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Council awards $37,350 contract to Stone Mountain Historical Society to run depot museum programming
Summary
The council approved a $37,350 annual professional-services contract with the Stone Mountain Historical Society to provide phased museum programming, volunteer recruitment and preservation planning for the depot; the society outlined a staged vision for exhibits and volunteer-run tours.
The Stone Mountain City Council voted to approve a $37,350 professional services contract with the Stone Mountain Historical Society to provide museum programming at the depot.
City staff presented two proposals; the Historic Society’s representative (identified in the meeting as Miss Reed) outlined a phased approach: install a foundational wall describing the village’s origins, create temporary exhibits on Shermantown and Juneteenth, recruit and train volunteers to staff the visitor center, refresh guided tours and develop a historic-preservation plan for the depot. The society emphasized gradual implementation tied to funding and volunteer availability.
Miss Reed described the exhibit priorities: "I want to see one wall that tells you the foundational history of our village, who we are, how we got here," and said the work should be done in phases so that core history is in place first and additional threads follow as funds allow. She also highlighted volunteer recruitment, youth engagement (Girl Scouts and local volunteers) and a preservation plan to guide care of the 19th/early-20th-century depot interior.
Council members asked for clarification on specific budget line items and whether available funds covered proposed work. City staff said there was $50,000 available in the business center line and that funds would be reallocated among line items (building repair, professional services, supplies) to cover proposals without an immediate supplemental funding request. The council voted to move forward with the Historic Society contract and recorded roll-call yes votes from posts 1–6 with the mayor recused from this item earlier in the meeting.
What’s next: Staff and the Historic Society will coordinate phasing, volunteer recruitment and a preservation plan; council requested clearer line-item explanations for auditing and transparency.
Provenance: discussion and presentation of proposals (transcript segments where the Historic Society’s proposal and Miss Reed’s remarks appear).
