Council approves consent agenda, minutes and year-end budget amendment; lists key ordinance and contract actions
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Canton City Council approved minutes, a multi-item consent agenda including a land-bank resolution and water-plant contracts, and a year-end budget amendment; the council also voted to deny a requested zoning amendment for Riverstone Pad I (see separate coverage).
At its March 20 meeting, the Canton City Council approved routine minutes, a consent agenda of administrative items and a year-end budget amendment required for the city's annual report to the state.
The council approved the draft minutes from a joint meeting with the Downtown Development Authority on Feb. 26 and the council minutes from March 6. It then approved the consent agenda, which included the following actions (as read into the record):
- Resolution of intent to create the Cherokee Regional Land Bank (Item A) - Change Order No. 1 to J.S. Heron Company for the Canton Water Treatment Plant raw-water intake improvement project, $32,509.73 (Item B) - Award of the water treatment plant filter media replacement project to W. L. Griffin Company, LLC, $186,922.34 (Item C) - Renewal of a task-order professional engineering services agreement with Practical Design Partners (Item D; amount not specified in the meeting record) - Street acceptances for city maintenance: Great Sky Pod 6B Phase 2; Great Sky Pod 6B Phase 3; Town Mill Pod Phase 2 (Items E'G) - Memorandum of understanding with the Cherokee County Board of Tax Assessors to implement procedural property tax changes outlined in HB581 (Item H)
Council members voted to approve the consent agenda and minutes without additional discussion; the mayor announced "All members voted for the motion." Council then approved a year-end budget amendment so staff could file the city's annual report with the state by March 31. Finance staff explained that recent accounting standards require certain lease costs to be booked differently, producing large book variances that the amendment addresses.
Other procedural items: the council received informational staff briefings about an upcoming case (MPA 2500/Two-one) and resurfacing and high-friction-surface proposals; these items were discussed but not voted into contract form at the meeting.
Ending: The council took the routine approvals needed to keep projects moving and approved a budget amendment to finalize the city's year-end filing; staff said more detailed contract awards and resurfacing details would come back at future meetings.