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The Statesboro City Council assembly on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, called for order through Mayor Jonathan McCollar at 5:30 p. m. m. La Councilmember Paulette Chavers then led a prayer and the oath of allegiance. Councilmember John Riggs did not provide and City Manager Charles Penny provided in a video call.
The City Council approved its budget of $108,973,791 for fiscal year 2025 at the meeting. 62. 7% of the general fund budget is allocated to salary and benefit-earning costs.
Penny said the budget reflects increases in the tax base resulting from the new advances approved.
A) Submission through the Greener Boron Commission.
Greener Boro Commission Chair and South Georgia Biology Professor Lissa Leege spoke on behalf of the commission and defined a number of goals, accomplishments and long-term projects proposed through the members.
The commission amassed data from 442 GreenFest attendees on their most sensible environmental and climate concerns, and the results indicated that respondents found recycling, walking and biking trails, pedestrian-friendly cities, and solar projects to be the four most sensible wishes.
Leege reported that residential energy use and emissions are more consistent than the capita average in Bulloch County than in the rest of the state. Livestock and fertilizers are to blame for some of those higher emissions.
These considerations were taken into account when the Commission defined the following objectives:
The commission seeks to achieve those goals by consulting with local experts, city staff, and outside speakers to address those issues.
The Greener Boro Commission has also partnered with the Business Innovation Group and Fab lab for the Fix it Friday initiative, which aims to reduce counterfeit waste by repairing parts rather than replacing them. Leege said another 214 people participated in the initiative and 105 problems were fixed.
The commission also compiled a list of local resources with sustainable features for recycling counterfeit waste such as batteries, cardboard, glass and fabric, which can be found on the city’s website.
The commission also worked with Georgia Power on the Family Resource Show to teach citizens about Georgia Power Ease’s power power program, which is available to qualified customers.
New initiatives
Councilmember Chavers is as supportive as possible for motorcycle lanes and repair Fridays, but has expressed considerations about the concept of an aluminum cup.
Mayor McCollar said he would like to see the walking trails connecting the Georgia Southern campus widened.
No public comment
CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED 5. Consideration of a motion to approve consent agenda
1. Approval of the minutes
a) Board minutes of 04-06-2024
b) Minutes of the Executive Session of 04-06-2024
APPROVED 6. Public Hearing and Consideration of Motion for Approval: APPLICATION SE 24-05-01: Sal Atta requests a special exception to Section 2. 2. 9 of the Statesboro Unified Development Code to allow for the status quo of a vehicle service station. 3101 Old Register Road (Tax Package No. 076 00001 012).
Kathy Field provided information on the motion, stating that the parcel currently houses an unused auto repair shop and that the long-term land use map reflects this domain as an emerging advertising domain. Approval is made by staff with conditions on file.
APPROVED 7. Public Hearing and Consideration of Motion for Approval: RZ APPLICATION 05-24-02: Young Men’s Christian Association of Coastal Georgia, Inc. is requesting a zoning map amendment for the R-15 (single-family residential) zoning district. ). to the MX Zoning District (mixed-use) on approximately 8. 29 acres of assets to be uploaded for a daycare and long-term medical practice to the existing Y at 409 Clairborne Avenue (Fiscal Lot #S53 000001,000).
Currently, the facility is a YMCA and the unused portion of the building is intended to be used as a nursery. Approval of personnel with conditions.
APPROVED 8. Public Hearing and Consideration of Motion to Approve: APPLICATION SUB 05-24-03: Mitchell Ball requests an initial subdivision FLOOR on approximately 32. 16 acres to modify an indifferent single-family subdivision approved in the past by expanding the number of sets. up to 12 sets on Stockyard Road (Fiscal Parcel No. MS38000068 001).
The asset is lately unoccupied and is approved with conditions.
Hussey Gay Bell’s Haydon Rollins says they expect this to be the last replacement in the plans, with a 6-foot length reduction and the addition of 12 sets as a result; 12 sets have been performed for a total of 96 ArrayTraffic studies and the turn lanes needed for progression will alleviate concerns.
APPROVED 9. Public Hearing and Consideration of Motion for Approval: APPLICATION SUB 05-24-04: Five Guys Development, LLC is requesting an initial subdivision FLOOR on 111. 4 acres of assets to expand approximately 185 at 6922 Burkhalter Road (Tax Parcel #108 000002. 000).
The first stages of progression will be single-family residential and the next phase will be townhouses. The assets were found to have more usable land than in the past estimated and staff approval with conditions.
