City Utilities Committee approves consent and regular items, including Butler Street and Peachtree Creek amendments

The City Utilities Committee took several formal actions during its Jan. 28 meeting. Below is a concise list of motions, ordinance/resolution captions as read on the floor, and recorded outcomes in the transcript.

Votes at a glance

- Agenda adoption: Motion to adopt the agenda. Vote closed: 5 yays, 0 nays. Outcome: approved.

- Minutes approval: Motion to approve the minutes. Vote closed: 5 yays, 0 nays. Outcome: approved.

- Item 25 01 047 (ordinance for second reading; budget amendment for Butler Street Trunk Relief System Improvements): Motion moved and seconded; recorded vote closed at 4 yays, 0 nays. Outcome: favorable as recorded in committee.

- Substitute resolution 25 R 3139 (first amendment to progressive design-build agreement: Butler Trunk Relief and Ponce/Piedmont new diversion sewer, Ruby Collins Benchmark JV LLC; phase 2 construction services; amount not to exceed $36,002,110.00): Committee adopted the substitute. Vote closed: 4 yays, 0 nays. Outcome: favorable on substitute.

- Item 25 01 053 (ordinance to authorize acceptance of Bloomberg Philanthropies Youth Climate Action Fund grant, $100,000): Vote closed: 4 yays, 0 nays. Outcome: favorable.

- Resolution 25 R 3138 (first amendment to Peachtree Creek West Side 2A progressive design-build agreement, Ruby Collins Benchmark JV; phase 2 construction services; amount not to exceed $26,559,227.48): Substitute presented and approved. Vote closed: 4 yays, 0 nays. Outcome: favorable on substitute.

- Item 25 R 3140 (special procurement renewal: annual contract for disposal of treatment waste with Waste Management of Atlanta; one-year renewal effective 03/01/2025–02/28/2026; amount not to exceed $9,500,000.00): Vote closed: 4 yays, 0 nays. Outcome: favorable.

- Resolution amending prior resolution on compensation (resolution 24 R 4537 amendment to change annual compensation rate): Vote closed: 4 yays, 0 nays. Outcome: favorable.

- Item 25 01 036 (Bloomberg American Sustainability Cities additional grant award $120,000 accepted by the mayor’s office of sustainability and resilience): Vote closed: 4 yays, 0 nays. Outcome: favorable.

- Resolution 25 R 3087 (donation not to exceed $85,000 to 20 First Century Leaders Inc. to provide microgrants to young people ages 14–24): Vote closed: 4 yays, 0 nays. Outcome: favorable.

Recording and procedure notes

- Several items were moved and seconded as read into the record; the committee clerk opened and closed votes on the record. The meeting recorded two distinct quorums during the session: early procedural votes (agenda and minutes) recorded 5–0 tallies; later votes were recorded as 4–0 tallies after a loss of quorum was noted.

- Where a recorded tally did not list individual member votes in the transcript, the committee recorded only the total counts in the minutes; the committee clerk closed the vote and announced the tally for each item.

Full actions extracted from the transcript (motions, identifiers, tallies)

[All motions below reproduce the captions or motion language as read in the transcript. Tally numbers match the committee clerk announcements in the transcript. Where mover or seconder names were not given in the transcript, fields are left blank.]

1) Motion: Adopt agenda. Mover: not specified. Second: not specified. Vote tally: yes 5, no 0. Outcome: approved.

2) Motion: Approve minutes. Mover: not specified. Second: not specified. Vote tally: yes 5, no 0. Outcome: approved.

3) Motion: Ordinance (25 01 047) authorizing CFO to amend FY25 commercial paper notes budget to transfer $15,973,925.89 from watershed reserves to Butler Street Trunk Relief System Improvements Project. Mover: not specified. Second: not specified. Vote tally: yes 4, no 0. Outcome: favorable.

4) Motion: Substitute resolution (25 R 3139) authorizing first amendment to Butler Trunk Relief progressive design-build agreement with Ruby Collins Benchmark Joint Venture LLC; phase 2 for 540 calendar days; amount not to exceed $36,002,110.00. Mover: council member (moved on floor). Second: Council member Westmoreland. Vote tally: yes 4, no 0. Outcome: favorable on substitute.

5) Motion: Ordinance (25 01 053) authorizing grant acceptance (Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund) and amendment of FY24 intergovernmental grant fund budget for $100,000. Mover: not specified. Second: not specified. Vote tally: yes 4, no 0. Outcome: favorable.

6) Motion: Substitute resolution (25 R 3138) authorizing first amendment to Peachtree Creek West Side 2A progressive design-build agreement with Ruby Collins Benchmark Joint Venture; phase 2 construction services for 540 calendar days; amount not to exceed $26,559,227.48. Mover: not specified. Second: not specified. Vote tally: yes 4, no 0. Outcome: favorable on substitute.

7) Motion: Annual contract renewal (25 R 3140) for disposal of treatment waste with Waste Management of Atlanta; term 03/01/2025–02/28/2026; amount not to exceed $9,500,000. Mover: not specified. Second: not specified. Vote tally: yes 4, no 0. Outcome: favorable.

8) Motion: Amend resolution 24 R 4537 to change annual compensation rate to $61,081.53. Mover: not specified. Second: not specified. Vote tally: yes 4, no 0. Outcome: favorable.

9) Motion: Ordinance (25 01 036) accept Bloomberg American Sustainability Cities additional grant award of $120,000 and amend FY25 intergovernmental grant fund budget. Mover: not specified. Second: not specified. Vote tally: yes 4, no 0. Outcome: favorable.

10) Motion: Resolution (25 R 3087) donate up to $85,000 to 20 First Century Leaders Inc. to provide microgrants to young people 14–24. Mover: council member Juan. Second: Council member Isha Collins. Vote tally: yes 4, no 0. Outcome: favorable.

Notes on provenance

These actions and tallies are taken verbatim from the meeting transcript of Jan. 28. Citations are available in the transcript at the timecodes referenced in the provenance block below.