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Votes at a glance: Newnan council unanimously approves minutes, contracts, easement, surplus declaration and other items
Summary
At the meeting the council adopted minutes, approved multiple contracts (FEMA consulting, debris removal, debris monitoring, copier lease contingent on venue change), authorized a road closure, approved an easement to Georgia Power with payment routing, amended a property-tax IGA, declared surplus property, approved the police facility self-performance plan, and adjourned — all by unanimous voice votes.
The Newnan City Council recorded unanimous voice votes to complete routine business and approve a slate of operational and contracting actions.
Actions approved included adoption of prior meeting minutes, awards of multiple pre-event disaster-response contracts (Goodwin Mills Kwood for FEMA consulting and monitoring; Southern Disaster Recovery for debris removal), approval of a copier equipment lease and managed-print services agreement (approval contingent on changing the contract venue to Georgia and removing a jury-waiver clause), a temporary road closure request for Link Section 13 and paving, a first amendment to the intergovernmental agreement with the county tax commissioner clarifying how city payments fund the local supplement, a surplus property declaration (equipment and vehicles), a grant of easement to Georgia Power for a short power-line corridor (with a $3,000 payment routed directly to Newton Utilities per the amended motion), and approval for staff to self-perform renovations to the police firearms training facility.
All recorded motions passed by voice vote with no recorded oppositions. Many items were described by staff as pre-event or contingency arrangements that would not cost the city unless services were used (for example, the disaster-response contracts). For items where contract language raised concerns — notably the copier lease citing jurisdiction in Pennsylvania and a jury-trial waiver — council approved contingent action asking staff to rewrite the venue to Georgia and remove the waiver before final execution.
