1/9/2023 Council Minutes  MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF AUSTELL CITY HALL BUILDING MONDAY,ANUARY 9, 2023  Present: Mayor Ollie Clemons Valerie Anderson Melanie Elder Devon Myrick Sandra Leverette Meredith Adams Marlin Lamar  Absent: Brandon Merritt, Fire Chief  Also, present: Denise Lowe, Finance Director; Bo Garrison, Public Works Director; Ken Strong, Assistant Fire Chief; Scott Hamilton, Police Chief, Darrell Weaver, Community Affairs Director,  Elizabeth Young, City Clerk and Scott Kimbrough, Attorney  1. CALL TO ORDER  Mayor Clemons called the meeting to order. Pastor Hooper gave the invocation & Mayor Clemons led the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Clemons asked ifanyone had items to add  tot the agenda. No items were added.  2. CONSENT AGENDA -] INFORMATION AND UPDATE (No Action Required by Council - See Specific Department Director before a Meeting.)  2. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approve Bills  B. Approve Legal Bills-$5,258.86  C.Approve Minutes of Regular Council Meeting December 5, 2022  Mrs. Anderson made ai recommendation to approve the Consent Agenda. Seconded by  Mr. Myrick. Motion passed. (6-0)  4. EXCEPTION TO CONSENT AGENDA  5.C CITIZENS REPORT  Mrs. Ann Turner had concerns about lights being out at Legion Field. Mr. Garrison stated  he would follow up with Georgia Power on this.  1    1/9/2023 Council Minutes  6.GASSYSTEM REPRESENTATIVE OLLIE CLEMONS, MAYOR where we were in 2021. 7.FINANCE DEPARTMENT  Mr. Kimbrough stated that it has been a good year sO far. As ofi right now we are ahead of  VALERIE ANDERSON, CHAIRPERSON Denise Lowe, Finance Director  A. Financial Report  8. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION  MELANIE ELDER, CHAIRPERSON Elizabeth Young, Director A. 2023 Qualifying Fees for Election each office in an election year.  According to the election laws oft the State of Georgia (Reference O.C.G.A. $21-2-131), municipalities are required to publish the qualifying fees for  Qualifying fees for nonpartisan municipal offices in Georgia are 3% oft the previous year's gross salary for the office and are to be set and published no later than February Ist ofeach year in which there is a regular election. These fees will be published ini the MDJ newspaper and posted on our website. The qualifying fee for Mayor is $1,080.00. The qualifying fee for Council Members is $432.00. Seconded by Mrs. Leverette. Motion passed. (6-0) DEVON MYRICK, CHAIRPERSON Scott Hamilton, Police Chief A. Police Report B. Surplus Confiscated Vehicles  Ms. Elder made ai recommendation to approve the 2023 Qualifying Fees for Election.  9.POLICE DEPARTMENT  ChiefHamilton is requesting to surplus the following confiscated vehicles:  2    1/9/2023 Council Minutes YEAR 2010  MAKE Chevrolet  MODEL HHR  VIN GNBABDB9A5600773  MILEAGE Unknown (instrument cluster doesn'twork) 264,730  1991  Acura  Legend  H4KA8264MC000964  The above confiscated vehicles were inspected by Austell Public Works. The recommendation was for the police department to sell both vehicles due to the condition. The cost of repair would outweigh the usefulness and longevity oft the vehicles. Cost for repair on the. Acura would exceed $2500 simply to make the car run again. Cost to bring the HHR up to par would be in the $1500-$2000 range. Due to the length the vehicles have been in storage, reliability still can't be guaranteed. The vehicles would be sold on the government auction site (GovDeals) or donated to the Austell Fire Department for Mr. Myrick made a recommendation to approve the Surplus Confiscated Vehicles.  training purposes.  