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Mayor urges council to consider summer feeding support, noise enforcement and water-system fixes
Summary
The mayor asked the council to consider local support for the Community and School Summer Feeding Program after state funds were not approved, raised repeated neighborhood noise complaints especially downtown, and urged directive action on water-system repairs and capital investment.
Milledgeville — The mayor used her opening remarks to press the City Council to consider backing the Community and School Summer Feeding Program, raise enforcement of the noise ordinance and accelerate plans to repair the city's aging water system.
The mayor said the summer-feeding program 'reached out not only to us but to the county' after the governor did not approve funding. She asked councilmembers to review options 'by the next meeting' and to consider budgetary support, noting 'A little bit can go a long way.'
On noise, the mayor said she has received many anonymous complaints about loud vehicles and music in the downtown area and urged review of the existing noise ordinance and its enforcement. A council member suggested residents report incidents to the police department so officers can respond.
The mayor also pressed the council to give the city manager clear direction on water-system work, saying localized outages and recurring leaks are harming residents and businesses. She asked colleagues to consider front-end capital work rather than repeated contractor patching when budgeting.
These items were presented as discussion topics and no formal motions or votes on funding were made during the meeting.
