PA  120 North Essa Street, Lake Park, Georgia 31636  City Hall 229-559-7470 Fax 229-559-7499 City ofLake Park Regular Council Meeting Minutes June 4, 2024 6:00 pm  Members present were Mayor Jena Sandlin, Council Member Oscar Griffith, Council Member Michelle Lane, Staff Present: City Clerk Lisa Johnson, Deputy Clerk Christian Crews, Fire Chief Matt Ryan, Police Chief Ed  Council Member Busby Courson, and Council Member Carl Spano Yarbrough, Maintenance wpervsorm-raning Kaleb Rogers Mayor) Jena Sandlin called the meeting to order. Council Member Oscar Griffith led the invocation. Mayor) Jena Sandlin led the pledge.  Minutes: Mayor Sandlin called for thei review and approval oft thel Minutes oft thel May 7,20241 Regular Council Meeting and thel May 30, 2024 Public Hearing. Council Member Michelle Lane made a motion to approve the Minutes of the May 7, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes, stating she did not have the May 30 Public Hearing Minutes. Council Member Busby Courson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously, 4-0. Mayor Sandlin called for Citizens who have concerns they would like to bring to the Council's: attention.  Citizen Concerns:  Julie Wilbers - 360 Back Forty Dr - thanked Council for thel Memorial Day Event at the Veteran's Memorial and gave al brief update on the slab for the Memorial: Madison Marble did receive the blocki intended for our Memorial, but as they cut thel block, each piece cracked until thel last one. Theywereconcerned" thatt thel lasts slice would be compromised: and arel looking for anotherl block. Mrs. Wilbers further stated that although shel has enjoyed serving as. EMA Liaison for the City of Lake Parki for several years, she feels she can no longer devote thet time it needs and is therefore Gloria Luke - 250 4H Club Rd -1 reiterated her comments of May 30 in support oft the rezoning of  submitting her resignation from the position.  thej property atl Long Pond and US41 to allow condominiums to bel built.  CONSIDERATION OF REZONING APPLICATION:  Council considered the application of Justin Roberts to rezone the property at Long Pond Rd and US 41/Marion. Avenue: from C-CCommunity Commercial to RC Cluster Residential, for the purpose ofl buildinga condominium community. Council Member Busby Courson madear motion to approve rezoning thej property  1    at US Hwy 41 and Long Pond Rd from C-Cto RC. Council Member Michelle Lane seconded the motion. The  motion passed unanimously, 4-0. REPORTSOFO OFFICERS/DEPARTMENTHEADS: Fire Department: Matt Ryan  Presented a monthly call report  Presented quotes for tires for thel Fire Engine, and for a tablet and printer. Council Member Carl Spano made a motion to approve a quote from Best Drive, and to approve the purchase ofa tablet and printer, both to bej paid from SPLOST VIII: Fire, total cost not to exceed $6,000. Council Member Michelle Lane asked if the fireworks for the Independence Day celebration were in, and Chief Ryan responded that they were ordered and paid for, and he would be going to gett them.  Police Department: Chief Ed' Yarbrough  Presented a monthly call report.  Reported thati investigations into gator poaching at' Tom's Pond has been turned over to DNR Reported that new brakes and tires are needed for the Chief's car. Council Member Oscar Griffith made a motion to approve the needed work. Council Member Carl Spano seconded the motion.  Themotion passed unanimously, 4-0 Presented activity report.  Maintenance/Public Works Department: Kaleb Rogers  Reported that the colors int the new fountain in' Tom's Pond are working. Maintenance is keeping a check to make sure they don'trebuild. Reported that they are putting signs out for the Independence Day celebration  Reported that beaver dams creating drainage problems have been broken down and Reported al limb on aj power. line on Collins; Georgia Power has been called but has not come out  yet.  Administration: City Clerk) Lisa Johnson  Reported that. Admin staff is still working on software conversions; the interface for the new Court software is going to take a little longer than originally expected, and in the meantime, Reported that she has been in touch with' Tyler's representative to try tol have them address the issue of old citations that have not been sent to State, and hei is working on what they can dot to Reported that most of the work for setting up managed IT is complete, and Maranello will be Reported that she has been in touch with Municode regarding updating the codification, and Reported that she and Council Member Spanol have begun setting upi meetings with Department Reported that Cindy Mitchell, ChiefMunicipal Court Clerk for the City of Nashville, willl be coming the following week for some one-on-one training time with Melissa; other. Admin staff will also Discussed the issue with pay periods and Direct Deposit through the new software and suggested that the least disruptive way to handle this would be to back the pay period up one  citations are being entered manually  assist at this point.  working on migrating emails over the upcoming weekend. Admin staff will be verifying that theyl have all the Ordinances Heads to start with thej planning oft the FY25 Budget  sit in as time allows, and! Melissa will: share information afterward.  day, to end on' Tuesday rather than' Wednesday.  2    Independence Day Celebration: Linda Hogan  Reported that there are currently 14 food vendors and 8 crafts vendors registered for the The Golf Cart parade will start at4:30, and thel band, Southern Exposure, will: start at 5:00  Independence Day celebration on June 29. Fireworks willl begin at' dark-thirty"  There will be Pony Rides and' Train Rides for the children. Vendors will begin setting up at 3:00, and "kick-off" willl be at 4:30.  Financial Reports: Mayor Sandlin asked if Council had any questions regarding the Financial Reports. Council Member Spano stated that as Budget Officer he had authorized moving forward with interface fees from Tyler, since there was a credit and there would bei no out-of-pocket expense to affect the budget.  Council Member Michelle Lane made a motion to approve the unaudited financial reports. Council Council discussed changing the pay period to accommodate: a difference in the way thei new: software handles payroll. Council Member Busby Courson made al motion to approve endingt the pay period on Tuesdayi instead ofWednesday. Council Member Carl Spano seconded the motion. Thei motion passed  Member Carl Spano seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously, 4-0.  unanimously, 4-0.  New Business:  Council Member Oscar Griffith noted that the tree ati the Civic Center is dead and has a limb that looks like iti is about to fall and needs to be cut as soon as possible to avoid it falling on the Civic Center. City Clerk Lisa Johnson stated that Billy Jones has spoken to one person from whom he got a quote who could take care ofi it for $1500, but she is unsure if that was to take the whole tree down or just the top; Kaleb Rogers has reached out to others for quotes, but has gotten nothing down. Council Member Griffith stated that he believed that price was to take the tree Ordinance Review: Mayor Sandlin stated that there were two ordinances for which amendments havel been discussed: recently, (namely the Tom's Pond ordinance and the GolFCartordinance), that the Clerk] has asked ber revisited before the uploads to Municode to determinei ifand whatchanges might need to be made, sO they can bei included at the same time. Chief Yarbrough clarified that for the Tom's Pond ordinance, hel believed that the signage previously discussed would solve the problem. Council agreed that there were: no amendments needed at this time.  down and grind the stump. Council agreed to accept the quote for $1500.  Council Member Michelle Lane made a motion to adjourn. Council Member Busby Courson seconded the  motion. Thei motion passed unanimously, 4-0. Thei next regular meetingwill be on July 2, 2024 at 6:00 pm.  -  &en Buop Lisa JohnsonCity0 Clerk 41l  Mayor 7a/a034  A  Date Seal  3