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City of Stockbridge
SUMMARY MINUTES
BUDGET RETREAT
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2017 9:00 A.M.
Mayor & City Council Administration
Mayor Judy B. Neal Vanessa Holiday, City Clerk
Mayor Pro Tem Anthony S. Ford Michael Williams, City Attorney
Councilman Elton Alexander Linda Nabers, City Treasurer
Councilman John Blount Decius Aaron, Public Works Dir.
Councilwoman LaKeisha Gantt
Councilwoman Neat Robinson

Call to Order by Mayor Neal at 9:15 A.M.
There was invocation or pledge.
City Clerk, Vanessa Holiday was asked to proceed with a verbal roll call. All members
were present during roll except Councilwoman Gantt who joined the meeting at 12:03
P.M.

Councilman Alexander motioned to adopt the Agenda; second by Mayor Pro Tem Ford.
The motion passed 4-0.
Mayor Neal read the following as the FY2018 Budget Retreat Goals: “Continue a fiscally
sound approach to the City’s finances resulting in a 2018 balanced budget acceptable
to Stockbridge citizens based on revenue estimates resulting in the City remaining free
of ‘city’ property taxes.”

Proposed FY2018 Budgets reports were presented by the following departments:
Human Resources Mangers, Renee Wheeler presented Proposed FY2018 staffing level
requests.
Executive Assistant to Mayor & Council presented Proposed FY2018 Governing Body
requests.
Attorney Mike Williams presented Proposed FY2018 Youth Council requests.

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Treasurer Linda Nabers presented Proposed FY2018 Executive, Administrative and
Municipal Court requests.
Community Development Director Camilla Moore presented Proposed FY2018 Planning
& Community Development requests.
Councilwoman LaKeisha Gantt presented Proposed FY2018 Downtown Development
Authority requests.
Steven Lease with Liberty Technology presented Proposed FY2018 Information
Technology requests.
Councilwoman Robinson exited the meeting at 3:00 P.M.

Mayor & Council engaged in a review and recap of the day.

Motion to adjourn made by Councilwoman Gantt; second by Mayor Pro Tem Ford. The
motion passed 3-0 (Councilman Blount was not in attendance for the vote).

Respectfully submitted by:

Vanessa Holiday, City Clerk, CMC Judy Neal, Mayor

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