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Council to place $64,000 LED streetlight conversion on May 19 consent agenda
Summary
At a May 12 briefing, the Thomasville City Council put a budget amendment on the May 19 consent agenda to appropriate roughly $64,000 from surplus interest to convert 32 high‑pressure sodium street lights at the I‑85/109 interchange to LED, Finance Director Thomas Avant said.
At its May 12 briefing, the Thomasville City Council placed on the May 19 consent agenda Budget Amendment 2025 P11‑01, which includes a request to convert 32 high‑pressure sodium highway lights at the I‑85 and 109 interchange to LED at a cost of $64,000.
Finance Director Thomas Avant told the council that the conversion would be paid from surplus interest and that staff planned to appropriate a modest additional amount to cover the project. "The cost is $64,000. We're going to appropriate a little bit extra from surplus interest to cover that project," Avant said.
Council did not take a final vote on the budget amendment at the briefing; the item was placed on the May 19 consent agenda for formal consideration. The amendment appears alongside routine minutes and other consent items scheduled for the May 19 council meeting.
Why it matters: converting highway lights to LED can reduce maintenance and energy costs and change roadway illumination; councilmembers will have the opportunity to vote on the appropriation at the May 19 meeting.
What happens next: The council will consider Budget Amendment 2025 P11‑01 during its May 19 meeting; the briefing record shows the finance director's recommendation and the funding source is surplus interest. No further technical studies were mentioned for this lighting conversion in the briefing minutes.
