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date: 2008-03-10
title: March 10, 2008 Minutes
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March 10, 2008
CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE MINUTES
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA MARCH 10, 2008

The Regular Meeting of the Stockbridge City Council Meeting was held on March 10, 2008 and Mayor R.
G. Kelley presided. Members present were Harold Cochran, Shirley Dabney, Fred Evans, W. A. Gardner,
and Kathryn Gilbert. Harold Cochran made a motion to convene; Fred Evans seconded, and passed
unanimously.

Kathryn Gilbert gave the invocation. Harold Cochran made a motion to approve minutes of February 11,
2008 Stockbridge City Council Meeting; W. A. Gardner seconded and passed unanimously.

PLANNING AND ZONING

KILLEARN INC., OF LOCUST, GROVE, GEORGIA requested variances from development regulations for
property located on the west side of Highway 42 north of Campground Road. The property is located in
Land Lot 34 of the 7th district, consisting of 40 acres. The request is for the development of an apartment
complex in an RM (Multi-Family Residential District) zoning.

A. J. Welch advised the Council that Killearn Properties, Inc. has an application in for a variance concerning
zoning on Highway 42 which consists of approximately 40 (forty) acres. There was an issue that came up
as to what the proper zoning of a piece of property was and he was asked to do the research on it. It
appears to him that the property is zoned M-l and RM single family residential. Henry County has issued
some letters to the property owner saying its zoned R-M. We have no documentation in the way of an
ordinance to substantiate the County's R-M zoning. He recommended the Council table this request for a
variance until the issue about the actual zoning of the property can be established. Also, if the Council
grants the zoning to multi-family, there could be no multi-family apartments built on the property at this time.
The City has a residential growth ordinance in the City and the maximum multi-family is twenty-nine percent
(29%) of the structures. There are presently thirty percent (30%) structures that are built, so until there is a
difference or a gap in there that would create a gap there can be no apartments built in the City under that
ordinance, too. It is the legal opinion that the Council table this and not take any action on variances or
zoning.

Harold Cochran made a motion to table; Fred Evans seconded, and passed unanimously.

CROWN PROPERTIES requested modifications to Austin Park Development Agreement, (Formerly know
as Askew Mobile Home Park). A. J. Welch stated that the owners have stated that they will go up on the
size of the homes but want to do away with certain requirements. The agreement requires a certain
percentage of all brick homes and by increasing the size of the homes will go up but the appearance of the
houses will change significantly. The administrative group has reviewed the request and the
recommendation is that there be no changes to the Development Agreement at this time.

Mayor Kelley made the recommendation that the Council deny this request.

Fred Evans made a motion to deny request to modify the Austin Park Development Agreement; Harold
Cochran seconded, and passed unanimously.

RIGHT-Of-WAY MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE - A. J. Welch advised the Council that he has prepared a
draft ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances to retain regulatory powers over certain activity of cable
and video companies with respect to public rights-of-way within or belonging to the City. The draft is not
complete and he wants the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) to give their comments before the Council
adopts the ordinance. They were unable to give their comments before the Council adopts the ordinance.
They were unable to give their comments before today’s meeting and he asked the Council to table this
item until the April, 2008 meeting.

Kathryn Gilbert made a motion to table the Right-of-Way Management Ordinance to the April, 2008
meeting; Fred Evans seconded, and passed unanimously.

SHORT TERM WORK PROGRAM AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ELEMENT (CIE) ANNUAL
UPDATE RESOLUTION - Julius Ross, Chief Planner, Henry County Planning and Zoning, asked the
Council to table these updates to be heard at the April, 2008 meeting. The Public Hearing Notice in the
Henry Heard was incorrect and has to be posted again for the April meeting.

Fred Evans made a motion to table this item to the April 14, 2008 meeting; Kathryn Gilbert seconded, and
passed unanimously.

