AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Public Safety Committee/Dennis McLain
a. Request in a change in the agent outlet manager for the alcohol beverage license for Ruby Tuesday #2734 for the on premises sale and consumption of wine, malt beverage, and spirituous liquor at 9579 Georgia Highway 5. Application by Ruby Tuesday, Inc.
b. Adopt a resolution concerning parades, marches, and other events using City streets and requiring deployment of City Police Department personnel for traffic safety and traffic control.
5. Community & Economic Development Committee/John Schildroth
a. Adopt a resolution concerning requests from the Irish Bred Pub restaurant, to be located at 6682 East Broad Street, for placement of a second story emergency exit and for outdoor dining on the City of Douglasville's O'Neal Plaza.
b. Authorize removal of shrubbery in the City of Douglasville's O'Neal Plaza adjacent to a section of the building at 6680 East Broad Street and accessibility to said building from O'Neal Plaza.
6. Planning & Zoning Committee/Michael Carter
Tabled from September 17, 2007:
a. Request for a change in zoning from R-2 (Single Family Detached Residential District) to CG (General Commercial District) certain tracts through which the planned Bright Star Road Connector will pass on approximately 6.68 acres. Application by the City of Douglasville.
New Business:
b. Consider the request for interpretation of the City Zoning Ordinance, filed by Jennifer Outwater for Historic Ghost Tours.
7. Parks & Recreation Committee/Roy Mims
8. Finance Committee/Henry Mitchell III
a. Authorize the City of Douglasville to offer surplus property for sale on Saturday, November 10, 2007, through an auction to be held at the Douglasville National Guard Armory and conducted by Elrod Auctioning.
b. Authorize the expenditure of funds for purchase and installation of insulation and heating/air conditioning equipment in the bay area of the former fire station in the downtown area, now used by the City Police Department, and for a warranty on said department's new emergency generator.
9. Information Technology Committee/Henry Mitchell III
a. Authorize the Mayor to submit a grant application to the Georgia Emergency Management Agency for a Fiscal Year 2007 NTIA/DHS Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant for a radio communications project.
10. Maintenance & Sanitation Committee/Charles Banks
a. Adopt a resolution proclaiming Monday, October 29, through Thursday, November 1, to be the 2007 Douglasville Recycles Week, sponsored by Keep Douglasville Beautiful and the City's Sanitation Department.
11. Transportation Committee/Michael Carter
a. Authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement for design and engineering services for intersection improvements at Georgia Highway 92 (Dallas Highway) and Malone Road.
12. Personnel & Organization Committee/Roy Mims
a. Adopt an ordinance and authorize the Mayor to sign an Adoption Agreement and Addendum with the Georgia Municipal Employees Benefit System, modifying the retirement plan for City employees to allow purchase of retirement credits for qualified military service, and to subject non-vested rehired employees to the same rules as new hires for vesting of benefits.
b. Establish the position of Arborist in the City Planning Department and adopt a job description for said position.
13. Ordinances & Intergovernmental Committee/Callye B. Holmes
a. Approve the form for a background information questionnaire for applicant appointees to City boards, commissions, and committees.
14. Other Business
15. City Attorney/Joel Dodson
16. Chief Assistant City Attorney/Suzan Littlefield
17. City Manager/Bill Osborne
18. Comments from Citizens and Delegates