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Villa Rica council adopts consent agenda and board appointments, convenes executive session
Summary
Council unanimously adopted the agenda and a multi-item consent agenda, approved minutes and appointed members to advisory boards. The council also moved into executive session to discuss property negotiations and personnel matters citing OCGA 50-14-3; no official action was taken in executive session.
The Villa Rica City Council unanimously adopted the meeting agenda and approved the consent agenda and several appointments during the session. Council also voted to enter executive session to discuss property negotiations and personnel matters under Georgia law; no binding action came from that closed session.
The consent agenda was presented as a single block of routine approvals previously discussed at a work session. Items placed on the consent agenda and approved unanimously included: sponsorship for a local e‑recycling event with Keep Carroll Beautiful; approval for J & M Tank Lines and Scruggs Company for a fixed asphalt plant parcel in the industrial park; installation of a three-way stop at Thomas Dorsey and Daniel Road; award of the Main Street Plaza paving contract to low bidder Magnum Paving, Inc.; approval of the left-turn lane design for Mare Lake Boulevard; and two 2025 community development grant awards (Villa Rica Lions Club, $8,500; Thomas A. Dorsey Birthplace and Gospel Heritage Festival Inc., $10,000).
The council also approved minutes for the March 4, 2025 work session and March 11, 2025 regular meeting after a brief correction to a voting record noted by a council member. Appointments approved by unanimous vote included Jenna Price Steed and Nathan Jackson to the Main Street Advisory Board (terms to fill unexpired January 2024–December 31, 2025 seats) and Alan Martinez to the Downtown Development Authority (term to fill an unexpired January 2023–January 31, 2027 seat).
Later in the meeting, Council voted to go into executive session “for the purpose of meeting to discuss or vote to authorize negotiations to purchase, dispose of or lease properties provided in OCGA 50-14-3(b)(1)(B) and also to discuss or deliberate upon the appointment, employment compensation, hiring, disciplinary action, or dismissal, or periodic evaluation or rating of a public officer or employee as provided in OCGA 50-14-3(b)(2).” Council voted to return to open session and Mayor Leslie McPherson recorded that no official action had been taken in executive session.
Votes at a glance
- Motion to adopt the agenda — moved and seconded on the record; outcome: unanimous approval. - Motion to adopt the consent agenda (items listed above) — moved and seconded; outcome: unanimous approval. - Motion to approve minutes (03/04/2025 work session and 03/11/2025 regular meeting) — moved and seconded; outcome: unanimous approval after correction noted by council member. - Motion to appoint Jenna Price Steed and Nathan Jackson to the Main Street Advisory Board — moved and seconded; outcome: unanimous approval. - Motion to appoint Alan Martinez to the Downtown Development Authority — moved and seconded; outcome: unanimous approval. - Motion to enter executive session under OCGA 50-14-3(b)(1)(B) and OCGA 50-14-3(b)(2) — moved and seconded; outcome: approved. No official action taken in executive session.
Why it matters: The consent agenda bundles routine administrative matters and project approvals; the appointments fill advisory-board vacancies and the executive session cited statutory exemptions for property and personnel deliberations. Council members and staff said corrected minutes and routine approvals will be posted with the public records and that formal records and agenda materials are available on the city website.
