InTucker Magazine

City Council Update – December 2019

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council held several meetings and work sessions during the month of November, discussing and voting on some important issues.

On November 5, they held a special called meeting to get project updates from staff, as well as to hold an executive session discussion about real estate matters.

November 12 saw a work session and meeting with relatively light agendas. Among the items that saw action were 5-0 votes to approve a contract for an internal auditor and to approve the Mayor’s appointment of Bob Espy to a vacant seat on the City’s Zoning Board of Appeals.

Council wrapped its business on November 25, hosting a work session followed by a meeting. Much of the crowd was on hand to hear a rezoning petition that seeks to create 63 single family homes on about 22.5 acres at the intersection of Midvale and Lavista Roads. That issue came before Council on a first read, meaning no action was taken. A second read, public hearing and vote are tentatively scheduled for January 14. They also held a public hearing for a special land use permit (SLUP) for a personal care home at 5002 Chamblee Tucker Road. That will come up for a second read and vote on December 9.

Items that saw action at the November 25 meeting included:

• a unanimous vote to approve a mid-year budget amendment
• approval of a contract to install flashing lights in school zones at Tucker Middle and Tucker High School
• approval of a contract to install traffic signal detection on Mountain Industrial Boulevard

The next City Council meeting will be December 9 at 7 p.m. at the City Hall Annex (4228 First Avenue).