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The Kennesaw City Council met on July 20, 2026, at 6:30 PM in Council Chambers. The meeting included unanimous approval of the consent agenda, acceptance of June 2026 crime statistics, public comments by residents regarding parks and local history, and approval of a contract for city manager executive search services. An executive session was held for personnel matters.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to this, our regularly scheduled council meeting for Monday, the twentieth of July, twenty twenty-six. Delighted that you're here. If you would please stand for the pledge and the invocation. Thank you for our great study. And I actually try to download Jesus. There are no public hearings. We have four items on the consent agenda. May I have a motion to approve the consent agenda in gross? So made. May have a second. Second. Thank you. Any questions, comments? All those in favor of approving the consent agenda in gross. Signified by raising your right hand. That's five. Those opposed, no. Motion is approved by unanimous vote. Chief, we got uh crime stats for June 2026. Yes, good evening, Mayor and Council. As you mentioned, uh, we have the crime stats for June of 2026. I'll uh highlight the uh sections or the offenses that uh were a little bit more of an increase or decrease. Uh fraud offenses, we had an increase of of eleven uh to nineteen over last year at eight. Uh we had a decrease in larceny theft offenses of five uh at fifteen from twenty at last year, and we had a decrease in vandalism of six uh from twelve of last year. Uh dispatch costs for service were seven hundred and seventy-seven. Self-initiated activity at thirteen fifty-two. Traffic citations at five fifty-nine, traffic warnings at five ten, arrest at sixty-one. Auto accidents at one ten, accidents with injury at three, hit and run at seven, uh zero hit and run with injury injury and persons hit by auto with injury was at one. Thank you. May have a motion to accept the crime stats as presented. So made. May I have a second. Second. All those in favor of accepting the crime statistics as for June of twenty twenty-six as presented, signify by raising your right hand. Five. Those opposed, no. Motion is approved by unanimous vote. Thank you, Chief. The floor for public comment is open. Good evening. Angie Bayment, 290, Summerfield Court back with another twice monthly bit of local history. Studying with a permanent battle of a general in 1972, the little general cloggers saved as the city's ambassadors for decades. We were founded by Olivia Smavus of Kennesaw, and performed all across the nation. Interesting movie, the state's official bicentennial representatives in 1976. During Jimmy Kaida's 1976 campaign, Amy occasionally performed with the Kaidus, kind of as plight of a campaign stuff.