InTucker Magazine

City Council Update

The first meeting of May for Tucker Mayor and Council was at capacity on Monday evening. The meeting was opened by students from Stone Mountain Middle School’s STEM program who are University of Maryland bound to compete in the International SeaPerch Challenge.

The consent agenda was amended to remove a contract and then approved unanimously as amended. The first order of new business was a first read of an ordinance to adopt a new article VIII Unlawful Discrimination. This was followed by a series of first reads and public hearings concerning our Comprehensive Plan 5-Year Update, residential rezoning, and various updates to Tucker’s ordinances.

The Mayor and Council then quickly unanimously approved three contracts for service providers for the Public Works department: maintenance of traffic signals, signs and striping services, maintenance of right-of-way services and on-call stormwater maintenance.

The Mayor and Council met again on May 22 for a second read and first adoption of the charter change to allow for the increased millage cap and adjustment of meeting interval requirements. In new business, the Council heard the first read for the Fiscal Year 2024 budget and approved four contracts before hearing an update from Barge concerning the contracted construction documents for the proposed Tucker Town Green on Railroad Avenue. The four approved contracts were for a three-year lease for warehouses to store inventory and equipment for the Public Works Department, a contract for a sidewalk design for Hugh Howell Road and Fellowship Road and finally for field lighting for Fitzgerald Park and Sports Complex.

Tucker’s Mayor and Council meet every second and fourth Monday of each month. All City meetings are held at Tucker City Hall at 1975 Lakeside Parkway, Suite 350B, Tucker, GA 30084