Lawrenceville forwards slate of contracts, ordinances and development items to Jan. 28 meeting; one permit tabled to February

The Lawrenceville City Council on Jan. 14 accepted its work session agenda as amended and agreed to place a dozen items on the Jan. 28 regular meeting consent and regular agendas, city officials said.

Mayor Pro-Tem Victoria Jones moved to adopt the agenda as amended; Council Member Bruce Johnson seconded the motion and the council voted unanimously to approve the agenda. City Manager Chuck Warbington requested that SUP2025-00119 (Sultan Hassan; 715 Paper Creek Drive) be tabled to the Feb. 11 work session and the Feb. 23 regular meeting.

Staff presentations scheduled for the Jan. 28 meeting include a rezoning request (RZR2025-00031; Scott Smith; 151 Honeysuckle Avenue) and a special-use permit (SUP2025-00117; Samia Craig; 1154 Lawrenceville Highway, Suite 206), both presented by Todd Hargrave, director of planning and development. Hargrave also presented a Memorandum of Agreement with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for the PlanFirst program.

Several procurement and infrastructure items were placed on the consent agenda: an additional Gas Department employee and a FY26 budget amendment, the Hi Hope Regulator Station Relocation Project (SB009-26), SR 316 at Hi Hope Road gas main improvements (SB010-26), the Natural Gas Peak Utility Building Project (SB007-26) and a bid award for underground primary electric wire (SB006-26). Blake McClellan, assistant gas director for operations, told council that Riley Contracting Inc. was deemed non-responsive to one procurement submission.

The council also agreed to place on the Jan. 28 consent agenda an ordinance granting easements to Georgia Power Company (Alcovy Road and 1120 Grayson Highway), an ordinance amending the city code on body art studios and body artists, a three-year fair-market-value lease agreement with Dell for workstation replacement, a North DTL Development Agreement, a contract with Southeast Corrections, LLC for probation services, and a board appointment to the Financial Review Citizen Committee.

Assistant City Manager Barry Mock and Assistant City Manager Michael Fischer presented staffing, operations and contract items and answered council questions. City Engineer Eranildo Lustosa Alves Junior presented a request for professional design services for bridge structural rehabilitation and repair.

All items mentioned at the work session were scheduled to appear on the Jan. 28 regular meeting agenda as consent items unless otherwise noted; the special-use permit for 715 Paper Creek Drive was explicitly tabled to February. The council did not take final votes on the listed ordinances or contracts during the Jan. 14 work session.

The regular meeting on Jan. 28 will be the next opportunity for formal action on the items discussed at the work session.