Council member Phil Boyum expressed concern about the progress of Burkhalter Road, as the road will need to be widened in the near future.
Rollins responded that the traffic studies included projections of the county’s long-term expansion and that they were helping prepare for it by widening the right-of-way to 70 feet, adding turn lanes and hoping for a long-term roundabout.
APPROVED 10. Public Hearing and Consideration of a Motion of Consent:
A. APPLICATION SE 05-24-05: CRE Impact BCM Southern Statesboro GA, LLC is requesting a special exception to Section 2. 3. 2 of the Statesboro Unified Development Code to allow approximately 1,000 square feet of advertising space in a proposed multi-story development at 1701 Chandler Road (Tax Parcel No. MS62 000001 000).
The existing construction will be demolished to make way for this development.
B. APPLICATION SU 05/24/06: CRE Impact BCM Southern Statesboro GA, LLC is applying for a Special Use Permit to permit construction at the allowable density of a multi-story apartment progression assignment at 1701 Chandler Road (Fiscal Parcel No. MS62 000001. 000).
Staff recommends conditional approval.
Jeff Warwick, the owner of the property, says the planned construction and cafeteria will create a ministry-based community, anchored through BCM. He says the first site of the construction will be an open, interactive student lounge, BCM and cafeteria, with residential overruns above.
APPROVED 11. Public Hearing and Consideration of a Motion for Acceptance: Resolution 2024-14: A Solution Adopting the 2024 Comprehensive Master Plan Update.
In accordance with the requirements of the State of Georgia’s Comprehensive Planning Standards, the city, in collaboration with the Regional Coastal Commission, has prepared an updated comprehensive plan.
The overall bureaucracy of the plan is the basis upon which the rezoning takes place.
APPROVED 12. Public Hearing and Consideration of a Motion to Pass Resolution 2024-15: Resolution Exempting Certain Vehicles from the Marking Requirement for One Year.
The 2001 General Assembly consultation amended O. C. G. A. 36-80-20 to restrict the duration of such a waiver to one year, requiring an annual waiver to be granted only once as provided for in the previous law.
APPROVED 13. Consideration of a Motion to Pass Resolution 2024-16: A Solution to Adopt the Second Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget for each of the City of Statesboro, Georgia’s funds, by allocating the amounts indicated in each of the budgets as expenses/expenses, adopting the Earnings Anticipation Line Items, and prohibiting expenditures or expenditures in excess of actual appropriation
State law requires the City of Statesboro to adopt a balanced budget for each fiscal year. The City of Statesboro’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30 each year. The mayor and city council won the capital’s budget at the council retreat on March 16 and operating budget at the budget painting sessions on May 14.
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APPROVED 14. Consideration of a Move to Pass Resolution 2024-17: A Solution to Adopt the FY 2025 Budget for Each City of Statesboro, Georgia Fund, Affecting the Amount Indicated in Each Budget as Expenses/Expenses, Adopting the Line Items. revenue forecasts and prohibit expenditures or expenditures that exceed the actual investment that must be made for the allocations.
APPROVED 15. Consideration of a Move to Pass Resolution 2024-18: A Solution Adopting the Statesboro Fee, Fee, and Fines Program.
In June 2015, the City of Statesboro followed its first comprehensive program of fees, fees, and fines. This document is updated and tracked annually with any adjustments to fees, fees, and penalties and goes into effect on July 1. The document will also possibly be modified during the year if the need arises. It is proposed to increase the rates up to 10% for residential, government, advertising and advertising (interior) user rates, based on the Raftlelis rate study conducted in fiscal year 2023. A proposal for increased prices for water and sewerage taps and increased costs for structural assistance (expansion of the wastewater treatment plant). A proposal to increase additional facility salaries for police and firefighters will also affect rates.
APPROVED 16. Consideration of a Move to Pass Resolution 2024-19: A Solution Accepting the Right-of-Way of Fernhill Drive, Leather Leaf Way, Boston Fern Lane, Royal Fern Lane, Fire Apparatus Turnaround (2), and the Long-Term Extension of the Road to the Fernhill Subdivision as Public Streets to be Owned and Maintained through the City of Statesboro.
The assets accepted into the residential subdivision incentive plan in 2022 for the proposed development. The developer now wishes to dedicate the following roads: Fernhill Drive, Leather Leaf Way, Boston Fern Lane, Royal Fern Lane, Fire Apparatus Turnaround (2) and the long run road extension into the city of Statesboro. Fernhill Development has finished the structure and the roads were finished in 2024. See the enclosed dedications with related plans.
