City Utilities Committee reviews Department of Watershed Management updates; forwards and holds multiple ordinances (Jan 27, 2026)
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The City Utilities Committee met on January 27, 2026. The agenda and prior minutes were adopted unanimously. Committee members heard quarterly updates from the Department of Watershed Management (DWM) presented by Commissioner Greg Eyerly. The Chair asked members to be prepared to adopt 2026 committee goals and objectives at the February 10 meeting. One public speaker (Mary Margavet Murphy, Atlanta Botanical Garden) spoke. Ordinances authorizing budget amendments and project funding were considered: two first-reading ordinances (26-O-1102 — $8,000,000 transfer to a Program Management Services Team project; 26-O-1103 — $10,000 award to the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and Resilience) were sounded and forwarded to full council for referral; a second-reading ordinance (26-O-1010 — $1,166,700 for R.M. Clayton Levee Improvements, Bolton Road Segment Phase II) was held in committee for additional information; another second-reading ordinance (26-O-1011 — first amendment to storm sewer improvement contracts adding up to $7,500,000) received a favorable recommendation (6–0, one abstention) and will proceed to full council; an ordinance authorizing an access easement to the Atlanta Botanical Garden (26-O-1073) received a favorable unanimous recommendation. The meeting adjourned at 11:39 AM.
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- Adopted the meeting agenda and previous minutes unanimously.
- Chair requested members prepare to adopt 2026 City Utilities Committee goals and objectives at the Feb 10, 2026 meeting.
- Received quarterly Department of Watershed Management updates (presented by DWM Commissioner Greg Eyerly).
- Sounded and forwarded to full council for referral: 26-O-1102 — amend FY2026 Water & Wastewater Renewal and Extension Fund by $8,000,000 for Program Management Services Team project.
- Sounded and forwarded to full council for referral: 26-O-1103 — accept $10,000 Electric Innovation Award for the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and Resilience and amend FY26 General Fund accordingly.
- Held in committee (unanimous) for additional information: 26-O-1010 — amend FY2026 Water & Wastewater Renewal and Extension Fund by $1,166,700 for R.M. Clayton Levee Improvements (Bolton Road Segment, Phase II).
- Favorable recommendation (6–0, Alex Wan abstained) and forwarded to full council: 26-O-1011 — authorize first amendments to storm sewer improvement contracts adding up to $7,500,000; next hearing 2/2/2026 1:00 PM.
- Favorable unanimous recommendation and forwarded to full council: 26-O-1073 — grant an access easement (~13,381 sq ft) to the Atlanta Botanical Garden; next hearing 2/2/2026 1:00 PM.
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City Utilities Committee - Regular Committee Meeting
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- 26-O-1102 : AN ORDINANCE BY CITY UTILITIES COMMITTEE AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO AMEND THE FY 2026 WATER AND WASTEWATER RENEWAL AND EXTENSION FUND (5052) BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($8,000,000.00); TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM THE WATERSHED RESERVES FOR APPROPRIATIONS AND ADD FUNDS TO THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES TEAM PROJECT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Decision: ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING
- 26-O-1103 : AN ORDINANCE BY CITY UTILITIES COMMITTEE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA MAYOR’S OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE, TO ACCEPT THE 2025 ELECTRIC INNOVATION AWARD AND AWARD FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($10,000.00); TO SUPPORT THE CITY’S ONGOING SUSTAINABILITY, ELECTRIFICATION AND RESILIENCE INITIATIVES; TO AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO AMEND THE FY26 GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO ANTICIPATE AND APPROPRIATE THE AWARD FUNDS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Decision: ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING
- 26-O-1010 : AN ORDINANCE BY CITY UTILITIES COMMITTEE AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO AMEND THE FY 2026 WATER & WASTEWATER RENEWAL AND EXTENSION FUND (5052) BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($1,166,700.00); TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM THE WATERSHED RESERVES FOR APPROPRIATIONS AND ADD FUNDS TO THE R.M. CLAYTON LEVEE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT – BOLTON ROAD SEGMENT (PHASE II); AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Decision: ORDINANCES FOR SECOND READING
- 26-O-1011 : AN ORDINANCE BY CITY UTILITIES COMMITTEE WAIVING PART II (CODE OF ORDINANCES - GENERAL ORDINANCES), CHAPTER 2 (ADMINISTRATION), ARTICLE X (PROCUREMENT AND REAL ESTATE CODE), DIVISION 4 OF THE ATLANTA CITY CODE, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER CONFLICTING CODE PROVISIONS, TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENTS IFB/CON/DWM/2405-1240302-A AND IFB/CON/DWM/2405-1240302-B, FOR STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT WITH SOUTHEASTERN SITE DEVELOPMENT, INC. & PRECISION 2000, INC., JOINT VENTURE AND INTEGRAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES CORPORATION/ROCKDALE PIPELINE INC. JV, RESPECTIVELY; ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, TO ADD FUNDING IN A COMBINED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($7,500,000.00); ALL CONTRACTED WORK WILL BE CHARGED TO AND PAID FROM THE FUND DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION AND ACCOUNT NUMBERS LISTED HEREIN; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Decision: ORDINANCES FOR SECOND READING
- 26-O-1073 : AN ORDINANCE BY COUNCILMEMBER ALEX WAN AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA (“CITY”), TO EXECUTE ALL APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS GRANTING THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN, INC., A GEORGIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION, AN ACCESS EASEMENT CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 13,381 SQUARE FEET OVER, THROUGH AND UPON A PORTION OF CITY-OWNED REAL PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 1491 PIEDMONT AVENUE, NE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30309, FULTON COUNTY, IN LAND LOT 55 OF THE 17TH DISTRICT, PARCEL ID. NO. 17 0055 LL0124, ALSO KNOWN AS THE WEST PROPERTY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING, UTILIZING, AND MAINTAINING AN ACCESS ROAD; WAIVING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE X, DIVISION 14, SUBSECTION III OF THE ATLANTA CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Decision: ORDINANCES FOR SECOND READING
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