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date: 2012-12-20
title: December 20, 2012 Minutes
source: 2012-12/2012-12-20_December 20, 2012_Minutes.pdf
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December 20, 2012

SPECIAL CALLED MEETING MINUTES
Stockbridge City Council
Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:00PM

City Council
Mark Alarcon, Mayor
Richard Steinberg, Mayor Pro Tem
Robin Buschman, Councilwoman
Harold Cochran, Councilman
Shirley Dabney, Councilman (Absent)
Alphonso Thomas, Councilman

Rhonda Blackmon, City Clerk

Call to Order; Mayor Alarcon called the meeting to order and read the agenda.

Invocation was by Robin Buschman.

Pledge of Allegiance

Adopt Agenda motion was made by Richard Steinberg to adopt the agenda as stated;
a second was made by Harold Cochran; passed 4-0.

A Special Called Meeting of the City Council of the City of Stockbridge, Georgia will be
held at 4:00PM on Thursday, December 20, 2012 in the Council Chambers at City Hall,
4640 North Henry Blvd., Stockbridge, GA 30281.

Mayor made a note that Councilwoman Dabney was not in the Chamber for the
meeting.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF:

1. Employee Holiday Recognition; Mayor stated that there had been a lot of
discussion and that the Council had wanted to extend something to the employees
for their hard work and their dedication to the City. Mayor Alarcon said he would
entertain some conversation but at this time, he would like to ask for support to give
$200.00 per employee for their service in 2012. David Milliron asked to be
recognized and said that now that Mayor had opened the floor, he requested that
he, for the benefit of the City, be as restrictive as he could on the proposed motion;
something along the lines of I so move to entertain a $200.00 holiday bonus to all
City of Stockbridge full-time employees and then that will make sure that it narrows
exactly who is receiving the bonus since you have full-time, part-time, appointees,
and Council members, etc. So if you can quantify with great specificity so that it is
property recorded in the minutes, that would help them to execute it correctly from
the finance area. Mayor stated he agreed that that was a bit vague. At this time,
he asks for a motion to support a $200.00 employee holiday recognition for all full-
time employees, non-appointees and non-council members; Robin Buschman
talked about how proud she was of the employees and the work that they have
done; Robin Buschman made the motion; a second was made by Harold Cochran;
the motion passed 4-0.

Mr. Milliron asked for a three (3) minute recess to notify his staff of the motion that
was just passed so as to have the bonuses executed in a timely manner.

Mr. Milliron returned and asked the Mayor to entertain a decision to suspend the
meeting rules to be able to go through item two (2) in a more work shop style since
there would be no voting on the item tonight.

2. Purposed 2013 Budget Workshop; Mayor Alarcon made a motion to suspend the
meeting rules to allow for a less formal discussion for budget workshop purposes; a
second was made by Richard Steinberg; the motion passed 4-0.

Council went through some main points of the proposed budget and discussed the
proposed budget with the City Treasurer. Mr. Milliron went over the comparisons
from the 2012 budget, the 2012 amended budget and the current proposed 2013
budget to show that the City budget is down by about 3.5% from the previous
budget.

Adjourn; Harold Cochran made a motion to adjourn; a second was made by Richard
Steinberg; the motion passed 4-0.

Respectfully submitted by:

Rhonda A. Blackmon, City Clerk Mark A. Alarcon, Mayor
