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AGENDA

CITY OF COVINGTON COUNCIL MEETING

MARCH 15, 2021

6:30 PM

TELECONFERENCE

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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.

-Proclamation honoring Natural Gas Utility Workers’ Day

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

2.         Discussion of the minutes from the Regular Council Meeting held on March 1, 2021.

NEW BUSINESS

3.         Discussion of changes to the agenda.

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

5.         CONSENT AGENDA

5a.       Approval of an application to obtain a license to sell alcoholic beverages for personal service beer and/or wine license only for:

Melon Salon, LLC: 1123 Church Street, Suite 102          

6.         Discussion of public hearing for a SUP for a Dance School to be located at 7121 Turner Lake Road.

7.         Discussion of public hearing for a SUP for an Auto Body Repair Facility to be located at 8425 Hazelbrand Road.

8.         Discussion of public hearing for a SUP for a Preparatory School (K-8th) to be located at 7188 Turner Lake Circle.

9.         Discussion of board appointment to the Covington Development Authority.

10.       Discussion of CARES Act grant application in the amount of $13,000.00 for the Covington Municipal Airport.

11.       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 AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 3 (SCHEDULES) OF CHAPTER 13.08 (ELECTRIC SYSTEM) OF THE SAID CODE OF ORDINANCES, TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."

12.       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 2 OF THE SAID CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTING SECTION 2.32.030 (CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD) OF CHAPTER 2.32 (POLICE DEPARTMENT) THEREOF, TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”

13.       Discussion authorizing Mayor to sign letter of support for proposed Covington Square project located at 2101 Washington St.

14.       Public comments.

15.       Comments from the City Manager.

16.       Comments from the Mayor and Council.

17.       Adjourn.