HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes CC - 05/20/2016 - MINS 05 20 16 REG (Migrated from Optiview)Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council
Monday, May 2, 2016 at 6 :00 pm
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This summary is provided as a convenience and service to the public, media, and staff It is not
the intent to transcribe proceedings verbatim . Any reproduction of this summary must include this
notice. Public comments are noted and heard by Council, but not quoted. This document includes
limited presentation by Council and invited speakers in summary form. This is an official record
of the Milton City Council Meeting proceedings. Official Meetings are audio and video recorded.
The Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the City of Milton was held on May 2,
2016 at 6:00 PM, Mayor Joe Lockwood presiding.
INVOCATION
Remco Brommet, Chaplain for the City of Milton Police and Fire.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Pro Tern Kunz called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL
Councilmembers Present: Councilmember Thurman, Councilmember Lusk, Councilmember
Longoria, and Councilmember Mohrig.
Councilmember Absent: Councilmember Hewitt
Mayor Joe Lockwood was absent. Mayor Pro Tern Kunz led the meeting.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA
(Agenda Item No. 16-105)
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Longoria moved to approve the Meeting Agenda with the
following changes :
• Add Executive Session to discuss potential litigation.
Councilmember Mohrig seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously (5-0). Mayor Joe
Lockwood and Councilmember Hewitt were absent from the meeting.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
Lauren Holmes, 13900 Hagood Road, Milton, Georgia 30004
Robert 's rules were thrown out the window at the Monday, April 25th city council meeting. A
councilmember recused herself but spoke seven times with three extremely relevant comments.
She called for a point of order and redirected the discussion. The city attorney counted one of her
votes towards an extension. One city councilmember was allowed a twenty minute power point
presentation who you would have thought was on the developer's marketing team . Staff members
having private conversations with the developer and their attorney at the podium during the council
meeting. Several times, the applicant and his attorney stood up and directed our council on
interpretations of Robert 's rules. Why were we sitting in a council meeting negotiating with a
developer on matters that were not brought before the planning commission or staff? For more
than three hours, the applicant was allowed to stand up and interact with the council. What about
the opposition? Why didn 't they have a chance to speak again? So, what site plan did you vote
for? The CUP ordinance says you are voting for site specific but the city attorney and three
councilmembers told the rest of city council that they were voting for a conceptual plan. So, what
did you vote for? So , what is the developer actually building? Where are the houses being built?
Where is the drain field really going? Can you tell me what you approved? The so called,
conservationist developer, at one point says that he can drain the lake for more density. Then, he
offers to give the city the fourteen acres he was calling the conserved land . Isn 't that where the
drain field is ? Wouldn 't that have been great for him? The city is then maintaining the land in the
subdivision 's drain field. The city would have been responsible for the drain line and its failure .
Thankfully , Joe Longoria stopped that. City council voted on new conditions that were never seen
or approved by staff, council , city attorney, or the citizens of the city. According to the developer 's
documents, the northeast comer of the property has good soil but is unbuildable and the area where
they are building , the soil is bad. Therefore, the density should have been ten less units for a total
of forty. So , in the end , you gave a five unit density bonus. You wanted the subdivision for empty
nesters to be able to downsize. Since when is downsizing $750 ,000 to $1 million? What are you
downsizing from? $5 million ? Ten years from now, there will be a new city council. Where is
the verbiage that stops them from changing the law and allowing them to conserve land to be
developed? If you are allowing community septic for the reason of conservation, then why have
you not come up with language required to keep it conserved? An easement or ordinance can be
changed any time by a vote from city council. An irrevocable trust cannot. I have not heard those
words or seen any language to stop it from happening. You voted for the CUP with community
septic and no true verbiage conserving the land. Why do we have a planning commission when
you never listen to what they recommend? They are your choice appointed by you and they are
citizens of this city. So, tell me, what did you actually vote for? You should have deferred the
applicant's request for CUP with community septic until you had the answers to all of these
questions. You should all watch the video tape . Your constituents are watching. Six, seven, and
eight times and they see how the city is run. Thank you.
