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Finance committee approves multiple contracts, annexations, and program actions; votes at a glance
Summary
The Finance and Executive Committee advanced multiple ordinances and resolutions including contract amendments, a water refund, banking services, and a security guard contract renewal; several annexations were held and a homelessness feasibility study was authorized.
What follows is a concise list of items the Finance and Executive Committee voted on during the meeting and their recorded outcomes. The committee adopted the agenda and approved minutes, then considered ordinances, resolutions and other items described below. Where the transcript recorded vote tallies, they are listed; movers and seconds are included when explicitly stated in committee discussion.
Procedural votes The committee adopted the meeting agenda (Chair moved; Liliana Bakhtiari seconded; “The ayes have it” recorded). The minutes of the previous meeting were adopted (vote recorded as 6 yeas, 0 nays).
Select committee actions (items read into the record) 1) Ordinance 25-O-1081 — Amendment No. 5 to FC 10/1992 (Xerox) — citywide office printer supplies and services: Authorizes a 90‑day extension through 06/30/2025 and adds funding not to exceed $821,284. Motion on consent; outcome: approved (vote recorded as 7 yeas, 0 nays).
2) Ordinance 25-O-1082 — First amendment to agreement with Westnet LLC — adds Atlanta Fire Rescue Department as authorized user and funding not to exceed $339,845: Approved (7 yeas, 0 nays).
3) Ordinance 25-O-1049 — Amendment with Cohen Resnick on behalf of Mayor’s Office of International and Immigrant Affairs — ratify and extend for closeout of emergency food and shelter program, add $16,848.50 (retroactive term): Motion to approve by Juan; second recorded; outcome: approved (vote closed and approved in sequence).
4) Ordinance 25-O-1050 — Waive city code to ratify application for FY23 case management pilot (MOIA) — authorizes submission of $4,000,000 application and related agreements: Motion and second; outcome: approved (7 yeas, 0 nays).
5–6) Ordinances 25-O-1056 and 25-O-1060 — Annexations for properties on Glenwood Avenue SE and properties in Brighton Village (DeKalb County) — motions to add sponsor and hold both items; motion to hold passed (7 yeas, 0 nays) and the items were held for future consideration.
7) Ordinance 25-O-1052 — Transfer $20,000 from District 5 carry-forward to distribution account (District 5 distribution): Amended to add Bakhtiari as sponsor; approved (7 yeas, 0 nays).
8) Ordinance 25-O-1064 — Donation to Atlanta Bridal Run 2025 (not to exceed $2,000): Approved (7 yeas, 0 nays).
9) Resolution 25-R-3122 — Sole-source purchase and display of ministerial robe worn by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at airport — authorize execution not to exceed $325,000: Motion and second; approved (7 yeas, 0 nays).
10) Resolution 25-R-3125 (substitute) — Refund to a customer for overpayment to water and sewer account, $58,905.05: Approved (7 yeas, 0 nays).
11) Resolution 25-R-3142 (substitute) — Execute banking services agreement with Wells Fargo NA (5-year term with renewal option): Approved (7 yeas, 0 nays).
12) Resolution 25-R-3143 — Opt out of statewide homestead exemption contained in OCGA 48-5-44.2: Substitute approved and forwarded to full council (vote recorded 7 yeas, 0 nays). Committee noted action is to send the opt-out resolution to full council.
13) Resolution 25-R-3144 — First renewal option and rate increase for citywide security guard services with Dynamic and Safeguard Security: Authorizes rate adjustment and renewal (effective 03/03/2025–03/02/2026) and increase in billable rate to $21.00/hour not to exceed $3,896,931.20 (contingent on FY26 budget adoption): Motion, seconded and approved (vote recorded 7 yeas, 0 nays). Commissioner Chris Davis spoke briefly to justify the rate increase.
Section K / Dual referral Resolution 24-R-1425 (as amended) — Request mayor and administration to conduct a feasibility study and report within 90 days on homeless affordable transitional housing and creation of an authority and special levy district: Approved (7 yeas, 0 nays).
Held items and personnel actions Several items were placed on the held section for later consideration (including two annexations). The committee considered ordinance 25-O-1045 (personnel amendments tied to FY25 budget for Atlanta Citizens Review Board) and approved an amendment to reduce position changes; the amended motion carried (favorable as amended; recorded votes supportive).
How the committee recorded votes Most recorded committee decisions in the transcript show unanimous favorable votes where noted as “7 yeas, 0 nays”; a few procedural items earlier in the session recorded 6 yeas and 0 nays for the minutes. When a mover and a seconder were named in the transcript, the record notes them; where individual member tallies were not read, results were recorded as the committee announced them.
Ending Chair Howard Shook closed the committee business and noted a third public hearing on property tax legislation to be held later that day at 6 p.m. in the same chamber.
