Mayor and City Council Work Session Tuesday, July 16, 2024 06:30 PM City Hall, 875 Main Street, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083

Mayor and Council: Dr. Beverly Jones – Mayor | Post 3 :Mayor Pro Tem Ryan Smith

Post 1: Council Member Anita Bass | Post 2: Council Member Mark Marianos

Post 4: Council Member Gil Freeman | Post 5: Council Member Shawnette Bryant

Post 6: Council Member Teresa Crowe

Staff: Darnetta Tyus - City Manager | Shawn Edmondson - Assistant City Manager - City Clerk | Danny Mai - Assistant City Clerk | Jeff Strickland - City Attorney

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Call to Order

Determination of Quorum

Invocation and Pledge

Citizen Comments – Including comments from public/stakeholders (3 minutes per comment)

Comments from the Public

The public comments are reserved exclusively for comments from the public and not for immediate reply. The purpose of public comment is to allow the public to voice city related requests, concerns or opinions only during the public comment portion of the City Council meeting. I. The Mayor and City Council reserves the right to extend or limit the length of public comments based on: (1) the issue under discussion; (2) the number of items on the agenda; and (3) the extent to which the speaker remains constructive in their comments and questions. II. The public may not directly confront the public speaker but must direct all comments and questions to the Mayor and City Council. III. Public harassment of or confrontation with a public speaker will not be tolerated. Members of the public violating tenets two or three will be asked to sit down or leave the premises.

Review of the Journal (Assistant City Manager & City Clerk Edmondson)

Reading of Communications 

Adoption of The Agenda of The Day 

Committee Discussion Items

• 1.Planning Commission

• 2.Economic Development/Downtown Development Authority

• 3.Historic Preservation Commission

• 4.Parks and Recreation Committee

Staff Reports

• 5.Public Safety- Police Chief- James Westerfield Jr

• 6.Administration- Assistant City Manager-City Clerk- Shawn Edmondson

City Manager’s Report

• 7.City Manager - Darnetta Tyus

Council Policy Discussion Topics 

Unfinished Business

• 8.Discussion on the approval of the contract; in order to remediate, the code violations cited by the Department of Code Enforcement's Assessment of the State of the Depot (922 Main St, Stone Mountain, GA 30083). (City Manager Tyus)

• 9.Discussion on the approval of the "School Mentorship Program" between the City of Stone Mountain & Stone Mountain Elementary School AND Adoption of Stone Mountain Elementary School. (City Manager Tyus)

• 10.Discussion on Matters Dealing with the Downtown Development Authority (CM  Freeman/Attorney Strickland)

New Business

• 11.Discussion on updates on City Finances:  -Monthly Financial Report  -SPLOST I Update  -SPLOST II Update  -ARPA Update  -ARPA Opinion Update  -Grants Report Update (City Manager Tyus)

• 12.Discussion on potential short term uses for the "Baptist Lawn" (5305 E Mountain St, Stone Mountain, GA 30083). (Chief Westerfield)

New Ordinances and Resolutions 

Remarks of Privilege 

Announcements by The Mayor

Executive Session to Discuss Personnel, Legal, and/or Real Estate (if needed)

Adjournment