AGENDA: CITY OF COVINGTON 

COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2021 @ 6:30 P.M.

TELECONFERENCE ONLY

Due to circumstances necessitated by emergency conditions involving public safety and preservation of public services, public access to this meeting is limited to teleconference.

THE PUBLIC MAY ACCESS THIS MEETING BY CALLING

+1 929 205 6099 / Meeting ID: 741-740-8400

Or online:
https://zoom.us/j/7417408400

Mayor Steve Horton, Mayor Pro-tem Hawnethia Williams, Council members: Susie Keck, Kenneth Morgan, Fleeta Baggett, Anthony Henderson, and Don T. Floyd, City Manager Scott Andrews, Assistant City Manager Freddy Morgan, City Clerk Audra M. Gutierrez, and City Attorney Frank Turner, Jr.

1.         Call to order and invocation.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

2.         Discussion of the minutes from the Regular Council Meeting held on December 7, 2020.

NEW BUSINESS

3.         Discussion of changes to the agenda.

4.         Public comments for any item on or not on the agenda.

5.         CONSENT AGENDA

            No items to consider.

6.         Discussion of public hearing for an application to rezone 9155 Jackson Hwy from NR2 (Neighborhood Residential District 2) to NR3 (Neighborhood Residential District 3) for proposed future development.

7.         Discussion of public hearing for a Special Use Permit for an oil change business to be located at 3126 Highway 278. 

8.         Discussion of IGA with Newton County for Covington Municipal Airport Timber Harvest.

9.         Discussion of IGA with the City of Oxford for sidewalk construction invoices, expost facto.

10.       Discussion of agreement with MGAG to provide marketing services for the Gas Department.

11.       Discussion of MOU for Joint Water Relocation/Construction at Brown Bridge Road @ Yellow River.

12.       Discussion of GDOT Special Encroachment for SR 81 @ Cricket Frog Trail and permit application for a traffic signal.

13.       Discussion of Resolution for commercial solid waste increase.

14.       Discussion of Resolution to support continuation of the Tax Credit Program for Film and Television Production.  

15.       Discussion of 2021 LMIG.

16.       Discussion of RFPs for Broker Services for Employee Benefits.

17.       Discussion of the first reading of an ordinance for the City of Covington:

“AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON, GEORGIA, TO AMEND THE COVINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE, ENACTED AND ADOPTED ON THE 16TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2001, AS AMENDED BY PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS, TO ALTER CERTAIN PROVISION OF TITLE 12 OF THE SAID CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING SECTION 12.20.010 (DEFINITIONS) AND SECTION 12.20.020 (ESTABLISHMENT OF PARK HOURS AND DESIGNATED PARKING AREAS) OF CHAPTER 12.20 (PARKS) THEREOF, TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”

18.       Discussion of the first reading of an ordinance for the City of Covington amending the Electric Service Tariff.

19.       Discussion of Miscellaneous Appointments. (City Attorney, Municipal Court Judge, and Physicians).

20.       Discussion of Mayor Pro-tem Elect (Council member Baggett).

21.       Public comments.

22.       Comments from the City Manager.

23.       Comments from the Mayor and Council.

24.       Adjourn.

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