JOINT COUNTY/CITIES SOLID WASTE PLAN RESOLUTION - Julius Ross, Chief Planner, Henry County
Planning and Zoning advised the Council that the Public Hearing Notice was correct for this item. This is a
request to give public comment at a Public Hearing on the item and to approve a resolution to transmit the
Solid Waste Management Plan to the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and the Department of
Community Affairs (DCA). This is the tenth (10th) year of the Joint County/Cities Solid Waste Management
Plan. Public Meetings were held in June and July, 2007 to hear from the public on the plan and have since
developed the plan as you have in your packet. It covers an inventory of the waste disposal stream an
analysis of that stream, what types of waste are going into our stream, waste direction, waste disposal,
waste reduction and a land limitation element and a public involvement portion. It also has an
implementation strategy to cover the next ten (10) years. It includes disposal capacity letters from area
landfills that insure that the cities and county have adequate capacity to dispose of solid waste generated
for the next ten years. This is all a part of the State law requirement by minimum planning standards for
qualified local government status in an effort to reduce the amount of waste going into our landfills. This
shows that we are trying to manage, reduce, and reuse in whatever way we can. Each City and the County
have outlined all of their individual strategies in the plan.

Councilwoman Gilbert stated that under the City of Stockbridge Implementation Strategy that under new
collection initiatives you include curbside recycling pickup. Is the City working on anything of that sort at
this time or is the County working on any recycling initiatives? Mr. Ross responded that the effort was to
have recycling efforts in all of the jurisdictions over the next ten (10) years. Mr. Ross stated that if you see
an asterisk by an item, that means it's something that all of us can work on together. Ms. Gilbert said there
is an asterisk by that item on page 22 but she did not see identification for the asterisk in the report. Mr.
Ross responded that the asterisk is defined in the beginning of implementation strategy page. That is
something the cities and county will have to work on together to implement and the City can on its own
initiate their own strategy. In the County's implementation strategy, they plan to hire a solid waste manager
but right now they don't have anyone responsible for that. They have the manager of the recycling center
but that does not take care of the new initiatives that they want to work together with the cities to implement.
That is something that they put in the plan that the implementation on the County's part will begin in two (2)
years and that should give the County a chance to gear-up for it.

Mayor Kelley said the City really needs to take a look at this. The City tried recycling at one time and it did
not work for us. If we get into a joint venture with the County because if we just do it in the City then we will
just be doing it for the County because people are going to bring garbage in from everywhere; so we need
to be partners in the implementation of the plan.

Julius Ross asked the Public if they have any comments on the Solid Waste Management Plan. If there are
no comments regarding the plan then the Council can make a motion to approve sending the transmittal
letter to ARC and DCA. There were no comments from the public regarding the plan.
Fred Evans made a motion to approve Resolution to transmit Joint County/Cities Solid Waste Management
Plan: 2008-2018 to the Atlanta Regional Commission and Department of Community Affairs; Harold
Cochran seconded, and passed unanimously.

MEEKS BOUNDARY LINE AGREEMENT RESOLUTION - A. J. Welch advised the Council that this
resolution will approve and ratify the Boundary Line Agreement that was reached with the Meeks'
concerning the location of the boundaries and use of an access easement. The document has been signed
by all parties. The Urban Redevelopment Agency has approved and signed the Boundary Line Agreement.
The agreement has been sent to Henry County Superior Court for recording and the Council needs to ratify
it tonight by adoption of this resolution.

Fred Evans made a motion approve Resolution ratifying the Meeks' boundary line; W. A. Gardner
seconded, and passed unanimously.

AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR THE CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE WESTSIDE SEWER
EASEMENTS. A. J. Welch advised the Council that out of 22 property owners, he has been able to acquire
all of the property owners except for one (1). There are two (2) proposed resolutions for condemnation
tonight. The first condemnation is dealing with Austin Park, LLC. They have signed their easement but the
bank has not signed and so far, we have been unable to get any response from the bank. They hold an
outstanding Security Deed on the property. If you approve the resolution tonight Mr. Welch will send it to
the bank and ask them to go ahead and approve it. If they don't approve it, then we condemn the bank's
security interest in the piece of property. If they should foreclose on the property, the easement would be
superior to whoever bought the property and they could not make us move it or pay them additional money
for it. We have already agreed as to the price and it is his opinion that the bank cannot increase the price.
It is just a matter of getting the title straight.

Councilwoman Gilbert asked if the bank is simply not responding. Mr. Welch answered yes, he sent the
documents to the bank and asked them to subrogate their loan to the City's easement and they have not
responded. The reason he is asking for it tonight is; this is project number one (1) under our SPLOST
monies. There was a meeting this past week with the SPLOST committee and the City has to get our
SPLOST outline put together where they will know how much money to issue on the first bonds and this is
priority number one (1). Of course, we are ready to go and the first bond issue that is issued is only going
to be projects that can be built within a two (2) year period of time and meet the requirements of the law.
We are way ahead of the curve on several of our projects but we have to turn those over to the County in
the next few weeks to be completed where they can issue the bonds hopefully this summer.