Seconded by Mr. Lamar. Motion passed. (6-0) MARLIN LAMAR, CHAIRPERSON Brandon Merritt, Fire Chief  10. FIRE DEPARTMENT  A. Fire Report  11.PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT  SANDRA LEVEREITE, CHAIRPERSON  Bo Garrison, Director A. No Report  12. PARKS DEPARTMENT  MEREDITH ADAMS, CHAIRPERSON  Darrell Weaver, Director  A. Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting (Information Only)  The Parks Department assisted in organizing and overseeing the Parade ofI Lights with our Mayor and Council leading the way on their lighted golfo carts. The parade was a huge success, as we closed out the night withl Mayor Clemons lighting the Christmas tree. We would like to thank everyone who participated.  3    1/9/2023 Council Minutes  13. COMMUNITY AFFAIRS  VALERIE ANDERSON, CHAIRPERSON  Darrell Weaver, Director A. Code Enforcement Report  B. 1371 Quality Way & Timothy Lane - Rezoning & Annexation  Application 2022-26R & 2022-27A: by American Contractors Supply, LLC to rezone and annex approximately 6.848 acres located at 1371 Quality Way and an unaddressed parcel on' Timothy Lane (D#02581820004, 03101820003 and 1802500310) from HI and C-H (heavy industrial and heavy commercial - Douglas County) and R-20 (residential - Cobb County) to HI (heavy industrial- city): for the purpose of building administrative offices and outdoor storage. Mr. Kimbrough opened for a public hearing. Attorney Kevin Moore came to speak on behalfoft the above-mentioned property. Mr. Moore stated there is already industrial property in Mrs. Anderson made a motion to close the rezoning public hearing. Seconded by Mr. Mrs. Anderson made ai motion to approve the rezoning. Seconded by Mr. Myrick. Mr. Kimbrough opened up for aj public hearing. No questions were asked. Mrs. Anderson made ai motion to close the annexation public hearing. Seconded. by Mrs. Anderson made ai motion to approve the annexation. Seconded by Mrs.  that area, so it is a good spot for this. Myrick. Motion passed. (6-0) Motion passed. (6-0)  Mr. Myrick.  Leverette. Motion passed. (6-0) C. Privilege License Approvals  Attached is al listing of Alcohol Privilege License Renewal requests received as well as a new Alcohol Privilege License request from Frog Rock Brewing located at 2764 Broad Street. Each applicant has conducted and passed the required background checks by the Austell Police Department. Staffre recommends approval ofe each ofthe  requests listed.  Alcohol Privilege License Renewal  EI Galaxy (Germain Estrada) 5055 Austell Road, Suites 175 & 181, Austell GA Austell Food Store (Fareed Sevani). 5565 Austell Powder Springs Rd, Austell GA Clipper #71 (Thomas Bower, III) 141 Maxham Rd, Austell GA Chevron Food Mart (Tibebu Amenie) 2920 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Austell GA Austell Texaco (Tesfaye Mekonnen) 2671 Jefferson St, Austell GA Joe's Bottle Shop (Abdul Sewani) 3034 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Austell GA SEBO/Quick Serve (Deedarali Boricha) 131 Maxham Rd, Austell GA  4    1/9/2023 Council Minutes  Café Hot Wing (Seung H. Lee) 1951 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Austell GA South Cobb Diner (Matthew Hsiao) 5850 Love St, Austell GA H.B. Mart (Sona H. Shah) 4805 Austell Powder Springs Rd, Austell GA Austell Marathon (Akshay Patel): 5184 Austell Rd, Austell GA Taqueria La Tecampana (Lily M. Hernandez) 1936 Veterans Memorial Highway,  Austell GA  Alcohol Privilege License. - New  Frog Rock Brewing (Andrew Lundstrom) 2764 Broad St, Austell GA  Mrs. Anderson made ai recommendation to approve the Privilege License. Seconded  by Mrs. Leverette. Motion passed. (6-0)  14.ATTORNEY, DUPREE & KIMBROUGH  A. No Report 15. MAYOR'S REPORT A. No Report 16. ADJOURN  Mr. Myrick made ai recommendation to adjourn the meeting. Seconded. by Mrs. Leverette.  Motion passed. (6-0) Daclenaae 2-9-2023  Phplas Attest/  Mayor Date  5