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Mayor and City Council Work Session Tuesday, December 16, 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: Maggie Dimov - Interim City Manager/Economic Development Director/DDA | Shavala Ames - City Clerk | Angela Couch - 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.

 

The City appreciates your input and wants to hear from you. If you have a complaint or concerns about a particular person associated with the City, please contact the City Manager's office. Your public comments during a Council meeting may not be directed at or to any particular City representative, including but not limited to the Mayor, City Council members, or a member of City staff. If your presentation includes such comments, the City reserves the right to stop your presentation. During your public comment, if you use obscenities or vulgar or abusive language, yell, or point fingers, the City reserves the right to stop your presentation.  During your public comment, if you physically approach any City representative or your presentation rises to the level of disorderly conduct, your public comment will be stopped.

V.Review of the Journal (City Clerk)

  1. 1.Consideration of an action on a request to approve the December 2, 2025 meeting minutes

VI.Reading of Communications 

VII.Adoption of The Agenda of The Day 

VIII.Committee Discussion Items

  1. 1.Stone Mountain Community Garden

  2. 2.Planning Commission

  3. 3.Historic Preservation Commission

IX.Staff Reports

  1. 1.Public Safety- Police Chief- James Westerfield Jr

X.City Manager’s Report

  1. 1.Operations Report - Interim City Manager, Maggie Dimov

XI.Council Policy Discussion Topics 

XII.Unfinished Business

  1. 1.Consideration of an action on a request to obtain a sworn statement from the custodian of records at Truist Bank attesting to the unmanipulated authenticity of the logon audit logs provided, including the full native logs, a description of the system that generated them, and documentation of the bank’s standard audit-log retention procedures. The request also includes obtaining all versions of the logs, whether native or converted, all emails to and from Truist regarding the request, any internal communications concerning the extraction, handling, or transmission of the logs, and any system metadata associated with the creation or export of these records related to the Truist subpoena, requested by Council Member Gil Freeman

  2. 2.Consideration of an action on a request to increase the count from 21 to 24, adding (2) seats for citizens not in an existing committee and citizens who have lived in Stone Mountain for decades, who have already expressed interest in being on the City of Stone Mountain 2026 Comprehensive Planning Advisory Leadership Committee, requested by Council Member Gil Freeman

XIII.New Business

  1. 1.Consideration of an      action on a request of Historic Preservation Commission Certificate of      Appropriateness (COA) Determination Case Number HPC2025-1809005009 (Parcel      ID: 18 090 05 009) 6444 James B Rivers Memorial Drive – NOTICE OF APPEAL,      requested by Planning Manager Tamaya Huff

  2. 2.Consideration of action on a request to approve the installation of “No Parking” signs (one side only) along 2nd Street between City Hall and Mackin Street, requested by Council Member Teresa Crowe

XIV.New Ordinances and Resolutions 

  1. 1.Ordinance 2025-11 – 1082      New Gibraltar Square Variance – FIRST READ, requested by Planning Manager      Tamaya Huff

XV.Remarks of Privilege 

XVI.Announcements by The Mayor

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

  1. 1.Personnel

XVIII.Adjournment