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Committee approves ordinances and multiple settlement resolutions; summary of votes and dollar amounts
Summary
The Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee approved several ordinances, settlements and a staffing resolution on Oct. 13. Key actions included vehicle donation and grant ordinances, a $2.205 million settlement resolution, and multiple smaller settlements and invoices.
The Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee approved a block of ordinances, resolutions and settlements during its Oct. 13 meeting. The items below summarize formal actions, vote tallies and monetary amounts recorded in committee.
Votes at a glance
- Agenda adoption: Vote 4 yeas, 0 nays — agenda approved. - Minutes approval: Vote recorded as 4 yeas, 0 nays — minutes approved.
Ordinances and appropriations (committee-level actions)
- Item 1 (25-01537): Ordinance authorizing the mayor to accept a vehicle donation (2024 Ford F-650) from the Atlanta Urban Area Security Initiative for use by Atlanta Fire Rescue Department. Vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays — item favorable.
- Item 2 (25-01538): Ordinance amending the 2024-25 intergovernmental grant fund budget to add $8,290 for trauma-related equipment for Atlanta Fire Rescue Department. Vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays — item favorable.
- Item 3 (25-01549): Ordinance authorizing payment of outstanding invoice not to exceed $432,508.86 for vehicle rental (Enterprise Leasing Company of Georgia LLC). Vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays — item favorable.
- Item 4 (25-01550, substituted): Substitute ordinance to amend city code §114-28 (payroll deductions for labor organizations); substitute approved 4 yeas, 1 abstention; item referred to Finance Executive Committee for further review.
Resolutions authorizing settlements (items 5–13 and others)
Committee approved a block of settlement resolutions and related items (items 5–12) by unanimous votes where recorded. Notable settlements and amounts included:
- Item 10 (25R4073): Settlement of Samuel Galloway v. City of Atlanta — $75,000.00 (state court of Fulton County). Approved in block vote. - Item 12 (25R4075): Settlement of Delicia Lowery Barksdale v. City of Atlanta — $2,205,000.00 (superior court of Fulton County). Approved in block vote. - Item 13 (25R4076): Settlement deposit of $15,000.00 payable to City of Atlanta in claim brought by Rodney Hill Jr. doing business as Hill Development LLC. Vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays.
Other actions
- Item 14 (25R4082, substituted): Resolution requesting AFRD staffing standards (minimum four per apparatus where possible) — approved 5 yays, 0 nays.
- Item 24 (25-01580, substituted): Ordinance amending alcoholic-beverage code to add a definition of “nonprofit performing arts theater” and amend the definition of “lounge” — approved as substituted 3 ayes, 1 nay (committee lost quorum before additional votes).
- Walk-in ordinance (first read only): Amendment and ratification of sole-source agreement for municipal-court technology maintenance and support (Pioneer Technology Benchmark / CAST Catalyst Courts and Land Records LLC) — first read; no action required.
The committee also approved numerous smaller favorable and unfavorable claims and a set of settlements in a consent block. All committee-recorded votes and amounts above are taken from the Oct. 13 committee transcript.
