City of Hogansville City Council Work Session Meeting Agenda HOGANSVILLE GEORGIA Monday, March 3, 2025 = 6:00 pm Meeting will be held at Hogansville City Hall Mayor: Jake. Ayers 2025 City Manager: Lisa E. Kelly Council Post 1: Michael Taylor, Jr 2025 Assistant City Manager: Open Council Post 2: Jason Baswell 2025 City Attorney: Alex Dixon Council Post 3: Mandy Neese * 2027 Chief of Police: Jeffrey Sheppard Council Post 4: Mark. Ayers 2027 City Clerk: LeAnn Lehigh Council Post 5: Kandis Strickland 2027 * Mayor Pro-Tem WORK SESSION - 6:00 pm ORDER OF BUSINESS 1. UDO Amendments - Aaron Fortner - Canvas Planning 2. 2024/25 Budget Amendments Meeting to be held at Hogansville City Hall, 111 High Street, Hogansville Ga. 30230 HOGANSVILLE GEORGIA Meeting held at Hogansville City. Hall, 11I High Street, Hogansville GA. 30230 Work Session Meeting March 3, 2025 Call to Order: Mayor Jake Ayers called the Work Session to order at 6:00pm. Present were Council Member Michael Taylor, Interim Council Member Jason Baswell, Council Member Mandy Neese, Council Member Mark Ayers, and Council Member Kandis Strickland. Also present were City Manager Lisa Kelly, Assistant City Manager Oasis Nichols, City Attorney Alex Dixion, Police Chief Jeffery Sheppard, and City Clerk LeAnn Lehigh. Order of Business 1. UDO Amendments = Aaron Fortner = Canvas Planning Aaron Fortner discussed the amendments that are being recommended for the UDO (Unified Development Ordinance). Most of the amendments were discussed in a previous Work Session back in November 2024. Mr. Fortner discussed some of the amendments and wanted to get Council input. These include: New Non-Traditional Tobacco Paraphernalia: amendments added to the permitted use chart - permitted in CR-MU and SUP in N-MU and DT-MU. Also added as a definition. Commercial standards: added definition for Blighted Properties and language for landscaping, shopping carts, and dumpster loading areas. Changing the G-I to G-LI: The General industrial would be changed to General Light Industrial throughout the UDO and removing the height limit. Council thinks there should be a height limit. They would like to have some research on height limits to add to that section. Mr. Fortner will look into it. Vinyl Building Materials: revising the building materials regulations to allow vinyl except within designated historic districts. Mr. Fortner recommended adding language for the specific type ofvinyl that could be added. Electrical: added language for unsafe electrical systems and equipment. Parking: would prohibit inoperable vehicles. Adding language for no parking where there are no parking signs. Outdoor Burning: amendments to Chapter 54 - Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions regarding outdoor burning. Work Session - March 3, 2025 Stop Work Order: added language to facilitate stop work orders. Added language for boarded-up and/or burned structures. Plats: Added a new review/approval chart. P&Z would approve minor subdivisions without Council input. Major subdivisions would go to Council with P&Z recommendations. Council Member Taylor thinks all subdivision requests should go before the Council whether they are minor or not. Paving Standards: added paving standards for new streets in subdivisions. Added parking lot paving standards. City Manager asked Council to email any concerns or recommendations to her. 2. 2024/25 Budget Amendments The auditors have the FY2024 draft audit complete. Council was given the budget and actuals for the General Fund, ARPA Fund, Hotel Motel Fund and Confiscated Assets Fund. The budget amendments are a housekeeping item as part of the annual audit. This item is on the Regular Meeting agenda for Council action tonight. Mayor Ayers adjourned the Work Session at 6:54pm. Respectfully, Ongpw LeAnn Lehigh City Clerk Work Session - March 3, 2025