Board of Commissioners - Regular Business Meeting
October 21, 2025
·04:00 PM
Final
Agenda — 53 items
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Proclamation: "Clayton County Honors and Acknowledges Chief Merkison's Retirement" (Commissioner Gail Hambrick)
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Proclamation: "2025 Haunteen Reality" (Commissioner Gail Hambrick)
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Proclamation: "Rotary Club of Atlanta Southeastern Crescent Proclamation for World Polio Day" (Chairwoman Dr. Alieka Anderson Henry)
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Approval of the October 7, 2025, Regular Business Meeting Minutes.
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Monthly report of contracts, contract modifications, and/or change orders authorized by the Chief Procurement Officer of Central Services and/or the Chief Operating Officer or Designee. (CPO Carol Rogers - Central Services).
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Recommendation for Contract Amendment: RFP #04-59 Widening and Reconstruction of Battle Creek Rd. and Mt. Zion Blvd in Clayton County, GA (Director Jeff Metarko -Transportation & Development).
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Recommendation for Award: SP# 25-162 Service Plan for Wescam MX10 Helicopter Camera for Clayton County, Georgia. (Chief Kevin Roberts -Police Department).
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Recommendation for Contract Approval: LSA #25-166 Georgia Power Agreement Service Agreement for Clayton County, Georgia. (Interim Director Marty Fox - Building & Maintenance).
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Resolution 2025-232: A resolution authorizing Clayton County to enter into a Master Lease-Purchase Agreement with PNC Bank, National Association for the purchase of fire trucks; to authorize the Chairwoman to execute the agreement, and otherwise perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution; to authorize the Chief Financial Officer to amend the budget where necessary to reflect an appropriate revenue source and expense all as may be required under the terms of the agreement; to provide an effective date of this resolution; and for other purposes. (Chief Tim Sweat)
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Recommendation for Cooperative Purchase: CP #25-119 Purchase of Six (6) Fire Trucks Pumpers and Trade-in of Multiple Vehicles for Clayton County, Georgia (Chief Tim Sweat)
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Budget Amendment 4-3 (Chief Tim Sweat)
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Budget Amendment 4-4 (Director Jeff Metarko)
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Resolution 2025-218: A resolution authorizing Clayton County through the Clayton County Fire and Emergency Services to enter into a Chaplain Agreement with Zackery Marler; to authorize the Chairwoman, or the fire chief as the chairwoman's designee, to execute the agreement and to otherwise perform all other acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution; to provide an effective date of this resolution; and for other purposes. (Chief Tim Sweat)
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Resolution 2025-219: A resolution authorizing Clayton County, through the Clayton County Juvenile Court, to apply for and, if awarded, accept the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program Grant to support implementation of a community-based youth violence and intervention initiative; to authorize the Chairwoman to execute any documents, and to otherwise perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution; to authorize the Chief Financial Officer to amend the budget where necessary to reflect an appropriate revenue source and expense, as may be required; to provide an effective
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Resolution 2025-220: A resolution to authorize Clayton County, through the Department of Parks and Recreation, to approve the “Clayton County Parks and Recreation Fees and Charges Policy” revision; to authorize the Chairwoman or her designee to perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution; to authorize the Chief Financial Officer or budget officer to perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution, as may be required; to provide an effective date of this resolution; and for other purposes.(Director Nicole Horne)
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Ordinance 2025-221: An ordinance to amend the Code of Clayton County, Georgia, as amended, specifically, Code of Clayton County, Georgia, Part I, Chapter 94 “Traffic and Vehicles,” Article III “Parking, Stopping, and Standing,” Section 94-63 “Enforcement by parking citation, rebuttable presumption, hearing.”, to amend subsection (d) to add “Police Ambassadors” as individuals authorized to issue parking citations under the supervision of sworn police supervisors; to repeal conflicting laws, ordinances, and resolutions; to provide severability; to provide an effective date; and for other purpose
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Resolution 2025-222: A resolution authorizing Clayton County, through the Clayton County Senior Services Department, to apply for and, if awarded, accept grant funds for Fiscal Years 2027 and 2028 from the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Area Agency on Aging as administered by the Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services; to authorize the Chairwoman or her designee to execute the agreement and any documents relating thereto and to otherwise perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution; to authorize the Chief Financial Officer to amend the budget
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Ordinance 2025-223: An ordinance to amend the Code of Clayton County, Georgia, as amended, specifically Chapter 94 “Traffic and Vehicles”, Section 101 “Maximum Speed Limits”; authorized use of speed detection devices; application for permits to use detection devices; to set forth the reasonable and safe maximum vehicle speed limits on all highways, streets and roads located in Clayton County, Georgia, under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Public Safety or Commissioner of Transportation for the State of Georgia; to authorize the use of speed detection devices by the Clayton County Polic
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Resolution 2025-224: A resolution to initiate a modification to the Ellenwood Planned Unit Development to amend an area classification from mixed use to multi-family residential; to provide an effective date of this resolution; and for other purposes. (Director Patrick Ejike)
