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Committee approves multiple contracts, grants and settlements; mold remediation ordinance substituted and forwarded items
Summary
On Feb. 9 the Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee approved several contract renewals and grant appropriations (Lexicon Strategies $120,000; Priority Dispatch $109,800; AF&R car seat program $210,211.15), an AUDC interim fire station IGA, a public defender grant of $156,250, two settlement payments ($500,000 and $60,000), and a $1,000 property-damage payment; the committee also approved a substitute mold-remediation ordinance and forwarded Playfair ATL resolution to CDHS.
The Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee on Feb. 9 voted on a package of ordinances, grants and resolutions. Key outcomes:
- Lexicon Strategies LLC: committee approved a waiver/renewal to extend a communications consulting agreement on behalf of APD (retroactive 02/07/2025–06/30/2026) in an amount not to exceed $120,000. Vote: 6 yays, 0 nays.
- Priority Dispatch (Medical Priority Consultants, d/b/a Priority Dispatch): committee approved a one-year renewal (retroactive 08/23/2025–08/22/2026) not to exceed $109,800 and ratified payment of outstanding invoices from 08/23/2025. Vote: 6 yays, 0 nays.
- Atlanta Fire Rescue Department car seat fitting station program: the committee amended the 2026 intergovernmental grant fund budget to add anticipations and appropriations of $210,211.15 for the program. Motion passed with committee finding the item favorable.
- AUDC interim fire station (1531 Piedmont Road NE): an ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter an amended IGA with Atlanta Urban Development Corporation to develop an interim fire station on city-owned property passed as amended and will be forwarded to the Community Development & Human Services committee. Vote: 6 yays, 0 nays.
- Public Defender Office grant (Immigrant Justice Corps): committee authorized acceptance of a two-year grant totaling $156,250 to place a fellow for immigration-deportation defense work; vote 6 yays, 0 nays.
- Settlements: the committee authorized settlement payments in Pauline Juden v. City of Atlanta in the amount of $500,000 and Daquah Coleman v. City of Atlanta for $60,000; both items approved by vote 6 yays, 0 nays.
- Property damage claim: the committee rescinded a prior resolution and authorized payment of $1,000 to Rebecca Boney; vote 6 yays, 0 nays.
- Mold remediation ordinance (substitute): committee approved a substituted ordinance to amend the Atlanta Housing Code to add clear definitions and standards for identifying and remediating visible mold in residential properties; substitute and amendment passed 6 yays, 0 nays.
- Playfair ATL resolution (FIFA policy platform): the committee amended the resolution to add a sponsor and forwarded it to the Community Development & Human Services committee without recommendation.
Chair Boone and committee members recorded all procedural votes by voice or roll as indicated in committee minutes; where an item was first reading no vote was taken (for example a Guardian Alliance Technologies item was first read).