Councilwoman Gilbert stated that what she is hearing then; all parties with the exception of the bank are in
agreement with the price that has been offered and they are all happy and it's just the bank that is holding
it up. Mr. Welch responded that is correct.

Mayor Kelley stated that the Council needs to make a motion to go forward with the condemnation for the
Westside Sewer Easement. Mr. Welch responded that it will be the condemnation against the lien holder
on Austin Park, LLC and this was the single largest property owner that we had and that is the Bank of
Coweta.

Harold Cochran made a motion to go forward with the condemnation against the lien holder, Bank of
Coweta, on Austin Park, LLC property; Fred Evans seconded, and passed unanimously.

DAVID GREENE, MOBILE HOME PARK, INC., ANSLEY MOBILE HOME PARK - A. J. Welch informed
the Council that Mr. Greene has concerns that he would not be able to place mobile homes on top of the
existing easement. His concern is that new mobile homes are seventy-six feet (76') in length and that they
would go over onto the permanent easement.
Mr. Welch stated that he and the engineer met with Mr. Greene last week at length about this and it is our
belief that he will not lose any lots in the development of his mobile home park. When they put in new
mobile homes, they can turn those at an angle. There is a twenty-five foot (25') setback from the road. He
may have to move closer to the road in order to fit the mobile homes on each lot. It is his and staff's
recommendation that the Council approve on a case by case basis a variance to allow him to put in the
mobile homes closer to the road but not encumber the permanent easement. The permanent easement
should be kept clear in case the City experiences a sewer line break and the City could go in and fix it. If
the mobile home was setting on top of the sewer line we would have to move the mobile home before we
could repair the line. The City also has some concerns about liability if the home is setting on top of the line
and it should blow. We think that once he redesigns he will be fine.

David Greene stated that he does not think that we are very far off and everything that Mr. Welch said
sounds good but off just a tiny bit. He is the owner of Ansley Mobile Home Park and has always had a
wonderful relationship with the City, and never had any problems. Mr. Greene distributed a layout of the
area in his mobile home park that would be affected by the proposed sewer easement and he stated that
he actually could not make it work. Mr. Greene gave a demonstration showing the Council why he thinks
turning the mobile homes at a sideway angle will not work without losing some of his mobile home lots
because a seventy-six foot (76') mobile home will not fit on their existing lots. The City has offered
$21,000.00 for the easement. They value each one of their lots at $40,000.00 a piece. If they were to lose
four (4) lots, that’s $260,000.00 and if the City also pays the $21,000.00 that would be $285,000.00. What
he proposed to the City is; he will have to come closer because he will lose right-of-ways of the easement.
He will lose driveways but he can still keep a nice distance between the houses but it will not be as pretty
as it is now. It will give the City what they want and fine with him because they won’t lose mobile home
lots. To relocate utilities, the square boxes shown on his plan represent gas meters. Water and sewer
drops have to be changed and driveways torn out and re-pored. He will bring the homes up inside the
variance line so what he is proposing is get a variance to come up closer inside the twenty foot (20') line
and then for the City to pay them $6,000 each, the cost for new driveways and to relocate all utilities. The
cost to replace driveways would be $24,000.00 plus the $21,000.00 that the City has already agreed to pay
would be $45,000.00. Mr. Greene stated he believes this would be a workable solution to something that
would be a disaster.

Mayor Kelley asked what size mobile homes are in there now. Mr. Greene responded forty-eight feet (48’)
and fifty-six feet (56') homes which were the size homes when the park was built but now the homes are
seventy-six feet (76'). Mayor Kelley reminded Mr. Greene that's the problem because he wants to put a
mobile home that is twenty feet (20') longer than what it was originally built and approved for. Mr. Greene
responded that if the Council will look on the plan and find SS line that is the existing sewer line right now
and if you come ten feet (10') to the permanent easement that is where the red line is, that is the permanent
easement right now in between the red line and SS line. If he were to put a house in right now, a seventy-
six house it would not fit. Mayor Kelley stated that if he didn't have sanitary sewer he couldn't put them in
there. Mr. Greene said if Lewis Hurd had known this could have happened that the City would need more
property they would have shifted the last section of Lillian Circle. They are long lots and they could have
shifted the whole road.

