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Council approves $30,000 fireworks contract, MOU with Rockdale County Board of Education and enters executive session
Summary
The Conyers City Council approved a $30,000 contract with Southern Sky Fireworks, a memorandum of understanding with the Rockdale County Board of Education to host Red, White and Boom on July 3, 2025, and voted to enter an executive session to discuss personnel and potential litigation.
The Conyers City Council approved three formal actions related to public events and internal business during the meeting: a fireworks display contract, a memorandum of understanding to use school property for Red, White and Boom, and a motion to go into executive session to discuss personnel and potential litigation.
Fireworks contract: City staff asked the council to approve a fireworks display agreement between the City of Conyers and Southern Sky Fireworks in the amount of $30,000 for the Red, White and Boom event. The council moved to approve the contract and the mayor called the ayes; the motion carried. The staff presenter said the vendor is new and the price is higher than last year but that the company could “provide us with some more features and services.” The contract identifies the event date as July 3, 2025, and the display location as Rockdale County Public Schools Administrative Office property.
MOU with Rockdale County Board of Education: The council next approved a memorandum of understanding allowing the city to conduct the Red, White and Boom fireworks event on property owned by the Rockdale County Board of Education. A council member noted the Board of Education was expected to approve the MOU at their March 20 meeting; the motion to approve the city’s MOU passed unanimously at the dais.
Executive session: Later in the meeting a council member moved and the council approved a motion to go into executive session "for the purpose of discussing personnel and potential litigation to include the city attorney and the chief operating officer." The mayor called the ayes and the motion passed.
Vote details recorded in the meeting transcript show voice votes at the dais with the mayor calling for “ayes” and “nays”; no roll-call tallies or individual recorded votes were given in the transcript.
