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Mayor and City Council Work Session Tuesday, April 15, 2025 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: Shawn Edmondson - City Manager | Maggie Dimov - Assistant City Manager - DDA/Economic Development Director | Shavala Ames - City Clerk | Jeff Strickland - City Attorney

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I.Call to Order

II.Determination of Quorum

III.Invocation and Pledge

IV.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.

V.Reading of Communications 

VI.Adoption of The Agenda of The Day 

VII.Committee Discussion Items

  1. 1.Stone Mountain Community Garden

  2. 2.Planning Commission

  3. 3.Historic Preservation Commission

  4. 4.Parks and Recreation Committee

VIII.Staff Reports

  1. 1.Public Safety Report & Award Presentation - requested by Major S.E. Parks

IX.City Manager’s Report

  1. 1.City Manger's Report

  2. 2.Administration- City Manager- Shawn Edmondson

  3. 3.March Employee of the Month

X.Council Policy Discussion Topics 

XI.Unfinished Business

  1. 1.Consideration of an action on a request for a Special Use Permit to allow paid parking services with the CSX right-of-way on the western side of Main Street between the Train Depot and West Mountain Street, requested by City Planner

  2. 2.Consideration on action item on removal of confederate symbols/memorials from Stone Mountain Cemetery, requested by Council Member Gil Freeman

  3. 3.Discussion: 2023 Audit Update, requested by Council Member Gil Freeman

  4. 4.Discussion: SPLOST Audit I and II, requested by Council Member Gil Freeman

  5. 5.Discussion: DDA Discussion, requested by Council Member Gil Freeman

  6. 6.Discussion: Decorum, requested by Council Member Shawnette Bryant

  7. 7.Discussion: 1-hour parking, requested by Council Member Teresa Crowe

XII.New Business

  1. 1.Consideration of an action on a request to approve Change Order #6 for new parking lot next to City Hall, through contractor A&S Paving, Inc; requested by Assistant City Manager & DDA Director, Maggie Dimov

  2. 2.Consideration of an action on a request to approve adding the City Manager as signatory on the signature card, requested by Council Member Mark Marianos

  3. 3.Consideration of an action on a request to approve an Ordinance Revision Task Force, requested by Council Member Anita Bass

  4. 4.Consideration of an action on a request to update the Financial Policy, requested by Council Member Anita Bass

  5. 5.Discussion: POND Projects / City Council Update and Stakeholder Engagement, requested by Assistant City Manager & DDA Director

  6. 6.Discussion: Council Members leaving during Council Meetings, requested by Council Member Shawnette Bryant

  7. 7.Discussion: Unsigned ordinances, resolutions and contracts, requested by Mayor Pro Tem Ryan Smith

  8. 8.Consideration of an action on request to approve to purchase items for the concert series, requested by Assistant City Manager/Economic Development Director Maggie Dimov

XIII.New Ordinances and Resolutions 

  1. 1.Ordinance No. 2025-02 - Council's Interference with Administration

  2. 2.Ordinance No. 2025-03: Ordinance to Establish Regulations Governing Special Events and Permits, requested by Assistant City Manager &DDA Director Maggie Dimov

  3. 3.Resolution No. 2025-10: Resolution to Set Permit Fees for Special Events, requested by Assistant City Manager & DDA Director Maggie Dimov

  4. 4.Resolution 2025-11 to Rescind the opt out of the Homestead Exemption 581 and opt in HB 92

XIV.Remarks of Privilege 

XV.Announcements by The Mayor

  1. 1.Award Presentation, requested by Mayor Jones

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

XVII.Adjournment