Milton adopts resolution requiring mayoral consultation before Fulton County Development Authority inducements

Milton, Ga. — The Milton City Council unanimously approved a resolution on Dec. 15 directing that the Fulton County Development Authority must consult the mayor before pursuing inducement or title‑transfer economic development deals within the city’s jurisdiction.

City attorney Ken Gerard told the council the resolution implements language from 2025 state legislation the staff referenced at the meeting as HB155 and a code citation given verbally as “o c g 8 36 62 4.1.” Gerard said the law aims to ensure cities in heavily municipalized counties are contacted when county development authorities consider inducement agreements that could affect city tax and land interests. “This resolution takes the general assembly at its word,” he said, adding that confidential negotiations often make a mayoral first‑look more practical than full‑council pre‑approval.

Gerard described a common inducement framework in which a development authority may accept title to property for financing and lease it to a private developer under graduated tax assessments; he said the resolution uses the new state law to require consultation so the mayor and staff can evaluate local impacts before any commitments.

Councilmember Jacobus moved to adopt the resolution; Councilmember Johnson seconded. Mayor Peyton Jamieson announced the motion passed unanimously.

The resolution does not change the city’s formal land‑use authority or require public disclosure of confidential negotiations; instead, it establishes a required consultation step with the mayor before the county development authority proceeds with inducement strategies that implicate Milton.

What’s next: The resolution places a procedural requirement on outside economic development activity affecting Milton. City staff did not provide a timeline for implementation or additional reporting requirements during the meeting.