Council member Boyum says it would be favorable to reconsider similar road names, as 911 operations would.
APPROVED 17. Second and attention of a movement to approve:
A) Order 2024-06: Order amending Chapter 70 of the Statesboro Code of Ordinances regulating the use of shareable dockless mobility devices.
B) Order 2024-07: Order amending the Chapter of the Statesboro Code of Orders amending non-motorized appliances.
In the ongoing consultation on February 20, 2024, TSW made recommendations to introduce new code language in Chapter 70 relating to shareable baseless (personal) mobility devices (i. e. , scooters) and to update the language of Chapter 78-9 of the Non-Motor Vehicles Act. Ordinance (i. e. , roller skates, skateboards, bicycles, electric scooters, etc. ) and comes with additional terms similar to mobility devices.
TSW produces this data at the same time as the new Unified Development Code (UDC), however it is included in the UDC. Chapter 70 considerations “streets, sidewalks and other public places”. Chapter 78 considerations “Traffic and vehicles”. The amendments were moved from the first reading to the second reading by a unanimous vote at the Council meeting on 4 June 2024.
18. Consideration of a Motion to Authorize the Mayor to Perform a Service Contract with Statesboro Arts Council, Inc. to market downtown Statesboro through the operation and management of the Averitt Center for the Arts and hotel and motel tax revenues.
The Averitt Center for the Arts will obtain 25. 1% of hotel-motel excise taxes collected pursuant to Municipal Ordinances 74-32 et seq. to fund the overall operating budget. It remains the same as for the 2025 monetary year.
APPROVED 19. Consideration of a move to authorize the Mayor to execute a service contract with the Downtown Statesboro/Main Street Development Authority to market the Downtown Statesboro proceeds from the Hotel/Motel Tax.
The Downtown Statesboro Development Authority (DSDA) will get 19. 9% of the hotel and motel excise taxes collected pursuant to Municipal Ordinances 74-32 et seq. , which remains the same as for the 2025 monetary year.
APPROVED 20. Consideration of a motion to authorize the Mayor to enter into a service contract with the Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc. to market hotel and motel tax revenue from Statesboro and Bulloch County.
The Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau (SCVB) will obtain 50. 0% of the HotelMotel’s excise taxes collected pursuant to Municipal Ordinances 74-32 et seq. The amount remains the same as for the 2025 monetary year.
APPROVED 21. Consideration of a move to amend the Main Street West Streetscape Improvement Project Contract with Cranston in an additional amount of $79,850. 00 to provide a professional design along the Main Street East streetscape. This project, ENG92, will be financed through the TSPLOST 2018 funds. .
At the March 19, 2024 Council meeting, the City of Statesboro approved the engineering facilities for the streetscape improvement task in question, which will include sidewalk innovations, drainage innovations, application relocation, traffic engineering, and streetscape innovations (i. e. , ornamental streetlights, on West Main Street, from North Main to South College Street. The additional paintings will fix rights-of-way, utility and drainage issues that were initially known when making plans and design along East Main Street. East Main Street, from North Main Street to Railroad Street, will have a consistent appearance with West Main Street once the structure is completed.
There will be public input meetings for Main Street West and East Street businesses and the general public, as well as updates on council execution sessions, the review and design process.
APPROVED 22. Consideration of a Motion to Award a Contract to Hussey Gay Bell Engineering, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $76,900 to provide surveying, design, permitting, bidding, and contract management facilities for the rehabilitation of sanitary sewers in the Fair Road, East Main. Street Areas, and U. S. Highway 80. Si approved, this allocation will be funded as an operating source of revenue as approved in FY 2024 CIP allocations WWD-187 and WWD-188.
As part of the City’s ongoing efforts to reduce groundwater infiltration into its sanitary sewer system, it proposes to cover approximately 6,500 linear feet of sanitary sewer mains with cured-in-place (CIPP) coatings and rehabilitate approximately 34 sanitary sewer manholes. The plant reports episodes of rainfall and periods of rainy weather with incredibly high flows. Reducing this flow rate will increase the life of the plant and lose capacity for other uses, while reducing operating costs.
Hussey Gay Bell Engineering, Inc. has extensive experience in sewer rehabilitation projects and has completed many projects for the City of Statesboro in recent years.
