Votes at a glance: Milton City Council actions on Oct. 6, 2025 — license approvals, fee changes and grant acceptance

The Milton City Council took a series of procedural and substantive votes during its regular meeting on Oct. 6, 2025. The following is a concise list of formal actions taken by the council, the motion makers (when recorded), and immediate next steps.

1) Approve meeting agenda as amended (added three alcohol license public hearings and an executive session) - Motion: Approve meeting agenda with amendments (added items 100601, 100602, 100603 and executive session). - Mover: Council member Jan Jacobus. Second: Council member Andrea Virhoff. - Outcome: Approved unanimously. - Next steps: Proceed with added public hearings (alcohol licenses) and executive session later in the agenda.

2) Consent Agenda — approval of minutes, financials and multiple service and professional agreements (items 25263–25268) - Motion: Approve consent agenda as read. - Mover: Council member Doug Haney. Second: Council member Juliet Johnson. - Outcome: Approved unanimously. - Items included: approval of 09/15/2025 meeting minutes; financial statements through 08/31/2025; change orders for managed-service IT contract; master services agreement with GovernmentJobs/NeoGov and PowerDMS; change order for Pond & Company (Cox Road intersections); services agreement with Vertisoft LLC (Urban SDK).

3) Alcohol beverage licenses — three approvals - Agenda item 100601 — Yum Thai and Sushi LLC (3100 Heritage Walk, Suite 102): full consumption (wine, malt, distilled spirits), Sunday sales. - Motion to approve made by Council member Andrea Virhoff; second by Council member Jan Jacobus. - Outcome: Approved unanimous. - Agenda item 100602 — Nyku Barbecue and Hot Pot LLC (3300 Heritage Walk, Suite 301): consumption license including Sunday sales. - Motion to approve made by Council member Cookerly (transcribed as "Cooker Lee"/"Cookerly"); second by Council member Doug Haney. - Outcome: Approved unanimous. - Agenda item 100603 — IEH Milton LLC, d/b/a B & B Tavern Crabapple (12620 Crabapple Road, Suite 101): consumption license, Sunday sales and resident caterer status. - Motion to approve by Council member Doug Haney; second by Council member Juliet Johnson. - Outcome: Approved unanimous.

4) Ordinance amendment: remove certain Unified Development Code fee amounts from code and enable fees to be set by resolution (agenda item 25-259) - Motion: Approve ordinance amending UDC to remove embedded fee amounts and authorize fee schedules by resolution. - Mover: Council member Phil Cranmer. Second: Council member Carol Kirkley. - Outcome: Approved unanimously. - Next steps: Council adopted enabling ordinance; a separate resolution establishing the fee schedule was considered later in the meeting.

5) Resolution accepting FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant for replacement generator at Fire Station 43 (agenda item 25-269) - Motion: Approve resolution accepting FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant. - Mover: Council member Doug Haney. Second: Council member Andrea Virhoff. - Outcome: Approved unanimously. - Financials: FEMA will fund ~75% of the project (~$62,000); city match approximately $20,000; ~ $4,000 subrecipient management cost approved for city project management. - Next steps: Proceed with procurement and installation; staff to manage the project.

6) Resolution adopting the 2025 Capital Improvements Element (CIE) annual update for the city's impact fee program (agenda item 25-270) - Motion: Approve adoption of 2025 CIE annual update. - Mover: Council member Grammar (transcribed as "Grama"). Second: Council member Andrea Virhoff. - Outcome: Approved; meeting note recorded that a council member identified as "Cook" was absent for the vote. - Next steps: Staff to transmit update to Georgia Department of Community Affairs to maintain Qualified Local Government status.

7) Resolution consenting to expansion of the True North 400/North Fulton Community Improvement District map (agenda item 25-271) - Motion: Approve resolution consenting to CID expansion map. - Mover: Council member Doug Haney. Second: Council member Andrea Virhoff. - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

8) Resolution to initiate abandonment procedures on a portion of Old Bullpen Road within Birmingham Park (agenda item 25-272) - Motion: Approve resolution initiating right-of-way abandonment process. - Mover: Council member Phil Cranmer. Second: Council member Andrea Virhoff. - Outcome: Approved; staff to notify adjacent property owner and return with a final abandonment resolution and deed for recording.

9) Resolution establishing unified development code–related fee schedule by resolution (agenda item 25-273) - Motion: Approve resolution adopting fee schedule (corresponds to ordinance approved earlier removing fee amounts from code). - Mover: Council member Van Mayer. Second: Council member Doug Haney. - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

10) Adjourn to executive session - Motion: Adjourn to executive session to discuss personnel, land acquisition and litigation. - Movers/second noted; the council recessed to executive session.

Notes and context: For votes recorded as "unanimous" the meeting transcript showed no dissenting votes. Where the transcript explicitly named an absent member for a particular vote (for example the CIE item), the article denotes that the transcript recorded that member as absent. Several actions require staff follow-up, including finalizing conservation easement language and right-of-way deeds (Old Bullpen Road), submitting the CIE update to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, and moving forward on the FEMA grant procurement and generator replacement.