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Council approves consent agenda, development items, appointments and grant administration; votes at a glance
Summary
At a packed regular meeting council approved a multi-item consent agenda, several land-use items, candidate appointments, and selected a grant administrator should a state CHIP award be made. Officials also tabled revised Main Street bylaws for further edits.
Villa Rica’s City Council moved through a long agenda that included routine consent business, development approvals, personnel actions and grant-administration selections. The council adopted the consent agenda, approved development items and consultant appointments, and authorized a grant administrator on a conditional basis.
Key actions taken in the meeting were: a unanimous approval of the consent agenda (which included setting the qualifying fee for city council races; FY24 year‑end and FY25 rollover budget amendments; write-off of customer receivables; personnel policy amendments; authorization to apply for the 2025 RAISE grant; authorization for the 2025 Community Home Investment Program application; authorization for Georgia Transportation and Infrastructure Bank loan and grant applications; and authorization to award a contract for a comprehensive safety action plan). The council also approved several planning items and appointments and ratified board members for the Villa Rica Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The council approved Jamestown Phase 1 final plat with conditions; rezoned a 0.47‑acre property at 628 South Street from R‑2 to C‑2 to allow an expanded lot merger and commercial development; and granted presumptive alcoholic beverage license status to Cuvia Group Inc. for a distilled-package store at Commons Way (the alcohol-item vote recorded three in favor, one opposed and one abstention). The council also approved the selection of Residential Enhancements Inc. (RE Global) to administer a CHIP program if the state awards the grant, at an administration rate of $75,100 per unit (award to be effective only if the grant is received).
Additional personnel and consultant approvals included appointment of Teal Education & Engineering Consulting LLC as city engineering consultant; appointment of Jennifer Hallman as interim deputy city manager (alongside her CFO role); and appointment of Bobby Elliott as interim deputy city manager in a part‑time role. The council tabled revisions to the Main Street Advisory Board bylaws for further revision and return in February.
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda (qualifying fee; FY24 & FY25 budget amendments; write-offs; personnel policy; RAISE/CHIP/TIP application authorizations; comprehensive safety action plan award to Keckenwood): approved unanimously. - Appointment, Villa Rica Convention & Visitors Bureau board: Camilla Chandler and Frank Pritchett: approved unanimously. - Jamestown Phase 1 final plat (with conditions): approved unanimously. - Rezoning R-A-05-24 / 628 South Street (R‑2 to C‑2): approved unanimously (5–0). - Alcohol license, Cuvia Group Inc. (presumptive distilled-package): approved (yes 3, no 1, abstain 1). - Technology Park overlay (text amendment): approved 4–1 (separate item earlier in meeting). - Avamore PUD amendment (add industrial/technology uses, subject to overlay; remove residential) and related annexations: approved unanimously. - Supplemental water-supply IGA with Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority: approved 3–2. - Selection of Residential Enhancements Inc. (RE Global) as CHIP administrator if awarded by state: approved unanimously (conditional on DCA award). - Appointments: Teal Education & Engineering Consulting as city engineer; Jennifer Hallman, interim deputy city manager/CFO; Bobby Elliott, interim deputy city manager (part-time): all approved unanimously. - Main Street Advisory Board bylaws revisions: tabled to February for edits – motion to table approved unanimously.
Why it matters: The consent items and personnel moves keep routine city functions and staffing intact. The planning approvals and consultant selections set the stage for development activity, infrastructure planning and grant-funded housing rehabilitation should state funding be awarded.