Tim Becker, 15625 Canterbury Chase, Milton, Georgia 30004
Good evening. I am a member of the Milton Coalition. We are a non-partisan group of concerned
citizens advocating for clean , competent, courageous , and most importantly, citizen 's centering of
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government. What we witnessed at last Monday's council meeting was anything but citizen's
centering. It was government of the developers, for the developers , and by the developers. It was
a shameful display. I thought I would never see the day when a council member would actually
negotiate with a developer, but worse, would negotiate for the developer. And , in a public meeting,
no less . Not a back room. There were so many violations of the public trust, I am not sure where
to begin. I suppose the best place to begin is at the end. An application was approved but my
question to you is this: What exactly did you approve? It perplexes me that staff and council do
not realize that the site plan is not, and I repeat , is not , conceptual. The site plan, along with the
conditions hastily approved by council, are all that govern Ebenezer development. They are the
zoning. This was the central point of my paltry two minute speech last Monday night. Council
essentially spent most of six and a half hours debating density to the exclusion of almost every
other issue. The conditions of the application were not discussed incredibility in exchange for one
fewer lot. Council accepted Brightwater's revised conditions without any review by council, staff,
or the citizens or any discussion. This is very unfair to citizens . It is an egregious violation of the
public trust. I guess we have to build the Brightwater development to understand what council
approved. With its action, council has condemned yet another tract of land to the chainsaw and
bulldozer. There is a reason that the Ebenezer property has not been developed. It is uneconomic
to develop. Half of the land on the western side has poor soil for septic. There are steep grades .
There are stream buffers. Economic development is only possible by granting density. There are
other tracts ofland in Milton that are similarly marginal. With the Ebenezer rezoning , council has
provided a path for these tracts to also be desecrated. If that is conservation, please describe to me
what unbridled development looks like . I predict that we will soon see other similar CUP
rezonings. Council has declared open season on the remaining greenspace in Milton. Didn't it
strike any of you as hypocritical when Mr. Bostwick indicated that he would readily exclude from
his plan the panhandle? The very piece ofland that he was so intent on preserving. Brightwater 's
plan is just a lot of green wash. I have written on this very subject, in fact, I have written nearly a
dozen articles on the environment, some of which I want to enter tonight into the public record. It
is time that council start listening to someone who has credibility on these issues instead of a bunch
of look good, feel good environmentalists who have chosen power over principal. In closing, I
want to emphasize that it is never too late to do the right thing. Special interests will always
threaten clean government. Council's role is to act as a counterweight to these special interests.
Council 's role is to protect and advance the prerogatives of the citizens. I will leave you with this
quote by the great Edwin Burke , "All that is required for people to prevail is for good men to do
nothing." I know some of you understand the issues here. I beg of you to do more to stop those
who want to do harm to our community. Thank you.
Scott Tittle, 12875 Heydon Hall, Roswell, Georgia 30075
Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight. I am obviously here to speak about last Monday
night's meeting as well regarding the decision on the zoning and variance hearing for the Ebenezer
development. As a direct resident of Ebenezer Road, I just wanted to speak to a few things
respectfully. The opposition to this development by the direct residents; approximately 29 of us
were opposed to the development being done and we feel unheard , lightly considered , and we were
very disappointed in the decision that was made. Even more so , the staff recommended denial of
the variance and zoning , the planning commission recommended denial, and 90% opposition from
the direct residents affected by this were against it as well. We just feel very dismissed and
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shocked. So, as a direct resident with the right to appeal , that is certainly being investigated and
looked into . I'm not an expert on all that but there are people that are looking into that and it is a
very real possibility that we will consider that possibility that is allowed to us. The other part is
that , I wasn 't there for the whole meeting, but I watched it on line , the parts that I missed , and I
just think that the most surprising part of the process is that the entire meeting it seemed like you
guys love the idea of a comprehensive plan that you can control. I get that. And , all the way up
until the last fifteen minutes of the meeting , si x hours and fifteen minutes ; that was the thing that
you guys really adhered to but at the last minute the city 's conditions are thrown out and the
builder 's conditions are accepted. I don 't understand that. That is just crazy . And , you accepted
a concept plan without a site plan and you took out fi ve houses which is better but it still leaves it
open to another developer what you feared for in the AG-1 decision for development , now with
this CUP plan it has pretty much the license to do what they want because you accepted a blind
site plan and concept plan for him to go forward with. As a resident, it just makes us fearful of
what that looks like. And , then I also shared an email from the other about 250 acres that adjoin
this property, the Lahkapani parcel , Bernard Wolfe wrote an email right afterwards so excited
because he admitted he was with the Sweet Apple plan. He is so excited because he can now sell
the asset because he is aging and then do what he really wants to do which translates into he just
made more money because of the decision made last Monday night. And, the other adjoining
property owners were all in this together and his email confirms it to approach you and convince
you to do a CUP plan and now there are probably 300 acres at risk in this area of the city. So , it
is just disappointing. I want to respectfully express that to you. I respect that you are a volunteer
council and I imagine a lot of hard work comes with that. But, I just ask that before the i 's are
dotted and the t's are crossed , if there is consideration of that I would certainly ask for that. I
appreciate your time.
