Alpharetta council approves traffic-signal contract, $500,000 stormwater repairs and police training; consents to CID expansion

The Alpharetta City Council voted to award a traffic-signal contract, authorize $500,000 in stormwater repairs, approve police training funded from the opioid settlement and consent to a Community Improvement District expansion during its evening meeting. The council also approved the consent agenda and recessed into a brief executive session before adjourning.

The council approved an invitation to bid (ITB26-004) for replacement of the mast-arm traffic-signal assembly at the intersection identified in the agenda as Kimball Bridal Road and Northwoods Parkway, awarding the contract to GTG Traffic Signals for an amount not to exceed $237,965. Pete, the city presenter on the item, said the bid was the low of four and that the cost is within the FY 2026 budget. He also said the custom-fabricated mast arms carry a lead time of approximately 27 weeks, followed by about two months of installation work once poles are delivered.

The council approved an amendment to contract number 24-122, the city's on-call stormwater repair unit-price contract, to CSTE Inc. The amendment formalizes the contract as a multiyear arrangement (one year with up to four one-year renewals) and allocates $500,000 for fiscal-year 2026 task order 1 to complete multiple stormwater infrastructure repairs including work in Tuxford Subdivision, Rainwater Drive and city detention ponds.

The council authorized the purchase of an "operational readiness" training program for police officers from the University of North Georgia, in an amount not to exceed $59,400. Chief Trent said the four-hour, online program focuses on safe handling and awareness of fentanyl and related risks; he noted the training would be paid from the city's share of settlements in opioid litigation, of which the city has received about $80,000.

On a separate resolution, the council adopted a consent resolution allowing expansion of the True North 400 Community Improvement District (CID). City staff said parcels proposed for inclusion came from consenting property owners; the package presented to council removed one Alpharetta city park that had previously appeared in earlier materials.

Council members who spoke in favor of the training highlighted its use of opioid-settlement funds. "It's a great use of these funds, from the opioid settlement for protecting our police officers, with the fentanyl crisis going on in our country," Councilman DeRito said during discussion of the training purchase.

Votes at a glance: - ITB26-004 (traffic signal upgrade at Kimball Bridal Road and Northwoods Parkway): award to GTG Traffic Signals, amount not to exceed $237,965. Motion made and seconded on the record; outcome: approved. - Contract amendment 24-122 (stormwater repair unit-price contract): amend to multiyear form and allocate $500,000 for FY2026 Task Order 1 to CSTE Inc for stormwater infrastructure repairs. Motion made and seconded on the record; outcome: approved. - Purchase approval (police operational readiness opioid-related training): University of North Georgia, amount not to exceed $59,400, paid from opioid-settlement funds. Motion made and seconded on the record; outcome: approved. - Resolution consenting to expansion of the True North 400 Community Improvement District: motion made and seconded on the record; outcome: approved. - Consent agenda: motion and second recorded; outcome: approved.

No roll-call vote tallies with individual yes/no votes were provided in the transcript for these motions; the meeting record shows each item passed after motions, seconding and brief discussion.

What happened next: the council recessed into executive session on the topic of pending litigation, then reconvened and adjourned. Several council members invited follow-up if additional public-communication questions remained about the projects discussed.