Committee on Council approves several appointments, advances Boone ordinance with substitute to full council

At a Committee on Council meeting in Atlanta, members approved appointments to several advisory boards and administrative posts and moved an ordinance to full council on the condition that a substitute be filed.

The committee approved the mayor's appointment of Hillary Oliphant to the Atlanta Commission on Women for a two-year term. The motion to approve was made by Councilmember Andrea L. Boone and seconded by Councilmember Liliana Battieri; the vote was 6 yays, 0 nays.

The committee also took a single-block vote to confirm four additional appointments: Sally Flock and Carden Wick Wyckoff to the city’s Americans with Disabilities Act Advisory Committee; Leo Bjorklund to the BeltLine Tax Allocation District Advisory Committee for a two-year term; and Christopher Copenhaver to the BeltLine Tax Allocation District Advisory Committee for a two-year term. Those items were approved 6-0 after a motion to take them as a block and a subsequent vote.

Separately, the committee accepted a communication from Mayor Andre Dickens appointing Elder Dancy as chief of corrections for the City of Atlanta; that appointment was included in the block and was approved 6-0. The committee recorded the unanimous tallies for each vote as 6 yays, 0 nays.

On ordinances for second reading, the committee considered item 25-01102, an ordinance authored by Councilmember Andrea L. Boone to authorize transfers from council carry-forward accounts and related council distribution and expense accounts to fund district projects or charitable donations. The Office of Research and Policy requested that the item move forward on the condition that a substitute be received by the full council. The committee voted 6-0 to move the ordinance forward on that condition.

All recorded votes during the legislative portion were unanimous in favor, and the committee chair closed the legislative agenda after the ordinance vote. Items approved at this meeting will proceed to the full council as indicated.

Votes at a glance - Item 25C0019 — Appointment of Hillary Oliphant to the Atlanta Commission on Women (term: 2 years). Motion: approve (mover: Andrea L. Boone; seconder: Liliana Battieri). Vote: 6-0; outcome: approved. - Block items (accepted as a block): - Item 25C0008 — Appointment of Sally Flock to the Americans with Disabilities Act Advisory Committee. Vote: 6-0; outcome: approved. - Item 25C0010 — Appointment of Carden Wick Wyckoff to the Americans with Disabilities Act Advisory Committee. Vote: 6-0; outcome: approved. - Item 25C0017 — Appointment of Leo Bjorklund to the BeltLine Tax Allocation District Advisory Committee (term: 2 years). Vote: 6-0; outcome: approved. - Item 25C0020 — Appointment of Elder Dancy as Chief of Corrections for the City of Atlanta. Vote: 6-0; outcome: approved. - Item 25C0021 — Appointment of Christopher Copenhaver to the BeltLine Tax Allocation District Advisory Committee (term: 2 years). Vote: 6-0; outcome: approved. - Item 25-01102 — Ordinance by Councilmember Andrea L. Boone authorizing transfer of funds from council carry-forward accounts to fund district projects and charitable purposes. Motion: move forward to full council on condition that a substitute be received. Vote: 6-0; outcome: moved forward (substitute required at full council).

Background and next steps The appointments will be recorded and processed according to the city’s regular appointment procedures. The ordinance will appear on the full council agenda with the substitute requested by the Office of Research and Policy; the committee did not adopt a final ordinance text at second reading but voted to advance the item contingent on a substitute being filed at full council.