City Clerk Gordon
I have document correspondence from Joe D. Whitley, 1250 Birmingham Road, Milton,
Georgia, 30004. This document will be submitted into the record. It was hand delivered and
emailed to all the elected officials , as well as , Steven Krokoff, Interim City Manager, City Attorney
Ken Jarrard , Community Development Director Kathy Field , the entire Planning Commission,
Robyn MacDonald with the Community Development Department and the Planning Commission
Chairman Peyton Jamison. The council is in possession of this document. It is dated today, May
2, 2016 .
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approval of the April 18 , 2016 City Council Work Session Meeting Minutes.
(Agenda Item No. 16-106)
(S udie Gordon, City Clerk)
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Motion and Vote: Councilmember Lusk moved to approve the Consent Agenda Item .
Councilmember Thurman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously (5-0). Mayor
Joe Lockwood and Councilmember Hewitt were absent from the meeting.
REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS
1. Presentation on TSPLOST Project List.
(C arter Lu cas, Assistant C ity Manager)
FIRST PRESENT A TI ON
1. Consideration of an Ordinance to Amend Milton City Code , Chapter 18 ,
Emergency Management Services.
(Agenda Item No. 16-107)
(Matt Marietta, Em ergen cy Manager/Fir e Mars hal)
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Thurman moved to approve the First Presentation Agenda
Item. Councilmember Lusk seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously (5-0). Mayor
Joe Lockwood and Councilmember Hewitt were absent from the meeting.
PUBLIC HEARING
1. Consideration of a Resolution Extending Through August 2 , 2016, an Existing
Moratorium Barring the Acceptance of Applications for Permits Authorizing the Use of
Community Sewerage Disposal Systems.
(Agenda Item No. 16-108)
(Ken Jarrard, City A ttorn ey)
PUBLIC COMMENT
John Bogino, 14495 Hopewell Road, Milton, Georgia 30004
I am a big property rights guy. Twenty years ago there was no traffic and it was really nice. Then
my neighbors came along and bought property and built big houses. That is their right to do. I
didn 't expect the gates to close when I mo ved to unincorporated Fulton County . I think you do a
really good job with the progress that is being made and the difficult situations you deal with. I
am in favor of anything that helps Milton remain a beautiful community. It is a very nice
community. My understanding of community sewerage is that it will preserve greenspace .
Ho wever, in talking to my neighbors the y have this idea that the septic runoff will go into their
fields . So , a lot of people hav e gotten the wrong idea of what it is. It sounds great to me and I
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certainly support it. I would like to make one more comment regarding the roundabout at Francis
Road. It is wonderful except between the hours of 5:00 -6 :00 p.m.
