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Alpharetta council approves ordinances, fee changes, playground replacement, body-worn camera grant and health partnership
Summary
Council approved a package of first-reading ordinance changes (professional bondsman licensing, insurer license fees, mobile food vendor and pawn shop fees), authorized HVAC and playground replacements, accepted a Northside Hospital three-year partnership and approved a body-worn camera grant application.
During a largely procedural portion of Monday’s meeting, Alpharetta’s council approved several ordinance text amendments, fee changes and capital items.
Ordinances and fees: On first reading the council approved a revised professional bondsman ordinance to align local licensing with state law and to add application, renewal and escrow procedures for firms operating in the city. Council also ratified a previously adopted insurer license fee change to ensure proper filing with the state’s insurance commissioner and updated occupational license fees to raise pawn shop and mobile food vendor fees to $175 annually (staff recorded one pawn shop and 16 mobile vendors in city records).
Capital and contracts: Council authorized up to $65,595.14 for an HVAC replacement at a community facility and approved a design-build contract for replacement of the Yellow Playground at Wills Park (Playground Creations), with a total project cost of $73,356.18 that includes equipment, shipping and installation.
Partnerships and grants: The council approved a three-year memorandum of understanding to renew a health-and-wellness sponsorship with Northside Hospital that provides $25,000 per year ($10,000 for programs, $15,000 for equipment). It also adopted a resolution to apply for the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program matching grant to cover 50% of the cost for 28 additional body-worn cameras to outfit CID, administrative and community services staff.
Each item was presented by staff, received no public opposition at the meeting and was adopted by council vote as described in the meeting record.
