City of Alma

This document serves as the official record for the Mayor City Council meeting.

The meeting will include an invocation, the Pledge of Allegiance, and adoption of the agenda and minutes from previous meetings. A resident will address drainage issues, and presentations will be given by the Board of Elections on city election issues, and by the Chamber of Commerce and Theater Board on annual tax usage. An update on services will be provided by Republic Services. Action items include appointments to the Library Board and Council on Aging; approval of purchases for theater seat replacements and a vacuum excavator; adoption of budget amendments; approval of revolving loan applications for a beauty shop and a pawn shop; grant acceptance for traffic enforcement; and approval of a grant application for police radio replacement. Finally, there will be department reports, a city attorney's report, a city manager's report, citizen comments, and announcements regarding Hurricane Dorian, the annual legislative session, Republic Services' rate adjustment, and the retirement of the Chief Code Enforcement Officer.

The meeting agenda includes public hearings on ordinances restricting RVs and campers as permanent dwellings and requiring grease, oil, and sand interceptors. Action items involve adopting these ordinances, approving a service agreement with ATC, authorizing a Department of Corrections service agreement, purchasing a lawnmower, appointing a member to the Southern Georgia Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council, and selecting a new auditor. The agenda also includes monthly department reports, a city attorney's report, a city manager's report, citizen comments, and information items on a theater seating plan, a rezoning request, and MBG compliance.

The meeting included an invocation, pledge to the flag, and adoption of the agenda and minutes. A property sale for future cemetery use was discussed, along with a presentation of the FY 17-18 audit report. Action items included approving a right-of-way transfer, selecting a new I/T vendor, annexing public rights-of-way, authorizing scrap tire collection, and approving revolving loan fund recommendations. Ordinances regarding recreational vehicles and sewer use were introduced. Informational items covered economic development, theater seating, a steak battle, the farmers market, and various department reports. The city attorney's report included updates on court orders, property maintenance liens, and land deeds. The city manager's report covered the budget calendar, sales tax collections, road resurfacing, and sewer lift pumping stations. Citizen comments were also included.

The meeting agenda included a public hearing on amendments to the Alma Comprehensive Plan, focusing on capital improvements, grant eligibility, and the addition of a broadband service element. Action items involved the approval of the comprehensive plan revisions, the FY 20-21 budget, and various appointments for city positions. Other agenda items included the naming of city facilities, approval of a GEFA loan payment deferral, a USDA grant resolution for police radio replacement, and awarding bids for pothole repair, cemetery maintenance, and fence repair. The meeting also included discussion of a COVID-19 executive order regarding mask-wearing, an ordinance to prohibit motorized vehicles in the city park, and department monthly reports.