City of Atlanta — Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee Regular Meeting Minutes (October 13, 2025)
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The Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee met on October 13, 2025. The committee adopted the agenda, approved the minutes, received quarterly updates from the Atlanta Police Department, Department of Corrections, and Department of Law, heard public comment, recommended favorable/adverse actions on multiple claims (favorable claims total $68,718.85), advanced several ordinances for second reading (including an AFRD vehicle donation and a grant budget amendment), and authorized multiple settlement resolutions including a $205,000 settlement in Thelesia Lowery-Barksdale.
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- Agenda adopted unanimously.
- Minutes approved unanimously.
- Public comment period held; minutes note 'There were eleven (11) public speaker(s).' and provide a list of speakers.
- Atlanta Police Department delivered a crime statistics report; a handout will be posted to the Committee Presentations Page.
- Department of Corrections provided a quarterly update; a handout will be posted to the Committee Presentations Page.
- Department of Law quarterly update presented by City Attorney Patrise Perkins-Hooker; a handout will be posted to the Committee Presentations Page.
- Consent agenda: Committee recommended favorable for claims totaling $68,718.85 (favorable claims scheduled to proceed to the October 20, 2025 meeting).
- Committee recommended adverse dispositions on multiple other claims (detailed in the minutes).
- Ordinance 25-O-1537 (acceptance of a donated 2024 Ford F-650 to Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, valued at $121,087.21) recommended favorable.
- Ordinance 25-O-1538 (amend 2025 Intergovernmental Grant Fund by $8,290 for AFRD trauma-related equipment) recommended favorable.
- Ordinance 25-O-1549 (authorize CFO to pay outstanding APD vehicle rental invoices up to $432,508.86) recommended favorable.
- Ordinance 25-O-1550 (amend code to allow payroll deduction for Progressive Firefighters of Georgia) recommended favorable on substitute; substitute brought forth and referred for further action.
- Resolution 25-R-4082 (amend fire prevention code to require minimum staffing of four personnel per engine and ladder/truck company) recommended favorable; substitute approved.
- Multiple settlement resolutions recommended favorable, including: deposit of $49,141.33 from M-Massage (25-R-4068); settlement of Curtis Guiden v. City for $20,000 (25-R-4069); Deiondra Cook settlement $48,000 (25-R-4070); Sanyo Galloway settlement $75,000 (25-R-4073); State Farm/ TayeKa Bryan settlement $12,266.87 (25-R-4074); Thelesia Lowery-Barksdale settlement $205,000 (25-R-4075); and others as enumerated in the minutes.
- Walk-in ordinance 25-O-1581 (ratify services and authorize Amendment No. 2 to sole source agreement for Municipal Court software/support, retroactive Jan 25, 2025–Jan 24, 2026, not to exceed $300,750) was listed under walk-in legislation (no committee action recorded in these minutes).
- Several held papers and previously held ordinances were listed for further review and remain in committee with next consideration noted for October 20, 2025 where indicated.
- Meeting adjourned at 3:39 PM.
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