Jack Lindon, 14810 East Bluff Road, Milton, Georgia 30004
I decided I wanted to speak about this today because since this issue came up and the moratorium
was placed on it I'm assuming so that you could have time to come up with ways to regulate and
control community septic systems. I have been doing a good deal of research and I plan to pass a
lot of that information along to you in the next few weeks. One of the things I have been looking
at is information from the Georgia Water Research Conference that was held at UGA in April
2011. One of the most interesting things is that when people talk about these issues, they actually
prepare a community septic system or package systems or cluster systems , there are various names
that are used , versus individual home septic systems. Sewer systems are centralized systems and
have nothing to do with these type of package systems or individual septic systems. What really
needs to be considered here is the relationship between these package systems and individual
systems and how good they both are. You are probably aware that right now in the city , almost
all of our residents have individual septic systems. They are not controlled in any way. There are
no laws governing how they are maintained or managed or inspected . And , this is a problem that
was indicated during this conference. There are a lot of septic systems failing in the state of
Georgia and are causing lots of problems with our water quality. These issues can be addressed
with the kind of package systems that we are talking about here which are maintained, regulated ,
and approved by the Georgia Department of Environmental Quality. One other point I wanted to
make which I recently read, in the state of Georgia, the state ordinances prevent community boards
of health from passing any laws requiring maintenance of individual septic systems. The city or
county cannot pass a law that states that we have to maintain our systems. I haven't done enough
research to know whether that law pertains to municipalities. I would hope that at some point the
City of Milton could begin to regulate to some extent systems that are going to start failing or are
already failing. That might be something you want to consider as you look into this whole issue
of community septic systems versus individual septic systems. Thank you.
ZONING AGENDA (Non e)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Consideration of an Ordinance to Amend the Defined Benefit Pension
Plan to Reduce the Qualifications for Normal Retirement to Attainment of
65 and 5 Years of Total Credited Service.
ORDINANCE NO. 16-05-273
(Agenda Item No.16-100)
(Fir st Pres entation at April 2 5, 2016 Regular City Coun cil M eetin g)
(Sam Tra ger, Human Resources Director)
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Stacey Inglis, Assistant City Manager
The ordinance in front of you tonight is to amend our minimum requirement for retirement based
on age and service to 65 years old and 5 years of service under our defined benefit pension plan.
Our plan currently requires that an employee must be 65 years old and have 7 years of service or
the y can retire early at 55 years old and have ten years of service. This proposed change has been
reviewed by our actuary and he has advised that this change will have little to no effect on the cost
of the defined benefit plan. We anticipate that one employee will retire under this provision. That
employee works in the Public Works Department. This change will allow the department to move
forward. During the next two years , three employees have expressed an interest in retiring from
the city and each of these employees have a vast amount of knowledge in their field and the city
as a whole . So , we would like to stagger these retirements if at all possible.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Longoria moved to approve Agenda Item No. 16-100.
Councilmember Mohrig seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously (5-0). Mayor Joe
Lockwood and Councilmember Hewitt were absent from the meeting.
2. Consideration of an Amendment of Chapter 56 , Article III of the City of
Milton Code of Ordinances to Update the Maximum Speed Limit Table.
ORDINANCE NO. 16-05-274
(Agenda Item No. 16-101)
(First Presentation at April 25, 2016 R egular C ity Coun c il M ee tin g)
(C arter Lucas, Assis tant City Manager)
Carter Lucas, Assistant City Manager
This is the periodic update that we conduct regarding our speed limit table. This is the table that
sets our speed limits and allows us to run radar on several roads throughout the city. Six changes
are enumerated in the agenda item memo .
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Thurman mo ved to appro ve Agenda Item No. 16-101.
Councilmember Lusk seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously (5-0). Mayor Joe
Lockwood and Councilmember Hewitt were absent from the meeting.
3. Consideration to Adopt an Amendment to the Impact Fee Ordinance
Fee Schedule.
ORDINANCE NO. 16-05-275
(Agenda Item No. 16-102)
(Discussed at April 18, 2016 C ity Coun c il Work S ession)
(First Prese ntation at April 25, 2016 Regular C ity Coun c il Me etin g)
(Kathleen Fi eld, Co mmunity D evelopm ent D irector)
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Michele Mcintosh-Ross, Principal Planner
The Impact Fee Ordinance was originally adopted in 2015 . The ordinance had an attached fee
schedule showing the maximum fees allowed for impact fees. The Parks and Recreation impact
fees were discounted to 50% for six months then another re view of those fees would take place.
It has been six months and so we have prepared the impact fee schedule to show those fees now at
100%.
