InTucker Magazine
November 2024
City Council Update
The Mayor called the October 15 City Council Meeting to order with all seven City Council members present.
The Mayor celebrated the Tucker Parks & Recreation Department’s four Georgia Recreation and Parks Association (GRPA) District Awards and commended the Public Works Department for their work leading up to nd during Hurricane Helene.
Mayor Auman motioned to add item J.4 to the agenda regarding the City’s contract for vehicle leasing and made a separate motion to remove item G.5, a resolution to submit a 2024-25 Land Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) pre-application, from the consent agenda for further consideration as item J.5. The approved consent agenda contained:
- September’s meeting minutes
- A resolution to adopt the 2025 calendar
- A resolution to amend the Tucker Development Authority FY 25 budget
- A contract task order for stormwater maintenance at 2452 Spencers Way
- A contract amendment for the Tucker Town Green Design
Next, Candace Amos, Senior Health and Financial Wellness Consultant from the Government Municipal Association (GMA), presented the City’s Wellness Committee with a 2024 Health Promotion and Wellbeing Grant for $3,000 to support wellness activities. Tommy Hayes, MSI Benefits Group Benefits Consultant, introduced the City’s 2025 Health Insurance Benefits Renewal.
Ordinances which saw their second read and public hearing include:
- A major modification to allow a place of worship at 6430 Lawrenceville Highway, passed unanimously
- A 12-month time extension for a previously approved special land use permit (SLUP) for multifamily housing at 2247 and 2251 Northlake Parkway, passed unanimously
- A Tucker Code amendment affecting the downtown special zoning districts to increase permitted multifamily density in DT-2 and DT-3 from 24 to 35 units per acre and allow a SLUP process to request higher density, allow a SLUP process by which property owners and developers may request one additional story of height, and other changes to townhome width and lot coverage, passed 5-2
- A Tucker Code amendment to create procedures that property owners can follow to request special districts for modifying streetlighting, passed unanimously
- A purchasing policy amendment to increase City Manager approval limit, increase the formal sealed bids threshold, clarify use of “on-call” contract and task orders and add a section for change orders and contract amendments, passed unanimously
The evening’s proceedings also included the first read and public hearing of a SLUP to allow a multifamily use abutting a residential zoning district with a concurrent variance for exterior building materials at 4419 Cowan Road.
The Mayor and City Council unanimously approved a contract amendment and a contract award:
- An amendment for the Fitzgerald Park Phase 2 Improvements, bringing the initial $4,341,298.78 approved to a total of $4,434,212.81
- An award to North Georgia Concrete for the Johns Homestead Park and Dam Improvement Construction Project in the amount of $3,817,263 with a 5% contingency, bringing the total to $4,008,126.15 partially funded by a 2022 Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program grant for 2,521,787.65
The City also unanimously approved item J.4, a resolution regarding the City’s supplemental vehicle leasing.
The final item on the agenda was a resolution to submit a 2024-25 Land Water Conservation Fund pre-application, for which Parks and Recreation Director Rip Robertson requested commitment to match the grant funds to begin the pre-application process. This LWCF grant would allow the City to build two bridges along the Yellow Trail at Henderson Park. The Mayor and City Council approved the resolution unanimously. The Mayor and City Council recessed to executive session and adjourned the meeting with no further action taken.
Tucker’s mayor and Council meet on the second and fourth Mondays of every month at City Hall. All meetings are live-streamed and recorded on the website, tuckerga.gov. Due to publication deadlines, please check the website for recaps of the second meeting of the month.