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Votes at a glance: council approves agenda, minutes, two commercial leases and enters executive session
Summary
At its June 11 meeting the Mableton City Council approved the evening's agenda, the consent minutes, two lease agreements for municipal and office space and voted to go into executive session for personnel and real estate.
Mableton — The Mableton City Council recorded a series of procedural and contract votes during its June 11 regular meeting, approving the agenda and consent minutes and authorizing two property leases needed for municipal operations.
Highlights and outcomes
- Agenda approval: The council approved the meeting agenda as presented. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Deborah Herndon; the chair called for voice vote and "the ayes have it."
- Consent agenda: The council approved minutes from prior meetings (May 28 work session and regular meeting; May 30 special called meeting) as the consent agenda. The motion was approved by voice vote.
- Hawthorne Plaza lease (municipal court): The council approved an agreement with Atlanta Commercial Real Estate Brokers for lease of Suite 30 at Hawthorne Plaza (1245 Veterans Memorial Highway) to provide municipal-court space adjacent to the city administration building. The motion was amended to "authorize the mayor to execute and finalize the agreement," and the council approved the amended motion by voice vote. Council discussion noted the suite’s courtyard, private parking and the landlord’s in-house construction capability, and staff said the city aims to have court space ready by October or by the end of the year depending on build-out.
- Office expansion lease (community development): The council approved an agreement with MCRE Management Partners LLC for Suite 136 at 6116 Mableton Parkway to provide additional office space for community development staff. The motion authorized the mayor to finalize and execute the agreement; council approved by voice vote.
- Executive session: Council voted unanimously to enter executive session for personnel and real estate matters later in the meeting.
Votes and procedure: Most approvals were by unanimous voice vote and recorded in the meeting as "the ayes have it." Individual roll-call votes were not read into the record for these items; the meeting record shows no recorded no-votes for the items described above.
Ending: With no further business reported from executive session, the council adjourned the meeting.
