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Finance Executive Committee votes: appointment, donations, procurements and land‑bank fee extinguishments
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Summary
The committee approved a package of routine and substituted items including an appointment to the pension investment board, donations to homeless and neighborhood organizations, a procurement for a digital evidence system, extinguishment of certain solid-waste fees to support land‑bank transfers, and a parks restroom pilot; most motions passed unanimously or by recorded ayes.
At its Feb. 11, 2026 meeting, the City of Atlanta Finance Executive Committee approved several resolutions and ordinances. Key votes and outcomes follow.
- Appointment: Resolution 26R3191 — appointed Council Member Wayne Martin to the City of Atlanta Defined Benefit Pension Plan Investment Board. Motion passed (vote recorded in transcript: 6 ayes, 0 nays).
- Donation: Ordinance (substitute) 26-O-1115 — authorizes a donation up to $100,000 to Safe House Outreach for street outreach, supportive services and rehousing; substitution to add Council Member Amos as sponsor passed and the ordinance was approved (vote recorded: 7 ayes, 0 nays).
- Procurement: Ordinance 26-O-1119 — authorizes a special procurement with Axon Enterprises Inc for a digital evidence management system on behalf of the Office of the Public Defender, not to exceed $405,405.50; committee approved an amendment to attach a CPO report and adopted the ordinance as amended (vote recorded: 7 yeas, 0 nays).
- Extinguishment of fees: Ordinance 26-O-1123 — authorizes the CFO to extinguish taxes, assessments, service fees and charges (including solid waste fees) up to $345,845.86 for properties owned or to be transferred to the Metro Atlanta Land Bank Authority to clear title for redevelopment; Amanda Ryan (chief housing officer) explained the plan to return over 200 properties to productive use; motion approved (vote recorded: 7 ayes, 0 nays).
- Parks donation: Ordinance 26-O-1144 — authorizes donation up to $135,861.57 to Park Pride to support playground improvements at Deerwood Park; committee asked staff to confirm the funding source/accounting before final acceptance and set the item aside for confirmation.
- Violence reduction contract: Resolution 26R3178 — authorizes a special procurement with Offender Alumni Association Inc for the Passage/rapid response initiative not to exceed $138,420; committee amended sponsor names and approved a substitute conditioned on adding account numbers (vote recorded: 7 yeas, 0 nays).
- Main Street donations: Substitute resolution — authorizes donations to support Main Street coordinators (Little 5 Points Cultural District $10,000; Virginia Highland District Association $30,000) with one organization removed from the substitute; approved (vote recorded: 7 ayes, 0 nays).
- Security guard contract renewal: Resolution authorizing second renewal option (security guard services) effective 03/03/2026–03/02/2027 not to exceed $3,646,931.20; council requested verification that officers have required state training and certification; motion carried as part of the consent block.
- Parks pilot: One-year pilot for movable restroom units (Throne Labs) was approved conditionally pending provision of a restroom map and funding-account clarifications (vote recorded: 7 yeas, 0 nays).
Several housekeeping and budget adjustment resolutions (water and sewer refunds and account adjustments) and substituted captions were also approved during the meeting. Where votes were recorded in the transcript, tallies are reported above; in cases where the transcript records a unanimous approval but does not list individual yes votes, the article reports the committee tally as recorded.
No ordinance failed in committee during this meeting; some items were deferred or required staff follow-up on funding/account details.
