Votes at a glance: committee approves claims, grants, contract extension, personnel item and settlements (Feb. 10, 2025)

The Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee took votes on routine procedural matters, budget amendments, a contract substitute, a personnel ordinance and several settlement resolutions. Below is a summary of formal actions recorded in the committee meeting (all votes as recorded in the transcript):

Votes and outcomes

- Adopt agenda — Vote closed 4 yeas, 0 nays. Agenda adopted.

- Approve minutes — Vote closed 4 yeas, 0 nays. Minutes adopted.

- Favorable claims (approval) — Vote closed 4 yeas, 0 nays. Favorable claims approved.

- Adverse (deny) unfavorable claims — Vote closed 4 yeas, 0 nays. Unfavorable claims adverse (denied as presented).

- Ordinance (second reading) — 2025 intergovernmental grant fund budget amendment for Atlanta Fire Rescue Department car seat fitting station: introduced (item 12501046) — recorded as in the ordinance calendar; committee procedures continued.

- Ordinance (second reading) — 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice System Grant: moved, seconded by Councilmember Antonio Lewis. Vote closed 5 ayes, 0 nays. Item is favorable. (Award amount entered in the caption: $562,879.00 as stated in the meeting transcript.)

- Substitute ordinance (contract extension) — Substitute to allow waiver of procurement code and retroactive extension of contract SPDASH1220052 (Guardian Alliance Technologies) to add the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department as authorized users and to authorize a renewal term not to exceed $108,500 for Feb. 2, 2025–Feb. 1, 2026: moved, seconded; vote closed 5 yays, 0 nays. Item approved as substituted.

- Ordinance (personnel) — Amendment to Chapter 114 (classification plan) to add positions for the Atlanta Citizens Review Board: moved favorable on condition (DHR to provide position numbers, classification codes, and account information before full council); vote closed 5 yays, 0 nays. Item also sent to Finance & Executive Committee (vote to send to Finance: 5 ayes, 0 nays).

- Resolution 25R3079 — Requesting an APD update on Georgia Tech study of public safety zone feasibility: vote closed 5 ayes, 0 nays. Favorable.

- Resolution 25R3088 — Requesting a written report from the executive director of the Atlanta Citizens Review Board and that Mr. Reid appear in person on Feb. 24: vote closed 5 ayes, 0 nays. Favorable.

- Appointment — Christopher Brown to the Atlanta Citizens Review Board: moved/seconded and adopted (vote recorded as 5 ayes, 0 nays).

- Settlement authorizations (block vote taken as items 8–11): - Settlement in State Farm v. Wesley Jackson (Fulton State Court 23EV008053) — $3,389.13; vote closed 5 ayes, 0 nays; authorized and charged to general fund litigation account. - Settlement in Marcellus Ball v. City of Atlanta (EEOC charge) — $67,500; vote closed 5 ayes, 0 nays; authorized and charged to general fund litigation account. - Settlement in Sherry Wright v. Steve Dadea and City of Atlanta (state court 23EV006405) — $475,000; vote closed 5 ayes, 0 nays. - Settlement in Amber Ellison v. City of Atlanta (Federal case 1:223‑CV‑04067‑TWT) — $385,000; vote closed 5 ayes, 0 nays.

Procedure notes

- Multiple items were moved and seconded from the dais; where the transcript did not attribute a named mover for a particular motion, the record here uses the committee's recorded vote outcome rather than inventing an originator for the motion.

- Several items were approved “as substituted” on the record after a requested change from the Law Department; the committee disclosed the substitute and then voted 5‑0 to approve the substitute.

This roundup reflects votes and amounts as read on the committee record. For ordinance captions, contract numbers, and exact account strings, the full committee minutes and the city clerk’s uploaded legislation packet should be consulted.