InTucker Magazine

City Council Update – September 2020

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council gathered three times in the month of August, discussing and deciding on several critical issues. At the meeting on August 10, Council voted to authorize the Mayor to approve an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with DeKalb County on approximately $4.1 million in federal funding being directed to the City of Tucker for pandemic response. The City plans to use the CARES Act money on programs including small business grants, mask distribution, housing and food insecurity.

At a special called meeting on August 18, Council held an in-depth discussion on the CARES Act to further discuss how best to distribute the funding.

On August 24, Council held a work session followed by a brief regular meeting. The work session saw discussion of several important topics, including:

• a policy on organized play and programming within the purview of the Tucker Parks and Recreation Department. This discussion centered largely around the Tucker Football League and TYSA, which utilize City of Tucker fields
• a stormwater ordinance and referendum discussion with subject matter experts answering Council questions about what other cities have done and are doing in the realm of stormwater management
• the City bringing traffic citations to court at the new City Hall (1975 Lakeside Parkway, Suite 350) beginning on October 7

The next meeting of the Mayor and City Council will be on September 14 at 7 p.m. at the City Hall Annex.