InTucker Magazine

City Council Update – October 2021

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council met twice during the month of September, holding several public hearings and casting votes on several important issues. The biggest of those votes, which happened at the meeting on September 13, was to begin distributing money from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Council decided unanimously to approve a $1.2 million contract with local non-profit NETWorks to assist with housing relief in the area. NETWorks previously partnered with the City on the federal CARES Act program.

There were four public hearings at that September 13 meeting. The first was for an ordinance to amend the Fiscal Year ’22 budget. The ordinance, which was necessitated in part by ARPA funds, passed on a 6-0 vote. Next, Council heard discussion on a proposed special land use permit (SLUP) to allow an automobile repair shop at 2101 Northlake Parkway. This issue passed on a 5-1 vote. They then held a public hearing on an ordinance that would strengthen and clarify the City’s sign code before hearing discussion on a SLUP for a personal care home at 3710 S. Marlborough Drive. Both of these issues came before Council on a first read, meaning that no vote was taken on either issue.

Council gathered again on September 27 for a work session and special called meeting. During the work session, they received a presentation on efforts to calm traffic along Brockett Road. They also had discussion on designations for sidewalk cafes and an entertainment district in downtown Tucker. 

The special called meeting saw several votes taken, including approval of updating the contracts for sidewalk construction in Henderson Park and construction of the memorial at Probst Park. After a brief executive session, Council returned and voted 6-0 to authorize the Mayor to sign a contract for the purchase of four parcels in downtown Tucker. The contract comes with a price tag of $1.2 million. It will allow for new downtown community greenspace, as well as housing a stretch of Tucker’s multimodal trail.

The next meeting of the Mayor and City Council will be on October 12 at 7 p.m. at City Hall (1975 Lakeside Parkway, Suite 350B).