2026-10-05 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official action minutes. No video is posted for this meeting, so there is no transcript or timing.

Called to order at 1:06 PM by Council President Overstreet; adjourning roll call at 4:13 PM. Amos, Dozier and Wan were absent; Westmoreland, K. Bond and Boone arrived between 2:38 and 2:42 PM.
Four proclamations: Irene M. Richardson's retirement and Quality Living Services, Inc.; the life and legacy of Carl B. Trimble; Domestic Violence Awareness Month; and the Keep Atlanta Beautiful Commission Adopt-a-Spot volunteers. A moment of silence was held.
Self-storage facilities will need special use permits (11-0), and admission fees at City pools are waived during free open swim hours (11-0).
Council committed up to $1 million toward the Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy if it wins a $3 million state grant (10-1).
The detention center sale and the fire sworn pay plan were returned as held in Finance/Executive.
New ordinances introduced included a robot-weapons rule, a Starbucks boycott resolution, the CIE impact fee plan and a budget timeline charter amendment.

Resolution 26-R-4001 returned as held to Finance/Executive (next October 14) after a 4-2 favorable report from Public Safety on September 28 and a Finance hold on September 30. K. Bond's 26-R-4126 returned as held in Public Safety.

Ordinance 26-O-1532 adopted on substitute 10-1 and sent to the mayor post haste.

12.60-acre Hamilton E. Holmes Drive park purchase (up to $2,340,658.39) adopted on consent 11-0; the Memorial Drive Greenway purchase had its first reading.

Single-property annexation ordinance 26-O-1367 filed 12-0. Z-26-42 (zoning on annexation for Second Avenue and Fayetteville Road properties) adopted on consent 11-0.

Earl Young reappointed to the Water and Sewer Appeals Board 12-0. The FLOAT initiative ordinance 26-O-1564 was introduced; refund resolutions stayed held.

All introduced and referred to committees without objection (Public Safety, Community Development/Human Services, Finance/Executive and Transportation).

Journal: September 21 minutes adopted by unanimous consent 11-0.
Appointments confirmed 12-0: Khaliff Davis (Atlanta Development Authority board, as the Planning Advisory Board representative), Earl Young, and Dr. Annie Adams (Midtown Community Improvement District board). A temporary Tree Conservation Commission appointment (Eli Dickerson) accepted and filed 11-0. A Human Relations Commission appointment by the Council President was referred.
Rental Car Center operations and maintenance extension with Meridian Urban Joint Venture, October 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027, up to $4,906,888, adopted 12-0.
Consent agenda (11-0): rezonings and special use permits (including Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard, Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard, Ponce de Leon Avenue and Glenn Street properties), seven financial advisor contract renewals, a $325,000 donation to Gateway Center 24/7, weapons detection upgrades (up to $438,005.05), a six-month suspension of the vacancy review board requirement for Municipal Court personnel requests, renaming Walker Park to Rose Hill Park, a drug-free commercial zone report request, and concession and lease items at the airport. Claims and settlements were also approved (see Law Department Quarterly Update).
Two retired-employee rehiring resolutions for the Police Department were adopted (Retired Police Rehiring Resolutions).