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City Utilities Committee Minutes — October 28, 2025: Budget transfers and contract/IGA actions forwarded to full council
AtlantaOct 28, 20252 min read
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Committee adopted the agenda, approved minutes, and forwarded multiple ordinances and resolutions related to Water & Wastewater fund budget amendments, permeable paver maintenance, generator design-build change order, a USGS monitoring IGA, and a GDOT infrastructure MOU; several items were held for further review.
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Agenda adoption and minutes approvalLegislation held for further reviewGenerator design-build change order (pump stations)TransportationBudget & TaxWater & Wastewater fund budget amendmentsGDOT MOU for utility adjustments (SR3/US41)USGS long-term water monitoring IGAMaintenance agreement extension (pavers)Permeable paver rehabilitationUtilities
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- 25-O-1607: Sounded and forwarded to full council — amend FY2026 Water & Wastewater Renewal and Extension Fund (5052) budget to transfer $2,500,000 from completed projects to rehabilitate and repair permeable pavers in Peoplestown, Mechanicsville and Summerhill.
- 25-O-1608: Sounded and forwarded to full council — amend FY2026 Water & Wastewater Renewal and Extension Fund (5052) to anticipate and appropriate a transfer of equity in the amount of $123,803,773.45.
- 25-O-1609: Sounded and forwarded to full council — amend FY2026 Water & Wastewater Renewal and Extension Fund (5052) to transfer $3,500,000 from watershed reserves for CIP facility structural and site improvements.
- 25-O-1580: Favorable [Unanimous] — recommended waiver to execute third amendment to IFB-C 1210227 maintenance agreement with Mariani Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Ed Castro Landscape to extend term up to 12 months for paver restoration services; forwarded to full council.
- 25-O-1583: Favorable [Unanimous] — ratified services and recommended authorization to execute first change order for RFP-C-1220157 with Lakeshore Engineering, LLC to extend term retroactively by 939 days (March 6, 2025–October 4, 2027) for design-build standby generators at remote pumping stations; forwarded to full council.
- 25-R-4126: Favorable [Unanimous] — authorized the Mayor or designee to execute IGA-S-20262030 with the U.S. Geological Survey for a five-year long-term water quantity and quality monitoring program in an amount not to exceed $2,724,850.00, contingent on adoption of FY2027–2030 budgets; forwarded to full council.
- 25-R-4127: Favorable [Unanimous] — authorized a memorandum of understanding and contract item agreement with the Georgia Department of Transportation to adjust water and sewer infrastructure for a bridge replacement project (SR 3/US 41) in an amount not to exceed $159,503.13; forwarded to full council.
- Held in committee (for further information or review): 25-O-1103 (Mayor’s Office of Sustainability functions update), 25-O-1526 (Community Access Media Board/related code changes), 25-R-3900 (IGA with Board of Regents/Georgia State University for Community Access Media operation), 25-R-3903 (Uttoy Creek Urban Forest designation — dual referral), and 25-R-3895 (EIB Valley of the Hawks constructed wetlands project amendment).
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