PUBLIC COMMENT
James Touchton, 5901-C Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30328
I am speaking on behalf of the Council for Quality Growth. According to the proposed Capital
Improvements Element, Impact Fees are expected to pay for 306 acres of new park land , 45 acres
and 3 8 miles of new trails , and 1, 13 8 acres of conservation easements , as well as numerous public
facilities. Howe ver , Impact Fee revenue cannot be used to fund the maintenance , operations or
replacement of deteriorated facilities. How will the upkeep of these new public parks , tails and
facilities be managed and funded? Ross + Associates reported a substantial existing level of
service shortfall for parks , trails and recreational facilities in the city . While only the new growth
demand is used to calculate the impact fees , existing residents will use and benefit from the parks
built with impact fee revenue without having paid impact fees themselves. The Council for Quality
Growth is concerned that the adoption of increased parks and recreation fee , which is an increase
from the current $3 ,100 to almost $6 ,300 per dwelling unit, required per new family in Milton ,
where existing residents have never paid such high fees , may place a disproportionate cost burden
of parks and infrastructure improvements on new residents . Additionally , at the previous city
council meeting where the parks and recreation impact fee was discussed last fall , city council
members expressed concern over obligating the city to allocate the required funding to match
impact fee revenue for the park improvements described in the parks and recreation master plan.
At $7,700 , Milton would have the highest combined residential impact fees in North Fulton and
approaching the highest fees in the Atlanta Metro Region. Please see the handout of regional
impact fees comparison chart for your reference on Milton 's fees versus surrounding cities and
counties. The council recommends continuing a reduced parks and recreation impact fee that will
allow the city to generate funding for park improvements but does not place a disproportionate
cost burden on residential developers and new residents.
David Ellis, 3795 Hedgecliff Court, Johns Creek, Georgia 30004
I am representing Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association. Just to reiterate what James
Touchton just mentioned is that back in the fall there was concern from some councilmembers
regarding the cost of the park plan which is over $200 million that was designed around the impact
fees . The public funding obligation that would accompany that would be a great burden. Staff
wanted to reassess that plan before the fees were implemented. I just want to make sure you got
the numbers right; that you are charging the correct amount. As well as the amount that existing
residents will have to pay to full y fund that plan. Every time you raise the cost of housing in a
community , it limits the ability for people to come to the community . A $3 ,000 increase in housing
can potentially prevent someone from being able to live in the community even though they may
work in the community . Also , it would be very helpful ifthe impact fees could be paid at the time
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a person receives their certificate of occupancy. Let's look at the parks and recreation plan and
make sure it is being funded properly. Thank you for your time.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Longoria moved to approve Agenda Item No. 16-102.
Councilmember Mohrig seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously (5-0). Mayor Joe
Lockwood and Councilmember Hewitt were absent from the meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Consideration of a Resolution Extending Through August 2, 2016, An
Existing Moratorium Barring the Acceptance of Applications for Permits
Authorizing the Use of Community Sewerage Disposal Systems.
RESOLUTION NO. 16-05-372
(Agenda Item No. 16-108)
(Public Hearing Held at May 2, 2016 Regular City Council Meeting)
(Ken Jarrard, City Attorney)
Ken Jarrard, City Attorney
This agenda item was in the public hearing portion of this meeting earlier tonight. It is now time
to take action on this item . If you take no action tonight , this moratorium will expire on May 10 ,
2016. The council can end this moratorium at any time prior to August 2, 2016 by motion and
vote.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Mohrig moved to approve Agenda Item No. 16-108.
Councilmember Longoria seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously (5-0). Mayor
Joe Lockwood and Councilmember Hewitt were absent from the meeting.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS
• Our Mayor recently received an award at the Greater North Fulton Chamber gala.
• The Milton Jubilee is coming up soon .
• Earth Day was a great event.
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STAFF REPORTS
Department Updates
1. Fire
2 . Finance
3. Information Technology
4. Communication & Engagement
5. Human Resources
Robert Edgar, Fire Chief
• Sudie is passing out a summary of fire calls. I put it in a format that explains in more
detail each fire call. The overall fire call volume is trending upward due to increased
population, traffic , etc. The amount of estimated costs that have been lost associated with
fire damage just in the past 12 months has been fairly substantial.
• As of last week, our boot drive balance was $41 ,574.00. However, on Friday we added
an additional $11 , 155.00. This does not include five pounds of change that has not been
counted. We are at almost $54 ,000 in total collections with two more days to go.
• We received a donation from the First Responders Foundation for a bike team so we will
make that purchase within the next few months and then receive training.
Bernadette Harvill, Finance Manager
• The FYI 5 CAFER has been published and is on the website for your review.
