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At-a-glance: council and committee votes from Dec. 18, 2025 Marietta session
Summary
Committee and council actions included motions to receive and file a budget amendment; approval of a parks grant amendment to accept $220,507.67; reappointments to boards; moving a tennis-center contract amendment to work session; approvals for a Comcast variance and Delk Street speed study; and authorization to apply for several transportation and corridor grants. Most items passed on consent or by 3-0 committee votes.
Key actions taken (as recorded in committee and work session):
• Receive and file budget amendment — Motion made and approved 3-0.
• Parks budget amendment — Approved to accept $220,507.67 of Land and Water Conservation Fund grant reimbursement for Larry Sieminski Park construction (motion passed 3-0 in committee).
• Appointments — Reappointment of James Rosser Sutherland to Board of Zoning Appeals (term to 01/14/2029); reappointment of Craig Smith to Planning Commission; and pension board appointments (Ronnie Barrett, Patina Brown, Patrick Benito) were approved by consent.
• Laurel Park Tennis Center agreement — Moved to January work session so staff and the city attorney can add language clarifying the exercise of the second renewal option (motion passed 3-0).
• Comcast variance (Adair Drive) — Approved on consent to allow approximately 50 feet of overlash fiber installation between existing poles.
• Delk Street speed study — Approved on consent to evaluate traffic-calming measures on the residential portion of Delk Street.
• Grant applications — Authorized staff to submit applications for Rottenwood Creek Trail, North Marietta Parkway streetscape engineering and a Roswell Road corridor study; one council member disclosed a family interest along Roswell Road and abstained on that portion; motion carried.
• Miscellaneous — Parks bond interest, project updates, and schedule reminders for SPLOST planning; recognition of outgoing council members and adjournment.
Votes, tallies and formal motions were recorded on the record in committee and work session minutes; where specific individual roll-call votes were not spoken, committee-level voice tallies (typically 3-0) were recorded.