Mr. Welch pointed to a mobile home on the plan and stated that there is a significant difference between
that mobile home and the next mobile home because there is a curve. All of this is not straight because it
sits all on a curve. If you line up the mobile home with the same angle and the next mobile home and you
go from this mobile home back you will have encroachment on a small piece on to the pad and you go all
the way down and when you get to this one, this mobile home will sit at an angle and it can be pulled forward
to the curve, the Council would only give him two variances. What he loses is; he has to pour an additional
area on to his pad which would run anywhere from five-feet (5') to twelve feet (12') depending on the closer
you get in one location is where the other location is, and where you get into a problem. Mr. Greene will
have to add approximately twelve feet (12') of additional pad on one end to make it work. Mr. Welch stated
he has discussed this with the appraiser and the $21,000.00 that he was getting takes into consideration
that he may have to extend some of the utilities in order to make them fit.
The City is not required under the law to give him what is the maximum. You take it as it is on the date of
condemnation which is today and how it is being used. There is no guarantee for him or anyone else that
he will be able to use that piece of property for that specific purpose. He would have to show that he could
not rent those lots for any purpose or they could not put any type of mobile home on there other than a
seventy-six foot (76'). Mr. Welch informed the Council that he has checked into it and found out that there
are numerous sizes of mobile homes that are still available on the market that would fit and he would not
have to move any. As it stands now he would not have to move or change anything. It is his recommendation
that the Council authorize the variance that he would need to turn the homes at an angle if he wished to do
that and to encroach on the twenty foot (20') setback is part of a settlement with Mr. Greene but it is not
recommended that the Council approve additional funds.

Mr. Greene said he would like to add in the minutes, if the Council wants him to work with the engineer
again, if he shows him how it will work like he was talking about with costing as little as he is talking about
he will not bother the Council. With all due respect, Mr. Greene said it cannot be done.

Councilwoman Gilbert asked Mr. Greene if he is asking over and above the $21,000.00 the City is offering
for the easement. You are asking for an additional $24,000.00 based on $6,000.00 per lot. Mr. Greene
responded that it is to relocate utilities and put in new driveways. Mr. Greene stated that he is challenging
the Council to try to make it work. Mrs. Gilbert arranged the mobile homes on the map and asked Mr.
Greene if he could see how she had arranged the mobile homes on the lots. Mr. Greene said he could and
he would need variances and driveways. Mr. Welch said that Stevenson & Palmer went to the site and they
were in agreement that he could fit the mobile homes on the lots. There was one lot that he may have to
wind up leaving a sixty-eight foot (68') trailer on that one lot. There is still plenty of room for Mr. Greene to
put the seventy-six foot (76') mobile home if the Council gives him the twenty foot (20') variance. Mr. Welch
reminded Mr. Greene that he told him that he would recommend the Council give him the variance so he
would not lose a lot and that is still his recommendation but he will have to turn the mobile homes at an
angle for that to work. He would not lose a lot but he would have to have a mobile home that is shorter and
in a lot of cases it is longer than what he has out there now; matter of fact every case he has out there now
would be longer. Councilman Evans stated that if Mr. Greene put three mobile homes on the three (3) far
right hand lots they could not be changed right now anyway. In other words you have three lots and if you
go in and put seventy-six (76') foot mobile homes in there tomorrow they are already on the easement. Mr.
Greene responded that all of them work now but he does not believe its fair that the City could change this
so every option is not available to him. It reminds him of; going to a football game and going to the Varsity
drive-in and they have all the bays where people are being served and the City comes in and says "We're
taking two (2) of the bays". There are laws of real estate but there is also loss of income value. They depend
on that income so yes, there are two lanes of people who can be fed but they are taking away two income
producing bays.

Councilwoman Gilbert asked if his concern is the amount it is going to cost him but believes there is
something workable, it's just the amount that it's going to cost to re-tool the lots as they exist from the
standpoint of changing the drive-way pads. Mr. Greene pointed out that litigation would be absolutely
ridiculous. It would be crazy to spend money on litigation and he thinks his proposal is pretty fair. For
$24,000.00 in addition to the $21,000.00 that the City has already proposed does not seem out of line.
Councilwoman Gilbert asked if the $24,000.00 is set in stone. Mr. Greene responded that $6,000.00 per
mobile home pad is a conservative price to re-pour driveways and re-do utilities.

