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Smyrna council approves multiple SPLOST-funded upgrades, emergency pump purchase and aquatic center concept design
Summary
The Smyrna mayor pro tem presided as council unanimously approved contracts for fire station repairs, bathroom and bay renovations, an emergency sewage pump replacement, a jail food services contract and a $113,765 agreement for preliminary Tolleson Park aquatic center designs; no public comments were made.
Smyrna’s mayor pro tem presided over a council meeting in Mayor Norton’s absence where the council unanimously approved a string of SPLOST-funded facility projects, an emergency equipment purchase and a professional services contract for a proposed aquatic center.
Staff recommended and the council approved replacement of six roll-up bay doors at Fire Station 1 (2620 Atlanta Road) and awarded the $294,084 contract to Metro Garage Doors of Douglasville, to be paid from 2022 SPLOST facility-improvement funds. Council also approved a $249,915.22 contract with Osprey Management LLC, under the Gordian job-order contracting platform, for restroom and apparatus-bay renovations at the same station; both motions passed 5–0.
City staff told the council a sewage lift station pump at 1327 Belmont Avenue — which serves about 100 homes — failed and recommended immediate replacement. Council approved the $56,302.20 purchase from Xylem Water Solutions USA Inc., funded from the Water CIP FY2025, to restore redundant pump capacity.
The council also authorized a food services agreement for Smyrna City Jail with Trinity Services Group of Florida after staff described recent staffing challenges in jail food service; the motion passed 5–0.
In a more substantial planning decision, the council authorized a $113,765 professional services agreement with Croix Engineering to provide land surveying, civil and architectural services and up to three conceptual aquatic layouts for a proposed Tolleson Park aquatic center on approximately 5.4 acres. Staff said conceptual budgets will be provided as part of the design work; council approved the contract with funds from the 2022 SPLOST aquatic center line item, vote 5–0.
Mayor Pro Tem and council members emphasized the community impact of the pool project. "We are going to be out of a pool for one season at a minimum," Councilmember Welch said, adding the council wants to minimize downtime during construction.
All motions were approved unanimously. Where required, the mayor is authorized to sign and execute related documents. The meeting included no public commenters and concluded after brief ward reports and reminders about the start of school.