• Code Enforcement recently helped us by going to all the commercial businesses that have
not renewed their business license in order to obtain renewals . We mailed 115 to home
based businesses and we currently have 155 businesses outstanding. Of that, 87 are home
based businesses so maybe the business has closed and not notified us. We are working
to get this information up-to-date. Of the remaining commercial businesses , two of them
have alcohol beverage licenses that have not been renewed.
• We are concluding the title research phase of the tax sale. We sent out 84 notices of
unpaid parcels. We still have 53 left that need to pay.
David Frizzell, Information Technology
• On April 11th we had a circuit cut which caused problems at City Hall but it did not affect
police. We have put measures in place to prevent this from happening again.
• We had a few more help desk requests in March than we did in February.
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Angela Thompson, Communication and Engagement
• Thank you to everyone who came out to Earth Day. We had over 1,200 attendees and
over 100 volunteers. A big thank you to Courtney Spriggs for all her help in coordinating
this event.
• The Milton Jubilee is this Saturday from 4 :00 to 9:00 p.m. in Downtown Crabapple.
• We have media training on May 23rd from 9:00 to 11 :00 a.m.
• Better Together will be hosting Connie Mashburn on May 9th who will talk about Milton
area history .
• The Village Volunteers are doing well and are meeting weekly. They provide special
programming to young adults.
• Countryside Pet Estates hosted our Better Together event. It is a fantastic facility.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Thurman moved to go into Executive Session to discuss
potential litigation at 7:44 p.m. Councilmember Longoria seconded the motion. The motion
passed unanimously (5-0). Mayor Joe Lockwood and Councilmember Hewitt were absent from
the meeting.
RECONVENE
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Mohrig moved to reconvene the Regular Meeting at 7:49 p.m.
Councilmember Longoria seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously (5-0). Mayor
Joe Lockwood and Councilmember Hewitt were absent from the meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
(Agenda Item No. 16-109)
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Longoria moved to adjourn the Regular Meeting at 7:50 p.m.
Councilmember Mohrig seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously (5-0). Mayor Joe
Lockwood and Councilmember Hewitt were absent from the meeting.
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Date Approved: August 1, 2016
ST A TE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
CITY OF MIL TON
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AFFIDAVIT RE: CLOSURE OF
OPEN MEETINGS
Personally appeared before the undersigned officer, duly authorized under the laws of the State of Georgia
to administer oaths , JOE LOCKWOOD, who in his capacity as Mayor and the person presiding over a Council
meeting of the CITY OF MlL TON, and after being first duly sworn , certifies under oath and states to the best of hi s
knowledge and belief the following :
At a Regularly Scheduled City Council Work Sess ion Meeting held on May 2 , 2016, at 6 :00 PM the Council
voted to go into closed session and exclude the public from all or a portion of its meeting. The legal exceptions
applicable to the exempt matters addressed during such closed meeting are as fo ll ows:
[Check or initial as appropriate]
1. X discussion or voting to authorize negotiations to purchase , dispose of, or lease
property ; authorizing the ordering of an appraisal related to the acquisition or disposal of real estate ;
entering into contract to purchase , to dispose of, or lease property subject to approval in a subsequent
public vote ; or entering into an option to purchase , dispose of, or lease real estate subject to approval in a
subsequent public vote pursuant to O .C .G .A , 50-14-3(b)(l)(B-E);
2. discussing or deliberating upon the appointment, employment, compensation, hiring ,
disciplinary action or dismissal , or periodic evaluation or rating of a public officer or employee or
interviewing applicants for the executive head of the city with the vote on any such matter coming in
public pursuant to O .C.G.A. 50-14-3(b)(2);
3. __ attorney/client privilege in order to consult and meet with legal counsel pertaining to
pending or potential litigation, settlement, claims , administrative proceedings or other judicial actions
brought or to be brought by or against the agency or any officer or employee or in which the agency or
any officer or employee may be directly involved, pursuant to O.C.G.A. 50-14-2(1).
4. other (explanation):
l certify that the subject matter of the closed meeting or the closed portion of the meeting was devoted to
matters of official business or policy , with the exceptions provided by law as set forth above .
MAYOR JOE LOCKWOOD