Mayor Kelley stated that the City has to follow the law. Mr. Welch added that everyone must realize that
the appraiser has taken into consideration that Mr. Greene may have to extend his utilities and give him the
$21,000.00. What Mr. Greene is saying to you is, I want your $21,000.00 and then he wants to add on top
of that is more moneys that have already been added in. Now, if he has a plan that he wants the appraiser
to appraise by and he draws it out, we can give it to the appraiser and have him measure the extension
and measure the amount of re-pouring that he will have to do and we can do it all on that calculation and
pay him exactly the dime he is entitled to. That is what the City has to do under the law, is pay him what he
is entitled to, not something on top of it just to get rid of it. Then you are making a gift is the problem.
Councilwoman Gilbert stated that we have no time because we need to start. Mr. Welch stated that the City
cannot start until the County issues the bonds. The County will not issue the bonds until this summer. Our
project is put together once we acquire title to the easement. If he does a layout but it should be our engineer
doing the layout and his engineer doing the layout and giving the City's appraiser a layout so he can re-do
the calculations. What he took into consideration was "yes he may have to extend his service". There is a
difference in extending service and removing service and re-installing service. He is entitled to be paid fair
market value for his easement. He is entitled to re-location expenses if he has to relocate because of that.
As it stands now, he is not entitled to any re-location because the use he is putting to the property today is
legal and he can continue to put it to that use from now on. He wants to put it to a greater use than he is
putting to it now which is putting in a larger trailer. What we want to do is to work with him so he can put in
the larger trailer but in the process of it he has to work with us so we are not giving away public dollars.
Councilwoman Gilbert said she understands.

Mr. Welch said his recommendation is to pass the resolution authorizing the condemnation of the easement.
David Greene was asked how long it will take to get actual measurements and drawings and give the City
the actual measurements on what he is going to have to re-do. Then the City can give it to the appraiser
and let him do the calculation and give Mr. Greene a report saying what the City should pay him. If that's
$46,000.00, then that's the figure. If it's $24,000.00 then that is the figure.

Mr. Greene stated that it depends on how long it takes to get the drawing back from Stevenson and Palmer.
Mr. Welch told Mr. Greene that the City is not going to re-design his mobile home park and take on that
responsibility. The City was glad to accommodate Mr. Greene by having the City of Stockbridge's engineers,
Stevenson and Palmer Engineers, come out and discuss it with him. Now Mr. Greene is getting into the
actual layout and whether the City could or should do that. Mr. Greene responded that he should get this
work done in two (2) or three (3) weeks. If Mr. Greene can get a surveyor to get it done and get it to an
appraiser and get it resolved by the April 14, date, then fine.

Councilwoman Gilbert made a motion to table until April 14, 2008 Council Meeting; Harold Cochran
seconded, and passed unanimously.

ARCADIS WORK AUTHORIZATION NO. 11 -A. J. Welch advised the Council that Arcadis submitted Work
Authorization No. 11 to continue the agreement dated September 19, 2002 Services Agreement. This
agreement will provide the City with development and implementation of a stormwater management
program and assist with the annual billing of stormwater fees. Mr. Welch recommended the Council adopt
a resolution to approve Work Authorization No. 11.

Harold Cochran made a motion to adopt a Resolution to approve Arcadis Work Order Authorization No. 11;
W. A. Gardner seconded, and passed unanimously.

RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING
SERVICES BY STEVENSON &. PALMER ENGINEERING, INC. REGARDING ANTI-DEGRADATION. A.
J. Welch explained to the Council that this amendment to the agreement with Stevenson & Palmer
Engineering, Inc. will provide to the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) the necessary Anti-
degradation Review Report that is required. This is one of the steps that the City has to go through in order
to get the EPD permit to discharge into Brushy Creek. The engineers say that EPD is going to allow the
City to do this but we have to finish our report before we can get the permit. This will save us substantial
money by not having to run the discharge down to Big Cotton Indian Creek and he recommends the Council
approve the Resolution where the engineers can do the report. The additional engineering costs will be
$56,265.00 for the comprehensive studies for the Anti-Degradation Review Report for wastewater
discharge to Brushy Creek.
Fred Evans made a motion to adopt the Resolution authorizing execution of amendment to agreement for
engineering services by Stevenson & Palmer Engineering, Inc.; Kathryn Gilbert seconded and passed
unanimously.

