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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

That's a wrap on the legislative agenda. Thanks for tuning in.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Councilmember Alex Wan introduces two pieces of legislation to install new Flock license plate readers.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Councilmember Antonio Lewis introduced a resolution for a study on developing an affordable housing site in the Gilbert Garden neighborhood.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Bond introduced an ordinance to extend the life of several tax allocation districts, including the Beltline and Westside, to 2055.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Councilmember Michael Julian Bond introduces legislation to require four people to staff firefighting trucks.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Bakhtiari also introduces an ordinance cosponsored by Carden Wyckoff for $600,000 in sidewalk repairs in Downtown and an ordinance for push to open buttons on building entrances.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Councilmember Liliana Bakhtiari introduces legislation to donate around $1 million from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to Mercy Housing.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Councilmember Byron Amos introduces an ordinance to permit parking in Vine City, ostensibly to cut down on stadium parking taking over the neighborhood ahead of the World Cup.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Boone introduces an ordinance to allow the city to recognize the Progressive Firefighters as a dues union for city firefighters.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

We've moved on to personal papers. Councilmember Andrea Boone introduces a resolution to support the WNBA Players Association and call for an equitable contract. This resolution is brought forward for immediate consideration.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

The council voted 13-0 to ratify Mayor Dickens' executive order halting future vendor license applications for the 2026 World Cup.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Council has officially exited committee of the whole.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

The extra item is the appointment of Todd Gray to the Office of Inspector General governing board. Gray was a member of the board before its dissolution when the OIG was weakened. He was the sole member of the board who vocally supported the mayor's efforts to undermine the office.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

The council was preparing to vote out of committee of the whole, but it was announced that there was yet another item that needed to be discussed in committee of the whole.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

That's the last item for committee of the whole.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Councilmember Wan says, "I'm going to hold my nose and support it." He says the procurement report answered his questions, but the administration's handling of the issue was "bad form."

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

The Department of Procurement says there was a delay in getting responses in order to complete the I-Pro report.

Wan asks who was the source of the delay. Procurement does not quite answer the question.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

The Department of Watershed Management says this will make sure that work will be done in time for the 2026 World Cup.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Councilmember Alex Wan chides the administration for asking the Council to "cram through" these two contracts—worth approximately $20 million—through a committee of the whole without providing an opportunity to review the independent procurement reports.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Transportation wrapped. City Utilities will also be taken in committee of the whole, to accommodate a couple of contract resolutions that were not voted on two weeks ago.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

The City Council unanimously approved allowing CSX to install fencing along Cheshire Bridge to disrupt the creation of unhoused encampments on CSX property.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

The Cascade Complete Streets funding ordinance passes 13-0.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Up next is a $4,665,800 payment for the Cascade Complete Street project. Over the summer, the Council approved legislation to extend the project timeline to the end of this year, but did not approve additional funding.

The new estimated completion date is Feb. 10, 2026.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

No members of the public spoke on the abandonment. The council approved it 12-0.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 1d

Public Safety wrapped up uneventfully. The Transportation Committee is next and will begin with a public hearing on the city abandoning a small right-of-way to the adjacent property owner.

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