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Committee approves leases, contracts and settlements; several items held for sponsor appearance
Summary
On April 28 the Public Safety Legal Administration Committee recorded a series of unanimous votes: a lease extension for APD space at Lenox Mall, a six-month commissary services extension, settlements in two cases, and renewal of investigative software; several items were held at the sponsor's request.
The Public Safety Legal Administration Committee handled a series of legislative items on April 28, voting unanimously on several contracts, settlements and procedural holds.
Held items - Communication 25C00054 (reappointment of Terry Ross to the License Review Board): held per request to allow the appointee to appear before the committee. Vote: 5-0 to hold. - Ordinance 2501156 (allow restaurants to secure separate package sales licenses for off-premises sales): held at the sponsor’s request. Vote: 5-0 to hold.
Approved items (votes recorded 5 yays, 0 nays unless noted) - Ordinance 2501181: First reading — settlement authorization in Matthew Erickson v. Jesse Barmetzler et al., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action No. 1:24-CV-02115-JPB, authorizing payment of $15,000 from the general fund litigation expenses. (Presented; first reading recorded.) - Ordinance 2501205: Six-month extension of the commissary services contract with Keefe Commissary Network LLC from 05/01/2025 through 11/01/2025, not to exceed $270,000, charged to trust fund accounts as listed. Motion moved by Vice Chair Dustin Hillis, seconded by Isha Collins; vote: 5-0 favorable. - Ordinance 2501181 (item read earlier) and other first-read items were presented for committee consideration; committee recorded the first read for the settlement noted above. - Ordinance (item 3, 2501181 alternate listing): Lease reinstatement and amendment with Retail Property Trust to extend a lease for office space at 3393 Peachtree Road (Lenox Mall) retroactive to 01/01/2024 through 12/31/2026, lease amount not to exceed $1.00 per year; committee vote: 5-0 favorable. - Resolution 25R3328 (Bakhtiari): Committee approved urging Georgia Highway Patrol to adopt pursuit reforms; vote: 5-0 (see separate article on the resolution). - Settlement: Shaktris White v. City of Atlanta, State Court of Fulton County, civil action no. 23EV003851, settlement of $26,000 to be charged to specified water and wastewater and litigation expense accounts; committee approval: 5-0. - Settlement: Tahir Blue v. City of Atlanta et al., State Court of Fulton County, civil action no. 23EV000955, settlement of $67,500 to be charged to specified accounts; committee approval: 5-0. - Amended Resolution 25R3418: Renewal No. 1 of agreement SPS1210211 with Leadsonline LLC for investigative software services for APD for one year from 05/25/2025 through 05/24/2026, amount not to exceed $140,546; amendment corrected a contract-number typo; committee approval: 5-0.
Procedural notes - Where motions and seconds were recorded, the clerk opened and closed the votes; the committee recorded clean unanimous tallies (five yays). Committee members voting were Chair Andrea Boone, Vice Chair Dustin Hillis, Mary Norwood, Isha Collins and Antonio Lewis.
Items approved as favorable will proceed as provided by city code and be forwarded to the next appropriate step in the legislative process.
