Mayor and Council Meeting - A. MAX BACON CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS — Minutes
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July 21, 2025 6:30 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Council Chambers Page 7 of 10 A Request for Proposals (RFP) was advertised earlier in the year in search of a vendor to assist the city in the development of a comprehensive 5-Year Cybesecurity Strategic and Incident Response Plan. This project will deliver a long-term cybersecurity strategy for the City, outlining key priorities and objectives for securing critical assets over the next five years. The project also includes the development of an Incident Response Plan, enabling the City to effectively respond to cyber threats. As part of the process, a cyber tabletop exercise will be conducted with relevant stakeholders, leveraging the newly developed incident response framework. Additionally, this effort will support informed budget planning by identifying potential future cybersecurity investments during the assessment phase. Councilmember Travis Lindley made a motion to approve item ATH2025-117; seconded by Councilmember Charles Welch. The motion to approve carried with the following vote: Aye: 6 – Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Councilmember Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby Nay: 0 – None Absent: 1 – Councilmember Pickens E. ATH2025-123 Authorization to amend the FY 2026 Adopted General Fund Budget to increase the Parks Programs departmental budget in the amount of $28,675.00 to provide additional funding for community events and to decrease the General Government and Allocations departmental budget by the same amount. Citywide Kristin Robinson, Deputy City Administrator / CFO, provided the following background: The FY 2026 Adopted General Fund Budget included $38,325.00 in funding for the Black History Month event, the Juneteenth event, and the Hispanic Heritage event ($12,775.00 for each event). A request was made to increase each event budget to $20,000 and add a Women’s History event in the amount of $7,000.00. Total budget increase of $28,675.00. This increase in the Parks Programs budget will be balanced by a decrease to the unallocated contingency line item in the General Government and Allocations department budget bringing unallocated contingency down from the adopted amount of $47,695.00 to $19,020.00. Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr. made a motion to approve item ATH2025-123; seconded by Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould. The motion to approve carried with the following vote: Aye: 6 – Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Councilmember Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby Nay: 0 – None Absent: 1 – Councilmember Pickens