, City Administrator, provided the following background: 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 fifth amendment to the contract will allocate an additional $125,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the program, which will cover $100,000 in grant funding for approximately 10 more homes and $25,000 in administrative fees. Additionally, the terms of the agreement will be amended to extend the termination date from June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Councilmember Susan Wilkinson made a motion to approve item CON2025-004; seconded by Councilmember Travis Lindley. The motion to approve carried with the following vote: