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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 8 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  
 
 D. CON2025-006 Authorization to extend the contract with Designing Local, LTD 
(20 E. Broad Street, Suite 1010, Columbus, OH, 43215) for Public Art 
Consulting Services for a term of one (1) year, effective April 23, 2025, and 
continuing through April 22, 2026 with compensation of services provided not 
exceeding $25,000.00 and authorize the Mayor to sign and execute all related 
documents.  
Citywide 
 
Mike Jones, City Administrator, provided the following background: 
  
This City of Smyrna entered into an agreement with Designing Local, LTD, on April 22, 
2024, pursuant to RFP 24-029 – Public Art Consulting Services. The parties wish to 
extend the term of the agreement for an additional one (1) year, with the extension 
being effective retroactively from April 23, 2025, and expiring on April 22, 2026. The 
total compensation for services provided during the extension term shall not exceed 
$25,000.00.  
 
Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby Jr. made a motion to approve item CON2025-006; 
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  
 
 E. ATH2025-101  Approval of Authorization for Collier Drive at Memory Lane in 
the amount not to exceed $327,655.78 to be constructed by Ardito 
Construction Company (1290 Austell Road SE, Marietta, GA, 30008) to be 
funded from the FY26 Stormwater Fund and authorize the Mayor to sign and 
execute all related documents.  
Ward 6 Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember - Tim Gould 
 
Mike Jones, City Administrator, provided the following background: 
  
This is a request based on an evaluation that was performed of the storm water runoff 
that discharges from Memory Lane and passes through the properties of 1533, 1523, 
1503, and1493 Collier Drive. This request will improve the current condition as the 
conveyance system in place now is not adequately sized nor did the system ever have