The meeting began at 7:30 PM with a full City Council and Administration present, who were joined by 16 citizens and media. The Invocation was delivered by Rabbi Hayyim Kassorla who also gave a brief history of Congregation Or VeShalom.
Announcements included an explanation and details of the January 24th City of Brookhaven Town Hall meeting at Marist School by Interim Deputy City Manager, JD Clockadale. "Essentially the Town Hall is built to give some brief presentations by Mayor, City Council and various departments, but it's really designed for citizens to provide input and/or get questions answered by those who are running the city on a day-to-day basis." The event will introduce the Mayor and City Council and the City’s department heads. They will provide departmental updates and processes, present updates on the City’s ordinances, future plans, and will also provide time for residents to ask questions of the Mayor, Council and staff.
Announcements included an explanation and details of the January 24th City of Brookhaven Town Hall meeting at Marist School by Interim Deputy City Manager, JD Clockadale. "Essentially the Town Hall is built to give some brief presentations by Mayor, City Council and various departments, but it's really designed for citizens to provide input and/or get questions answered by those who are running the city on a day-to-day basis." The event will introduce the Mayor and City Council and the City’s department heads. They will provide departmental updates and processes, present updates on the City’s ordinances, future plans, and will also provide time for residents to ask questions of the Mayor, Council and staff.
Interim City Attorney, Bill Riley, provided an update in the status of Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA's) with Dekalb County. He said that he was meeting with Dekalb County again tomorrow [Wednesday] on IGA's that the City has proposed and IGA's the County has proposed.
Mayor J Max Davis brought up Sanitation (Trash, Recycling, and Yard Waste), where Bill Riley explained that the City has pursued an IGA with service levels to remain as they are today. There is a kink in that plan, however. As many of the Brookhaven Citizens may already know, Dekalb County is considering countywide rate increases for Sanitation Services. Bill Riley explains, "I would anticipate that when they [Dekalb County] make a decision on what they are going to do, they will come to the cities and offer either once a week or twice a week for Garbage pickup...whenever they do it, it will go to all the cities at one time...they will present a couple of options and the cities will vett and choose the option and build the IGA around that."
If Brookhaven has the option of deciding whether or not we want to maintain the level of service we have now, which is 2 Garbage, 1 Recycling and 1 Yard Waste - (4 times per week) - it could include a rate increase of $40.00 per year. If Brookhaven has the option to choose to go to a 3 times per week - or 1 Garbage, 1 Recycling and 1 Yard Waste system, our rates would likely stay the same, although it cuts our overall service level by 25%. The Council stated that they would reach out to the citizens via polls, meetings, etc., to get public input prior to making a final decision on Sanitation.
Marie Garrett, Interim City Manager, provided an update on the hunt for the Full Time City Manager position being conducted by Slavin: "Slavin has sent over a number of resumes to our HR Director, Rick Stone, who is working right now on 5 of them. They've conducted 2 phone interviews with others slated this week. After they [Slavin] finish with those, I'll review and get those over to you [Mayor Davis]."
Business Items:
K) Old Business
Mayor J Max Davis brought up Sanitation (Trash, Recycling, and Yard Waste), where Bill Riley explained that the City has pursued an IGA with service levels to remain as they are today. There is a kink in that plan, however. As many of the Brookhaven Citizens may already know, Dekalb County is considering countywide rate increases for Sanitation Services. Bill Riley explains, "I would anticipate that when they [Dekalb County] make a decision on what they are going to do, they will come to the cities and offer either once a week or twice a week for Garbage pickup...whenever they do it, it will go to all the cities at one time...they will present a couple of options and the cities will vett and choose the option and build the IGA around that."
If Brookhaven has the option of deciding whether or not we want to maintain the level of service we have now, which is 2 Garbage, 1 Recycling and 1 Yard Waste - (4 times per week) - it could include a rate increase of $40.00 per year. If Brookhaven has the option to choose to go to a 3 times per week - or 1 Garbage, 1 Recycling and 1 Yard Waste system, our rates would likely stay the same, although it cuts our overall service level by 25%. The Council stated that they would reach out to the citizens via polls, meetings, etc., to get public input prior to making a final decision on Sanitation.
Marie Garrett, Interim City Manager, provided an update on the hunt for the Full Time City Manager position being conducted by Slavin: "Slavin has sent over a number of resumes to our HR Director, Rick Stone, who is working right now on 5 of them. They've conducted 2 phone interviews with others slated this week. After they [Slavin] finish with those, I'll review and get those over to you [Mayor Davis]."
Business Items:
K) Old Business
- 02013-01-54 - Consideration and Approval of an Ordinance to Adopt and Approve CHAPTER 22: Solid Waste for Code of Ordinances for the City of Brookhaven (Second Read)
- Item PASSED - 02013-01-55 - Consideration and Approval of an Ordinance to Adopt and Approve CHAPTER 25: Water, Sewer and Sewage Disposal for Code of Ordinances for the City of Brookhaven (Second Read) - Item PASSED
- 02013-01-58 - Consideration and Approval of an Ordinance to Adopt and Approve CHAPTER 7: BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS for Code of Ordinances for the City of Brookhaven (Second Read) - Item PASSED
- 02013-01-59 - Consideration and Approval of an Ordinance to Adopt and Approve CHAPTER 17: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC for Code of Ordinances for the City of Brookhaven (Second Read) - Item PASSED
- 02013-01-60 - Consideration and Approval of an Ordinance to Adopt and Approve CHAPTER 23: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS for Code of Ordinances for the City of Brookhaven (Second Read)
- Item PASSED
| L) New Business
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|  Mayor J Max Davis swears in Bill Riley  District 1 Councilperson, Rebecca Chase Williams  District 2 Councilman, Jim Eyre |
