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Votes at a glance: Dublin City Council approves routine minutes, park and Madison Street projects, sanitation rate changes
Summary
At its May 16 meeting the Dublin City Council approved routine minutes and several resolutions, including a $46,000 contribution for pickleball court conversion, a Georgia Power lighting agreement for Madison Street, Charter undergrounding for Madison Street, and increased garbage collection rates. First readings were held for the FY2025 budget and utility rates.
The Dublin City Council on May 16 approved multiple routine and project motions during its regular meeting.
Council approved the May 1 meeting minutes and the payment of outstanding bills. The council also approved a purchase request to contribute $46,000 to Middle Georgia State University’s foundation to convert university tennis courts for public-access pickleball courts and associated lighting. Separately, the council approved two parts of the Madison Street streetscape project: a Georgia Power agreement to install 16 lamp-post lights (staff said the upfront cost is $139,700 and ongoing monthly costs about $3,828, to be covered respectively by a downtown redevelopment grant and the general fund) and an agreement with Charter Communications to deconstruct aerial facilities and install underground fiber as part of the same project (the transcript’s formatted total cost to the city was unclear and is not specified here; staff said the work is grant-funded).
The council also approved a resolution to update residential and commercial garbage collection rates: the residential roll-cart monthly rate was raised from $25 to $29, commercial monthly rates to $39.95, and dumpster pricing was increased (staff reported dumpster pricing moving from $468 to $542 per cubic yard). Staff attributed the changes to a roughly 133% increase in county solid-waste charges.
Several items were presented as first readings and will be returned for public hearing and vote at the June 6 meeting: an annexation ordinance (for a roughly half-acre parcel for a medical office), Ordinance 2403 (FY2025 operating budget and associated schedules), and Ordinance 2404 (proposed water and sewer rate adjustments, including a proposed $0.20 per 1,000-gallon increase and a minimum bill change from $24.00 to $24.80). All motions recorded in the meeting passed by voice vote when taken; individual roll-call tallies were not read into the transcript.
The council closed the regular agenda and moved to citizen comments before adjourning.