APPROVED 23. Consideration of a move to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with FS2 Land Holdings LLC, for percentage of the charge for the construction of a sewer lift station to serve the Quail Run Subdivision. The City will give a 20% contribution of the fee, up to $149,602. 00. This project, WWD-32, will be funded with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, which have been earmarked for the expansion of utilities in unserved areas.
As a component of the program to expand public services to underserved spaces in the city, the procedure for the design, bidding and construction of a sanitary sewer formula in the Quail Run subdivision has begun. This subdivision was annexed to the City many years ago and has water service. there are no sewers yet. Quail Run is made up of 46 residential lots, 26 of which are currently single-family homes. To service those homes, a new sewer lift station and a main line will need to be built.
Previously, when comparing this sewer extension, it was too expensive to build a new pump station to serve such a small number of homes. However, now that FS2 Land Holding is moving forward with its plans to build a new single-family subdivision adjacent to Quail Run, it has much more feasibility.
APPROVED 24. Consideration of a move to approve Work Order No. nine in the amount of $69,90. 00 from Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood (GMC) under the Stormwater Planning Professional Services General Agreement, to conduct stormwater service in the Whitesville area. This allocation will be funded through the stormwater fund under the H Modeling CIP.
A stormwater survey is required in the Whitesville domain due to recent flooding. On August 16, 2016, the City Council asked the City Manager to negotiate a contract with EPG (now GMC) to provide consulting to help the City prepare for the Master. Plan for the Comprehensive Stormwater Management Program. Staff negotiated a position under this work order in an amount not to exceed $69,960. 00. As a component of the pro contract or agreement, GMC will conduct a comprehensive listing for the City. As a result, GMCs have been separated into task orders. This will be the third of those task orders.
APPROVED – 25. Consideration of a move to approve the use of $250,000 from ARPA’s interest income source to assist in the structure of the Food Bank building.
In March, at the City Council retreat, the need for more investments was expressed to help with the finishing touch to the structure of the Statesboro Food Bank. The City had committed $500,000 for the new structure and Bulloch County also committed the same. quantity. Originally, the plan was to apply for a $1,000,000. 00 grant through DCA to secure the CARES Act budget. The structure would have belonged to the county for at least five years and it is possible that at that time it would have been donated to the Food Bank. Unfortunately, the county was unable to request that budget for reasons beyond the county’s control, and in the meantime, the food bank had to move out of Julia P’s former site. Bryant. La City purchased the land, and the food bank hired Pierce Construction to build. structure. The food bank wants an additional budget to complete the structure. ARPA’s interest income source in the amount of $250,000. 00 is known to help with the structure structure.
The food bank is a $300,000. 00 structured loan from a local monetary establishment and is an additional investment by Bulloch County. The food bank raised $200,000. 00 for structure and continues to fundraise.
From the inception of this project, the food bank was never expected to have significant debt for this construction, and ultimately the construction is owned by the city and county. The board of trustees and food bank staff want to focus on helping other people. in our network who are experiencing food insecurity.
In attendance were members of the food bank’s board of trustees, and Executive Director Sheila Stewart-Leech, who said the pantry will move to the new facility next week and open to the public on July 1, while the other food bank will open on the drop.
Don Armel asked the council to address the fear he had about the option of a vacuum between the council seats, as explained through verbiage in the city’s charter, due to limitations on where council members live. Armel questioned the apartment of District 1 Councilmember Phil Boyum. Armel believes Mr. Boyum does not have an apartment in Statesboro or District 1. Armel said the East Main apartment where he officially lived became vacant in 2023 and there is no verification or evidence from the Council. the residence of the Boyum member in District 1 or even within the city limits of Statesboro. He asked the city council to investigate his legal residence, as explained in the city’s statutes.
Annie Bellinger spoke about the difficulty she had in getting her votes in the recent elections.
The Council went into executive consultation to discuss the next motions and returned to the open consultation to vote.
An approved move to sign a purchase/sale agreement with Robbie Franklin Real Estate LLC for the acquisition of assets for a chimney station. The FD-85 allocation will be funded through the 2019 SPLOST funds.
A move approved to accept the resignation of Hannah Dugan from the Greener Boro Commission and the re-election of Lissa Legee.
An initiative was approved to provide an automobile allowance for the position of attorney and city clerk in the amount of $700. 00 per month.
A movement approved the appointment of Shiraya Robbs and Aaron Jump to the advisory board of Keep Statesboro Bulloch Beautiful.
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