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Residents raise plumbing backups, late-night noise and dumping during Lithonia council public comment
Summary
Multiple residents told the council about a recurring plumbing backup tied to a capped public line, late-night loud music near Stone Crest and a vacant lot being used as a dumping ground; Friends of the Library asked the city to promote an April book sale on city social media.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the March 2 Lithonia City Council meeting to press the city on separate quality-of-life concerns and upcoming community programming.
A resident reported repeated plumbing backups in a commercial building that she said began after the city capped a public line between Thanksgiving and Christmas. She told the council the backups have affected a tenant, have required repeated snaking and repairs, and that county crews who ran a camera determined the problem is on the city side of the line. She said she had contacted the mayor and the chief and asked the council to intervene; council members said staff would follow up.
Another resident described repeated loud music late into the night from buildings behind the school in the Stone Crest area, and complained that a vacant lot on Parkway Drive in front of Good News Church has become a dumping ground and pointed to a burned house on Hardway Drive as a hazard. Staff acknowledged the complaints and said they would look into which departments and property managers to notify.
Fabian Nelson, social media coordinator for the Friends of the Library, announced a spring book sale (set-up April 23; public sale April 24–25) and asked the city administrator to include the event in city 'city week' social media promotions to increase visibility for library programs. "We respectfully ask that the city administrator consider including our public on the city social media platforms as part of city the city's week promotion," he said.
Procedural items: The council approved the consent agenda after a motion and second; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript. Later the council recessed for an executive session and returned with no action; the meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn passed.