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Site Development Application Refund (Director Patrick Ejike)
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Order for Remission (Chief Staff Attorney Charles Reed)
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Resolution 2025-225: A resolution to suspend the provisions of Sections 10.15(A) and 13.5(B) of the County Zoning Ordinance relating to the maximum number of applications for consideration by the Zoning Advisory Group for its December 1, 2025 meeting; to authorize staff to provide notice of this suspension; to provide an effective date of this resolution; and for other purposes. (Director Patrick Ejike)
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Resolution 2025-228: A resolution authorizing Clayton County to accept de-annexed properties located within the City of Lovejoy into unincorporated Clayton County per request from AGH 2022, LLC; to authorize the Chairwoman to execute any documents relating thereto and to otherwise perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution; to provide an effective date of this resolution; and for other purposes. (Director Patrick Ejike)
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Resolution 2025-229: A resolution of the Board of Commissioners of Clayton County, Georgia to support the “HaunTeen Reality Haunted House” in partnership with Clayton State University, Clayton County Public Schools and other organizations; to authorize the County and its departments to perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution; to authorize the Chairwoman to perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution; to provide an effective date of this resolution; and for other purposes. (Commissioner Gail Hambrick)
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Order for Remission (Chief Staff Attorney Charles Reed)
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Resolution 2025-230: A resolution authorizing Clayton County to apply for, and if awarded, accept grant funds from the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Grant program to fund aspects of the Tara Boulevard Pedestrian Safety Project; to authorize the Chairwoman or her designee to execute any documents and otherwise perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution; to authorize the Chief Financial Officer to amend the budget where necessary to reflect an appropriate revenue source and expense, all as may be required under the terms
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Resolution 2025-231: A resolution authorizing Clayton County to apply for, and if awarded, accept grant funds from the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Grant program to fund the preliminary engineering and scoping phase of a Flint River and Jester’s Creek Connector Trail Project; to authorize the Chairwoman or her designee to execute any documents and otherwise perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution; to authorize the Chief Financial Officer to amend the budget where necessary to reflect an appropriate revenue source an
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Presentation - Local Assistance Grants (Interim CFO Angela Jackson)
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Resolution 2025-233: A resolution authorizing Clayton County to enter into Articles of Agreement with certain community charitable organizations, governmental agencies and professional service providers located and conducting business in Clayton County; to authorize the Chairwoman to execute the agreements and otherwise perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution; to authorize the Chief Financial Officer to amend the budget where necessary to reflect an appropriate revenue source and expense all as may be required under the terms of the agreement; to provide an effec
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Ordinance 2025-216_An Ordinance to amend the Code of Clayton County, Georgia, as amended, specifically to amend Part I Article IV “Civil Service System” to add department directors and department heads back into the civil service system; to repeal any and all conflicting laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations; to provide for severability; to provide an effective date of this ordinance; and for other purposes. (Commissioner Gail Hambrick)
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Public Hearing - Impact Fee Ordinance (DCOO Landry Merkison)
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Resolution 2025-217: A resolution authorizing Clayton County to adopt the Capital Improvements Element as approved by the Atlanta Regional Commission for the implementation of an Impact Fee Program; to authorize the Chairwoman or her designee to execute any documents relating thereto and to otherwise perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution;; to provide an effective date of this resolution; and for other purposes. (Board of Commissioners)
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Ordinance 2025-226: An ordinance to amend the Code of Clayton County, Georgia, as amended, specifically to add a new Chapter 88 entitled “Development Impact Fees”; to repeal any and all conflicting laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations; to provide for severability; to provide an effective date of this ordinance; and for other purposes. (Board of Commissioners)
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Resolution 2025-227: A resolution authorizing Clayton County to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with GeorgiaLink Public Affairs Group, LLC, providing for the terms and conditions under which lobbyist and consulting services will be rendered to the County; to authorize the Chairwoman or her designee to execute the agreement and otherwise to perform all acts necessary to accomplish the intent of this resolution; to authorize the Chief Financial Officer to amend the budget where necessary to reflect an appropriate revenue source and expense, all as may be required under the terms of
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Board Appointment: Sports & Entertainment Council (Chairwoman Dr. Alieka Anderson-Henry)
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Board Appointment - Sports & Entertainment Council (Chairwoman Dr. Alieka Anderson-Henry)
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Board Appointment - Code Enforcement 3 yrs.
