City of Hogansville City Council Regular Meeting Agenda Monday, May 20, 2024 - 7:00 pm  HOGANSVILLE  GEORGIA  Meeting will be held at Hogansville City Hall, 111 High Street, Hogansville, GA 30230  Mayor: Jake Ayers Council Post 1: Michael Taylor, Jr* 2025 Council Post: 2: Matthew Morgan 2025 Council Post 3: Mandy Neese Council Post 4: Mark Ayers Council Post 5: Kandis Strickland 2027 Regular Meeting - 7:00 pm 1. Call to Order- Mayor. Jake Ayers 2. Invocation & Pledge Consent Agenda motion. 4. Presentations Old Business New Business  2025 2027 2027  City Manager: Lisa E. Kelly Assistant City Manager: Niles Ford City Attorney: Alex Dixon Chief of Police: Jeffrey Sheppard City Clerk: LeAnn Lehigh  Mayor Pro-Tem  Alli items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine ini nature and will be approved by one blanket  1. Approval of Agenda: Regular Meeting May 20, 2024 2. Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting May 6, 2024 3. Approval ofl Minutes: Work Session Meeting May 6, 2024  1. Hogansville Police Department Recognition - Sgt. Conrad Guillot and Officer Matthew Koenig  1. Board. Appointment - Hogansville Planning Commission 1. Ordinance- - GMEBS Retirement Plan Update 2. Royal Theater - Curtains & Acoustics 3. RedSpeed. Agreement and Implementation 4. DOTLRA Funds Discussion and Consideration  5. Budget Schedule City Manager's Report Chief of] Police Report Council Member Reports 1. Council Member Taylor 2. Council Member Morgan 3. Council Member Neese 4. Council Member Ayers 5. Council Member Strickland  Upcoming Dates & Events  May 21,2024- - 6:30 pm! Meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission at Hogansville City Hall May 27,2024- - City Offices Closed for Memorial Day Holiday May 28, 2024- - 6:30j pm] Meeting of thel Downtown Development Authority at Hogansville Cityl Hall  Mayor's Report Executive Session 1. Litigation Exemption Adjourn  Meeting to be held at Hogansville City Hall, 111 High Street, Hogansville Ga. 30230    HOGANSVILLE 05/20//2024 Regular Meeting  Meeting held at Hogansville City Hall, 1111 High Street, Hogansville GA 30230  Call to Order: Mayor Jake Ayers called the Regular Meeting to order at 7:05 pm. Present were Council Member Michael Taylor, Council Member Matthew Morgan, Council Member Mandy Neese, Council Member Mark. Ayers, and Council Member Kandis Strickland. Also present were City Manager Lisa Kelly, Assistant City Manager Niles  Ford, City Attorney Alex Dixon, Police ChiefJeff Sheppard, and City Clerk LeAnn Lehigh.  Mayor Ayers gave an invocation and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Presentations. The motion was seconded by Council Member Taylor.  CONSENT AGENDA Motion Carries 5-0 Council Member Morgan. Motion Carries 5-0 PRESENTATION  Motion: Council Member Neese moved amend the agenda to a Citizen Appearance from Kameeka Crawford after  Motion: Council Member Neese moved to approve the Amended Consent Agenda. The motion was seconded by  1. Hogansville. Police. Department. Recognition - Sgt. Conrad Guillot and Officer Matthew Koenig Police Chief. Jeff Sheppard presented certificates for Excellence in] Policing to Sgt. Conrad Guillot and Officer Matthew Koenig for their quick actions assisting helicopter Pilot and State House Representative, David. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins gave an account oft the incident that happened on April 14 at 3am, where due to an unruly patient, the helicopter had to make an emergency landing at the Ingles parking lot. Sgt. Guillot and Office Koenig saw something wasn't right with the helicopter and quickly helped get the situation under control.  CITIZEN. APPEARANCE  Kameeka Crawford addressed the Mayor and Council regarding a mobile home she wants to put on her land on Brooks Road. Since the adoption oft the UDO last year, the: zoning has changed, and she was told that she would need to go before the Planning & Zoning Commission with a request for rezoning, and if approved by the Zoning Commission, it would go back before the City Council to vote on whether to approve the rezoning and subsequent  approval for the mobile home. OLD BUSINESS 1.  Board. Appointment - Hogansville Planning Commission  Motion: Council Member' Taylor moved to reappoint Andrew Smith, and appoint Richard Woods and Adrain Porter to the Hogansville Planning Commission. The motion was seconded by Council Member Strickland.  Discussion: None Motion Carries 5-0 NEW BUSINESS 1. tonight's meeting. changes. 2.  Ordinance- - GMEBS Retirement. Plan Update  City Attorney Alex Dixon said that this item would be considered a first reading, and no action willl bei taken at Discussion: The Ordinance was sent to the City from GMA to update the retirement plan to include the new) IRS Motion: Council Member Neese moved to approve the purchase of the curtains for the Royal Theater stage int the amount of $48,221 and the acoustics int the amount of$ $64,175 using the current construction/grand funding  Royal Theater- - Curtains &. Acoustics  available for thel Royal Theater. The motion was seconded by Council Member. Ayers.  Discussion: None May 20, 2024    Motion Carries 5-0 3. Taylor.  RedSpeed. Agreement and Implementation  Motion: Council Member Neese moved to approve the contract with RedSpeed to implement the use oft the ticket cameras in front of Hogansville Elementary School on Main Street The motion was seconded by Council Member Discussion: The ticket cameras would ticket speeders who drive more than 10mph over the posted speed limit one hour before school begins until one hour after school ends. All tickets would be civil penalties, not criminal. The data that RedSpeed collected showed a large number of violations during school hours. The City would have no  financial responsibility for the cameras or signage.  Motion Carries 5-0 4.  DOTLRA Funds. Discussion and Consideration  Motion: Council Member Neese made ai motion to allow City stafft to apply for the 69k DOTI LRA grant funding, with funds to be used toi repair the storm system on Marshall St and Johnson St, as well as portions of] Baugh. Ave.  The motion was seconded by Council Member Taylor.  Discussion: None Motion Carries 5-0 5.  Budget Schedule  City Manager Lisa Kelly explained that the City would present the 2024/2025 draft budget to the Council and the public on Monday, June 3, 2024. The first Public Hearing to hear citizen comments on the proposed budget would bel held at' 7pm on June 3, with additional Public Hearings on June 17 at 10am & 7pm. The proposed budget would be on1 the agenda for Council approval on June 17. The Council agreed to move forward with the budget schedule. Motion: A motion was made by Council Member Taylor to go into Executive Session on the Litigation Exemption  EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion Carries 5-0  at 8:18pm. The motion was seconded by Council Member Neese.  The Regular Meeting was reconvened at 8:28pm  ADJOURNMENT Respectfully, LeAnn Lehigh City Clerk  Ona a motion made by Council Member Neese and duly seconded, Mayor Ayers adjourned the meeting at 8:28 pm.  May 20, 2024