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City Manager reports on McCrae house move, budget items, grants and local projects
Summary
City Manager Albbright outlined operational updates including a scheduled house move with road closures, upcoming ribbon cuttings and community events, a $22 million police training grant solicitation, tracking of state permitting and property tax bills, and multiple capital and IT projects.
City Manager Mr. Albbright used the Feb. 16 Acworth City work session to brief the council on a range of operational matters, from an imminent house-moving operation to state legislation the city is tracking.
Albbright said roads will close at 9:00 a.m. the next day for a planned house move scheduled at 10:00 a.m.; crews coordinated with Comcast to lift lines and removed flashing pedestrian beacons earlier to reduce conflict during the move. He projected the city’s portion of the project would wrap up around May with tenant build-outs to follow in June–July.
He listed several upcoming community events and ribbon cuttings (Acworth Antiques at 4713 South Main St., Sweets by Jade at 3102 Luring Road), a Polar Plunge fundraiser, a Citizens Police Academy start and a Cobble Park ribbon cutting planned for March 5 at 4:30 p.m. Albbright said HR held biometric screenings with 165 participants and that the city is beginning renewal conversations with insurance brokers to inform budget assumptions.
On capital items and grants, staff said they are working on midyear budget amendments to appear on a consent agenda and described a solicitation to the state for about $22 million in support for a regional police training facility (co-signed by Emerson and Kennesaw). Albbright also said staff were monitoring House Bills 1114 and 1116 related to property-tax issues and flagged proposed legislation shortening land-disturbance permitting review times from 45 days to a proposed 10 days (with GMA seeking a 15–20 day compromise).
Other updates included IT work (camera enclosures at Cobble Park and a financial/utility system upgrade), a planned ECG-led system inventory beginning March 1, stormwater and demolition preparations at the Logan site (LDP issued), smart-meter bid timeline extension to allow additional vendor questions, and a cemetery fencing review that staff said remains within budget. Mr. Ross reported finalizing apartment plans that staff said may add about 100 units and an estimated ~1 megawatt of customer load per year.
Albbright closed by summarizing a recent public-input meeting with the county that emphasized Nance Road as a priority for further partnership. The items reported were informational; the manager noted agenda items and gave staff directions for follow-up where appropriate.