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Board Appointment -Tax Assessor 3 yr (Full Board/At-Large)
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Decision Only - BOC-2505-0513 (CUP) - Conditional Use Permit for a Medical and solid waste treatment, storage, and handling facility at 4334, 4370, and 4406 Tanners Church Rd, Ellenwood, GA 30294 (Commissioner District 1 -Alaina Reaves)
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Decision Only - BOC-2408-0445 (REZ) - Rezone 7257 Mt Zion Blvd, Jonesboro GA 30236 from AG (Agriculture) to GB (General Business) for a Commercial multi-tenant development. (Commissioner District 4 – DeMont Davis)
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Decision Only - BOC-2411-0464 (CUP) - Conditional Use Permit for an Emissions testing facility (Car washes, detail shops, and service stations) located at 6459 Highway 42, Rex GA 30273 ( (Commissioner District 1 - Alaina Reaves)
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Public Hearing - BOC-2508-0542 (MOD) - Modify the Ellenwood PUD (Planned Unit Development) to remove Data center as a permitted use in the MU (Mixed-Use) Area and create the existing Data center use as a separate tier. (Commissioner District 1 – Alaina Reaves)
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Public Hearing - BOC-2508-0547 (TEXT) - Amend Highway 54 Overlay District, Article 4, “Special Districts”, Section 4.56, “Residential Land Uses” regarding minimum lot sizes (Commissioner District 3 – Tashé Allen)
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Public Hearing - BOC-2508-0548 (TEXT) - Amend Article 6, “Development Standards”, Section 6.26, “Performance Standards (PS)” to remove subsections (K) and (L). (Board of Commissioners)
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Public Hearing - BOC-2509-0554 (TEXT) - Amend Article 6, “Development Standards”, Section 6.34 “Landscaping standards” and Section 6.53 “Tractor, truck parking; tractor trailer storage”. (Board of Commissioners)
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"PUBLIC HEARING" - BOC-2506-0523 (FLUM) - Amend the Future Land Use Map Category for 9579, 9577 Highway 54, and 9350 Ryan Ridge Ct from Agriculture to Low Density Residential (Commissioner District 3 - Tashe' Allen)
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"PUBLIC HEARING" - BOC-2506-0524 - Rezone 9577 and 9579 Highway 54, and 9350 Ryan Ridge Ct, Jonesboro, GA 30238 from AG (Agriculture) to RS-110 Single Family Residential (Commissioner District 3 – Tashé Allen)
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Public Hearing - BOC-2506-0525 (FLUM) - Amend the Future Land Use Map Category for 355 Highway 138, Jonesboro GA 30238 from General Commercial to Medium Density Residential (Commissioner District 4 – DeMont Davis)
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Public Hearing - BOC-2506-0526 (REZ) - Rezone 355 and 395 Highway 138, Jonesboro GA 30238 from GB (General Business) to RTH (Single-Family Residential Attached Townhome) - (Commissioner District 4 – DeMont Davis)
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Public Hearing - BOC-2506-0527 (REZ) - Rezone 395 Highway 138, Jonesboro GA 30238 from GB (General Business) to RTH (Single-Family Residential Attached Townhome) - (Commissioner District 4 – DeMont Davis)
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Public Hearing - BOC-2506-0528 (FLUM) - Amend the Future Land Use Map Category for 395 Highway 138, Jonesboro, GA 30238 from General Commercial to Medium Density Residential (Commissioner District 4 – DeMont Davis)
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Public Hearing - BOC-2506-0529 (FLUM) - Amend the Future Land Use Map Category for 8955 and 8995 Highway 54, Jonesboro GA 30238 from Low Density Residential to Planned Unit Development (Commissioner District 3 – Tashé Allen)
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Public Hearing - BOC-2507-0531 (PUD) - Rezone 8955 and 8995 Highway 54, Jonesboro GA 30238 from RS-180 to PUD ((Commissioner District 3 – Tashé Allen)