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Lumpkin council adds law-enforcement chapter, approves CDBG filings and several staffing and property actions
Summary
At its March 11 meeting, the Lumpkin City Council approved adding Chapter 13 (Law Enforcement) to the city code, authorized CDBG application and local match resolutions, hired a part‑time building inspector, postponed the city tax sale to 2026, and approved several personnel and infrastructure motions.
Mayor Jimmy Babb presided over the City of Lumpkin council meeting on March 11, during which the council approved a new Chapter 13, "Law Enforcement," to the city ordinances and authorized two CDBG-related resolutions to file a Community Development Block Grant application and obligate the local match.
The council voted to add Chapter 13 to the city code after the clerk emailed a draft of the proposal to members. Council approval for the ordinance addition was recorded during new business; no further amendment was noted during the meeting.
The council also approved Resolution 2025-02 to file a CDBG grant application and Resolution 2025-03 to obligate the required local match. Both resolutions were read aloud by the mayor and approved by motion and second.
On personnel and staffing, the council voted to hire Mr. Ernie Brown as a part‑time certified building inspector to address deteriorating properties raised by citizens. In executive session the council discussed personnel matters; after returning to open session Councilwoman B. Mallory asked the clerk to draft a termination letter for M. Whitfield. The council also approved a policy limiting overtime to zero except for public supervisor Mike Robinson, who was authorized four hours on Saturday.
The meeting included several routine administrative approvals: the agenda, February 11 minutes and February financial reports were each approved by motion. The clerk reported the county will not hold a tax sale this year; the council decided to postpone the city property tax sale and hold it on the same date as the county's sale in 2026, with Deputy Clerk Jones to send delinquent notices.
Public and departmental updates included an update from Allison Slocum on establishing a local historic district; she told the council the process requires review of policy and procedures, the zoning ordinance and zoning map, publication of meeting dates three times in the local newspaper and notification letters to surrounding neighborhoods. Public Supervisor M. Robinson reported completed projects, said a vendor repaired the chipper, and noted difficulty reaching a tree on Main Street with available equipment.
Other administrative items: the mayor reported a discussion with Coweta Commissioner McKenzie about trucks for sale and noted the council declined to pursue an offer to buy the Masonic Lodge at MLK Jr. and Broad Street. The council approved updating the wells and sewage-pond control system through SOWEGA and approved paying travel and meals for Willie G. Clark to attend required gas training in Macon; Councilmember B. Cullefer voted against that travel/meals payment.
The council adjourned after the executive-session actions and signed the meeting record.