AUTHORIZING EXECUTION Of CONTRACT WITH RONNY D. JONES ENTERPRISES, INC.,
RESOLUTION - A. J. Welch advised the Council that this contract is regarding the generator for the
groundwater pumping station. It was put out for bid, Ted Strickland sent the contract to Mr. Welch on Friday
and he has completed the review of the bids and he will have all the originals back to Mr. Strickland on
Tuesday, March 11, 2008, There were some seals that were left off on some of the bonds that Mr. Jones
is putting on today and they will get the documents back to Mr. Welch. Mr. Welch recommended the Council
approve the resolution.

Fred Evans made a motion to adopt a Resolution authorizing execution of contract with Ronny D. Jones
Enterprises, Inc.; Harold Cochran seconded, and passed unanimously.

TEOTIHUACAN DIAZ -1745 ROCK QUARRY ROAD requested an occupational license for a restaurant
and an alcohol license to sell beer, wine and liquor. Mr. Diaz has filed application for occupational and
alcohol license and filed all documents and background check. He has not received his Certificate of
Occupancy from Henry County and is requesting the Council approve his licenses subject to getting his
(CO).

Councilwoman Gilbert asked if this is the old Azteca Grille and Mayor Kelley responded, “Yes”.

Harold Cochran made a motion to approve alcohol license; Fred Evans seconded, passed unanimously.

HENRY COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DAY - Jessica Bradley with Henry County Parks and
Recreation is requesting the City sponsor some children ages 6 -12 for camp this summer. The cost is
$75.00 per child per week. Councilwoman Gilbert asked if this is something we have done in the past and
was informed that this is a new request. Council instructed Ted Strickland to investigate and bring more
information to the Council before they make a decision.

Councilwoman Gilbert said her question would be, would we be setting precedence for other programs and
maybe if each Councilmember would sponsor a child as opposed to City Funds.

Harold Cochran made a motion to table; Kathy Gilbert seconded, and passed unanimously.

LIFE-LINK GEORGIA - April is designated as "National Donate Life Month" to share a common goal to
recognize the life-saving efforts of the donors and transplant recipients of organs and this proclamation will
bring more attention to the life-saving message to the citizens of Stockbridge to be donors. No action
necessary.
LOW BIDS

Bid lists are in Council folders

3/4 Ton Truck Allan Vigil-Fayetteville 19,670.87
Steel Roof for park pavilions Norton Gutter 17,900.00

Rear Engine Riding Mower Snapper Mower 4,400.00

4 Chain Saws Stanaco, Inc. 1,279.98
2 Cutoff Saws Mason Tractor 2,006.50

6 Blowers Fayette Mower 1,578.00

Grasshopper Mower Parkway Lawn & Garden 6,965.00

Pole Saw Warren Holder Equipment 911.98

20 Weed Eaters Toney's Lawn Mowers 6,239.80

2 Edgers Toney's Lawn Mowers 639.98

COUNCIL MEMBERS: Were asked to select a time to have current professional pictures made for The
Link and other times we need photographs of the Council. We will schedule an appointment with a
photographer at the time you select and confirm the appointment with each of you.

NORTH GEORGIA WATER COUNCIL – Ted Strickland explained that the North Georgia Water Council is
offering re-bates and Home Depot and other retail stores where you can purchase a low-flow toilet and go
back to the Cities and Counties and they will give you a rebate. This is something the Council needs to
look at real close because it can be expensive. It could cost as much as $1,000,000 if a lot are changed at
one time. Mayor Kelley said the old part of the City is the City’s water customers and approximately ninety
percent (90%) that have the old style toilets. Councilwoman Gilbert asked how many total users do we
have in the old part of the City. Ted Strickland said it would be approximately $1,000,000 if the City replaced
all of them. For information, no action needed.

Harold Cochran made a motion to adjourn; Fred Evans seconded, and passed unanimously. The meeting
adjourned at 7:50 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Merle Manders, CMC R. G. Kelley
City Clerk Mayor
